...and along with it, the HoW-era PvE damage multiplier should return. The return of the Prison of Elders should be reason enough to warrant the damage increase, you (Bungie) know how popular they were in there. I bet you have the data to back that up!
I'm also sure data will show that nobody uses shotguns in end game PvE right now, and for good reasons. KF is a very sniper friendly raid, even in the close confines of the Golgoroth fight you are better off with a sniper.
Prison of Elders returns, and with it comes a ton of close range encounters. In such encounter, you need effective means to counter high level, major enemies. Giving us back out shotguns in PvE would give us that counter.
It's been long enough since TTK released, it's time to revert the (pun intended) damage done to shotguns in PvE, and bring them back to their full, HoW-era damage multiplier. Otherwise the Prison of Elders has the risk of becoming just "snipe everything".
We know you have the data, now please - give us PvE folk our shotguns back! :)
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Well if shotguns are useless i hope they do buff side arms.