Engineer Turret Shields

Discussion in 'Engineer' started by YellowJacketXV, Jul 10, 2018.

  1. YellowJacketXV

    Are completely worthless. I don't think I've ever seen a utility used less by any other class than the engineer turrets. They leave you completely exposed to sniper fire, the implant doesn't fix this. They leave you stationary and vulnerable. Quite frankly, they just don't do enough damage for what negatives they bring.

    The engineer turrets that are manned should come with a COMPLETE forward shield. This is a lockdown based tool and weapon that must have it's capabilities understood or else it's just never going to be used. Granted, it does more damage, so with the AI turret headshot multiplier damage should be significantly reduced to compensate. AV mana turret should also be able to fire more regularly also with a frontal shield. The shield would share a health value with the turret, thus a single AP round from even a lightning could probably destroy it. To compensate, in general, for the added defensive boon, the timer of spawning a turret should be increased and the time to hop on and hop off the turret should be drastically increased to prevent people from just spinning off a bad situation (more commitment, less dancing).
  2. TR5L4Y3R

    AI turrets are good enough ..
    their lack of head coverage is deliberate as you are not supposed to keep standing on the turret ..

    AV turret has no shield at all for that matter ..
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  3. UrielSeptimIV

    Engineer AI turret is essentially a Kobalt turret done right.
    It has advantages and disadvantages:
    • Good firepower
    • No recoil
    • Good projectile speed
    • Shield from attacks
    • Lack of coverage
    • Average damage per overheat
    • The engineer that uses turret become stationary
    Right now AI turret can devastate squad if placed in right position, but you need to be carefull and skillful to do that.

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  4. IroncladBomber

    Basically this. You put on Flak Armor, and have someone watch your back so you don't get flanked. You can slaughter enemies for a long time, even MAX can't survive sustained MANA turret fire for long.
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  5. TR5L4Y3R


    helps that engineer has lv 5 flak by default
  6. IroncladBomber

    It really does. Gives you so much protection on your Turrets and when you are Repairing MAX/Vehicles. Who needs Jetpacks or Enhanced shields when you have more Explosives and a Heavy Turret.