No. The aiming is NOT fine. Shotguns are NOT fine. They need more damage, and DUST needs faster aiming.

If it gets Buffed, it will get Nerfed... really hard. People really don't like 1 shot weapons. Besides, me and a lot of other people do great with Shotguns. Maybe you need better Tactics?

If it gets Buffed, it will get Nerfed... really hard. People really don't like 1 shot weapons. Besides, me and a lot of other people do great with Shotguns. Maybe you need better Tactics?

Ironically I agree with your logic. Although i think it only needs really small fixes to make it perfect i'm sure CCP would mess that up resulting in it eventually being nerfed to oblivion.

Exactly my point. Although I agree lol... I just don't want my favorite weapon Nerfed. It's in a pretty good place now anyway. Well... besides hit detection. I hope they fix it again.

When hit detection was fixed it dramatically increased applied DPS for automatic weapons. It did not change the DPS for high Alpha weapons. It did make High Alpha weapons not miss as much, but missing due to bad hit detection was always more apparent in high alpha weapons than in automatic weapons.

The result was that when hit detection was fixed all automatic weapons got increased DPS, while Shot Guns, Sniper Rifles, Nova Knives etc stayed the same.

Because Automatic weapons got more applied DPS, most people started fitting as much Plate as they possibly could to increase their health pool, in order extend the TTK against them so they might have time to react. The result of this was an overall increase to the health of most dropsuits, due to brick tanking becoming by far the most common fit.

The end result of all this, is that Shotguns can no longer 1 shot most medium frame suits.

However, if the TTK is extended the brick-tank fit will no longer be so essential, and other more versatile fits will take its place. The result will be that Shotguns will once again be able to 1-shot most medium frame suits.

Therefore, I would advocate not doing anything to the shotgun until we see how it performs after players have had a few weeks to adjust to the changes in 1.8.

I think it's fine. Maybe y'all just need more practice with it.

You should get killed by ONE shot.

The shotgun's range is 4 meters.
Jus think about it for a second.

I think it's fine. Maybe y'all just need more practice with it.

No, you need to open your eyes, the aiming is too slow. You know what most of you here remind me of? Back when BF3 was first released, HD had really, really bad input lag, I mean 2 second delays here..... Well some of us noticed this and complained on the forums. Guess what most people said? "You guys are crazy, aiming is fine Lern2play", "Looks fine to me", "Check your tv derka derka derka bakkala", "resetssss your modemss durzzzz".

It took DICE over a year to finally fix it but they did, and even when they finally admitted to there being a bad input lag problem, people STILL denied it to this day.

That's how most people on this forum are, you are BLIND. Not all of you, but a lot of you, based on your responses. The aiming is SLOW, it is SLOW. I think I need to record just exactly how bad the aiming in DUST is compared to other FPS's. I'll try to show you all just how bad of a disadvantage we are at, especially shotgunners, who need FAST aiming to twitch aim.

I don't find the aiming to be too slow (I use the DS3 and my sensitivity is at 90 for everything). Then again, in most of my encounters the enemy is caught unawares and therefore I can take my time to get close and line up a good shot properly.

So maybe you're doing it wrong?

If you are expecting the shotgun to 1vs1 an enemy who is aware of you in a strafe duel, you will be disappointed. It excels as a high alpha surprise weapon, meant for dispatching an enemy who is caught off guard and disoriented while trying to locate where you are shooting from.

I don't find the aiming to be too slow (I use the DS3 and my sensitivity is at 90 for everything). Then again, in most of my encounters the enemy is caught unawares and therefore I can take my time to get close and line up a good shot properly.

So maybe you're doing it wrong?

If you are expecting the shotgun to 1vs1 an enemy who is aware of you in a strafe duel, you will be disappointed. It excels as a high alpha surprise weapon, meant for dispatching an enemy who is caught off guard and disoriented while trying to locate where you are shooting from.

To bad nova knives do that better

You are not OHKing a heavy with any kind of shotgun. It just cannot do that much damage, even with mods. MAYBE if every pellet hits the head, but that's pure luck.

Shotgun tiers pretty poorly, gets no damage from proficiency so it will compound less damage with mods, and has terrible rof so cannot take advantage of dmg mods like other weapons. Plus it has 5m range, it cannot compete with the rifles.

Aiming is too slow in Dust. I do agree there. PS3 controller with all sensitive's 100% its still too slow.

Nearly any kill made with knives could also have been made with a shotgun - and most likely, it would have been easier with the shotgun. The same can't be said of the reverse.

Also, with the knives its a lot harder to keep track of an enemy if he is moving, particularly should you need follow-up stabbings.

Fix spotty hit-detection issue wherein the shield glitches and the enemy takes no damage. It seems to happen mainly with the high alpha damage weapons more than any other weapons. Maybe a range increase and less spread also, otherwise, they're fine. The other part is skill and tactics. See Roner General, Marauder, or Fusion Commander.

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mlt shotty 1 shots 800hp YOUR UNDERPOWERED

Fix spotty hit-detection issue wherein the shield glitches and the enemy takes no damage. It seems to happen mainly with the high alpha damage weapons more than any other weapons. Maybe a range increase and less spread also, otherwise, they're fine. The other part is skill and tactics. See Roner General, Marauder, or Fusion Commander.

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Shotgun needs a bit more spread not less

More spread <> OHK


I do sense the frustration with using the shotgun - I have personally seen myself miss with my CRG-3/Creoden shotguns more times than I can count. I did find that raising the sensitivity did not help my cause, so I put it back to the default setting.

What I have found that works, is rather than attempt to stay on them like glue, I let them backpeddle/strafe, while I too, move back just a bit. This allows me a chance to turn at the same rate they move (and keeps them in my sights). 2nd shot generally kills everything, 3rd shot will always kill whatever is left, assuming they haven't killed me first.

It's current spread is more like a slug than buckshot
Wider spread + more damage=better shotgun

They simply don't do enough damage.

A proto shotgun with a complex damage mod is just barely good enough to take down an STD suit in one shot.
Shotguns NEED the one shot killing power, since their DPS is garbage.