Buff the shotgun / shotguns in general.

[Nullish]

Short description:  Buff the damage of the shotgun, but ensure that the damage falls over very quickly at longer ranges. OR, add a knock down when hit.
 

Detailed description: 
The shotgun is a firearm that is often used in close quarters situations. It is historically and currently, known to be one of the best firearms one can purchase for home defense. This is due to ease of use, effectiveness, and the inability in penetrate walls / cause unintended harm due to it's common ammunition types.  Currently, based on all the footage and use I've seen of the shotgun, it's not the case. Even with new sync updates, it still seems to match up horribly against most firearms.

I think this could be solved one of two ways.

1) Add a much higher damage on the shotgun. Realistically, one blast to center mass from close range, SHOULD put someone down.
2) Add a ragdoll effect when you're hit by a shotgun. This is course, due to the pure force of being blasted with a shotgun at close range.

Right now, in my eyes, shotguns are purely an aesthetic thing. People want them IC because they are meant to be used for home defense, despite the MANY other uses a shotgun has (Hunting, sport, fun). Make the shotgun viable / decent. 

While you're at it, add more shotguns in like you've done for pistols. For RP flavor.
 

How would your suggestion improve the server?:

Shotguns would be useful instead of horrible money sinks that don't suit the intended purpose.
 

Additional information:

[CaffeineHigh]

Yeah. Considering the stories and footage I have seen, I have been holding back on getting a Shotgun for home defense simply because it would be worth more to mag dump a pistol into a person rather than a shotgun.

[beets]

The damage in it's current state is misleading and leads to very awkward situations where you've shot someone 4 times in the head with a 12 gauge and they havent gone down. just buff the damage so its usable +1

[Sentryzu]

Shotgun blasts at close range are devastating- and they're meant to be.  Definitely an improvement that needs to be made.  👍

[LizziePup]

It's weird how little they get used.
+1

[kristofer]

Definitely needs a buff as they're pretty useless right now. Also add Pumpshotgunmk2's to gun stores.

Edited October 18, 2021 by kristofer

[i dont wanna od in LA]

Yeah. Nobody buys/uses them anymore cause they're way too big and have a very short distance. Buff the distance at which they're effective and you'll see a spike in their usage. 

[kenichis]

26 minutes ago, kristofer said:

Definitely needs a buff as they're pretty useless right now. Also add Pumpshotgunmk2's to gun stores.

I'm pretty sure adding this will not work cause the mk2 uses the green less lethal LSPD model.

[kristofer]

17 minutes ago, kenichis said:

I'm pretty sure adding this will not work cause the mk2 uses the green less lethal LSPD model.

LTL model would need to be made add-on, like it was originally supposed to be.

[Bauer]

We need the shotguns to deal more damage. However, we shouldn't add ragdolling, unless we add it for assault rifles too.