CELESTA AUNGM
Kang Lo Directorate
Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2014.03.19 18:05:00 -
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Tectonic Fusion wrote:People keep posting comments and videos of it sucking, but whenever I get shot, it takes 2 shots to kill me (with a standard shotgun). Granted I use an approx. 330 EHP scout suit, but that thing is pretty deadly. It's never failed to at least mortally wound me. Even when I use it, it 1 hit KOs 90% of standard/militia suits. I do use 1 compelx damage mod, but I won't use it next update due to shield extenders being very noticeably better in every way with the shotgun.
Salutations, Tectonic! I am a Shotgun enthusiast, because I run as an "Artificer" (Support Player) in this game, commit ALL my SP to my vehicle and its bonuses, invested practiaclly ZERO SP to a descent dropsuit and suit modules, so I know if my crew is slaughtered deep in Red territory and I'm all alone... my ONLY hope is to hunker timidly behind a sink in the Caldari restroom, with 2 grenades and a... You Guessed it: PUMP GUN.
The success you'll get with a shotgun doesn't come from the HP shown in the stats ( so many players tried that Advanced Breach Shotgun with the MONSTER hp, only to realize that its 2-round clip makes it suicidal to use). Success comes from increasing the training SP levels on shotgun operation, etc.
Those of us who applied our SP to the shotgun skill tree get our shot-spread become tighter and more concentrated and our aiming circle become smaller (hence it punches the chest and skull harder at close range---inflicts more damage on medium range victims--both without having to use a damage mod).
I've unlocked a prototype shotgun for my protection, but I've only tried out my shotgun SP-bonus abilities with a standard or CRG shotgun in my hands. The result is astounding, and in desperate face-v-face with a lone heavy, I've often shocked the heck out of him by literally "pump-bucking" him back out the doorway and onto the floor in 6 rapid rounds.  .....
Just another cool example of how Dust allows you to make a militia gun with no damage mods become ENORMOUSLY more lethal, because the owner of the gun PIMPED HER SELF up with bonuses.
With the shotgun, that principle really seems to hold true. |