I've always liked shotguns for a long time, it's always been a weapon I'm quite fond of. To me it's like the battle axe of guns, pure aggression and big time damage. And like the battle axe only a certain crazy few use them but they choose to because they are good with them and chop their enemies down. I use Secret Handshake continually and it rarely ever let's me down, it's got Shot Package and Hammer Forged so the range on it is really good for a boom stick. That's kind of a luxury though, most other shotguns have considerably less. Even with other not as far shooting shotguns I use them and use them well. It sounds crazy but there is a technique to a shotgun. It's useful for all kinds of enemies, bosses not so much but during them I'm usually blasting them with heavy. It can save a teammate in a bad situation on NF real quick too, which is always appreciated.