Are shotguns too hard to counter attack? [Poll]

[Avalanchee]

can't even style on the xenomains disguised like independent players like damn what the fuck bro you're making me sad holy shit fuck

[CABAL]

can't even style on the xenomains disguised like independent players like damn what the fuck bro you're making me sad holy shit fuck

Very poorly disguised. Don't get baited like I did. Atleast one thing I can owe him. I saw myself just as big of a shitler as him, but on the other side of barricade, so I had to change.

[Ganjax]

1 shotgun shot and you are dead, the shotungs are OP.

[PogoMarimo]

Didnt realise that shotguns dont have that much kick. I dont actually know a lot about guns.
Well marines using the shotgun switch stuff is rare at most.
And i think its kind of fair when i could kill like 10+ marines as a lurker and permadeath them.
Just gotta get better i guess.

I mean, I want to be totally clear here--Shotgun generally DO have a lot of kick. Especially slugs. One-handed shooting them is possible but it does numb your hand and arm after a while, and the amount of flinching you'd get from anticipation would make accuracy... really bad, especially if you have one in each hand. You also can't square up and shoot both back to back, because without a bladed stance you'll probably knock yourself over. So if someone is going to complain about one-handed shotguns causing damage being "unrealistic", they're really skipping over a lot of other, more valid complaints before they get to that point.

[kooarbiter]

"literal nobody"

hEy GuYs i Habe MorE hoUrs than u aNd im world famose moorin so stfu Please LOL retard!!!! whats that? u played longr than me? lol i was only pretending to be retarded, boomer guy

Thanks Avalanchee, very cool comment!

this, tracking someone's hours/playtime and using it as a reason to shit on them is a very shitty thing to do, someone being new or old doesn't automatically make them right or wrong or whatever.

[Avalanchee]

1 shotgun shot and you are dead, the shotungs are OP.

aaaaaaaaaaaaaa

[TheDexFiles]

I usually like to go pyro as a marine

This among many other things is how we all know you’re lying.

[Rocco Ward]

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Pyro is amazing, but it’s not a one hit kill...

[CABAL]

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Pyro is amazing, but it’s not a one hit kill...

When bug with increased firerate was fixed, it stopped be amazing.

[Madventurer]

I'd like to say that shotguns fundamentally change the nature of every engagement they're used in. It's a whole different story to fight three marines with rifles than three marines with even one shotgun.

Simply the fact that xenos are very melee heavy and shotgun is very good at melee range means there's always a reason to use it.

Is it balanced? Maybe yes, maybe no. Should it be nerfed? If the entire ranged weapon roster is rebalanced to reflect the change. If shotguns become too weak, then pulse rifles HAVE to compensate, or marines have no counterplay whatsoever. Medium/long range is rather weak in general, while xenos are always closing in to melee to deal damage, so both team do their best damage at point blank. Some might say that's an ideal way to play, but personally, marines having better med-range than short could be an interesting change.