Talk:Status Effect/@comment-99.237.246.60-20140620031205/@comment-216.67.39.131-20140624091714

The short answer; no. The long answer? Theoretically, yes, but because of the fact that each pellet has a low individual chance of proccing, it's highly unlikely. essentially, there's a 5/100 chance to proc for each individual pellet, with an overall of 8 pellets. The effect isn't additive, however, so the chance of all pellets proccing simultaneously is 3.9/100,000,000,000, and the chance of two proccing simultaneously is 2.5/1000. Since the elemental procs are even less likely than physical procs, the likelyhood of proccing radiation and viral simultaneously even once is small, and the likelihood of them proccing multiple times simultaneously is even smaller. Ultimately, this is why I consider proc-modded shotguns to be a waste of time. I am a sniper at heart (Watch their heads explode into puffs of red, etc,etc), so shotguns aren't really my thing, but I have done a fair bit of research, and the statistics are easy if you know the math. Incidentally, the proc chanc on shotguns doesn't line up with that of other weapons, but they're so OP at low levels, and so UP at high ones that it's really not an issue, since they don't fit especially well with the soul of the game.

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