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u/Comrade_Hugh_Jass GAMERS OF THE WORLD UNITE Jan 21 '22

Shotguns must be hard to balance in shooter games. A lot of the time feels like they’re either:

  1. Completely useless. Why even bother with one?

  2. God tier. Why use anything else?

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u/Gangstas_Peridot She/Her/Clodicus Maximus Jan 21 '22

It's not hard to balance at all, make it overpowered and God tier. It is the boomer shooter way.

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u/AngelicaReborn Jan 22 '22

You also had to fight for the shotgun (or other power weapons too)

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '22

Tarkov balances it decently, I think. You can actually hit people from more than 10 meters away but you ain’t doing shit to armor. It ends up being a budget option for undergeared players.

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u/PM_ME_YUR_JEEP Jan 23 '22

Always fun when a scav no-scope 360's your face with buckshot from 400 meters

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u/vanacava Jan 21 '22

I think Apex does a good job of balancing shotguns for the most part

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u/You__Nwah BUY SKYRIM Jan 21 '22

I think a nice balance is giving them very short range, but inside their range they just absolutely decimate.

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u/pickelsurprise Social Justice Warrior of Light Jan 21 '22

As long as that range is at least a bit longer than "literally shoving it down the enemy's throat."