any tips to master the shotgun?

[THE NEXT TRUTH]

I feel that the shotgun was always broken in this game even in gears 1 sometimes it can kill you 50ft away other times its broken up close. I find myself trying to beat people down with the pistol instead of trying to shotgun them because i lose that most of the time.

I just wonder how other people can shotgun so well and mine seems to never kill them any tips on how to improve this?

i play all shotguns with my friends sometimes in customs and still doesn't seem to help.

im not looking to get flamed just simple tips would be nice.

[Chiefgear]

i heard aiming for the feet can get some good gibs

[THE NEXT TRUTH]

seriously?

[Chiefgear]

i seen someone post on these threads

[Verios]

Connection plays a big factor.. The shotgun's such an inconsistent POS now it's kinda hard to suggest anything.

[Dragonfire343]

My advice would be is to not rely on it to much. When playing gauge how well its working for you. I know everyone doesnt like two piecing but its a good way to get kills. Melee then shoot from the hip meaning dont aim just pull the trigger. If it doesnt work for you switch to your other weapons. Never engage an oppenant when outnumbered in wide opened areas always use your environment and if possible seperate your enemies. If you feel your lagging make sure to switch to lancer cause shotty is always unreliable when you lag.

[THEBRICKS]

my advice is practice your hipfire

[The MacBulletin]

If your Name is The MacBulletin you are already a KING with the shotgun

[Chiefgear]

my advice is practice your hipfire

this helps a lot do a private with bots or with somefriends

[the MadMann]

My internet connection sucks so I don't use the shotgun much, I usually just use the hammerburst.

...or a power weapon!

[Monsieur-Folie]

If your Name is The MacBulletin you are already a KING with the shotgun

Oh really?
Folie <3's Torque.

Obviously for close combat the shottie is my weapon of choice. I suggest Practicing gibbing. Coming up behind the enemy and catching them off guard is lethal 90% of the time, even with lag.

[cybersayshi]

I've mastered the shotgun in the first game in the sequel i don't even use it because it's so slow to me.What i've seen though is if you push b and shoot all is well.Try playing against bots they will kick your ass on insane though so casual maybe.All i can advise really i aim though it works better than blindfiring in this game.

[XxComaXxWhiteXx]

Practice your blindfiring over cover and firing from the hip. But remember, if your connection is weak, or host has a bad connection, theres really not much thats gonna help no matter what you do. Also, instead of 2-piecing with the Gnasher, try to with the Hammerburst. Melee, then rapid fire from the hip. When Im in really laggy matches and my shotty isnt worth using, thats usually how I get kills.

[DeanOMiite]

Here are some things that made me a lot better with the shtgun.

Practive hipfire for sure

Aim for the torso or even feet when a player is close to you, and especially diving/running at you...it's nice to pop heads, but you don't need headshots to win, hitting the body gets you quick downs. Aiming at the feet is especially effective when you are shooting someone who is crouching in cover.

After you take your shot, hit or miss, dive away and try to set up your next shot. Just connecting a little bit on the first shot makes the second, third, etc shots more effective.

Fire early and often...every shot doesn't have to be a gib, weaken your opponent, get the advantage, and kill him on the second or third shot.

Practice different moves people use on you against bots or a friend in a private match. There are two very effective corner firing moves you can do...one is when you are standing at the edge of cover, hold up and A to whip around the corner, but hold the right trigger as you do it...it actually lets you shoot while running if you pull it off correctly. The other move is the cover slide where you are approaching cover and you hit A to slide into the very corner of it when your opponent is on the side...if you hit the corner correctly and you hold that direction with the L stick, you can quickly and effectively blindfire around the corner and get outta there without him knowing what hit him.

Learn how to wallbounce, and as you're doing it, pull off cover just before you're getting into it and fire simultaneously.

Be the aggressor. You don't want to be responding to another guys moves, you want him to be responding to yours.

I practiced some of these by playing local matches on a splitscreen against a player who wasn't even moving. I put one player in a position my opponents often get into and practiced various ways to get in and out with a quick gib.

Hope this helps!

[Teriyaki Bear™]

You should check out the multiplayer guide made by: xMCLOV7N
It's pretty useful, and has some pretty nifty tips in it.
Just use the search tool if you can't find it manually (it's in the Gears of War 2 section of the Forums).

-Teriyaki Bear

[BATMAN]

I would say just keep practicing with it. Play some private matches with your friends and just play around with it.

[WagGe]

I find that all you half to do to get shotgun kills, is wait by a wall when someone walks out just kick some ass, if your the gaurdian your going to be outnumbered, so all you need to do it run, take them out 1 by 1

[WagGe]

Chainsaw is a tactical weapon.... BULL ****, only if you can use it they good, roll around someone and just cut them *****es up

[WalX]

either this or pop shot but i would say hip firing is quicker

[Insane Brandon]

Its broken. Practice aiming and leading your shots but that will only help so much with all the inconsistencies and BS.

[WalX]

my advice is practice your hipfire
either this or pop shot, i would say hip shooting is quicker though. sometimes i use a combonation of both, hope this helps