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I don't believe that a normal shotgun's spread is 3 anymore. It certainly isn't the same as a wide shotgun, which is how it's currently listed. [[User:GrimmC|GrimmC]] 08:25, 27 November 2011 (CET) | I don't believe that a normal shotgun's spread is 3 anymore. It certainly isn't the same as a wide shotgun, which is how it's currently listed. [[User:GrimmC|GrimmC]] 08:25, 27 November 2011 (CET) | ||
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| + | As explained (perhaps poorly?) in the text of the page, the spread is the half-width of the blast at its maximum range. This means that both the range and the spread determine the angle of the blast's "cone". The reason the wide shotgun is wider with the same spread is that it reaches is maximum spread at range 8 whereas the normal blast reaches the same maximum spread at range 15. --[[User:Tehtmi|Tehtmi]] 23:38, 30 December 2011 (CET) | ||
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I don't believe that a normal shotgun's spread is 3 anymore. It certainly isn't the same as a wide shotgun, which is how it's currently listed. GrimmC 08:25, 27 November 2011 (CET)
As explained (perhaps poorly?) in the text of the page, the spread is the half-width of the blast at its maximum range. This means that both the range and the spread determine the angle of the blast's "cone". The reason the wide shotgun is wider with the same spread is that it reaches is maximum spread at range 8 whereas the normal blast reaches the same maximum spread at range 15. --Tehtmi 23:38, 30 December 2011 (CET)
