User blog comment:AntiScootaTwo/CoDWiki News - September 7, 2014/@comment-1913529-20140908002141/@comment-25494464-20140908231623

So your complaint(s) is that the weapons are performing as expected? The M27 IAR is perfect for suppression. It's what it excels at. And you don't seem to be complaining about the gun, rather the popular attachments that are used on it. In which case I will say "Smoke Grenades and Incog". You'll be 100% invisible to they're Thermal sight. And if you're really willing to sacrifice 5 class points to have a chance of a 2 or 3 hit kill (depending on your range), then you're probably cutting out many other things. You're also forgetting that it's an LMG. The weapon class that has handling characteristics that are only marginally faster than Sniper Rifles. Poor hipfire, poor ADS time and switch speeds, slowest movement speeds only outdone by the Shield, etc. It's an extremely poor close range weapon.

Speaking of close range weapons, the Bulldog isn't the end all be all shotgun. The others have more range or damage. My personal favorite is the Tac-12. It's consistent one hit kills due to the long range and great minimum damage (highest in it's class) make it the best shotgun in the game. The Bulldog suffers from a short magazine, low damage at range, and a long reload. It makes up for this with the smallest hipfire spread (which with Steady Aim, makes the spread just as accurate as it is ADS) and the highest rate of fire. I don't see what you're complaint is here to tell the truth. You seem to be annoyed that a shotgun is dominating close quarters. Is there something wrong with that?