Best shotgun on VS?

[Shadownium]

Hey guys, I am new to VS and don't really know which shotgun should I get. First of all, why do we have a automatic shotgun? And what is the difference between pump action and semi auto? In both fire modes you press once to fire once right? What is special about pump action then?

[Computer Sheep]

I dont believe there is much difference between a vs shotgun and other faction shotguns(may be wrong here)
Automatic shotguns are an automatic...shotgun, they tend to be an automatic version of our faction specific semi auto shotgun, but pellets spread out more, damage dropoff is slightly higher, theres five shells in the magazine and it takes longer to reload

Semi auto shotguns generally take two shots to kill at most, but can easily follow up shots with another blast. This type of shotgun is given to everyone for free. It has a little better range due to the fact that you do not always need to land every single pellet, its oriented towards two or three shots.

Pump action reloads individually and fires slower, it also has four shells loaded at a time. This also has more pellets per shot than other shotguns, requiring only eight pellets to hit to kill an enemy, with 10 for the phobos,11 for the deimos. Meaning that you can kill a single well placed shot, but does require some good positioning.

edit- clarifying that other FACTION shotgun, not other types.

[Shadownium]

Which one do you recommend me to use then?

[Wild Grant]

Whatever the one you get for free is. fast reload, 10 shots with extended mag, good spread, good fire rate, higher damage than the autos and you won't have to return to spawn every 2 minutes to resupply.

This coming from someone with the brawler.

[Ishan451]

Originally posted by Computer Fox:

I dont believe there is much difference between a vs shotgun and other faction shotguns(may be wrong here)

There isn't. They are all the same now. There used to be some difference, but it was balanced, later.

Only the NC has additional Shotguns, which are their faction trademark weapons.

Originally posted by Shadownium:

Which one do you recommend me to use then?

Try them out, see what works best for you. Most people will recommend you the Pandora VX25 (for us NC its called Piston), but i personally love the Phobos VX86 (For us NC its called Claw).

Any of the Pump Action will deliver 1300+ damage to the target on a body shot, in close range. Since most Heavy Assaults rarely have a full shield, its most of the time a one shot kill for any infantry soldier, assuming you can aim.

But that being said, some people prefer the full automatic shotguns for jumping into a group of enemies and dispatching them quickly with full automatic fire. It really depends on your preference.

If you are accurate you can kill 3-4 people with the pumpaction, if you are not as sure in your aiming ability, the full automatic will allow you to compensate much more rapidly if you do not fully hit an enemy. Also keep in mind the Automatic and Semi Automatic guns only do around 800 damage, which means you need headshots for a OHK, unlike the pump action, which is a OHK for everyone but a heavy with their shield on.

[Shadownium]

Thanks!

[Flyboy]

Pump action is better, WAY better. It has a tighter spread, plus it one-shots people and the semi-auto doesn't.

[Computer Sheep]

Originally posted by HashE™:

Pump action is better, WAY better. It has a tighter spread, plus it one-shots people and the semi-auto doesn't.

The semi auto shotgun is a little more forgiving due to the pump actions fire rate. And is most likely better suited for a newer player to get start off with, and it is given free to every player. This way they can get a taste for how the shotgun works without any cert or cash investment, and see if they like it enough to want to work towards getting a pump action or automatic, through testing it out in trialing or the VR.

[Shadownium]

Is the automaic shotgun even viable? Because the whole point of shotgun is to drop someone before he can even see who you are. With auto shotgun its gives enough time for him to sprint up a few meters and turn around to fire at you, then you are dead because at a few meters away your shotgun's damage drops off significantly. If you are against LA or HA, automatic shotgun gives them enough time to fly away or turn the shield on. So I think semi auto is the minimum requirement, you can't have a shotgun firing full auto and deal less dmg per round. Pump action seems to be the best, but they also take the most skill. Semi auto seems to be pretty good for a new player like me.

[Computer Sheep]

Originally posted by Shadownium:

Is the automaic shotgun even viable? Because the whole point of shotgun is to drop someone before he can even see who you are. With auto shotgun its gives enough time for him to sprint up a few meters and turn around to fire at you, then you are dead because at a few meters away your shotgun's damage drops off significantly. If you are against LA or HA, automatic shotgun gives them enough time to fly away or turn the shield on. So I think semi auto is the minimum requirement, you can't have a shotgun firing full auto and deal less dmg per round. Pump action seems to be the best, but they also take the most skill. Semi auto seems to be pretty good for a new player like me.

Automatic shotguns do not do less damage than the semi auto shotgun within its minimum range, but it does do slightly less damage at its 18m range. dealing 270 damage instead of 300, where you are firing it at 18m versus a semi auto shotgun.
Instead, each shotgun actually requires positioning, knowing where to go, how to flank. That sort of stuff. At least if you want to use it rather well. Being light assault lets you fly above someone or go around areas people dont usually travel. At range, any shotgun loses out to a carbine, but when you can close the distance or can ensure that they are fighting on your terms, it becomes a rather useful weapon.
This is mainly my opinion about shotguns, though.

[Wild Grant]

Whoa, surprising amount of love for the pump actions, I don't know if the chance to OHK to the body is being overrated or the Semis are being underrated. Pumps are great in really small fights, isolated ones where you won't see many enemies, any fight where you're taking on groups of enemies from behind and it can only kill max 6 people before you hit that painfully long reload and you're dealing with the nasty refire rate as well the whole time. It's satisfying, but fairly slow to rack up kills with, lots of downtime with the reloads and the single shell at a time 'interuptable' reload is really not all that interuptable.
Lower capacity semi is still the way to go if you intend to play light assault where you really need fast reload times, yeah, you drop one less person per mag (assuming acceptable accuracy with the semi and perfect with the pump), but the reload is so much faster and the damage output over time is just better. hell, if you want to go for two extra rounds go with the 12 round higher spread slower reload shotgun and casually 1v1 maxes and win without using explosives.

As for the Autos, yeah, they're pretty much the worst shoutguns in the game (excluding the mag scatter) mid capacity, low damage, high recoil, high bloom, high spread, low reserve ammo, low instant damage garbage.