Hear me out cause obviously lots of people love there crayon with a barrel attachment and won't agree immediately. I think shotguns have been top of special for far to long kind of like handcannons with primarys and bungies twab this week shows numbers to prove it. So my idea, dial shottys down without touching any other weapons, I think the nerf to special weapons as a hole ( making them all spawn with the equivalent on 1 ammo ) was a step in the wrong direction as its negatively impacted things like trace rifles and snipers. these nerfs should have been solely on shottys them selfs as they are the outlying special weapon in the crusible Playlist. #1 so my first idea is simple keep shottys at 1 ammo, bring everything back to normal except for some options ( slugs, fusions ) as they would quickly climb to the top spot and see how it plays out with shottys being ammo limited. Now my next idea is controversial and I'm not expecting any anybody to agree but it's my personal take on how I would balance shottys. #2 First I would make everything back to 2 ammo including shottys, second I would make shottys no longer one shot at 7-8 meters ( or whatever it is ) and instead one shot at 2-3 or 3-4 meters, outside of these range values shotguns would do 120 - 180 damage depending on frame ( rapid fire, lightweight, precision, aggressive) this would leave room for shotgun melee to be unaffected on any shotty while making them more of a close range option or a clean-up weapon in primary gun fights ( peppering your opponent with damage to get an easy kill ) This would leave more opportunities for snipers slugs and fusions to secure kills in situations they would more then likely die ( small lanes, corners, zones ) It would put shot guns in the same type of position handcannons have been put in, making them take more setup and thinking rather then run in and shoot. I think it's time for shotguns to take a rest and let other weapons in the spot light, remember when people used snipers like it was montages we need that back.