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OBO: Autoshotgun Rebalance script

OBO, pronounced "oboe" (yes, like the instrument), stands for "Overall Balance Overhaul."

This is a script that rebalances the Auto Shotgun to fit alongside my other OBO guns and making a slew of little tweaks. The biggest change you'll notice immediately is the slightly tighter spread, but I've added cosmetics like vertical recoil and crosshair spread for gun feel.

Total pellets fired have been slightly reduced while damage per pellet has been slightly buffed (total damage per shot stays the same), to alleviate how Commons would occasionally be gibbed heavily by a shot and still survive, particularly on Expert. Now it should be slightly easier to visually tell when a Common is dead.

I feel that VALVe did a good job with this gun's balance already, so I basically just optimised the user experience. Specific changes are listed below for your convenience.

Changelog (X means unchanged):

VerticalPunch - 3 to 4
SpreadPerShot - 20 to X
MaxSpread - 5 to X
SpreadDecay - 5 to 15
MinDuckingSpread - 0 to X
MinStandingSpread - 0.8 to 0
MinInAirSpread - 2.5 to 0
MaxMovementSpread - 1.5 to 0.3
PelletScatterPitch - 4.0 to 2.6
PelletScatterYaw - 8.5 to 5.525
ReloadDuration - 0.396 to X (Per shell. Changing this does nothing, not sure why)
DeployDuration - N/A to 0.66 (added this line)
PenetrationNumLayers - 2 to X
PenetrationPower - 30 to 68
PenetrationMaxDistance - 500 to X
CharacterPenetrationMaxDistance 300 to X (Shooting through targets doesn't count against penetration up to this range)
Damage - 23 to 25
Bullets - 11 to 10
CycleTime - 0.15 to X (Fire rate. Changing this does nothing, not sure why)
clip_size - 10 to X
primary_ammo - AMMO_TYPE_AUTOSHOTGUN to X

Disclaimer about the preview screenshot(s):
I got them randomly off the internet. I claim nothing. If need be, I'll replace them with something generic from Wikipedia or something. It is not my intention to steal anything.