Weapon difference

[KILLER88007]

In halo 3 the shotgun takes one shot your dead and in halo 4 it takes 2? Unless you shoot them in the head

[Rue]

Shotgun in Halo 4 only takes a one shot kill... Maybe you just aren't close

enough to your target when you pull the trigger? I don't think that 343

would change the shotgun from a one shot kill to a two shot kill. It is a close

range weapon, so make sure that the reticle is red before you fire!

[Coldfreeze]

The shotgun is still a one shot kill. It changed somewhat, but the damage output is still incredibly high.

[RedStarRocket91]

Although it might not seem like it, the Shotgun is actually significantly more powerful and with a greater effective kill range in Halo 4 than it is in any other title (with the possible exception of the first game). The reason it feels less effective is because map design, sprint, and the higher kill speeds of other weapons discourage fighting at melee range, whereas in older titles the most common and effective strategies involved trading fire at very close distances: think how often you'd get a melee kill in Halo 3 compared to now, for instance. It's not that the Shotgun itself is less powerful, it's just that it's less powerful in comparison to other weapons, and much more difficult to find confined areas where it can be used effectively. It's still an incredibly dangerous weapon in the right hands, but it needs to be used more tactically than its predecessors to be effective.