Why is creating a decent looking dotted line to dam difficult on Photoshop CC6?

I have tried everything to create a dotted line in Photoshop CC 6, using the line tool looks terrible, and nothing else works. Why is such a simple thing so difficult in the ridiculous tool?

Are you using the brush tool? You can adjust spacing in the brush properties dialog.
See this quick video tutorial:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7UyF6yjGyI

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