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Oh darn! 
The picture of the loading screen is really interesting. There’s definitely a lot to it.
Wow… cool!
If Shotgun is a secondary… that probably means it is being nerfed to be a secondary and not a power weapon. Interesting… I wonder how this will play out.
Shotgun could also be a Primary though. He is using Firepower.
> Wow… cool!
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> If Shotgun is a secondary… that probably means it is being nerfed to be a secondary and not a power weapon. Interesting… I wonder how this will play out.
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> Shotgun could also be a Primary though. He is using Firepower.
If he is using Firepower it IS a primary, and honestly while super cheap up close, the shotgun would suck in any other situation so this doesn’t bother me
Also I’m pretty sure that this thread is about to get locked, these pictures are leaks
> Wow… cool!
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> If Shotgun is a secondary… that probably means it is being nerfed to be a secondary and not a power weapon. Interesting… I wonder how this will play out.
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> Shotgun could also be a Primary though. He is using Firepower.
Wow, how did I miss that? That’s probably true.
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> > If Shotgun is a secondary… that probably means it is being nerfed to be a secondary and not a power weapon. Interesting… I wonder how this will play out.
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> > Shotgun could also be a Primary though. He is using Firepower.
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> If he is using Firepower it IS a primary, and honestly while super cheap up close, the shotgun would suck in any other situation so this doesn’t bother me
Exactly.
Balanced against the other weapons by being a major close range weapon. Used in specific situations.
To be honest, I don’t see myself using it very often.
Two bummers in one leak. Halo 4 multiplayer gets worse and worse every time I see it. I’ll admit that mourning the loss of the awesome shotgun is more or less a jaded, old-school gripe (upsetting nonetheless) but jetpack is truly upsetting.
I’ll just leave this here before someone overreacts about the shotgun.
Link in-case that doesn’t work: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=40439175&postcount=3096
It’s a post that said: Call me crazy, but there’s no way 343 is going to have shotgun load outs in the final game.
And this actual post is David Ellis responding to it with a period, which is pretty much interpreted by everyone to mean that the previous statement is true.
And here is a post from Frank O’Connor referring to said post, basically saying that shotgun starts are not in the game, but the functionality is there, so that they can make a certain gametype or playlist like team shotties or team shotty snipers: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=40439602&postcount=3112
> I’ll just leave this here before someone overreacts about the shotgun.
It won’t work. What does it say?
> I’ll just leave this here before someone overreacts about the shotgun.
That’s an ambiguous response from David which does not confirm or deny anything. However neither do these pictures I suppose, it may have been a custom game.
Welp… Just got called out on that guys twitter 
Never said that you leaked 'em, bro!
> > I’ll just leave this here before someone overreacts about the shotgun.
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> That’s an ambiguous response from David which does not confirm or deny anything. However neither do these pictures I suppose, it may have been a custom game.
What does it say? I can’t view it.
Crap. If shotty is nerfed how will we play infection? I mean I know that without shields spartans are relatively weak (and by spartans I mean the ones in infection mode only) but will they be weak to the point that a nerfed shotgun can one hit kill them?
He has a awesome profile pic
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> > That’s an ambiguous response from David which does not confirm or deny anything. However neither do these pictures I suppose, it may have been a custom game.
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> What does it say? I can’t view it.
Some guy said (I’m paraphrasing) ‘Call me crazy but 343 won’t have shotguns in the loadouts for the final game.’. David quoted him and responded (not paraphrasing) “.”. Just a period. Don’t ask me why or what it means, I’ve got no clue.
I know they already said that spectator mode would not be supported in Halo 4. But that second picture looks very spectator mode-ish to me.
I doubt 343 would make the shot gun a primary to be used in normal matchmaking. This was probably an early build of the game. Possibly the same or earlier build that Conan played. You can see in the picture that the jetpack meter is a simple straight line while in all the gameplay i’ve seen since E3, all the armor abilities have circle meters. I know this may not prove much, but it’s wishful thinking. Here is the Conan picture for reference http://tinyurl.com/c4apkoz Edit: Also, you can see the railgun’s location indicated on the HUD in the halo council pictures.