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Good day SA soldiers. I hope all of you having a good time in Sudden Attack, keep practicing and I hope more players joining in our future event, make it in-game or on-ground. So, whats the topic today? Yeah, I want to talk about shotguns, and how people always underestimate and neglect it.
After 4 decades living and 2 decades playing games, make it online, off-line or stand alone, I always see that players tend to neglect shotguns in most FPS. They would go for M4 Series, AK Series, MP Series and Sniper Rifles. Since the time of Doom, Quake, Unreal Tournament, Half-life, CS and now Sudden Attack, the trend never changed.
Why? One main reason would be mindset. Faster firing guns makes better kills. That are most of players thinking like that. Thus, shotguns always be the last choice of weapons. But, in skillful hands, shotguns are deadly. I remember the 1st time I join CS, there is one guy who always use shotgun and kill loads of people before he goes down. I still remember what he said,
"1 main attribute that you MUST have to handle shotguns is PATIENCE. Without it, you might as well don't use it at all. Using shotgun means less bullet waste and make confirm kill,"
What he said make perfect sense. Using shotguns are not like using the automatic rifles and SMGs, spraying your way through from the front. Instead, using shotguns are more reliable on tactical movement, ambushes and surprise attacks. A 1 second delay in surprise attacks with shotgun means percentage for a confirm kill much more higher.
I have been practicing a lot with shotguns since then, well I'm not that good with it, but I'm not that suck with it either. At least I understand using shotgun properly. I hope I can see some players in Sudden Attack that can achieved the title of Shotgun Master, now that I would call an achievement. Well that's all for today, you guys can click on title itself to the link for shotgun guide in forums.
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Monday, June 29, 2009
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o.o GM, short tip for shotgunning.
ReplyDelete-It's like a sniper, make every shot count.
-Aim for the next, use the bullet spread of the shotgun against the enemy; to score headshot.
-Estimation.
Shotgun can be pro de.. But people don't have the patience to use it.
Well said
ReplyDeletewell if u notice one guy in sa he will use shotgun everywhere...he play since CBT wit me his id is LtHarley if u guys found him playing surely hes using shotgun
ReplyDeleteYes, I've been playing with LtHarley before, he is a shotgun master
ReplyDeleteyea LtHarley is very gud at HS using shotguns....so is leeth5589...wanna know how the bullets actually spread 2 gt the headshot...froom a distance, leeth5589 and also LthARLEY KILLS with a HS...any advice or tricks?
ReplyDeleteI agree with that fully. I once followed LtHarley from behind and he went head on with 2 snipers from the other team. Even 2 snipers could not take him out. I really have no idea how LtHarley uses the shotgun, it really is a mystery to me. But I have to respect LtHarley, his shotgun skills are insane.
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