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I can see increasing the cost to be reasonable, but requiring an advanced armory is just too much. What happens when aliens do a lerk rush? It would be OP'd since the marines wouldn't be able to get shotguns out fast enough to cou…
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That's like comparing apples to oranges... NS2 is asymmetrical and you can't just do a direct comparison like that. 1 Fade is infinitely better than 1 marine with a shotgun, because of it's movement capabilities
and I can tell you that once I go lerk/fade I almost never die because I play carefully... it really just varies from player to player depending on skill level. playing aliens is all about movement, deception, and mind games
shotguns are pretty expensive at 20 res, and the key to taking them down is to whittle them, ambush, or charge in when they're not looking. I think it's fine.