Based on your experience, which shotgun do u feel is the best in the game. Why? And with what perks. Personally I think the party crasher is the best shotgun. It has the imapact and range capabilities as the matador and felwinters but with a better rate of fire and stability. At first, I use to use zero stability with low rate of fire and always favoring shot package when I ran felwinters. This set up is considered a high risk high reward, but it's really more of a high risk OK reward. Shot package a perk favored by most, I personally think is overrated. Yes bunching up your projectiles increases range, but it also makes it easier to miss. A shotgun is a shotgun because of its spread. Honestly at close range you don't want to rely on aiming in order to kill. Since shotpackage requires ADS it kind of defeats the purpose of the shotgun. Yes more of your bullets hits the target, but that's only if u don't miss. If u r using your shotgun in a defensive situation, ADS may take too much time. It does has its benefits but I feel u can get much more from other perks like rangerfinder. The matador and felwinters are both great shotguns. The old felwinters lie is superior to the new one and the matador, simply because u can get Hammar forged. The downside to these shotguns is the low rate of fire. Due to lag, players using blink ,or having to clear a room, having a high rate fire is extremly beneficial. Its worth sacrificing a smidge of range or impact for it. This is where the party crasher comes in. Since it has the range and impact capabilities of both its' rivals, the RoF seperates it from them. It also has a lot more stability to work with. Stability is often underminded when it comes to shotties. Granted it is the least important perk, but it does matter. Especially when killing multiple targets is a goal. For example zone B in anamoly, asylum both entry points to zone B. A lot of ppl clutter in these rooms in attempt to capture or protect zone B. You may say "why not the found verdict?" , and I agree why not the found verdict? It is a high contender amongst the high powered shotguns. It is a beast in PvE. What puts it in last place in the race IMO, is that it is a raid weapon. You don't have the ability to reforge it. Edit: yes rangefinder requires ADS, but my point was really about keeping your spread and still be able to increase range. My problem with shot package is not so much ADS, it's reducing the spread which makes it easier to miss. Shot package is an awesome perk and I do use it, I'm just offering a different but efficient way to use your shotty than the standard surberb range single shot method most use.