In a game where shots are mostly 1-hits or will get someone down to a guaranteed kill with a decent enough melee swing (or sometimes a kick/punch), it's worth accepting that shooting can be improved on with practice and instruction, and it's pretty dumb to write something off like that when it can actually be improved upon. In another, more melee/shield based module or game, yeah, who the fuck cares about shooting. But the guns in NW are pretty controllable, more so than the majority of people think, and that allows for some pretty huge swings in a fight. If two lines are equally skilled in melee and in equal numbers, the side that gets the best and most shots off is considerably more likely to win.