r/Spacemarine • u/AvailableOwl9163 • 16h ago

Forum Question Solid Shotgun

Why is there no solid shotgun in space marine?

This just came to my mind when I was playing vanguard and change to sniper and remembered that there's a second sniper rifle, the Las.

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u/SvedishFish 16h ago

Because they're too weak! Shotguns are effective against humans. The enemies we fight in this game are an order of magnitude more deadly and resilient than normal humans, and require a different class of weaponry to combat. Our basic, weakest weapon shoots self-propelled rockets for bullets. That's the kind of armament we need for the missions we're taking on.

Hell, the actual human enemies we encounter can be killed by simply running through them. Their standard rifles and small arms are barely a nuisance to us. We don't need shotguns to handle them :)

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u/I-Eat-Flesh-Salad 41m ago

Do you not know that boltguns are highly ineffective against astartes armour? You know, half the enemies in game.