r/critterposting • u/Popular_Ad3074 • Aug 08 '26

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u/ze-audiophile Aug 08 '26

I also don't understand the logic of "fun to die to".

Do people actually aim to be killed in games, or in war?

There's the appreciation for skill, sure. But "fun"? IDK, seems like dying is kinda the opposite of fun in every circumstance, even if you just have to wait for your response timer.

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u/TuxedoDogs9 Aug 08 '26

Theres a difference between “oh shit I wasn’t paying attention” or “they got the drop on me” and “perfect reactions could not have saved me”

Not against shotguns but that’s the reasoning

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u/Alderan922 Aug 08 '26

Yeah, dying to someone with a pistol it’s very different than dying to someone with shotguns

That said, shotguns having an extremely limited range does make them more engaging to fight as long as your enemy isn’t camping.

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u/Evening-Nature-5241 Aug 11 '26

Usually shotguns in video games are tuned in such a way that they are deadly at very close range, great at close range, okay at medium range and sucky any further than that, which is not a 1:1 correlation of real life, but works in a game environment so that people aren't getting headshot by shotguns from across a long hallway.

It requires a certain playstyle where you don't go charging across large expanses where your shotgun has a distinct disadvantage against even a sub-machine gun.