Shotguns are so much easier to use. I ran into quite a few Invective/The Next Big Thing users. Those spammy shotguns are super effective. The reason why snipers are so abundant in Trials is because it's far more competitive and a lot of people think that they will get away with hanging out in their spawn. If your team is any good, they can rush up with shotguns and easily kill the enemy team. My main issue with your post is that you seem to thing running a shotgun is inherently more difficult to run a shotgun in Trials. This week's map is really shotgun-friendly. I have no idea what you're talking about. It's almost as easy to run a shotgun on this map as it is to run a shotgun on Thieves Den.