Poll: Shotguns.

[pompom8volt]

I hate to post on this and validate its existence, but i refuse to vote on the pole. there is no middle ground.
OT: I do use shotguns some times, and i use other weapons other times. The reason that there are multiple weapons in a game is so that smart people can adapt to the situation.

 

[BaldursBananaSoap]

Poll options are biased. Not voting. Seems to me you can only get cheap kills and hate people who get you from a distance.

 

[Legion]

It's quite sad that so many in the Escapist community consider something to be "cheap" there are ways around every tactic, if you get killed then you shouldn't have been so damn close to them.

I use shotguns, although in some games more than others; TF2 you need them when an enemy is too close for your classes main weapon and GOW you will not survive a round if you can't use one.

 

[The Rockerfly]

From poll: No! Fights frighten me! I just stay in the background taking potshots at people because I'm to terrified to even look at the battlefield!

A.) Use the Damn search button
B.) Just because someone doesn't like being on the frontline doesn't mean they are a coward.
C.) All warfare is based on deception. -Sun Tzu

Edit: Regarding the poll options. Could you be a little less obtuse/pretentious about them?

/ thre....Well done sir, I do believe that you have effectively ended the thread in an appropriate manor
Please accept you trophy, enjoy your 5 minutes of fame and move on graciously
This thread is done

 

[GOATOFRAGE]

only if its fair i.e. shotguns only work close up

 

[sneak_copter]

Singleplayer, yes. In multiplayer, only Halo. Well, given the quality of the rest of the community....

 

[BakaSmurf]

Enraged shotgunner is enraged?

 

[Zacharine]

Depends entirely on the game. Most of the time, no, since most levels aren't about trench-clearing or building capturing in the FPS, RPG/FPS and RPG/RTS games these days.

 

[hagaya]

Yes, nothing beats shooting a national socialist zombie right in the face with a Trench Gun.

Or a Gut Shot.

Depends really on the game, and how its applied. Call of Duty 4/WaW: No stopping power. Pretty much every other game I play: Go for it. The shotgun is a short range, high power weapon. There needs to be a balance and in most cases it is met.

 

[Jedamethis]

what makes you think I take potshots at people? I kill them.

 

[effilctar]

Do you use them? I do.

Your options imply that people who don't use shotguns are wimps. Change this.

 

[Philosopher of Chaos]

I use them only when I'm forced too...personally I would rather sit back with a bolt-action and let other people go gungho whilst I just mop up after they get blasted into a fine paste, but as Saksak said....depends on the game.

 

[fuckwit]

if the map calls for some pumpkin balls rounds then i wont be adverse to unleashing a few

Well then your ass is grass, and I've got the weed whacker!

 

[Flytch]

GIVE US A GOD DAMNED MIDDLE OPTION. why do all the polls have a set ya or nay, I use them maybe once every month unless the time calls.

I'm the one in the back with an m104 sniper rifle killing guys with headshots from across the map saving my teamates and such. I ususally set up in a spot where I can see the objective like a flag or area of defence, and just pick off all the HVT's (High Value Targets)

Because there is no middle option. You either have the guts to look your enemy in the eyes before taking his life (CQC) or you're too terrified to and you don't (LRC).

There's no middle ground in that.

Nope, you're either a skillful player who uses a wide variety of weaponry to achieve their goals, or you can be a wannabe rambo who seems to feel that online gaming has some relation to real life combat and warfare 'you either have the guts to look your enemy in the eyes before taking his life (CQC) or you're too terrified to and you don't (LRC).' seriously now? Grow up.

 

[not a zaar]

So many games have shitty shotguns. You never see good shotguns, the kind that don't have horrible spread and are dangerous weapons even at medium range.

 

[RAWKSTAR]

Yes, I use shotguns when I have the chance. I do love that gun of major shotage!

 

[JWAN]

Yea, most shotguns in games are shown to me highly inaccurate though. That's a pretty big misconception.

I even use a shotgun for hunting.

Remington 870 Express Magnum (.20 gauge)

 

[Kriptonite]

I'm guessing that you're not to good at anything but the shotgun are you? Thing is, you don't even have to be good, just aim in the general direction and fire. I'm not going to vote in the poll because I'm good with real weapons, ones that take skill to use.

 

[JWAN]

Enraged shotgunner is enraged?

^ this

it depends on the situation, if your going to be up close or in a hallway that's a series of short hallways the shotgun will be the best. for everything else just use an assault rifle, if they are farther away use short bursts.

If your running through a field with a shotgun popping off rounds your going to get picked off.