Anyone else disappointed with the shotgun?

[Kain]

It's very slow but except for the most basic enemies doesn't do a lot of damage. Not very useful against stronger enemies even point blank. Also, str should have been higher.

[GrenadeMagnet6]

Yeah, I only switch to it for smaller enemies like the Nurglings. Have not tried it further in game.

[WZ]

bit underwhelming damage wise vs the rest, true
i do switch to something else when i want to kill effectively
still, quite in love with it, they got the feel of it down pat
gotta pump a whole lotta shells into them / get more of that rush

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Use it against chaff enemies in groups at slightly longer range than you might expect from a shotgun in an fps, that's what it's designed to do. Even so, i agree that it could be more effective in that job. Does it really need to be pump only for example? Some real shotguns use the pump for loading but operate essentially as semi auto.

[Tyko 3]

Shotgun would have less armor penetration than a bolt gun. I'm guessing that's why its lower. Also, not sure how true this is but apparently the stats are based on an older edition of the tabletop game as a callback to older fans and the era of the style the game represents.

[CiZerin]

SG is good vs purple deamons - 2 shots to kill

[Grim@FU_BARRACUDA]

Maybe lower damage then you would expect, but also covers a larger area then i expected, Still. im bearly usng it because there is enough ammo for the boltgun around ;-)

[Hussarius®]

In purge sections, you're gonna want to use it to preserve ammo for the bolt and plasma guns.

[aidayen]

I use shotgun a lot, imo it's fine.

[Mjr Dingus]

I don't use it at all, feels a bit weak compared to anything else. They could increase it's power or maybe add some bullet pen.

[Mr. No_Effs_Given]

Doom 3 shotgun is better.

[Mashed Potatoes Johnson]

Shotgun is amazing with the machine spirit really. It can take down marines and flamers in like 2-3 shots at that point and everything below in about 1-2. It's my go to weapon to upgrade now. Would love to have the option to upgrade more weapons but I see what they did with it.

[Khloros]

Yeah super underwhelming.
TBH i would rather it have been a flamer.

[TF Doomer]

Shotgun is fine, especially against nurglings, blue horrors and cultists if they get too close. Though it's just slow enough to be annoying when you miss 5 shots in a row because of nurglings jumping around 🤬

And yeah, as someone mentioned earlier, the stats (Boltgun 4, Shotgun 3, etc) are based on old 40k tabletop rules (pretty sure it's 2nd edition, could be 3rd though) and those weapons strength stat.

[Delta_Assault]

Originally posted by Mr. No_Effs_Given:

Doom 3 shotgun is better.

Anything is better than the Doom 3 shotgun.

[HidesHisFace]

It is fine.
Especially when you consider what you are dealing with and what shotguns do in Space Marine arsenal - this is a scout weapon - a toy for initiates - a gun for breaching operations and dealing with very lightly armoured targets.
And shotgun in Boltgun does exactly that - it deals with light chaff rather well. It is not meant to be the heavy hitter of the arsenal like more traditional FPS shotguns.