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necromanceranne 91f698f3ea Mini-Nukie Update: The Bulldog is a 2-shot burst fire gun edition (and lone ops get some spare ammo for their bulldog) (#81715)
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## About The Pull Request

The bulldog shotgun, available to ops, now has a burst fire of 2 rounds.
This means it launches a fairly rapid volley of bullets per click.

Currently, the lone operative spawns with a single bulldog shotgun.
Instead of just the shotgun, the operative now comes with some spare
magazines for their gun.

## Why It's Good For The Game

The bulldog still seems to be really unpopular, and still feels like it
isn't quite doing as much as other options for operatives. Even for the
cheap price, it just doesn't pull its weight. It lacks staying power or
range to face several opponents at once. You can certainly buy ammo to
make it better at engaging at range, but this sometimes begs the
question as to why you bothered with the bulldog over something else.

It is primarily only really good at killing one person at a time in
close quarters, but the person you would be using that power against is
usually a more armored opponent like the Captain or Head of Security.
Lots of other nuclear operative weapons simply do that much better than
the bulldog.

If the bulldog is meant to be mulching single targets one at a time, it
should absolutely be doing that reliably. Because people really like
shotguns. So why not unload two buckshot straight into someone's cranium
with a single pull of the trigger for a nice crunchy splat.

Lone operative got themselves a bulldog, but were cheated out of the
free ammo they would have received if they had simply bought the bulldog
from their uplink. Lone ops are not nearly as scary as an actual
midround nuclear assault, primarily because their objective doesn't come
with the benefit of an infiltrator or a bomb to deliver. They're a
punishment mechanic, technically. But even as a punishment, they don't
really do a terribly good job at punishing. Since the bulldog is focused
on putting down the captain as fast as possible, then it stands to
reason that the lone operative gets as much help accomplishing that as
necessary.

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balance: Bulldog Shotguns now have a 2-round burst fire.
balance: Lone Operatives now come with some additional Bulldog Shotgun
magazines.
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