Changes: Spas-12

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"Another returning weapon from the previous outbreak, but this time it's more powerful and ready to kill people and the Infected, isn't just that wonderful?!"

―MikeTheNewb

Summary

The SPAS-12, known in Italy as the Franchi SPAS-12, is an end-game shotgun. This is by far the most accurate shotgun in the game and is pretty much its largest upside. It has a tight spread and is deadly at a close-to-medium range. Both are helpful traits in the game.

Background Story

Prior to the apocalypse, the SPAS-12 was an extremely prevalent shotgun used by dozens of special forces and police teams. It packs quite a punch, and unlike many other shotguns, its firing mechanism was perfected to create a tight spread for a much longer range compared to other shotguns. This, with the fact that it has many attachments that increase its flexibility, makes the SPAS-12 a formidable weapon.

Somewhere along the way, this aspect of the gun was lost during production. Some say R-Brain Hardwork simplified the design way too much — folding the stock in, removal of all the safety mechanisms, and the controversial move to decrease the firing velocity. This caused it to lose both punch and accuracy. A statement issued says that these were changes made to make sure everyone can handle such a heavy weapon.

Some people have trouble believing this.

Tips

This is a fast firing, pump-action shotgun. Treat it as such.
- This is a great tool for crowd control.
- Like other shotguns, using third-person is the way to go.
This weapon has the potential to instantly kill any mob on a headshot that isn't a Brute. Use this to your advantage.
- Regardless, it's still great for taking out Brutes.
- This weapon doesn't benefit from crouching or ADS'ing since the spread is tight enough.
Try shooting the zombies in the centre of your screen, since shooting them at the side will probably lead to most of the pellets not hitting your target.
The stored ammo on this gun are shells, not mags.
- As such, you can fire 18 times before needing to restock.
  - Armors that give ammo with give three times as much as normal. For example the Tactical I will supply 3 extra shells.

Pros

High Damage
High DPS
High Total Damage
Quick Reload

Cons

Expensive
No Attachments

Trivia

Updates

Range changed from 210 to 160 in v0.8.4.
- Range further decreased from 160 to 90 v0.9.1.
Rank changed from 25 to 18 in v0.8.4.
- Rank changed from 18 to 20 in v1.0.2.
  - Finally, rank changed from 20 to 21 in v1.1.3.
Damage changed from 31x8 to 22x8 in v0.9.7.
Accuracy changed from 60 to 80 in v1.2.0.

This is a returning weapon from R2D 2014, as well as the third shotgun in R2DA.
In Debug, the Spas-12 was offered for 75,000$.
- This was changed to 55,000$ when it was actually added.
This is the first weapon to have two restricted skins applied to it.
The Rank required to unlock this weapon dropped from 25 to 18 in v0.8.4; this was the first occasion where a Prestige Rank would be required for a gun.
This has the lowest damage for a single bullet with 22.
- However, as 8 pellets are fired at the same time, take this with a grain of salt.
- The FAMAS used to also share this record, but no longer does due to receiving multiple buffs.
During v0.9.3, this was one of the weapons that were affected by a glitch that applied drop-off damage very early.
Oddly enough, the folding stock has been folded in and it cannot be used.
SPAS stands for "Sporting Purpose Automatic Shotgun", but the first word was originally "Special".
- Also, one in real life has a capacity of 8 shells compared to the capacity of 6 you see in-game.
- The 12 has no official meaning, but it probably means 12-gauge as it fires that round.
This weapon is also in Left 4 Dead 2, a part of R2DA's inspiration, and is nicknamed the Combat Shotgun.
- The iteration in that game, however, is semi-automatic while our Spas-12 is simply pump-action.
The firing sound comes from the shotgun featured in the Halo franchise, however, its pitch is different.
This is one of the best weapons in Team Deathmatch and Free For All due to how much damage it outputs in each pump.

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 == '''Background Story''' ==
-Prior to the apocalypse, the'''SPAS-12 '''was an extremely prevalent shotgun used by dozens of special forces and police teams. It packs quite a punch, and unlike many other shotguns, its firing mechanism was perfected to create a tight spread for a much longer range compared to other shotguns. This, with the fact that it has many attachments that increase its flexibility, makes the '''SPAS-12 '''a formidable weapon.
+Prior to the apocalypse, the '''SPAS-12 '''was an extremely prevalent shotgun used by dozens of special forces and police teams. It packs quite a punch, and unlike many other shotguns, its firing mechanism was perfected to create a tight spread for a much longer range compared to other shotguns. This, with the fact that it has many attachments that increase its flexibility, makes the '''SPAS-12 '''a formidable weapon.
 Somewhere along the way, this aspect of the gun was lost during production. Some say [[R-Brain Hardwork]] simplified the design way too much — folding the stock in, removal of all the safety mechanisms, and the controversial move to decrease the firing velocity. This caused it to lose both punch and accuracy. A statement issued says that these were changes made to make sure everyone can handle such a heavy weapon.