Bungie doesn't "get" why shotguns will never be good in PVE (Destiny)

by MacAddictXIV , Seattle WA, Tuesday, February 10, 2015, 08:25 (3371 days ago) @ squidnh3

3) Thinking back to the last truly effective Bungie PvE shotgun (Halo 1), that was a really a combination of factors. You had an enemy (The Flood) that was nearly immune to snipers. You had a bunch of corridor/room crawls with said enemy. You had a shotgun with good range and a lot of ammo before needing to reload. And the enemy liked to drop ammo for that weapon.

Shotguns still won't be the weapon of choice in Destiny until we get an enemy like The Flood, and levels like the Library. Given that combination wasn't entirely popular, I 'm guessing it's on purpose.

I agree that there needs to be enemies that a shotgun is favorable for. More so, that snipers and longer ranged weapons aren't favorable for. Praetorian's are pretty good because they lack precision locations.

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Bungie doesn't "get" why shotguns will never be good in PVE - CruelLEGACEY, 2015-02-06, 16:02
- Bungie doesn't "get" why shotguns will never be good in PVE - Vortech, 2015-02-06, 16:43
- Only one thought - Earendil, 2015-02-06, 16:45
  - Only one thought - CruelLEGACEY, 2015-02-06, 16:53
    - Yeah, but... - Earendil, 2015-02-06, 16:56
      - Yeah, but... - CruelLEGACEY, 2015-02-06, 17:07
  - Only one thought - Cody Miller, 2015-02-06, 17:36
    - Okay, but back to my point... - Earendil, 2015-02-06, 20:53
    - Only one thought - Vortech, 2015-02-07, 10:58
- Bungie doesn't "get" how they should perform in pvp either - Spec ops Grunt, 2015-02-06, 17:40
- Bungie doesn't "get" why shotguns will never be good in PVE - narcogen, 2015-02-06, 19:45
  - Bungie doesn't "get" why shotguns will never be good in PVE - Cody Miller, 2015-02-06, 19:53
  - Bungie doesn't "get" why shotguns will never be good in PVE - CruelLEGACEY, 2015-02-06, 20:08
    - PvE doesn't include any shotgun-friendly tactical situations - Kahzgul, 2015-02-06, 22:26
      - I miss the Halo CE shotgun. Universal remote should be like - Spec ops Grunt, 2015-02-07, 11:54
      - PvE doesn't include any shotgun-friendly tactical situations - stabbim, 2015-02-07, 16:06
        
        PvE doesn't include any shotgun-friendly tactical situations - Kahzgul, 2015-02-07, 18:06
        
        PvE doesn't include any shotgun-friendly tactical situations - Cody Miller, 2015-02-08, 12:22
        
        PvE doesn't include any shotgun-friendly tactical situations - bluerunner, 2015-02-08, 14:21
- shotguns on patrol - unoudid, 2015-02-07, 09:25
- High damage itself isn't the problem - RC, 2015-02-07, 17:45
  - Risk/Reward issue - Durandal, 2015-02-07, 17:59
  - High damage itself isn't the problem - MacAddictXIV, 2015-02-09, 11:17
- I think I found a solution: *IMG* - nico, 2015-02-09, 01:42
  - +1 - dogcow, 2015-02-09, 08:23
    - If we're counting barrels... - Blackt1g3r, 2015-02-09, 08:39
- Bungie doesn't "get" why shotguns will never be good in PVE - squidnh3, 2015-02-09, 16:42
  - Bungie doesn't "get" why shotguns will never be good in PVE - MacAddictXIV, 2015-02-10, 08:25
    - Speaking as a shotgun whore, plinking at people sucks ass. - Revenant1988, 2015-02-10, 08:57
      - Speaking as a shotgun whore, plinking at people sucks ass. - General Vagueness, 2015-02-10, 17:21

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