Shotgun

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Shotgun
Training: Firearms Class: Recruit Range: 20 Rate of fire: 0.6 rounds/sec

Contents 1 Overview 2 Usage 3 Notes 4 Subtypes 5 Damage progression

[edit] Overview

The Shotgun is a Recruit class weapon, requiring Training in Firearms. It's a short range AoE weapon that features high damage per shot, a large target area and a variety of damage types. While it isn't very effective against single targets due to a slow rate of fire, when used against a tightly packed group of enemies it can be devastating. Fully trained, the Shotgun also has a high chance to cause knockback.

[edit] Usage

Shotguns can be equipped by dragging them from your inventory to the weapon tray. Unlike most weapons, Shotguns cannot lock onto a single target and therefore do not benefit from beading, though damage is still increased while crouching. As with most weapons in Tabula Rasa there is no recoil and you can hold down the fire button until the magazine is empty or the weapon jams, after which you will need to reload.

Shotguns affect a 20 meter cone in front of the player when fired. Any target beyond this range will take no damage.

Standard Shotguns consume 3 ammunition from its magazine with every shot. Series 2 Shotguns consume 6 ammunition per shot, and Series 3 Shotguns consume 9 ammunition per shot.

[edit] Notes

Since the Shotgun deals the same amount of damage to every enemy with the target area, it is much more efficient to try to position yourself so that the maximum number of enemies are within the target area before firing. By moving and using line-of-sight it is often possible to have mobs group themselves together, allowing you to do much higher total damage with each shot.

In addition to the additional damage offered by extra levels in the Firearms skill, the Shotgun gains the ability to knockback opponents starting at Rank 3. This effect increases in chance with every pump level. Using a Sonic Shotgun with 3 or more levels in Firearms is a fairly effective method of crowd control.

One of the most appealing features of the Shotgun is that it does not bead at all and therefore can be fired at 100% efficiency while moving or even jumping, simply by pointing it towards your target and firing.

The Shotgun is extremely useful when trying to take out large numbers of opponents, such as when a Bane ship spawns a number of Thrax Soldiers. However, one should note that it is useless when used at long range, as the maximum range is 20 meters - a player should always carry a Rifle or some other long-range weapon when going into battle.

[edit] Subtypes

Subtype	Damage type	Ammunition	Magazine Size	Image
Shotgun	Physical	Cartridges	45 3 ammo/shot
Pulse Shotgun	EMP	Power Cells	30 3 ammo/shot
Photonic Shotgun	Laser	Power Cells	30 3 ammo/shot
Sonic Shotgun	Sonic	Power Cells	30 3 ammo/shot
Incendiary Shotgun	Fire	Canister Ammunition	30 3 ammo/shot
Cryogenic Shotgun	Ice	Canister Ammunition	30 3 ammo/shot
Series 2 Incendiary Double Shotgun	Fire	Canister Ammunition	60 6 ammo/shot
Series 3 Incendiary Triple Shotgun	Fire	Canister Ammunition	135 9 ammo/shot

[edit] Damage progression

Subtype
Level	Shotgun	Pulse Shotgun	Photonic Shotgun	Sonic Shotgun	Incendiary Shotgun	Cryogenic Shotgun
1	97 / 65	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
2	106 / 71	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
7	164 / 109	204 / 114	/	N/A	N/A	N/A
12	253 / 168	315 / 176	261 / 173	257 / 171	N/A	N/A
17	389 / 259	486 / 271	402 / 267	396 / 263	N/A	N/A
22	601 / 399	750 / 419	620 / 412	611 / 406	658 / 432	589 / 386
27	926 / 616	1156 / 646	/	/	1015 / 666	908 / 596
32	1428 / 950	1783 / 996	1476 / 980	1452 / 965	/	1400 / 919
37	2203 / 1465	2750 / 1536	/	2239 / 1488	2415 / 1583	2159 / 1418
42	3398 / 2259	4241 / 2368	/	/	/	3330 / 2186
47	5240 / 3484	/	5413 / 3596	/	/	5136 / 3372
50	6795 / 4518	/	/	/	/	/

Subtype		Subtype
Level	Series 2 Incendiary Double Shotgun	Level	Series 3 Incendiary Triple Shotgun
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28	/	-	-
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38	/	39	/
43	/	44	/
48	/	49	23291/
50	/	50	/