i dont think you read my comment properly. im fine with less special and having to earn it, but its at too low a rate. The player pool is low enough as it is, and this pretty much eliminates special weapon use for most of the player base. thats fine if you just want sweats to play. Did you play D2 year 1 when we had snipers as heavy, well thats pretty much the usage rate most players will have now. The rate at which you gain special should be about double what it is now. Also what was wrong with having checkmate as a seperate mode if people want to play that way?

Not at all I'm not the highest kd at all and I get 8 to 10 shotgun shots a game thats more than enough. Specials should not be the weapon you rely in 24/7 having less ohk in the game is a relief.

not to be rude but i seriously doubt that. going off your last 10 6's games you average 3/4 shotty kills a game. so unless you're whiffing most of your conditional finality shots you are getting 4 maybe 6 shots a game. its also not as bad for shotty players as snipers. you are far more likely to miss a snipe.