Honestly, after the patch, the AA12 isn't unuseable, hardly, but it requires closer distance and more shots, making it more frustrating and causing me to die when I shouldn't. This could be solved with one or both these: more ammo, and a drum mag. The extra ammo could free a slot in the Tier 1 and the drum mag would decrease the need to reload as frequently, and hopefully eliminate the need for slieght of hand.

This is coming from someone who has over 25'000 kills (out of 35'000) with the AA12. I can tell that it's not as good as it was a week ago, due to the glitch being patched and the lag comp. So to help us AA12 users, give us more ammo, and maybe a drum mag too for good measure please

It was pretty horrible early on without range or damage (personally I prefer range) but with those it was amazing in the right hands. As of right now, I get more hit markers from both far away near the edge of it's effective range and even at point blank, which caused me to use damage for a bit until I couldn't get the people who were beyond 15ft. Whether you're using range or damage the gun runs out of ammo too quickly

Yeah exactly I don't want it to get a damage or range buff, because it doesn't NEED it.

In my experienced opinion, running out of ammo and having to reload is the AA-12's biggest draw back. Even with sleight of hand and all the ammo you could want, its low damage, short range and small mag capacity make it hard to fend off multiple attackers because it drains the 12 round mag too quickly. I spend as much, if not more, time reloading as I do shooting and killing.

So firstly, it does NEED more ammo, and as a compliment to the increased ammo you can have, a deeper/bigger magazine would be very appreciated.

Thanks for your reply, but I have to disagree, I think it is firmly established that the most used and overpowered shotguns in mw2 were the dual 1887's and the Spas 12, even as a primary they would be borderline cheap.

The AA-12 drains the mag too fast. As a fix, it should have a bigger magazine and more starting ammo. I'm not saying it should have buffed damage or range, it would be nice but then it becomes another stryker.

Even though it has a relatively fast reload (espcially with SoH) its low damage and short range mean you have to pour a volley of lead into someone to kill him. This means you expend a lot of ammo and have to reload frequently, so giving the AA-12 more ammo and a deeper mag should solve this problem and help balance it with the other guns, at very least the other shotguns.