Hunting shotgun

[Nanostrike]

Sarcasm.. have to love it from morons.

Quote from a PROFESSIONAL: "I would agree that a small amount of shot may make it to 300 yards, a very small amount. Depending on the choke you are using I would say the maximum lethal limit is 40-50 yards.".

In other words, the '10' meter theory is preposterous to think it could only kill from that short range.

I didn't exactly calculate out the exact distance and all here. I was just tossing a theory out there... But I can see that this thread isn't going anywhere anyway...

Basically, I support the Hunting Shotgun having more spread. It's great, makes it unique and all. But in it's current form, the spread is WAY too much, IMO. It's near-useless past point-blank...if you're lucky, you'll hit with a couple of pellets, but almost never enough to kill unless you're right next to them...

I agree with Joker 100% that it makes for a waste of money and health, as on Hard, most of the critters will hit you HARD while you're locked in the auto-reload animation after your shots spread out at 75-degree angles from the gun barrel and completely miss that Gorefasts charging you. Twice. While the normal shotgun takes 'em down every single time. IMO, the only real reason to carry the Hunting Shotgun is to save Real Shotgun ammo at point-blank...

Not being able to reload after a single shot and not being able to NOT auto-reload when the Hunting Shotty is empty only compounds the issues...

 

[TheGameexe]

How rude, would you like to be reported?

It's people like you...

Anyways, it indeed more than likely won't go anywhere than a few sentences and won't get past a dev anyway.

 

[Oi!Oi!Oi!]

You can carry both shotguns as support...which makes you god-like.

The hunting shotgun is fine as it is.

 

[Private_Joker]

You can carry both shotguns as support...which makes you god-like.

The hunting shotgun is fine as it is.

Just having the single shotty makes a support god-like, actually. The Hunting Shotgun is just a little extra bonus they get. I'd like to either be rid of the HS completely and get along with single shotty, that would be ok..

..or even better, I'd like Support to be split a bit more between needing the Single Shotty and needing the HS. As it is, need for shotty% - HS% is like 95% - 5%. Maybe specialize a bit more to make it 70% - 30%. I do not know how else to explain what I mean...

I DO NOT WANT SUPPORT SPECIALIST TO BE ANY STRONGER. PRIVATE_JOKER IS NOT A WHINY LITTLE PUSSY.

Feel free to write that down.

-Joker

 

[Kogitsune]

I'm mixed on this.

The way the spread is handled needs to be fixed. The ungodly spread is seriously a hassle when trying to use the hunting shotgun for it's listed purpose ( to take down large prey ).

I try to empty both barrels into a scrake's face and the wall behind him gets a bunch of dust kicked up from the pellets and he proceeds to eat my face while I'm locked into a reload and he took minimal damage.

About the only thing it seems reliable enough to do is empty both shells right into Old Man Pat's chest at point blank and then get out of dodge before he tentacle rapes you.

Anything else is virtually a waste with the hunting shotgun. With how often I miss at stupidly close range compared to the price of the ammo and the weight of the gun, why would I even bother getting it on anything harder than normal? I could better spend my money on hand cannons or the rifle and be more efficient with it.

But at the same, it has to be a parallel to the combat shotgun which has a tight spread and decent damage.

I know TWI isn't likely to change the spread on this, so I propose this:

Change the name to reflect the weapon. Sawed off shotgun or something along those lines. Something to indicate it isn't going to be accurate.

It's a sawed off double barreled shotgun.

 

[shaqism]

Whos the genius trying to snipe people with a shotgun anyways

 

[Nanostrike]

Whos the genius trying to snipe people with a shotgun anyways

A LOT of supports.

But that's not the point. The point is that the spread on the Hunting Shotgun makes it stupidly inaccurate even at ridiculously close, but not quite point-blank ranges!

 

[Slappy Cromwell]

Oh no, the Hunting Shotgun possesses a single weakness! It's incapable of sniping Crawlers from across the map!

I can see why you find these pointless and gross exaggerations so fun. But no, the Hunting Shotgun is fine.

 

[Man And A Half]

Oh no, the Hunting Shotgun possesses a single weakness! It's incapable of sniping Crawlers from across the map!

I can see why you find these pointless and gross exaggerations so fun. But no, the Hunting Shotgun is fine.

Two shots.
Long reload that you can't cancel.
Very expensive ammunition (to the point it's cheaper to buy a new one than fill one that's 1/3 full)
Ten-slot weight.

Hunting Shotgun has plenty of weaknesses, the huge spread is just stupid.

 

[shaqism]

Run at a zombie, jump and shoot down at them you cant miss..

 

[mr.easysky]

Yeah the huntingshotgun spread is horrible. That is why it needs six rotating barrels and shoot slugs instead of buckshot. I also think, support should be able to go to level six and keep the other perks at level four.

 

[pocoyo]

My only gripe about the HS is that the spread is so random, that i am better off with a lousy 9mm than a HS. It only works when you are kiting a bunch of zeds and have a train after you, then you can blow them with the HS and hope you can take the maximum amount of enemy as possible, yet kiting was not meant for this game so lame.