I'm just thinking, with the non-random pellet spread, someone could have a very good guess where each pellet could land, so they could shoot at it from a distance (btw, I'm talking like mid-long), and have a pellet hit someone. Sure, the pellet is going to barely dink the target for a few HP, but that could mean the difference between life and death. I can't count the number of times I managed to scramble out of a warzone with less than 10 health.
In unrelated things, YEAH TOAST
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