If you don't run one, then don't hug a tight space when you see red coming towards you on the map, [b]move back and shoot them in the face[/b].
The nerfs slashed at their range hugely, it's just that so many goddamn small maps are in the rotation. You ever see people having huge success shotgunning on first light and bastion, no. It's common sense guardians, cmon..
Edit: I'm enjoying hearing some reasonable debates and logical points for a change. Thought salty dwellers lurked in all corners of this forum..
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"Move back and shoot them in the face" In most of these maps, there's nowhere to move back to. Not far enough to avoid getting shotgunned anyways. They also seem to be the only weapon I can't avoid with shadestep, by the way, so it's very confusing when I die when I should be behind the shotgunner, beating them to death with my sword hilt because the "Honing the Edge" quest is the only reason I would ever play crucible.