At the 2.20 mark of this video the guy states that the scatter shot will be slightly less powerful when the game is released.
What’s your thoughts on this? It shows 343 have taken feed back from the MLG testing so for these people asking for a 4 shot BR keep your faith in 343 
it may happen!
But I doubt it.
Ah, I thought it was fine. Course I’ll take an MLG pro at their word as they’ve played the game. I mean sure it was powerful, but I thought that was the point?
I thought it was fine, but I guess I’ve never played it. :L
I just hope it’s not too underpowered in the final release.
I don’t see why 343i would nerf it, barely anyone in the footage I’ve seen was one shoting with it. I don’t think it needs a nerf.
As long as Scattershot > Shotgun, I’ll be happy. All Forerunner weapons should be at least slightly stronger than their human counterparts.
I don’t think we know for a fact that the scattershot change was due to MLG feedback, I don’t recall hearing a definitive comment of that kind. The feedback could have come from a variety of sources.
I thought the Scattershot looked fine… it’s supposed to be strong at close-range. Would love to see that 4-shot BR tho!
i get there were alot of people say it was fine but like its name its a scatter shot and the bullets do bouncee off walls if it doesnt make contact with a player and may retain the same amount of damage as of right out the barrel just not as many would hit the target after the bounce if any.
but think about this its 2v1 1 has the scatter and 2 are opposeing, from the looks of it the scatter shot shoots 5-6 bullets out, lets say at close range three of the 5 shots connect with one of the two and the other two bounce and hit the other and then shoot off another scatter shot to take out the left over opposer and there you go… in a sence its almost like sticking one person with a grenade while another is near, one dies and the other is hurt makeing him an easy second kill.
maby this was common with the scatter shot and thats why its being nerfed.
I thought that the Scattershot seemed extremely powerful. I haven’t played it, so I don’t know whether or not it should be nerfed.
Well the scattershot seems to be as powerful as the shotgun, but with the ability to bounce its projectiles. This makes the human shotgun seem somewhat weak and unneeded compared to it.
If they can find a way to balance them both together, I’m happy. If that means that they need to make the Scattershot a bit less powerful, then go for it!
I don’t mind it being nerf.
i was hoping that the game would have a good shotgun-type weapon like the one in CE. its a gun, so it should be able to kill people outside of melee range.
It doesn’t matter which guns get nerfed or buffed, it matters if the final effect is that the power weapons balance with each other. I don’t want nuke rockets and a wimpy sword nor would I want a firecracker launcher and a 50m lunge sword.
as a matter of principle I try to avoid covenant weapons aside for the plasma pistol or the energy sword unless there is no other choice…so I’ll be fine
of course I meant covenant + alien in general…so that includes the prometheans and forerunners
It should definitely be weaker in terms of power than the Shotgun… it seems to have a faster fire rate and a longer range, so it would make sense to keep it at lower damage.
Aw, that sucks. It really didn’t feel overpowered to me one bit when I played it at e3. Sure, it’s strong in close-quarters, but that’s the point. Far away, it’s just like a shotgun.
Power weapons being nerfed because they’re powerful.
lolwut
Maybe it’ll still be as powerful but with fewer shots before reload. I wouldn’t mind that if it’s really that powerful.
Well,it is an ordinance drop so nerfing it would be kinda silly don’t you think