Sentry gun upgrade bug

[c_falk]

I found a bug that I have not heard of before. It seems that if you place a sentry somewhere, and do the Upgrade, the upgrade times out after a while (10-15 minutes?). Sucks when you are trying to set up for a big battle and have to wait for your command points in order to place 20 or 30 mines.

[THE ADORING FAN]

It's not a bug, as you can see a countdown bar underneath the sentry gun symbol. I feel it's generally not worth doing as tools are very valuable, personally since it's unique to tech I feel it should have used command points, perhaps limited to one turret at a time, or also increasing damage or fire rate. It can be handy in a pinch, placing 5 turrets with one on suppression mode is good for boss fights or tricky onslaughts if you're low on points, saving a marine from having to do it (so you can use your command point for a flame wall or grenade etc)

[IAmSquidget]

100% agree, it's usually not worth it, but occasionally useful. Usually you'd rather use your marines for suppression, especially once your Smartgunner has the suppression upgrade.

[c_falk]

I stand corrected - I never noticed it. The suppression from a marine definitely slows them more, but for some situations having an 80 degree angle for suppression is great.

[IAmSquidget]

True. Although don't forget a flamethrower is great for bottlenecking aliens too. There are defense phases on both Pioneer Station and the Refinery Basement that kicked my butt, until I used flamethrowers to funnel aliens into one path that could be suppressed more easily.

ESPECIALLY Refinery Basement, where you don't want to rely too much on Sentries... for reasons. (shakes fist)

[choddo]

I wasted so many tools before I realised these weren't permanent upgrades. Gah!