- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Considering the popularity of this dual-shotguns idea, we might see a buck-shot-pistol thing. The Blue and Gold guys in my most hated developer, SOE's, PlanetSide are allowed to equip a "Mag" pistol which is kind of like a shotgun sans long barrel.
In any case, I do believe that that left Spartan is definitely deceased. The BR and Plasma Gernade falling as they are, add to that the angle of speration between chest plate and hip plates, and the fact that his head is most definitely pointed at a greater angle than his gun, suggests that he's not going into the "holding" the shotgun stance, but rather, leaving his corporeal form behind, so to speak. The shotgun is also loosely held, which suggests that it's on its way to being dropped like a bad habit.
Which, incidentally (my new favorite word it seems), overuse of the shotgun is. (a bad habit).