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Can somebody please give me some advise on the shotgun. I rarely get a kill on the first shot with this weapon. Sometimes 4-5 shots won't even do the job. My opponents don't seem to have much trouble taking me out in the first shot when they are using a shotgun (sometimes from a pretty far range). What is the friggin deal?

As of right now this is my least favorite weapon. Please help me to improve this.

Thanks,
MonsterVoodoo

  • 09.03.2007 8:06 AM PDT

its more to do with your connection to the host than your ability with the shotgun,

  • 09.03.2007 8:08 AM PDT
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your a bad shot?
thats my guess


[Edited on 09.03.2007 8:34 AM PDT]

  • 09.03.2007 8:31 AM PDT

I have had similar problems. I pulled the trigger to a person who was in front of me, and the pellets hit, but did no damage. The guy's sheilds didn't even fall. When I went to melee him, it went through him. Lag sucks.

  • 09.03.2007 8:34 AM PDT

The shotgun is kind of broken for xbox live play.

  • 09.03.2007 8:45 AM PDT

it works fine for me i got a killtacular on team slayer with it a few weeks ago.

  • 09.03.2007 8:54 AM PDT
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my advise to u is try not to rush out to much. and camp at a area where every one seems to go ex: beaver creek u can camp at the prtals when 8 ppl play on that map usually every 30-45 at least one person spawn there.that is also where u usually see people that are weak, from an escape from the other side of the portal.

  • 09.03.2007 9:15 AM PDT
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Camp. Only shotgun if thye have low health or they are point blank. If they are out of lunging distance (meelee and sword) use your secondary weapon.

  • 09.03.2007 9:43 AM PDT
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The key to offhost shotgun is to shoot at the moment they take a step at you.

  • 09.03.2007 10:19 AM PDT
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Posted by: Sen77h
your a bad shot?
thats my guess


you are a d bag and i hope you get shottied from every damn corner u go to in halo 2 and halo 3 and even halo 4 if it comes out. o yea even in gears of war

this guy prolly has a bad connection. halo 2 is so glitchy with the shotty but im a skilled shotty cuz i had the unfair advantage of 30 meg/sec internet that pwns and end up being host alot any way. i like the shotgun more than the sword because i can kill any sword with it seeing as the sword is easy to dodge (just cirlce to the hand without the sword) however the sword screws more peeps over cuz it lunges. the shotty screws me over cuz i think its an smg most of the time and i use melee too much becuase it does a significant amount of dmg. you are retarded and mabye should learn to use the shotty. i get a killtacular ever time im in a shotty game. in swords i often get kill frenzies on every 3 games of swords mabye. anyway dodging swords are fun. also halo 2 is screwey cuz half the time my melee goes through my opponent.

have fun when i come out of a corner and get prepaired to get T bagged

  • 09.03.2007 10:31 AM PDT
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Just don't try to have your main wep a shotgun at any time, and practice to find your shot on story.

  • 09.03.2007 10:37 AM PDT
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Get an internet connection better than dial-up.

  • 09.03.2007 10:40 AM PDT
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ive seen ppl standby in unranked matches make the blue screen come up for like 2 minuites and all of the sudden they have 7 kills and 30 sec later it happens again!

thats true skill lmao

finding ip adresses and almost kicking them from server. bunch of bs if u ask me. its sad when 30 meg/sec internet is in the red for connection. i DL atup to 10 megs a sec depending on the server but i can still get pwnt by a standbyer. i hate that

  • 09.03.2007 10:46 AM PDT
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any other suggestions?

[Edited on 09.10.2007 7:18 PM PDT]

  • 09.10.2007 7:13 PM PDT

Freedom of Speech does not equal "Freedom from Consequences when one speaks".

It is a right, and all rights have responsibilities associated with them. Ignore the responsibility, and you tend to lose the right.
Recon Number 54

I've seen and experienced what you're talking about, and, unfortunately, there's not much you can do without changing your broadband service. I've seen plenty of times a single shotgun blast take out teammates, and myself, from 30-40 "virtual" feet with no accompanying melee since it's too far away. I've had opponents yell taunts at me after doing it, like, "How 'bout that long-range shotty, huh?" So, some of them at least know that it's different on their end. I've even been within range of someone holding a single SMG, fire five or six blasts from my shotgun, only to have them take me down with an inferior weapon.

Stinks...

  • 09.10.2007 7:38 PM PDT
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Posted by: Done DL
The key to offhost shotgun is to shoot at the moment they take a step at you.

  • 09.10.2007 7:39 PM PDT

Or if you're host just run up at em

  • 09.10.2007 8:00 PM PDT
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I love it when i just sneak up on somebody and shoot him in the back of the head with it!

  • 09.11.2007 12:50 AM PDT
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Shotgun usage depends a lot on host. If you're host, you can pretty much snipe with the thing (not kidding). If you're not host, you have to rely on your reaction time and proximity to the enemy. You need to be pretty close. Try to aim at the chest. If you find a close shot doesn't quite drop them, follow the shot with a quick melee (press B immediately after shooting). That usually works.

  • 09.11.2007 8:46 AM PDT
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or maybe the shotgun is just plain garb and has no range?

  • 09.11.2007 9:12 AM PDT

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or maybe the shotgun is just plain garb and has no range?

That's how it works for me. I shot a guy 7 times (I counted) from point blank range PLUS two melees and he didn't die. Then he turns around with HIS shotty, fires one shot, and I die.

  • 09.11.2007 9:50 AM PDT

Freedom of Speech does not equal "Freedom from Consequences when one speaks".

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Posted by: FemmeFatale666
If you're host, you can pretty much snipe with the thing (not kidding).


LOL -- so true!!!! The shotgun has always been such a miserable weapon on my connection I don't even bother picking it up. Others, I know, use it as the weapon of choice, almost irrespective of map type.

  • 09.11.2007 10:00 AM PDT