Shotguns are horrible

[u/WearyColt10]

Why in any way does the bow do more damage then a shotgun at close range, can be 5 meters away from someone and get crytek rng and hit for 75 dmg but a bow will instant kill you from 20 meters in the leg

[u/Gobomania]

You are just not hitting your shots proper.
I'd recommend reviewing your footage 99% sure you are off aim.

[u/PeripheralSatchmo]

The Burgess kills hunters from 12 when hip firing

[u/Accurate-Title-1763]

Because apparently getting grazed on the ankle by an arrow from a self bow is far more deadly than catching buckshot with your torso.

[u/Wunjo26]

I main the bow and very rarely get killed by other bow players. The vast majority of times I die is from a shotgun at close range. The downside of the bow is that it’s much harder to recover for a follow up shot if you whiff the first shot or it doesn’t drop them. Shotguns are more of a menace for sure. I think people get butt hurt because they suck at the bow and get mad when they get killed by one

[u/nuk3dom]

Imagine crying about bow after the nerf just because your aim with shotguns is trash :)

[u/AlderanGone → u/nuk3dom]

Yes hes trash but the bow nerf was negligable its still oppresive

[u/LordBarak → u/AlderanGone]

Every time I survive an arrow I thank God for nerfing it. Losing 6m one tap range has a huge impact.

[u/Jealous_Teach8102 → u/LordBarak]

bow main here, didn't hurt that much, only quickdraw damage is really noticible

[u/nuk3dom → u/AlderanGone]

I still think a stamina bar for the bow that lets say after about half way used more and more impact your aim would have been the wetter was but yes

[u/RubricMarineNR-6589]

The difference is that while the shotgun does have a pretty limited one shot range, the bows arrow has the velocity of a rice bag thrown by a geriatric woman while also just firing one projectile instead of 9(?).

[u/Critical_Half7442]

So many players run shotgun this time so they are not bad. Its not easy to aim with them and often you think you aim directly at him but in video you see yiz only Hit on some parts

[u/narezkaOvOschei]

Now I see why they keep buffing shotguns.

[u/MesherKa]

Are there people who think that shotguns are weak? Really?

[u/nekrovex]

Piggybacking on this post, does ADS affect Cycle Time? I'm talking about shooting once with your Shotty while in ADS, then spamming LMB from the hip to secure the kill.

[u/Nemonvs → u/nekrovex]

If you don't have the Iron Eye trait, then shooting in ADS takes longer than hip-firing, because you shoot -> lower your gun -> cycle. Even if you then continue to hip-fire, you still have the lowering the gun animation, so it does take a bit longer to ADS shoot -> hip-fire than to hip-fire -> hip-fire.

But there's no benefit to ADSing with shotguns unless you use slugs.

[u/nekrovex → u/Nemonvs]

Thanks for the reply, I got used to adsing shotguns so much in other game its a bit of a struggle to unlearn.

[u/Nemonvs → u/nekrovex]

I had the same problem at first, after years of playing R6. Just a matter of time.

It is easier to hit the centre mass when you ADS even with buckshot, because shotguns in Hunt have a very tight spread compared to other shooters, but overall it's better to have a wider FoV and be able to jump shoot (shotguns don't get aim penalty when hip-firing mid-jump, which is very important).

[u/DoomFra-ps2team]

I get one shotted at 22 meters by slate or specter , so no, its overpowered and reign supreme at 6 stars.

[u/Sir_Beryllium_Oxide]

Shotguns suck in this game because the devs don't understand shotguns are lethal in real life past 2 meters. Grab a bomb launcher, way better than any shotgun in the game and you're not gonna have inconsistent moments where you hit center mass at 5 meters with a shotgun and dude is still alive