Hi. I'm back from my two week ban. I usually don't ever make a post. Usually I just respond to others. But I felt that this needs to be said. So let's get down to it. Shotguns. Yeah I know. Special weapons are pretty controversial at the moment. Half the posts on these forums are calling for sniper or shotgun nerfs. I used to only run a shotgun with a Mida or Hawksaw and I was probably that guy that people hated. However, recently I decided to switch it up. I equipped a pretty good LDR 5001 and a Hawkmoon because I got bored of my old playstyle. And the most amazing thing happened. I rarely died to shotguns. I thought to myself, "why?" And I realized that it was because I had to change my playstyle. Instead of rushing in to do battle with other shotguns, I would let my teammates bait out the enemy team so I could get some easy picks with a sniper or hand cannon and then we could clean up the others. So what's the point. Well the point is that if you want to snipe you need to get into the sniper mentality. Your job is to sit behind your teammates and take out the enemy from range. Not run into close quarters and complain when someone shotguns or shoulder charges you. Sure you may get that nasty 420 quick scope that makes all of your friends jealous once or twice but most of the time you'll die and put your team at a disadvantage. Stop challenging shotgunners in close quarters. Learn to bait them out of close quarters. Use your grenades. Or better yet, get them to believe they can rush you and then two tap them with Hawkmoon. And shotgunners try to stay out of sniper lanes. One last piece of advice. As a sniper, you need to know when it's time to pack and get the heck out of Dodge. Sometimes the enemy sniper is going to be better than you. That means you either need to flank for a different angle or switch to a different secondary. And when the whole enemy team is rushing you, don't just stand there hard scoping because at that point you're just feeding the other team kills. Most of the time a retreat is the better option. Good luck out there guardians