Smg to powerful, shotgun lost its touch

[lolpwned23]

After the .75 upate I noticed the smg has barely any recoil and alot of damage
The shotgun is no longer a close range weapon much less any good further away.

I suggest either making the smg have more recoil or less damage (perferably both)
And for the shotgun... I liked it how it was in .70 great at close range and not to good far away.

[TheOperator]

Preaching to the choir.

[Paratrooper]

Preaching to the choir.

'xactly

[Altoids]

Dude, no offense, but you've been complaining about the .75 for a while now. Deal with it.
btw, I totally agree with you, but I've lived through it.

[Praetor]

The shotgun was pretty well balanced when first introduced, the SMG was a little underpowered. Now the SMG handles like an assault rifle and the shotgun is nearly as effective as a spade.

I expect there will be a lot more change as the weapons are ironed out, don't worry.

[Paratrooper]

Make another weapon with 20-round magazine, current SMG's stats but with a lower firerate?

EDIT: Tbh, this is what the M14 ("semi") should be.

[Praetor]

I envision a day where there is dozens of weapons, each fitted for a different kind of play-style, even if they handle similarly, they will each fill a role.

If we're going to have more weapons then we may as well over do it, right?

[Paratrooper]

Not too many, though.

We don't need more weapons that do the same role.

[Defaulter]

@OP

Please read the stickies.

- viewtopic.php?f=63&t=4151

- DE

[Fluttershy]

The shotgun was pretty well balanced when first introduced, the SMG was a little underpowered. Now the SMG handles like an assault rifle and the shotgun is nearly as effective as a spade.

It was kind of in the same boat the current shotgun is (minus the extra 100 damage or something) in that it on occasion couldnt even kill people right infront of it.

[TheGrandmaster]

There's a topic for this, and many times this has been mentioned.
bcoolface plans to re-tune the weapon balance for the next update.