Ok the title say's all " 0.70 Shotgun Y or N " ?
I'm for Yes cause of this totally explaining txt. :
A Shotgun can be used effective with its rape power up to 150 yards / 137 meters so its Up near twice then the Fog on Aos So 0.70 Was nothing impossible or unnatural it was a real life shotgun that fitted perfectly in aos big battlegrounds. The now shotgun is Impossible and Unnatural with its spread and effective range its just like a toy now and doesnt makes more then 5% of kills in aos.
EDIT: Or how @Articsledde says :
Right now I'm not overly concerned by shotgunners unless they are less then 10 blocks away, they are almost as threatening as someone with a spade at the fog range.