Originally Posted by
jmart83
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I'm actually not complaining, but I'm relatively happy with the change made to shotguns in update 5. They are a bit more balanced and not too bad in pve now. Before anyone posts, "Well I still get wrecked so they are still broken." I argue that they are strong up close and they should be, they're shotguns. The double barrel premeditated combo is still lethal, but you actually have to build for it now. In update 4, it didn't matter what you wore you could still kill someone easily with a premeditated double barrel, even if you were a full blown tank with 0 reds and no China's light and no points in shotguns in the specialization tree. Now you NEED those things to still do viable damage and that, after all, seems fair. I still don't see nearly as many people complaining about the LMG hipfire strategy or the headshot custom p416/ eagle bearer build as I see complaints about shotguns. At least before you could fight those guys with a double barrel regardless of build and still have a chance. Now, if you're using a shotgun in pvp that kind of damage does not come easily.
Personally, I finished a shotgun build about 2 weeks ago. 2 China's light, neither have red on them, compensated gloves, weapon damage on chest and pack and a mod on my airaldi holster for a little extra kick (1.5 awd, 5 shotgun, 1 armor). So yeah, my shotguns hit hard. Doesn't make me or shotguns in general overpowered, I just built for it. Besides, all weapons in pvp just got a boost as well as skills so now there are counters to shotguns, you just have to be willing to build that way.