Nerf dis sheet

Poll is running on Discord #announcements channel for 1 week.
Note that management can change weapon damage at any time - it doesn't require my input whatsoever, nor a script update.

Current damage values (near/med/far) are 24/16/1.
-1,
Its perfect, just get good

Jimmy wrote:
Some abusers will just vote no but it's literary too op. 4 people shooting the same guy and he manages to kill me first and also the first clip, 2 old players were hiding from a fucking new player with combat...
https://youtu.be/5QoYGgLMXKc

On your video, the same outcome would happen even if the enemy used sawn offs

puuro wrote:
Why the Combat Shotgun Should Be Nerfed in MCNR
Reduced Weapon Variety 
When one weapon is overwhelmingly powerful, players naturally gravitate toward it. This reduces the diversity of weapons used in combat, as most players feel forced to use the combat shotgun just to remain competitive. A nerf would encourage a healthier variety of strategies and loadouts.

HAHAHAHAHAH
Thank you chatgpt, that was fun, but if you want a "healthier variety", you should notice that 80% of players still use sawn offs rather than combat shotgun.

puuro wrote:
Why the Combat Shotgun Should Be Nerfed in MCNR

Introduction 
Unbalanced Damage Output 
The combat shotgun deals extremely high damage at close range, often eliminating opponents before they can react. This gives players little to no chance to counter, making it disproportionately strong compared to other weapons in the same category. As a result, firefights become one-sided rather than skill-based.

Eliminate opponent before they can react, did you just describe sawn offs? Anyways, yes, it's true that combat shotgun hard counters anything at middle distance, because it designed to be used in these situations, just like sawn offs at close distance and sniper rifle at far – they outperform all other variants in their niche, let's nerf them too? I mean, your combat shotgun won't help you win your fights at close distance where there is enough space for maneuvers, you will always loose to sawn offs if you have equal skill