Garrett Blacknova
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Posted - 2012.12.21 16:43:00 -
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new hulk wrote:Whamy ary scouts aloud to have shot guns, and im tired of shooting tgem with a hmg and them not dying .if they lag make it boot them instead of going 40 and 2. Dumb them down
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new hulk wrote:scouts aloud to have shot guns, and tired of shooting with a and them not dying .if they lag make it boot them instead of going 40 and 2. Dumb them down
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new hulk wrote:scouts have shot guns. if they lag make it boot them instead of going 40 and 2. Dumb them down
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new hulk wrote:if they lag make it boot them instead of going 40 and 2. Dumb them down
Does that help anyone who didn't understand?
Also, even if they were "Shot Guns" and not "Shotguns", it's not the weapon that's the problem. It's the fact that you suck at aiming when faced with a fast-moving target, and the fact that sometimes there's lag in multiplayer games. Build a better internet, then we can talk about "fixing the lag" for you. |
Garrett Blacknova
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Posted - 2012.12.21 18:16:00 -
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Scouts with Shotguns are ONLY effective if you can get closer than SMG range without the enemy seeing you.
Particularlt for Scouts, but really for any Shotgun build, even most AV fittings with Swarm Launchers can kill you with their sidearm if they see you coming. And if not, they can at least slow you down with good grenade placement while getting away and exposing your position for their teammates.
Yes, Shotguns CAN kill quickly and easily, but they leave you HIGHLY vulnerable at any kind of remotely non-point-blank range. SMGs can ADS at close range and damage race even the best "long-range" Shotguns in the game (I've done it with a Toxin and SMG Ops at level 2 on one of my alts).
And particularly in the hands of a Scout - if someone so much as looks at you funny, you're going to die before you get even remotely close to Shotgun range.
If you get in with a Shotgun Scout and kill several people who you "had no business" doing that to, then either you had great luck getting into range while they screwed up by not watching their backs, or you legitimately out-played them at the core skills Shotguns rely on - stealth and positioning.
Also, you still have to aim with Shotguns, particularly if you want quick kills against Heavies. Only Scouts and lightly-tanked Assault/Logi fittings are easily one-shotted without having to put SOME measure of effort in. |