LotSX
11-15-2007, 10:16 PM
Intro:
Hello.I am LotSX.I will teach you how to use shotguns.Many people don't think shotguns are useful.They really are if you can use them.
Table of Contents:
1.Hit and Run
2.Supporting
3.Close Combat
4.Extermination
5.Shotgun Tactics
6.Pros and Cons
7.Good Maps for SGers
8.Shotgun Index
P1:Hit and Run
This way of using shotguns is a very unfair way but you can use it if you are losing or being camped in the middle part of a map.You just go to the middle map for 2 seconds,shoot the enemy,and go back as fast as you can.Like I said,unfair but they enemy,after a while,will get used to these hit-and-run moves.When this happens,you ask some friends to go in and take a little damage for a few seconds,and then you shoot and run.
Shotguns good for this:L2K and Benelli
Counters:An sger is using the hit-and-run strategy on you;you can stay and get shot or use these strategies.
Take out a standard Pawn pistol(effective headshots and you won't waste ammo of your good guns)and start shooting at where the sger's head would be.You can move to higher ground so the bullets suck at aiming and the sger's doesn't know where to shoot.If there's a ladder,you can go there,going up and down jumping with your gun aiming at where the head would be of the sger.
P2:Supporting
Supporting is when you guard an assaulter.Guarding a sniper isn't as effective because snipers are more of stealth.So the enemy is attacking an assaulter and you have a shotgun.What you do is shoot the crud out of the enemy while the assaulter is focusing on a more important threat.Supporting is also when you finish off an enemy when the enemy is at half health.
Shotguns good for this:Benelli and L2K
Counter:You're an assaulter fighting an assaulter and an sger using the supporting strategy.There are choices in life and in death.
Focus more on the sger,he's doing damage on you bad and the assaulter's destroying an artifact or a sniper.You can't really dodge due to the fact that shotguns have spreader fire.
P3:Close Combat
This is kind of effective if you're alone and a sger.When you are a lone sger,you should get close the enemy,because spreading fire also has a low chance of aiming if used in long-range.You would jump near your enemy and try aiming at their head or neck.This isn't suggested with the Benelli 12 gauge because it's slow and weak,before you can fire another blast,you're dead by then.
Shotguns good for this:L2K
Counter:A sger's really close to you,about to fire an exploding blast of bullets!Whatcha gonna do?
If you ever find an sger so close to you,and fired a blast,you should learn from your death.Next time after this,you should have 2 ideas in your mind.Get a long range weapon.Kill them before they kill you.The 2nd idea should be that you should get powerful headshot weapon(I suggest a good pistol).When they get close to you,blow their heads up before they fire.
P4:Extermination
You die in an area.But wait!Don't forget their positions.This can be really important information!Respawn,point at where their heads were,go to the map on top of the one you went on,drop from that map,and fire!That kill was easy,perfect,and unexpected for the enemy!A good way to make use of your death and exterminating guards and anti-campers.
Shotguns good for this:L2K and Bennelli
Counter:You rejoice at killing an SGer and start calling him names.Then he uses this strategy and look who's laughing.
Remember that when you feel that they will kill with this strategy, mainly move away from where you were.It's as simple as that.Don't waste time typing.Just run and make fun of them later.
P5:Shotgun Tactics
Shotguns can be used may ways.These are some ways I can teach you.
Finish-off:I think it's good with Benelli,L2K is too strong anyway.
DMTing:Good if you can get to high ground,so the bullets spread
DSTing:It's best to use close combat when doing this,so all the bullets hit 1 enemy.
Multiple SGers:Not good.Shotguns were made for support weapons,and the weapons reload too slowly.
Defense:At your base,stand out where the enemy would come from,and really soon,when they come,boomstick them!
Lone:Like I said,it's a support weapon,but if you go into a box,and the enemy is nearing it,blow them up and run!
Swarm:SGers are not good in quantity.They're more of quality.The limit of players in a team on Pawn is too little also.An SGer is good in every assaulter's swarm though.
Stealth:Not always good because shotguns are loud and the bullets don't get hidden.
Snipe:Considering the spreading bullets,no,don't snipe with shotguns.
Assualt:The fire rate is too slow;the damage is the key.
Support:By now,you should know shotguns are good support weapons after reading my guide!
Artillery:Dont go too far, shotguns are partly in the close-range family but the high damage can make it a good artillery weapon.
Base-Guard:You could but the pistol makes a better job at this.The shotguns just don't have enough clip size.
Camping:The slow reload makes this really complicated and the clip size but if there's a reload nearby, this is a good way to slay noobs fast in an enemy base.
P6:Pros and Cons
Pros:
-High Damage
-Spread Bullets
-Lags Up The Enemy
Cons:
-Slow
-Loud
-Close-Range
P7:Good Maps For SGers
Maps good for SGers are:
-Maps 3 mini-maps wide for the hit-and-run strategy
-Maps That don't have many obstacles to interfere the spreader fire
-Maps are usually 1 mini-map in length,so the enemies can't appear right behind you in your base when you hit-and-run.
-Deathmatch maps,assault is mainly to destroy artifacts instead of each other.The reload interferes with the assault timer, too.
P8:Shotgun Index
Well here's a bunch of shotguns and other important things you should learn about here in this index.
Shotguns:
Benelli 12 gauge
Abraham L2K shotgun
Other:
Boomsticking:Killing someone with a shotgun
SGer:ShotGunner
DMT:Destroy Multiple Targets
DST:Destroy Single Target
Swarm:A lot of one kind of people all attacking the enemy,overwhelming them
Artilley:A guy doing a great amount of damage from far away
Lag:When a computer turns slow
I hope that from what I've wrote,you have learned that shotguns aren't useless,they rock!
-LotSX
Hello.I am LotSX.I will teach you how to use shotguns.Many people don't think shotguns are useful.They really are if you can use them.
Table of Contents:
1.Hit and Run
2.Supporting
3.Close Combat
4.Extermination
5.Shotgun Tactics
6.Pros and Cons
7.Good Maps for SGers
8.Shotgun Index
P1:Hit and Run
This way of using shotguns is a very unfair way but you can use it if you are losing or being camped in the middle part of a map.You just go to the middle map for 2 seconds,shoot the enemy,and go back as fast as you can.Like I said,unfair but they enemy,after a while,will get used to these hit-and-run moves.When this happens,you ask some friends to go in and take a little damage for a few seconds,and then you shoot and run.
Shotguns good for this:L2K and Benelli
Counters:An sger is using the hit-and-run strategy on you;you can stay and get shot or use these strategies.
Take out a standard Pawn pistol(effective headshots and you won't waste ammo of your good guns)and start shooting at where the sger's head would be.You can move to higher ground so the bullets suck at aiming and the sger's doesn't know where to shoot.If there's a ladder,you can go there,going up and down jumping with your gun aiming at where the head would be of the sger.
P2:Supporting
Supporting is when you guard an assaulter.Guarding a sniper isn't as effective because snipers are more of stealth.So the enemy is attacking an assaulter and you have a shotgun.What you do is shoot the crud out of the enemy while the assaulter is focusing on a more important threat.Supporting is also when you finish off an enemy when the enemy is at half health.
Shotguns good for this:Benelli and L2K
Counter:You're an assaulter fighting an assaulter and an sger using the supporting strategy.There are choices in life and in death.
Focus more on the sger,he's doing damage on you bad and the assaulter's destroying an artifact or a sniper.You can't really dodge due to the fact that shotguns have spreader fire.
P3:Close Combat
This is kind of effective if you're alone and a sger.When you are a lone sger,you should get close the enemy,because spreading fire also has a low chance of aiming if used in long-range.You would jump near your enemy and try aiming at their head or neck.This isn't suggested with the Benelli 12 gauge because it's slow and weak,before you can fire another blast,you're dead by then.
Shotguns good for this:L2K
Counter:A sger's really close to you,about to fire an exploding blast of bullets!Whatcha gonna do?
If you ever find an sger so close to you,and fired a blast,you should learn from your death.Next time after this,you should have 2 ideas in your mind.Get a long range weapon.Kill them before they kill you.The 2nd idea should be that you should get powerful headshot weapon(I suggest a good pistol).When they get close to you,blow their heads up before they fire.
P4:Extermination
You die in an area.But wait!Don't forget their positions.This can be really important information!Respawn,point at where their heads were,go to the map on top of the one you went on,drop from that map,and fire!That kill was easy,perfect,and unexpected for the enemy!A good way to make use of your death and exterminating guards and anti-campers.
Shotguns good for this:L2K and Bennelli
Counter:You rejoice at killing an SGer and start calling him names.Then he uses this strategy and look who's laughing.
Remember that when you feel that they will kill with this strategy, mainly move away from where you were.It's as simple as that.Don't waste time typing.Just run and make fun of them later.
P5:Shotgun Tactics
Shotguns can be used may ways.These are some ways I can teach you.
Finish-off:I think it's good with Benelli,L2K is too strong anyway.
DMTing:Good if you can get to high ground,so the bullets spread
DSTing:It's best to use close combat when doing this,so all the bullets hit 1 enemy.
Multiple SGers:Not good.Shotguns were made for support weapons,and the weapons reload too slowly.
Defense:At your base,stand out where the enemy would come from,and really soon,when they come,boomstick them!
Lone:Like I said,it's a support weapon,but if you go into a box,and the enemy is nearing it,blow them up and run!
Swarm:SGers are not good in quantity.They're more of quality.The limit of players in a team on Pawn is too little also.An SGer is good in every assaulter's swarm though.
Stealth:Not always good because shotguns are loud and the bullets don't get hidden.
Snipe:Considering the spreading bullets,no,don't snipe with shotguns.
Assualt:The fire rate is too slow;the damage is the key.
Support:By now,you should know shotguns are good support weapons after reading my guide!
Artillery:Dont go too far, shotguns are partly in the close-range family but the high damage can make it a good artillery weapon.
Base-Guard:You could but the pistol makes a better job at this.The shotguns just don't have enough clip size.
Camping:The slow reload makes this really complicated and the clip size but if there's a reload nearby, this is a good way to slay noobs fast in an enemy base.
P6:Pros and Cons
Pros:
-High Damage
-Spread Bullets
-Lags Up The Enemy
Cons:
-Slow
-Loud
-Close-Range
P7:Good Maps For SGers
Maps good for SGers are:
-Maps 3 mini-maps wide for the hit-and-run strategy
-Maps That don't have many obstacles to interfere the spreader fire
-Maps are usually 1 mini-map in length,so the enemies can't appear right behind you in your base when you hit-and-run.
-Deathmatch maps,assault is mainly to destroy artifacts instead of each other.The reload interferes with the assault timer, too.
P8:Shotgun Index
Well here's a bunch of shotguns and other important things you should learn about here in this index.
Shotguns:
Benelli 12 gauge
Abraham L2K shotgun
Other:
Boomsticking:Killing someone with a shotgun
SGer:ShotGunner
DMT:Destroy Multiple Targets
DST:Destroy Single Target
Swarm:A lot of one kind of people all attacking the enemy,overwhelming them
Artilley:A guy doing a great amount of damage from far away
Lag:When a computer turns slow
I hope that from what I've wrote,you have learned that shotguns aren't useless,they rock!
-LotSX