says at the end but that +20 is out of fear

that may be an ambiguous translation, throwing the jp notes through a translator mentions "expanding the range of dissipation of shots" in that section

DeepL translate of JP notes support its a hitbox change

idk, spread range of pellets just sounds like wider spread to me. that plus the fact there's no hitbox change mentioned in the notes themselves makes me skeptical of it being a thing

they specifically talk about making it easier to do small damage I cant see what else thats supposed to mean

bullets spread wider = crosshair needs to be less close to target to do small chip damage bc the bullets will fly out further

i mean its both i think that seems to be what they imply, larger spread = wider hitbox for small dmg but up close for max dmg

yeah but the individual pellets don't seem like they'll be any bigger, just the width of the total spread, so it seems like you get slightly more chip damage in exchange for less consistent damage overall which really doesn't seem like a good tradeoff to me

I mean the size of this is unknown for literally all 3 changes, so we have no idea until we see it, but to me its a good sign that their changing points for special this much, that means in practice its prolly a lot

im reading it as super high paint output but less consistent damage which imo is not the right direction to take the wep if that is what they did

I read it as because the pellets are spread out they're more likely to chip a target because they're in a larger area? I feel like this is one of those things we'll just have to see to know for sure