Regarding light levels (Destiny)

by Kahzgul, Friday, October 07, 2016, 18:52 (3061 days ago) @ TheeChaos

The damage difference in light levels is apparently not noticeable in terms of shots to kill until 20 light levels of disparity. You shouldn't have any trouble OHKing with a shotgun at 10-15 light difference. That being said, they did also reintroduce The Matador which has absurd range and fires quickly, so it's possible you're just meeting some people with super high range shotties.

I, for one, have been using The Chaperone exclusively during IB and Trials in order to compete with the high range Matadors. God I love that gun.

I didnt think it made a difference either, but I did not run into these issues until trials came out and now IB. I forgot how to snipe when I came into RoI, and tried shotgunning halfway through my first trials, but ended up having to switch to sniping. I don't have the data to back it up right now, I will try and record some games this weekend If I shotgun.

Hmm. I tried to look up an article I saw on Reddit about light level differences but I can't find one that references shotguns specifically. For sniper rifles the difference from two body shots to 1 is 20 light levels. For hand cannons the difference between 3 shots (1 crit, 2 body) and 2 shots (2 crit) appears to be 15-20 light levels depending on how much armor the target is running. Nothing on shotguns that I can find. Sorry. Anecdotally I noticed no difference with my PC+1 when I was 370 light re: ranges where I expect to get a kill from. That being said, it's clearly outclassed by the Matadors running wild all over, which is why I changes to Chappy.

And Yes, I have seen alot of chaperone lately.

Really?? I'm the only I've seen using it since IB came out.