Yes, it's another post about shotguns. Sorry but it's not a request for a nerf. No, instead it's rather about how the shotguns, performance wise, brilliant.
Now people will certainly argue "the range is too great" to which I say, "the range is perfect". Why? Because it is. Instead of the weapon being a problem, it's the map size.
Now I'm not going to ask the ridiculous like "all the maps need to be reworked to better accommodate longer ranged combat" because that would be… ridiculous. Instead reimplement the existing open maps First Light and Bastian that have been rebalanced slightly to make them more player friendly as well as making future maps more open.
Larger, more open maps promotes the use of snipers and scout rifles over shotguns that the current maps do.
Adding in new open maps obviously won't happen straight away. But in my opinion shotguns, as they are currently, are sitting just about right performance wise.
And while on the topic of shotguns, Universal Remote. It's described as "having the range of a scout rifle" yet is far from it. This is not to mean that UR should have the range of a scout rifle as that would be crazy, but it is meant to be the longest ranged shotgun yet falls well short instead there are 2 possible solutions that I propose:
1)switch Crowd Control for Shotpackage
Or
2)increase it's range and make it fire slug rounds. Slug rounds would deal massive damage, have better range then buckshot but would require aiming to be accurate.
Either of these changes would fit Universal Remote as it's a shotgun that requires players to ADS to get the most out of it, so forcing players to ads to get ALL benefits from it wouldn't be too far fetched.
I know I'll get hate on something I've said, this id the Destiny forums after all, and honestly my outlook will not change.
TLDR; Shotguns are fine, the maps are the issue, Universal Remote needs a rework to be, once again, exotic.
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1 ReplyUR needs shot package as it's secret perk, just think about it, the crit dmg increase make sense that way
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8 RepliesSurprise it's called use a primary
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Agree. Want to like this gun more. Just can't
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5 RepliesSurprise! it is a nerf post!!!
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3 RepliesIt's an underrated shotgun, but one that takes up the exotic slot when there's better things to use. It's ideal for crucible, but it's like "but I can't use thorn/hawk moon/last word/red death" and the list continues cause the range on it, well isn't amazing. I'd use it more if I was more of a sniper person. But it does need a slight buff, nothing crazy but just a little one.
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8 RepliesIt's called universal remote because you will have close, medium and long range when you have it equipt. It's meant to go with a sniper
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Slug rounds. All for it
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1 ReplyI agree, UR has the perk for ADS, i tried it out in comparison to my matador and party crasher both with ADS reducing spread of bullets and both of them absolutely surpassed UR in terms of damage at range. If UR is to be exotic then nothing should have the range better than it, slug rounds would be perfect
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1 ReplyAgreed. All i see when i turn into a corner now is either a shotgun or another shotgun. Would be very nice to run into a vestian dynasty. The weapon is hella good up close.
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1 ReplySlug rounds would be amazing, especially since I got a second UR from deathsinger after I bought it. If it got slug rounds I just might upgrade them
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23 RepliesI think UR is not too bad the way it is, but my experience with it is somewhat limited. Haven't used it fully upgraded yet. One way I think people could help mitigate their shotgun problems is to adapt their playstyle to reduce the chances of getting one-shotted when shotguns are running rampant. Something more defensive. Usually when I mention this I get hate because people are too lazy/stubborn and think they should be able to play however they want, whenever they want with no negative consequences. Just plain childish if you ask me.