A. The FNFAL should be semi-automatic, to fill the niche of the Vanilla m16. 20 damage body 60 dmg to head B. ALL Shotguns should have a much tighter spread. From a spread angle of 30 degrees, to a tighter spread of 10 degrees maximum. (ie; the size of a watermelon to the size of a large apple) This would mean shotguns would require more aim, but are deadlier with a tighter concentration. C. Frag grenades should have a higher range of explosion but a much lower damage the further from the epicenter, as they are not HE Grenades, they are fragmentation grenades, they kill / hurt by sending out shrapnel. It's kinda ridiculous to throw one into a crowd and send bodies flying like a mini C4. You should only die if you're like, directly next to it. Otherwise, they should do between 10-60 damage based on distance. (This would mean an edit to rules; traitors would need to warn for frags but, due to the range increase, any T buddy damaged should probably not be able to report for it if warned) Just some ideas I had. What do you guys think?
The problem with your proposed shotgun change is that it would increase the effective range of shotguns. Imagine the db having a longer lethal range. The point of having spread is to keep shotguns restricted to close quarter combat The frag change seems unnecessary. Frags are pretty balanced as is. Mainly because of the loud sound they make hitting the ground alerting people to run. I don't really have any opinion on the FAL change tbh.
Why would the shotguns range be a problem though, they're already capable of killing people at range with 6-8 shots just by aiming in their general direction, this would mean you'd actually have to aim.
6-8 shots is a lot. If someone is far enough away that it'll take that many shots to kill you your rifle is gonna kill them faster. Giving a shotgun less spread turns that 6-8 into more like 3-4 when you're at a distance. What you're suggesting is basically a rifle that 1-2 shots the chest.
