M1014 severely underpowered?

[DeltaStrikeOp]

Yeah, I never really even tried with the shotgun in ACR because I didn't even have a chance against the bots with the shotgun. The bots have insane reflexes (aim-bot, heh), so you do not stand a chance if you round a corner and they're waiting with a shotgun. In multiplayer matches, nobody touches the M1014. You're screwed for any distance. In room clearing situations, the only good time it seems for the M1014, you're virtually reloading all the time. That gives the opposing side plenty of time to give you a wall of lead from an automatic.

If the M1014 has more damage and tighter groups, people should be using it a lot more. It will be fun though testing out the M1014 in maps like Douze with its corners and long ranges.

I think that if the M1014 still wont get that many users with the changes, maybe the shotgun should instead become a secondary. The Serbu Super-Shorty is basically the Remington 870 pump action shotgun, but severely cut down for sidearm usage and door-breaching. It could be really powerful so that people will sacrifice their Pistol or RPG, but would also have really bad accuracy. It has a 2 round round capacity, so it wont become too overpowered.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serbu_Super-Shorty


Kinda wonder how they balanced shotguns in CoD and BF now.