Like with all weapons in Fallout 76, a player with the proper perks and legendary effects can turn any weapon in the brass section of the symphony of destruction.
That’s not to say that shotguns are useless just because you need to get a little bit closer. Whereas more precision-based firearms have no trouble doing damage at a distance, with a shotgun, if your target is a bit too far, you would deal more damage by trying to hurt its feelings. In video games, the science of the shotgun is as follows: Deadly in close to moderate range, absolutely useless at long range. Some would say that a shotgun blast is potentially lethal up to about 300 yards minimum before the spray of beads becomes more of a very painful nuisance.
The sound of a shotgun racking a shell to fire is known as one of the most psychologically intimidating sounds to the human ear and the last thing a robber wants to hear.Ī shotgun shell, traditionally, fires a spray of metallic beads in an explosive spread at high velocity in the direction of whatever it is you’re shooting at.
In real life, a shotgun is a devastating weapon often favored for its utility in home defense and recreational hunting.
