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[Sirus]

Oh my, yes. Shotguns are high-risk, high-reward by nature. Yes, they might have a better chance of getting killed. But with the proper setup they can murderize just about anything. Can you say "100% Hit, 100% Crit"? They also typically have higher damage ranges than other same-tier weapons

[Ibid Straydrink]

I usually sport 1 single god-like 60-some mission veteran medic, a ranging sniper, and four assaults troops.

Blitzkrieg!

[Neonivek]

I will admit, that if there is any class I would chose to live without... it would be the Heavy.

[Sirus]

Give up on the single greatest output of AoE damage in the entire game with all sorts of useful abilities? Why?

[Neonivek]

Give up on the single greatest output of AoE damage in the entire game with all sorts of useful abilities? Why?

Because well... The Medics are absolutely essential if I don't savescum like crazy.

Assaults can clear entire rooms if used correctly... And Snipers can clear entire rooms if used correctly.

While leaves me with Heavy which are nice (and now Heat Ammo is nerfed making the ONE thing they would be REALLY useful for... mediocre) but not as good.

At least with how I play the game. Which is strike teams where I clear rooms in single turns.

[WillowLuman]

I went through most of the game without a Heavy, and didn't seem to notice they were gone until the Sectopods showed up. Truth is, aliens are fairly good at spacing out to mitigate AoE

[Ibid Straydrink]

My problem with Heavies is that I rarely use them. No, I'm not saying I don't include them in my squads; the problem, is that by the time they have caught up to the rest of the squad there's nothing in range they have a high enough chance of hitting that taking the shot would be a better bet than overwatch. The one thing they (can) excel at particularly well is mowing down sectopods and cyberdiscs, and I'm usually not comfortable getting them close enough to try it. :/

[Furtuka]

I've found heavies very useful with the whole shooting twice thing. Also there was that time that every single alien on the supply ship spawned in the hanger in a single turn. That was terrifying. I think I posted the screenshot here once.

[WillowLuman]

Holy crap I'd like to see that screenie

[Furtuka]

Spoiler: Here you go (click to show/hide)

[WillowLuman]

Yep, gonna need some high explosives

[Darkening Kaos]

You are not outnumbered, you are in a target rich environment.

[Muz]

I think shotguns do have a major use: When you're in situations like that where you get flooded by aliens and things like storming the bridge of a UFO.

Shotguns are not an offensive weapon, they're a defensive one. The drawback is your Assault will get much less kills if (s)he's relying on shotguns and thus level up more slowly.

[Ibid Straydrink]

I've found heavies very useful with the whole shooting twice thing. Also there was that time that every single alien on the supply ship spawned in the hanger in a single turn. That was terrifying. I think I posted the screenshot here once.

Ha! That happened to me the first time we downed a personnel ship!

Funny enough, that was my only casualty on this playthrough- a heavy trooper.

[Sharp]

I will admit, that if there is any class I would chose to live without... it would be the Heavy.

If there is any class that I can have for the whole squad and win missions fairly easily, it is the Heavy.

12-18 rockets, firing twice per turn, really who needs supression when you can just blast the aliens, the cover, everything.