I'm 30 yo, I played multiplayer games for as long as I can remember. Shotguns in this game are pathetically strong, and I constantly top the chart in my PVP games, it's not that I'm not getting kills or just dying. But shotguns are b-r-o-k-e-n. Shotguns in FPS games should be a high skill, slow weapon that only rewards skillful plays. This game has taken the worst possible attitude towards shotguns, making them unbeatable in close range, unless you want to burn an ult or check every corner methodically, something that shouldn't be a thing in a UT paced multiplayer. Thing is, if you reduce the shotguns to 70% damage they would still be effective af, but instead they are an instakill (and since the melee in this game is instant and even locks onto your opponent from a distance, it doesn't even matter if they land a good hit) It's trash, and completely unenjoyable. Grinding for cool weapons just to experience a bunch of aimless players running around and getting instakills with literally 0 thought or skill involved, especially if a bunch does it together. If we duel from a distance I dominate them, but if they're close already? That's it, literally no way to outplay or outsmart them unless I use a shotgun myself (which I have, and it's OP to the point of ridiculousness) I know it probably won't make a difference, but I did what I can. Makes a really enjoyable base-game really, really bad.