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Tactics AA-12 with Pump Action or Hunting?

Note peeps the HS is actually the cheapest shotgun. Simply use till out of ammo, sell gun and re purchase, costs around 100 to fill your HS to almost full ammo.

...Exactly! :D That's another reason why HS is my main weapon + I like to use every bullet before the wave is over.
Though it will be a bit more expensive in the new patch. But still cheaper to repurchase it than filling all ammo.
 
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HS will actually be a lot cheaper to keep stocked. Supposing level 6 SS, so $225 to repurchase and 30% extra ammo for 59 rounds total. Restocking from empty would previously be $225 for the gun and its 46 rounds plus $163 for the remaining ammo, total $388. Now you'll just repurchase the 40% cheaper ammo for a cost of $443. Add $75 to the former (and only the former) for every level below 6 every time you need ammo, which is a one-time payment after the patch. You're also going to shave money off the latter's $443 cost for any remaining ammo or scavenged ammo from ammo boxes which has no effect on the cost of the former, while you just throw away leftover ammo right now.

It'll be a bit more expensive for your first-time purchase to get stocked, true, but maintenance will be significantly cheaper, particularly for sub-level-6 support specialists.
 
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@Maktaka: Remember that (at lv6) you get $156 from selling your old HS, regardless of its ammo. So previously you'd pay 225 - 156 = $69 to restock your HS up to 46 ammo. If you ever bought ammo for the HS prior to v1016 you probably used it too much. So now it is a bit more expensive, but it's only used for room-clearing or making Scrakes or FPs backflip. I personally fill it up to about 32ish each wave (but only use about 10 on average).

I use Pump and HS as my main combo, if I can do so without running out of ammo. I always try to line up shots of 3 or more, and only use a shell on a single Zed if it is in my face about to hit me. Whether I run out of ammo or not with my Pump is dependent on the map and whether the Zeds funnel themselves nicely.
 
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I'll just say this...

As a level four support playing mostly on hard, I will run out of ammo especially on wave ten if I take shotgun/aa12. I will typically have plenty of ammo left over in terms of the hunting shotgun when I take HS/shotgun.

I have not yet tried aa12/HS but it seems like the best overall combination. Although it also seems prohibitively expensive.

Plus, not much in this game is more fun than sending a scrake flying with the HS.
 
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Hunting shotty/AA12 is good, but I prefer shotty/AA12 for the following reasons:

1. When using AA12 as my main shotgun I tend to run out of ammo.
2. The ability to interrupt the shotgun's reload really helps you get out of jams.
3. Personally I think the shotgun works better than the AA12 for general use since it appears to do more damage per shot with more spread (could be wrong, though, didn't look in the SDK or anything). So it's between the hunting shotty and AA12 for charging scrakes/fp and crowd control, and I prefer the latter.
4. At lv 6 you can bring a handcannon for the lone trash zed. This helps conserve ammo a lot on the harder difficulties.

Guess it depends on your preference. I can see both being equally effective, but I just find the AA12 paired with the shotty more useful and versatile than the hunting shotty.
 
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Pump shotgun has the most damage, penetration, and accuracy per shot. Obviously, I mean one barrel from hunting with this, not both.

I have used AA12 and hunting lately, some. My all time favorite and most used is pump, hunty, and deagle.

Hmmmm... Yeah, pump shotgun is useful. Indeed. But I do prefer hunting shotgun. I use pump the first few waves, but I don't keep when the scrakes comes along.
My loadout is still: Hunting Shotgun, AA12 and katana..

AA12 instead of pump... Because 20 bullets instead of 8 with pump. Plus I dislike the reloading on pump.. =p I rather face a FP with AA12 and blast of with HS than pump and HS..
 
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Hmmmm... Yeah, pump shotgun is useful. Indeed. But I do prefer hunting shotgun. I use pump the first few waves, but I don't keep when the scrakes comes along.
My loadout is still: Hunting Shotgun, AA12 and katana..

AA12 instead of pump... Because 20 bullets instead of 8 with pump. Plus I dislike the reloading on pump.. =p I rather face a FP with AA12 and blast of with HS than pump and HS..

I mainly don't like that combo because both are bound to 4. I am so used to hitting 3, since I have another weapon there, usually, and it can get me killed. Also, I can't carry a handcannon with aa12 and hunting. Also, the pump, you can reload a shell at a time. I have held off groups this way, backed into a corner, constantly reloading a couple of shells at a time.

If my team is really doing well, I might get an AA12, but I like the pump for the same reason I like the bullpup. It is cheap, and very effective.
 
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I mainly don't like that combo because both are bound to 4. I am so used to hitting 3, since I have another weapon there, usually, and it can get me killed. Also, I can't carry a handcannon with aa12 and hunting. Also, the pump, you can reload a shell at a time. I have held off groups this way, backed into a corner, constantly reloading a couple of shells at a time.

If my team is really doing well, I might get an AA12, but I like the pump for the same reason I like the bullpup. It is cheap, and very effective.

Well... I'm pretty used to the slots now, so I don't mind.. But why you need to carry handcannon? I mean.. you still have 9mm and knife.. :p And you can carry either katana or mp7. Of course handcannon is cheaper and has more survivability, but well... If you just conserve your ammo a bit, you don't need handcannon.
Mhm, true... But if you are cornered you can use AA12 aswell. :)

Ha, yeah.. Cheap weapons ftw. Lately, I've started to use AK + bullpup instead of AK + scar. Dirt cheap!
 
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I use the pump handle for everything except Skrakes and Fleshpounds. I use the AA12 for that. I might toss a few grenades for an FP at once so I can save on the AA12 ammo in later rounds. I would never ever personally use the Hunting shotgun. Infact I always start out as a Level 6 firebug for wave 1 and or 2 to get some extra cash because firebug gets a ton of cash these days. Using the Support weapons I use the way I use them I will have so much cash I could prob stock the team or blow it on pipes for the Patriarch.
 
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