Anyone found shotties are now amazing!?

[=98=]

In the same way that learning to fly in BF2 opens up a whole new sub-game within BF2, the fixing of hitboxes and prone deviation for other classes has made the shotty awesome.

On the new Blue Pearl (or whatever) map, they absolutely rule. Now they actually hit where you shoot them and do some damage. Nothing beats running around a corner to see some German called "1337_Pr0_M3D1c" dolphin dive to the floor with his G36E... and get his head blown off by a pump action :yay:

[MrChris_CJ]

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I typically whore the DAO 12 and Jackhammer whenever I am engineer or Anti tank, I can fire those shotguns so fast and they do blow people away exceedingly well lately, might be down to hit reg working

is the default shotgun nicer? I don't think I have used that one much if at all lol

[=98=]

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I've never been one for the DAO, always seemed to have too much recoil, too little damage. I like pump actions as they are 1 hit kill when close.

Tell you what, the European teams shotgun is madness. It can be shot damn fast, does a ton of damage and sounds awesome!

[zone36]

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is the default shotgun nicer? I don't think I have used that one much if at all lol

I used to avoid the default shotguns like the plague, but they are actually quite effective once you get the hang of them; often 1-hit kills inside of 5-10 feet. The absolute rule is to make sure that first shot hits home, because if you miss, you're usually dead.

[MrChris_CJ]

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yer the DAO can be a bit inconsistent, but I usually tolerate it because I can fire it so fast, gets annoying waiting for the reload though, like the Jackhammer more really

am going to try the default shotgun methinks, I can picture the one shots right now

[ConscriptVirus]

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yeah ive always liked the pump shotties even pre-patch. really good for clearing out alleys in karkand..tho like always, its kinda useless in non-CQB fighting.

[iQue]

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Engi has always been my favourite class and the shotguns are rather beastly both in I/O and for sneaky Spec Ops guys trying to C4 my tank. If you can consistently hit the upper torso, you're not going to want another weapon. Took down a whole squad with the default Chinese shotgun yesterday, admittedly they weren't the brighest bunch but I think I can get my point across. \o/

Trick is to never ever run out in the open, you want to play aggresive, but you always want a corner to hide behind. Popping out of a corner and running back in after a shot will often take most people by surprise and if you need a second shot you're not going to take much damage. You don't have a lot of sprint, so use it well. Make sure your sprint bar is full before fighting, as you're going to need it for dodging.

Also, never underestimate how useful it is to steal med- and ammopacks from kits you find laying on the ground, if you spam medpacks and then switch back to your engi kit you can still heal yourselves and your teammates with those medpacks. :)

[MatTheCat]

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On the new Blue Pearl (or whatever) map, they absolutely rule. Now they actually hit where you shoot them and do some damage. Nothing beats running around a corner to see some German called "1337_Pr0_M3D1c" dolphin dive to the floor with his G36E... and get his head blown off by a pump action :yay:

I never ever use shotguns cos I got used to them being a pretty cash weopon...certainly no match for the engineers MP7 minigun.

HOWEVER......

As a regular Sniper, I can certainly say that whatever they have done to the hit-box-reg fix has certainly made a BIG difference. I would say that on certain levels, that makes Sniper a very dangerous class which is perhaps the way it was meant to be with Snipers being the only class with thier own special 'tag' on the UAV radar.

[signa]

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In the same way that learning to fly in BF2 opens up a whole new sub-game within BF2, the fixing of hitboxes and prone deviation for other classes has made the shotty awesome...

cool! cant wait to try out my 1187 pimp cane inside iron gator. :p

[XmetallicaXguitarstX]

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Shotguns were always good.. you just had to aim them similar to how you would TV a chopper. You just need to aim for the lagging hitbox if someone is running.

That and you need to know how to dance while still shooting accurately. Lol

Kind of confusing now for me cause I'm so used to hitting the lagging hitbox (that was the key in 1.41.. even infy), and now I have to play almost LAN style (I know it's not anywhere near that good but you get the idea).