The size of your gun matters (Destiny)

by CruelLEGACEY , Toronto, Friday, July 26, 2019, 08:11 (1735 days ago)

Holy crap, this is hilarious.

Fallout did some testing to explore a little theory of his. He was wondering if the physical length of a shotgun’s barrel contributed to its effective range. For example, you two players are running at each other in PvP, and they both have shotguns with identical specs, but 1 has a longer barrel than the other, would that player be within 1-shot-kill range slightly earlier than the other player?

Practically speaking, this would be near impossible to test, because shotguns are so inherently inconsistent. But then he remembered The Chaperone (which fires a slug, therefore no pellet spread, therefore no inconsistency).

The Chaperone has an ornament that changes the physical length of the barrel. So he did some testing, and... yes. Using the ornament with the longer barrel extends the range at which you can 1-shot an enemy in PvP: