User blog comment:Arbington/DLC Theories/@comment-1800566-20101009050943/@comment-217683-20101009063651

But that just doesn't make sense for a number of reasons. It doesn't mesh with what we know of how Mass Effect firearms work, and it just doesn't make sense from a ballistics standpoint. How would a round of this type: A) Be able to maintain its cohesion over long ranges without breaking up prematurely, and B) Be able to break up at all, allowing for any spread, much less a spread that would "impact the entire body"? Maybe a case could be made that, somehow, this could be done with biotics, but it really seems like too much of a copout. I mean, why not also then make pistols that can shoot like assault rifles, or shotguns that shoot like a Cain? Making a "shotgun sniper rifle" would totally nerf the sniper rifle.