This is a pretty good idea. I have taken the time to get all the guns gold since I hit 10th prestige in January sometime, and I can attest that many of the shotguns are very underpowered until you unlock damage as a proficiency. Making it easier to unlock those would undoutdedly give you a better idea of how effective they are. I mean I have used all the guns a fair amounf, and aside from the riot shield (primary weapon???????) my next 4 lowest kill death weapons are all shotguns.
Even with damage, many of the shotguns are inconsistant. I can accept that as a part of using them, no different than getting knifed through six hitmarkers from an assault rifle. Annoying, but something I have come to just laugh at or back out, as it's not worth getting upset over a game. I mean I have gotten a MOAB with the AA12, but it is terrible. Even in very close range it is outclassed by ANY akimbo machine pistol, and IWs insistence on including those mystifies me.
Seriously shotguns aside, my overall K/d is 10 times that of my K/D with the riot shield, the piece of crap is beyond useless and I will never understand why you made it worse than in MW2. I mean who the hell complained about it?
