Additional Projectile in POE2

Question does additional projectile is same mechanic as poe1?

for sample scattershot additional 2 projectile
does it triple the damage or still the same as old mechanic like aoe larger hits but same damage. cause tried asking someone in dc they told me it increases damage.

projectiles doesn't shotgun in PoE 2. Like in PoE1.

Unless you're skill specify that it shotgun. But I've never seen that before.

If you mouse over the "Projectile" word in game in PoE2. It says :

"A Projectile is a moving Attack or Spell that usually impacts with targets when it hits them.

When a group of multiple Projectiles is fired from the same source at the same time, only one Projectile in the group can hit each target unless otherwise specified."


So no it doesn't increase the damage.

It increase the clear.

There are a few skills that interact in a way that it can increase the damage on single target, but not due to shotgunning. For example lightning Rod, it's the rod that chains once placed on the ground that can hit the same target