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Wish they would fix shotgun already.

areeeareee Posts: 850 Arc User
in Champions Online Discussion
I'm not a gun person. However even I know that pellets that spread have almost know penetration, or knocking, power and ment to take out birds and small animals. Slugs are where the punch comes from and are single target.

The current shotgun basically fires about 20-30 slugs in a single blast.

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  • jaazaniah1jaazaniah1 Posts: 5,543 Arc User
    Not clear what the issue is? Are you asking for a degree of real-world realism in a superhero game? For me, Shotgun is a great utility power. With the right advs it can apply armor piercing, can knock, can apply fear. Love it!
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  • wingedkagoutiwingedkagouti Posts: 565 Arc User
    Shotguns being AoE type weapons with a short effective range is basically how they're expected to work in games. Heavy knockback from a shotgun is a cinematic trope that you'll find in an excessive amount of movies as well as many games with guns.

    Champions Online is merely doing it the way most gamers expect it to be, the same way every non-simulation game with guns does.
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  • areeeareee Posts: 850 Arc User
    Hahaha! I woke up this morning and checked youtube and this popped up.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYdqsgijJI4&ab_channel=GameSpot
  • diggotdiggot Posts: 309 Arc User

    Imo shotguns should automatically do more damage the closer they're fired to their target,
    we shouldn't need an Adv for that. It should however have an Adv "Slugs" which removes it's AoE capability,
    but greatly increases it's singeltarget and knockdown effect.

    I would even go so far as to say that upclose in melee range, a shotgun without Slugs should do 100% more damage,
    and with slugs at same range, 200% more damage.
  • warcanchwarcanch Posts: 1,130 Arc User
    The Devs have established precedent on a few powers that do more damage closer and lesser damage for further away. As well as a % chance to miss on further away. So, it is possible to do something about what you suggest.

    However, I think you're trying too hard to get REAL WORLD to be injected into a game. Many powers are used to fill certain roles and these aren't exactly REAL WORLD.

    Don't get me wrong here. I'd love MANY more options, whether it be from advantages to powers OR powers themselves.​​
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  • areeeareee Posts: 850 Arc User
    My beef is having a single bar trash mob floor me and my summons in a single shot so I take fall damage.
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