USAS doesn't need it a buff, it is actually better than the striker, but actually requires aim to use. Striker is only popular because you can spam bullets.

So, they're buffing the Model, I'm interested in what they're going to change, I'm praying for a 2 pellet kill, if they do that I'll finally level up my Model.

They're all OK with damage.

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They should all have a 4 spread adsed and the same movement speed smgs have adsed. The model, ksg and spas should 2 pellet kill potentially with damage if a pellet hits the upperbody; chest to head in their max damage range (actually rewarding good aim & positioning), without damage they should 3 pellet kill in their zone when someone fires a good aimed chest shot. The main issue is their inconstancy cqb / in their max damage zone. I get so many strange hitmarkers cqb. I don't want them to 2-pellet kill over the whole body. People aiming at my legs & stomach don't deserve a high ohk chance, but they do clearly need some sort of buff, since with player movement, cover (people headglitching need 2 / 3 shots to kill with a pump action slow shotgun atm) & massive gun flinch after any shot on you, means they get too many strange hitmarkers in their zone.. Of course there is also lag, that makes them completely shi-t.

The Aa-12 should have 150 units more range and more starting ammo. Usas-12 while it's great cqb / in its zone, needs a small damage buff on range, say 8 instead of 5 (11 with damage instead of the laughable 7 it now deals with damage).

I don't think they are bad with damage & steady aim now, just not good enough to use constantly. Especially the pumps and model need some love. They should also cancel dead man's hand and final stand. I have never used the ksg (why would I use a pump that has average range), but I do feel the extra pellet would help cqb (I get a lot of ohks with the usas-12 even pre-damage in its zone).

It's quite obvious to see that they will never make them as good as they were in mw2 (many autos killed in 2 hits in that game though with SP and the maps are generally bigger / more open). Small buffs would help as they are already decent with damage and steady aim. Why wouldn't we take an extra pellet on the model, aa-12 and spas when the automatic usas-12 atm has a bigger chance to ohk than them cqb? It's the least they can do, next to a better ads spread and movement speed adsed back to normal. As they clearly won't give them 2-pellet kill potential.