☂️ Bring back AOE shotgun

[scarf005]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

we want area-if-effect buckshot shotgun!

Describe the solution you'd like

find blockers that removed aoe shotgun and solve them

Additional context

No response

[chaosvolt]

Another for the pile, annoying but technically not as big a breaker: #5399

[scarf005]

could you add it directly to tasklist above?

[chaosvolt]

I'm already once again tempted to revert use of AoE shotshells because the bugs keep piling up.

[chaosvolt]

Okay so Royal ended up deciding to as well. In short, I would consider these issues to be vital before we can reimplement AoE cones for buckshot again, if at all:

1. Damage falloff with distance for AoE ammo #6028
2. Shotgun AoE cones are stopped by chain link fences #5981

These I'd consider important but not crippling:

1. Spells and AoE ammo can't hit targets on different z-levels #6018
2. AoE ammo gains no benefit from weapon range bonuses #2793 (this one does get upgraded to mandatory if one intended to apply it to flamethrower ammo, like Royal's expressed interest in).
3. AoE cone ammo does not apply ammo_effects properly. #2756 (we really already should have this for the sake of dragon's breath but it deals heat-type damage so stuff is being lit on fire regardless)

And then finally #5399 (lack of AoE overlay when firing vehicle turrets) is just kinda a mild annoyance.