Snowkea 10 Posted January 28, 2013 When I was using the M1014 with pellets, I noticed the spread on it is far larger than what actuall military-grade shotguns have, which looks more like this at 100m: I was wondering, are there plans to change this? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jayman9696 14 Posted January 28, 2013 I do not think there are any plans to change this. In game the slugs have the spread you are looking for Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Snowkea 10 Posted January 28, 2013 But they do much less damage, which is also a bit of an issue because a slug would probably kill very quickly, but they don't. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CreepySalad 108 Posted January 28, 2013 I wouldn't mind me some accurate slug depiction. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
enforcer1975 1111 Posted January 28, 2013 100m ist quite far for pellets... In the game you can still use pellets at 200m quite efficiently, the spread is about a 2m circle and is quite deadly, well at least with vanilla hitpoints, not the DayZ superman hitpoints which is about 3x the normal value. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Clumzy (DayZ) 377 Posted January 28, 2013 100m ist quite far for pellets... In the game you can still use pellets at 200m quite efficiently, the spread is about a 2m circle and is quite deadly, well at least with vanilla hitpoints, not the DayZ superman hitpoints which is about 3x the normal value.I'm glad I'm not the only one who hates having to unload a full clip of an AR to kill someone. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BSB Jimmy 360 Posted January 28, 2013 shotguns are always underpowered in games unless its gears of war 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
enforcer1975 1111 Posted January 29, 2013 shotguns are always underpowered in games unless its gears of warI played with the config on our FEAR server once and changed the shotgun a bit because it was weak in my eyes among other weapons.....it was really deadly below 50m which was almost every distance in the game but it still didn't become the favorite weapon of the players. They still prefered spray and pray weapons... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
slivniku@gmail.com 93 Posted January 29, 2013 OP, the image you posted, that is at 10m, at 100m any shotgun, even with full choke, will have a group like 1m over, and no power at all.I do agree on the power though, up close 12g 00 buck is equivalent to being shot 9or12 times with a 9mm luger, so it should be 12k+ damage per shot at distances below 10m 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Leto (DayZ) 72 Posted January 29, 2013 (edited) When I was using the M1014 with pellets, I noticed the spread on it is far larger than what actuall military-grade shotguns have, which looks more like this at 100m:http://i.crackedcdn..../125323.jpg?v=1I was wondering, are there plans to change this?There is NO WAY you can get such a tight pattern over 100 meters with a shotgun. No matter the choke on your barrel and shot wad your shells are loaded with. Buckshots are meant to be fired at 25-30 meters. You can keep a tighter pattern with some shotshells (Federal FLITECONTROL) at 40 meters or so, but that's as far as you can get. Edited January 29, 2013 by Leto Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
enforcer1975 1111 Posted January 29, 2013 OP, the image you posted, that is at 10m, at 100m any shotgun, even with full choke, will have a group like 1m over, and no power at all.I do agree on the power though, up close 12g 00 buck is equivalent to being shot 9or12 times with a 9mm luger, so it should be 12k+ damage per shot at distances below 10mYou actually have a 100% kill probability when shooting pellets at close range in ArmA even with DayZ hitpoints, it's 2k damage? per pellet and 8-9 are coming out, so it's overdeadly to be precise. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
slivniku@gmail.com 93 Posted January 29, 2013 You actually have a 100% kill probability when shooting pellets at close range in ArmA even with DayZ hitpoints, it's 2k damage? per pellet and 8-9 are coming out, so it's overdeadly to be precise.I just checked, you are correct, shotgun is one shot kill in theory, I must be a crappy shot with it cause was never able to immediately kill with one shot of pellets Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Snowkea 10 Posted January 30, 2013 I'm fairly sure the picture is 100m, but I might be wrong. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
enforcer1975 1111 Posted January 30, 2013 (edited) I just checked, you are correct, shotgun is one shot kill in theory, I must be a crappy shot with it cause was never able to immediately kill with one shot of pelletsMaybe lag, of course from distances it's a different story. I usually shoot two or three times just to be sure enough pellets hit the target over 100m, IRL you would already use slugs at that point, but slugs are too UP imo for what they are. I actually prefer pellets over slugs since you can scatter and hit multiple people at once. My buddies shake their heads because i always try to get AKs or shotguns and would even drop a scoped rifle for them lol. Edited January 30, 2013 by Enforcer Share this post Link to post Share on other sites