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Congrats. I run shotgun as my special all the time in Crucible and noticed something you said and thought I'd add something that might make you more of a monster.

You mentioned specifically that you can't get close enough in Crucible for shotgun kills. This indicates to me that you're trying to attack with a shotgun offensively in the open, most likely in scenarios where the enemy lands shots on your first. Am I right?

Unless you're amazing at being invisible or you're a blink-and-shotty-them-in-the-head type player, trying to get shotgun kills by chasing down enemies is going to be a losing battle. I have no problem getting shotgun kills with the radar on for 2 reasons:

1) Let them come to you.

You can ask some of the people on here I've played with, Up North, Robot Chickens, but I get a lot of my shotgun kills by simply letting them come to me. The radar acts like a magnet, you see that red bar or red section and you start running for it (which is idiotic if you haven't first considered where that enemy is, what they might be running with, what's their strategy, etc). Putting yourself in a spot where they will have little time to react and having your gun aimed where they will enter the room at will pretty much guarantee kills. Small maps are great for this.

2) When you do run, know what gun you need in what spaces.

If I need to move position and I'm running, I select which gun I'm wielding based on the encounter I might run into. If it's in open space with distance between me and an enemy, I have my primary out. If I'm running through tight hallways where I'll more likely run into at point blank range, I'll have my shotty at the ready. Making this decision while on the move will definitely increase your K/D. While staying near cover is smart, sometimes you gotta move.

Hope this helps in your monsterhood. Good luck with the rest of the bounty.

"All others are #2 or lower"

With apologies to The Sphinx. I feel your pain though. Getting Thorn on my hunter with only a void shotgun and MG was very difficult, especially because at the time I didn't have any groups to do PVP with. I did it later on with a warlock and all void weapons and it was almost trivial.

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Having now played some Inferno, and watched a few high level casters vid it up, some thoughts immediately come to mind:

1. Hunters got boned on their supers. I say this mostly because Hunter supers require clumped enemies and a good deal of planning to execute. You need space for them; if you blast out a gold gun with an enemy across the room, they can focus you down with an Auto Rifle before you can get a shot off (and once you do get it activated, good luck finding anyone to kill). Getting a good super off without radar will be tough, and a voidwalker or titan will have an even easier time shutting you down. Sorry Hunter Bros.

2. High look sensitivity users must be thrilled. Inferno turned crucible into a Tron-esque version of CS:GO where nobody checks corners and only one class has flashbangs. Being able to rotate quickly and acquire targets faster than your adversary just became a premium.

3. Maxing discipline and agility are probably the way to go. Grenades are the new supers; having them as often as possible is a huge plus. Kill distance also goes way down because you can actually sneak up on people. Having a longer jump and more mobility is a premium too. Wouldn't hurt to have high strength too; you're going to be in melee range way more often.

4. The orange is right about shotguns. Because kill distance is going down and sniping is far less useful (don't scope for long, y'all), having high RoF weapons in close range is also big. Invective loving Strikers, welcome to Valhalla. Plan C and other quick charge FR's will be super handy too. Same goes for Last Word.

5. Not having a radar changes everything. Good googly-moogly nobody checks their six. Everyone runs around like headless chickens from control point to control point. I advise not capping the one you're nearest to and hiding behind the geometry with an auto-shotty. Moving slowly and keeping a wall to your back will probably do you well; sprint only when you can close distance without chasing.