(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Shotguns have no point in this game I tried to make them work but every other weapon in the game has been just better.
My issues are ADS movement speeds, movement speeds in general, accuracy, accuracy penalty, hipfire accuracy penalty, damage and spread of the pellets.

For me there is a strange accuracy penalty when you fire from the hip and ADS. Using a shotgun that kills you, simple as that forcing you to ADS with every shot.
On top of that the damage/spread of the pellets makes it not worth your time using hipfire.
When you ADS you slow right down but you have less range compared to every other weapon in the game who can instant kill you at close range.
On top of this you move at the same speed in general, so trying to close the gap is hard.

Suppresion also impacts shotguns giving you increase spread which is never a good thing.

Ammo types only two worth using buckshot and flechette.
Buckshot is higher damage, but less damage over range, flechette more damage over range less damage.

So shotguns suck period that is all.