Given how much people complain about being one shot by BA rifles and AT rifles, why is there not more hate for shotguns? They can also one shot people. Not saying personally I hate shotguns, in fact, they are my favourite weapon class, and probably the one I’m best at, but given the hate towards one shots, it seems inconsistent I hear very little hate for shotguns. So, why is that?
I think there plenty hate for shotgun, It just old topic, but there not useful long range, but when it come too close quarter combat there nasty, worse one are the one camp in tree’s or one camp inside building like in Rotterdam, shotgun won’t be as popular as Mg-42 , 200 mag and insane fire rate and controllable recoil that can fire long range and close range.
I rarely come across people with shotguns, at least not killed by them anyway. Occasionally i will have a round where someone will nail me 3 or 4 times with a shotgun, but they are so rare as to not bother me. I personally think Shotguns, the OHK variety anyway, just shouldnt be in FPS games. They arent needed and just cause balance/inconsistency arguments.
So they don’t bother you, but you don’t want them in game? And a shotgun that doesn’t one shot might as well not exist in game, look at the 12g in BF1. I find hatred of one shot hypocritical anyway, because fast TTK might as well be a one shot, but people love fast TTK.
I’ma be honest, shotgun do annoy me, but people I seen use shotgun, are always moving and playing the objected, and I like that a lot, while mmg ideal is too trap enemy and keep them at bay, but a shotgun only has limited shot.
You dont have to hate something to think it shouldnt be in game for one reason or another. You are right that if they didnt have OHK then they would be useless with the low TTK as shotgun users, as with other classes are probably a lot of the time melted before they can return fire.
My guess it’s a mix of them not being used in great numbers and that the 1HK is often inconsistent. Maybe also that at least someone with a shotgun is moving around rather than lying prone.
Because the OHK range of shotguns is 10-20ish metres, while OHL ranges of AT rifles is 100m and that of BAs is infinite, although people rarely complain about them either.
The hate is for 1 shot kill weapons, snipers get the same but when the damage keeps getting rolled like it does in this game even smgs feel like they are 1 shot killing so the shotguns don’t stand out as much.
There’s often whining in the in game chat but shotguns would be useless if they couldn’t one shot at close range. If they couldn’t they’d just be even worse bolt action rifles.
There’s plenty of shotgun hate, particularly against the Drilling however since they are limited to a single class they aren’t as problematic as they were in previous entries.
It’s not what the weapon is, it’s how that enemy is using it. People hate AT rifles because they’re often employed by campers who hide outside objectives. Shotguns, on the other hands, are generally used by aggressive, mobile players who make the game exciting and fun.
Shotguns are also fairly rare due to BFV’s map design. We’ll see if Underground changes that paradigm.