Alena Ventrallis
Commando Perkone
Caldari State
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Posted - 2015.07.30 15:25:00 -
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Arkena Wyrnspire wrote:Alena Ventrallis wrote:I think the shotgun needs reigning in, but none of these ideas are the way to do it. Out of curiosity, why? I know you're capable of providing more reasoning than the thread creator.
I think the shotgun DPS is too high (a basic shotgun has a DPS of 685.68, a Boundless Combat Rifle has a DPS of 594) and while the extremely short range would seem to balance that out, I think light frames (and recently MinAssault) can too easily negate that disadvantage with speed. In addition, a basic shotgun with no skills or damage mods can put out almost 1000 damage in a single second. ie: The shotgun fires every 0.7 seconds at the current ROF. So one shot goes off for 480 damage, a second goes off 0.7 seconds later for a total of 960 damage within a 1 second time frame.
To show some numbers, Rattati's thread on weapon usage in PC show shotguns as the 2nd deadliest weapon behind HMGs in number of total PC kills, with the 3rd deadliest being a Python with a missile launcher as a distant 3rd. I think the shotgun should be viable on a wider variety of frames, and I think the shotgun should have lower DPS since it's such a high alpha weapon. The ability to kill a fully tanked sentinel in less than 3 seconds with a basic shotgun, let alone a proto one, seems way off to me.
To this end, I think the shotgun range should be increased to about 10-15m. This let's other frames use it effectively without needing to be as fast as a light frame. In addition, I would lower the ROF to 62.5 which gives the basic shotgun a DPS of 500, and the proto shotgun a DPS of 550. I would leave the alpha damage alone since the purpose of shotguns in any game is to be a high-aplha weapon. Now with a higher optimal and lower DPS, more frames can become effective with the shotgun, and we have less issue with scouts blapping mercs before they have a chance to respond.
If this takes the fun out of shotgun-scouts, I would see an assault shotgun with the following stats at standard level:
Damage: 34 (x12 pellets for 408 alpha)
ROF: 86
DPS: 584.8
Range: 4m
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