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[x8xNickx8x]

Hey, please remove the melee damage bonus from shotguns and replace it with damage to armor. Who in their right mind is using melee when everything does so much damage.

[Sevost423]

What!? I use this all the time in pve and pvp. It's awesome when you use your last clip and finish off an enemy with a butt punch. No need to remove this. It's so unique.

[Jyve_Data]

I use a sawed off in my pistol slot. I love the boost to melee dmg. Unload my AR at a charging enemy. Switch to sawed off when they get close, smack them with it, they stumble back and I finish off with a shell to the chest. Killing this way gets me armor regen for 5 seconds too. Awesome.

[x8xNickx8x]

I guess they should just remove the bullets and turn the shotgun into a baseball bat.

[x8xNickx8x]

Melee isn’t unique and is situational at best. All other weapons have bonus that reduce kill time without putting you at risk. There is no way you are consistently using melee If you are playing challenging/heroic missions or pvping against any players that are decent. I can’t even count how many times I have bashed an enemy just for them to either continue shooting me or turn into Mike Tyson and knock me out with one punch. I thing damage to armor would bring shotguns inline with the other weapon types and make them a viable choice to, you know... shoot stuff. If not, ditch the shotguns and give me a claymore.

[Tet2]

I agree.
The melee bonus is utterly useless.

Yes, they do come in handy every now and then.
But it is literally "every now and then".
You hardly ever use it unless you specifically go in for a melee attack.

On the other hand, the other weapons all have bonuses that will help you all the time.
So at least let the shotgun have a bonus that is actually meaningful.