I am I guess what most people on here would call a shotgunner, my general load out for pvp is something along the lines of pulse rifle or similar shotgun and rockets.
Now the reason I use a shotgun is for 2 main reasons, first I am not a long range player because I can't really aim for shit, the second reason is that I live in lag so the enemies normally have about a half second advantage on me.
My response to this is to use a shotgun, so for instance let's say that I'm capping a control objective and I see my motion tracker light up, I'm not going to just sit around in the objective and wait to get killed with a dumb look on my face, I'm going to move so that I have the best possible chance of killing the enemy quick without taking damage so I find the corner closest to where they're coming from murder them then return to capping the objective.
You may call me a corner camper but if there is any cover whatsoever on a map there will be corners and the best way to use a shotgun is to pull the trigger while the barrel is down the enemies throat.
My major problem is with fusion rifles personally as I have been killed in one shot from across the map but those occasions are few and far between so it doesn't worry me too much.
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Its one thing to be a short ranged player, that is your play style, but the problem is that the shotgun isn't short ranged!
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I've only managed to kill people with my shotgun at a range about equal to my warlocks melee range which granted is about 3x a hunters or titans melee range but that to me seems about right, range any longer than that and the shotgun doesn't even break shields as a general rule