Ive had militia shotguns one-shot through ~400 HP non-headshot, and it wasnt even too long after reset so skills likely werent that great. How long I dont remember, but it was shortly after I was able to achieve 400 HP. So however long it takes to get assault type II and enhanced extenders (first things I went for).

So onto the subject of how to make them more balanced since I dont feel a militia shotgun should one-shot a HP modified suit, is at the very least the lower tiers need some sort of damage or pellet reduction. A militia shotgun, I feel, should be able to one-shot any assault suit that has no HP modification. A type-II assault with 2 enhanced extenders should not be able to be one-shotted, however, it should still have only ~25-50 or so HP left after one hit. Whatever level of damage that is I feel the lower tiers should be at. Which maybe a pellet reduction would be better and the higher in tiers you go the more pellets you get and damage either stays the same or slightly increases similar to ARs.

I like how you assume that I dont assume people have weaponry 5. I stand by my statements with weaponry 5 in place. Thats also why I say it should leave you with ~25-50 HP in a type-II. That way if they actually fit damage mods they can still one shot it, as it should be. The actual assumption I was making is that they didnt have the SP for fitting requirements, and range, and operations, and speed mods, and etc.

I know what he had because I talked to him about it after the match and even he agreed that he shouldnt have been able to go through 400 HP without a headshot.

Also, your standard shotgun should NOT be able to take out a HP buffed standard suit without having a 5% or 10% damage mod or two, in my opinion.

Are you ignorant? Thats seriously going to be your argument. All youre proving is that the shotgun is indeed OP. The discussion here is whether it is OP or not, and how to fix it if it is, and youre going to come in here and say your little standard shotgun blows through almost 750 HP? I am speaking of what the shotgun SHOULD do, not what it DOES do, and it definately should not be able to do that without some serious skill investment and high tier equipment, to include multiple 10% damage mods.

Ok, good to know. As if I didnt already. The point Im making is that it should have less pellets because it does too much damage. Heres my final opinion on the shotgun cause Im done feeding your ignorant trolling self:

The shotgun needs a pellet reduction, and it should go back up on a scale to where it is now when a proto shotgun is used.