Assult shotgun + pp ?

[SgtAx31]

I have played with it a bit but i just think is it soo good what do you think?

[tenergy0]

well yes it is , in good hand , but sometimes PP has reload bug so its bit annoying

[The1stMessiah]

PP was nerfed, but yeah, look at Jiijii's vids where he uses that set.

[SgtAx31]

Yeah i knooww I'm a JiiJii fan boy thats why i started to use it

[s0zage]

Eh the build doesn't seem half as good anymore since the PP nerf.

[EddyKawabata]

It was twice as good before the PP nerf. It's still good, but requires a good aim, good tactics and places to hide when you have to reload.

[Broodjedoner]

Assault shotty + PP was a viable combo for players with extreme aim and before both weapons got nerfed. Incredible burst-damage potential as the JIJI vids showed, but that was most likely pre-nerf or at least pre-assault-nerf. Even back then it was a risky setup, especially against leg-it opponents. At pre-nerf times, if you missed one shot, you were usually already dead/almost dead against any decent opponent. Furthermore, you had to switch weapons a lot and weave in rockets if you wanted optimal sustained damage, causing quite some RPG reload bugs. The extreme burst however compensated that to some extend. Now since both weapons are nerfed, the setup is so unreliable, I wouldn't advise it to anyone.

At last: Imo you shouldn't use the weaponcombo that suits other people, but one that suits YOU. Not everyone has the same aim-skills and not everyone has the same playstyle. Some still roll with the assault shotgun as secondary weapon for that situational extra burst and it's still great in heavy-cover situations. Other's just roll with close+longrange MG, other's roll with laserweap+longrange MG or laserweapon+assault, because the laserweap does optimal damage from a further (close/mid)range. A range some gunners prefer. All these combo's can be very succesful and reliable if you use them to their potential. Assault+PP 2012 however, too unreliable.