Strategy:Tactical shotgun

Tactical shotgun

0.9.9.5 and previous

An 8d3 power weapon, with a clip of 6 shells. Shottyman allowed the full clip to be reloaded in 1.0s per move. Arguably "too good", it was nerfed slightly in later versions.

0.9.9.6

Although the power stayed the same, the clip was reduced to 5 shells, the same as the base combat shotgun. Shottyman no longer reloads the full clip.

0.9.9.7

Same as 0.9.9.6

The 'Tactical shotgun is an amazingly good shotgun. It has the same basic narrow spread and range of a combat shotgun, an 8d3 damage die, and a clip of 5 shells that doesn't need to be pumped after each shot. In fact, the weapon was nerfed in recent versions because its stats seriously did not work for a balanced game.

The tactical shotgun is a basic assembly, created by placing a power mod pack and a technical mod pack onto a combat shotgun. If the second level of Whizkid is completed prior to full assembly, one can add a further mod to this already amazing weapon. Ideas include:

• A nano-modded tactical shotty, a regenerating weapon!
• A power-modded gun, creating a (9d3) (5/5) weapon
• A tech-modded gun, with a base firing speed of 0.8s

As for strategy when using this weapon, there are some pointers. The tactical shotgun is extremely useful for picking of enemies that are out of range or sight, or around corners. Because of the way the shotgun blast is calculated, damage is dealt in a symmetrical cone and actually drops off from point blank range:

damage received = 1/distance * [randInt(1,seconddie)Xfirstdie]

where the stuff in the [] is the damage calculated from the initial shot. Distance is measured in tiles, not metrically.

It is a good idea to remember to keep at least 2 shells in this weapon at all times. Another thing to remember is that you do not have to keep reloading after each shot. There have been many YASD's (Yet Another Stupid Death) attributed to reloading a weapon you don't actually have to.

Bottom line? This is a great weapon for any build. Really worth the investment, the tactical shotgun is a great backup to any primary weapon.

GinDiamond (talk) 22:46, 15 October 2013 (CEST)