Shotguns

VipersGhost · Post by **VipersGhost** » 2007-04-09 21:56

Pointless? Come on man, now you are getting rediculous. Common sense should tell you that for house-house combat/clearing a shotgun is incredibly NOT pointless. Check out the links below...there are many more on google. The shotgun is an extremely valid weapon for the current middle eastern theme of this game. Of course not on everymap but for sure something like al basrah. It makes sense in reality obviously (see links) and in-game (Al Basarah-esk maps). As for it breaking gameplay etc, thats the dev's job to merge reality with the game. I'm sure they are talented enough to do it.

http://www.strategypage.com/hotstuff/articles/dls20055271228.asp

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0IAV/is_6_93/ai_n16346115

Sneak Attack · Post by **Sneak Attack** » 2007-04-10 02:13

http://www.strategypage.com/hotstuff/ar ... 271228.asp
"Iraqi insurgents have little respect for the M4 rifle and the 5.56mm round, but they fear shotguns"

well that kinda says it all doesn't it.

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=1aa_1171990428
seems like they are a viable life wrecking machine to me

shotguns need more power in PR end of story.

Smitty4212 · Post by **Smitty4212** » 2007-04-10 04:21

Even still, if someone gets the drop on you with a shotgun and hits you, you are probably not walking out of there alive, body armor or not. If you were lucky enough to survive, you are most likely going to be put out of action with broken ribs, etc.

Sneak Attack · Post by **Sneak Attack** » 2007-04-10 04:59

exactly. no good can come of getting hit by a shotgun.

BlackwaterEddie · Post by **BlackwaterEddie** » 2007-04-10 10:17

In real life maybe, but in PR the shotgun is better used for throwing at people

Lucid Nightmare · Post by **Lucid Nightmare** » 2007-04-10 10:27

Hence the reason why we want them better.

Sneak Attack · Post by **Sneak Attack** » 2007-04-11 00:14

the absence of dev input is angering me

and i will keep putting little 1 liners in to keep this on the first page.

Jay · Post by **Jay** » 2007-04-11 16:02

I agree! ch'mon devs! we neeeeed answers!

pweeeeese

VipersGhost · Post by **VipersGhost** » 2007-04-11 17:20

Dev's? Whats the verdict on this?

youm0nt · Post by **youm0nt** » 2007-04-12 02:15

Night vision goggles aren't in PR though... Yet...

Lucid Nightmare · Post by **Lucid Nightmare** » 2007-04-12 05:40

Fishwork vs. the rest of the shotgun wielding community.

Sneak Attack · Post by **Sneak Attack** » 2007-04-16 23:26

Fishw0rk wrote:
Look:

1. Knife
2. Shovel
3. M16/G3/Type95/L85
4. Land Mines
5. C4
6. Wrench
7. Night Vision Goggles
8. Field Dressing
9. Parachute

what the fuck is all this shit!?!. M16 would go away and shotgun would go in. if the shotgun didnt suck then we wouldnt need the M16 for them on the maps that allready have the shotty in for 0.5

and parachute and night vision goggles can fuck off aswell. no other kit gets parachute. and we have no night maps.

VipersGhost · Post by **VipersGhost** » 2007-04-17 01:01

Anyone else think Sneak Attack is funny. Look at him talkin about his shotty! Man he must have a few redneck jeans in him.....and thats a compliment from me! Shotguns certainly go well with Keystone and huntin rattlesnakes on the grade. lol

Sneak Attack · Post by **Sneak Attack** » 2007-05-01 04:53

i am from Wisconsin. though i live on a lake and wake board and many other non hick activities, i have to have at least one shotgun, as i am from Wisconsin and we do what we want. but we dont have rattlesnakes in Wisconsin what we do have is more alcohol then any where ells and thats all that matters.

but anyway, i was playing engineer today, and i sneak up on some dude laying on the back of his tank fixing it, and i am about 15-20m away and i wip out the slug and shoot him in the head, and what does he do?
he jumps the fuck up and gets in his tank, forcing me to have to run up to him and blow him up with C4.
and that whole expierence really got on my tits so i quit playing.

Dyer |3-5| · Post by **Dyer |3-5|** » 2007-05-01 11:12

Any update on the shotguns?

AnRK · Post by **AnRK** » 2007-05-01 12:04

Engineers don't have paras right? And on a night map the developers aren't gonna hand night vision goggles out to everyone are they? It's not really in the vein of the whole reality thing really. So I don't see why they couldn't get claymores.

What the hell is the spade anyway? I've never heard of it until now...

Also while I'm in the right thread, are there any plans to make the shotgun have to unload then reload when changing between shells? Since there's a delay when changing Tank and APC shells I don't see why the shotgun shouldn't have one.

Hides-His-Eyes · Post by **Hides-His-Eyes** » 2007-05-01 14:32

It has been confirmed that shotguns will be more powerful in .6