Are sentry turrets worth it?

[kth]

Are they good if leveled up? Is it worth getting 2 turrets instead of one?

[Optimus Prime]

yeah but its about placing like say in the corner so it shoots gaurds as they run into a room after you. You can pick them up and replace them if they break so its great for bait cause they will go for it.

[It's Adam Lazlow]

Since Armor Bags are mandatory 90% of the situations, I wouldn't use Sentry Guns.

You could combine sentry skills with hostage trading skills so that you can get first aid and armor repair kits from hostage trading after the first assault ends. Armor repairkits can only get you up to 1 chunk if your armor is completely broken. That is a playable state but it's not ideal.

But not every heist has a lot of hostages, and not every teammate you have has a brain and will ziptie civilians they see, move them to safety, not end up killing them with either grenades, exploding fire extinguishers or just a random bullet.

Even then, the sentries are mostly just a distraction for the cops. But on heists where dozens of enemies pile up before entering a door, they aren't going to be that useful, they will be shot down and you gonna have to repair them.

[Tuna Sandwich]

the guy before me is a yapper, armor bags are obsolete and can easily be avoided with the right build or even just by playing carefully.

place the sentries in higher spots above cops and they will kill them faster due to a higher headshot accuracy. practice turret placement a bunch. that's all there is to it.

[Lavaissoup7]

Originally posted by It's Adam Lazlow:

Since Armor Bags are mandatory 90% of the situations, I wouldn't use Sentry Guns.

You could combine sentry skills with hostage trading skills so that you can get first aid and armor repair kits from hostage trading after the first assault ends. Armor repairkits can only get you up to 1 chunk if your armor is completely broken. That is a playable state but it's not ideal.

But not every heist has a lot of hostages, and not every teammate you have has a brain and will ziptie civilians they see, move them to safety, not end up killing them with either grenades, exploding fire extinguishers or just a random bullet.

Even then, the sentries are mostly just a distraction for the cops. But on heists where dozens of enemies pile up before entering a door, they aren't going to be that useful, they will be shot down and you gonna have to repair them.

Armor Bags aren't that mandatory anymore since we have Plate-up, clean slate, and adaptive. So idk wtf you on

[PlebNC (UK)]

Originally posted by It's Adam Lazlow:

Since Armor Bags are mandatory 90% of the situations

Lol, my entire playtime with the game must be that 10% then, lol.

Sentries are excellent. Fantastic distractions, have infinite ammo and repairs and can't be completely destroyed, only disabled. Just needs a little maintenance here and there. It's just a matter of speccing into it and positioning. They're effective against anything except Dozers and Shields.
2 turrets increases the amount of babysitting you have to do with them but it doubles your firepower and you can set them up in flanking positions to ensure Shields can only block 1.
Some tips:
- With the 360 shooting arc they can cover a room really well.
- Put them on either side of a chokepoint and watch as cops walk and have to choose between engaging you or getting shot by 1 or both turrets.
- On Road Rage you can have alot of fun by placing the sentries on the top level of the scaffolding to moving the truck or securing the truck/loot. Bring some hostages and a sniper rifle and you can have a cozy little nest to support your team from. Watch for snipers, drones and cops climbing the stairs to meet you.
- Turrets can take out Tasers and Cloakers that attack you without teammate intervention.
- If you have human shield the cop that tries to bash you will ignore the turrets. Exploit that to lure them into a killzone.
- Sentry kills count towards your Overkill meter. As they are indestructible and cost no ammo or resources to use this can be a great way to get the meter full.
- Combine with stun mines/grenades to lure enemies into a killzone then stun them to keep them there.
- Drones do alot of damage to sentries, particularly the blue quadrotor one which zaps them.

[It's Adam Lazlow]

I don't know what benefit it gives people pretending that armor isn't still an issue in this game. Even with Adaptive Armor, Replenish+Plate Up, and Clean Slate with repairkits you can generate from hostage trading, what if you get in a tough spot? You lose your armor early on in a bad situation? The heists usually only have 3-4 static repairkits that exist. You NEED armor bags. This isn't even a question. On some heists more than on others, there is a reason you see 3 out of 4 people at least in a heist running armor bags.

If you are able to play without armor bags at all and actually perform well then good job. You are the 1%, you should feel special. I'll bake you a cookie even.

As for what PlebNC said, they do sound fun to use and totally manageable, they dont permamentally break like in PD2, but surviveability is still more important for the player. I guess after Shield armor is introduced I'll give sentries a try.

[Bathtub Shitter]

idk i don't play this game sorry

[It's Adam Lazlow]

Originally posted by Bathtub ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥:

idk i don't play this game sorry

aye fair nuff

[kth]

thanks peepo

Originally posted by PlebNC (UK):

Originally posted by It's Adam Lazlow:

Since Armor Bags are mandatory 90% of the situations

Lol, my entire playtime with the game must be that 10% then, lol.

Sentries are excellent. Fantastic distractions, have infinite ammo and repairs and can't be completely destroyed, only disabled. Just needs a little maintenance here and there. It's just a matter of speccing into it and positioning. They're effective against anything except Dozers and Shields.
2 turrets increases the amount of babysitting you have to do with them but it doubles your firepower and you can set them up in flanking positions to ensure Shields can only block 1.
Some tips:
- With the 360 shooting arc they can cover a room really well.
- Put them on either side of a chokepoint and watch as cops walk and have to choose between engaging you or getting shot by 1 or both turrets.
- On Road Rage you can have alot of fun by placing the sentries on the top level of the scaffolding to moving the truck or securing the truck/loot. Bring some hostages and a sniper rifle and you can have a cozy little nest to support your team from. Watch for snipers, drones and cops climbing the stairs to meet you.
- Turrets can take out Tasers and Cloakers that attack you without teammate intervention.
- If you have human shield the cop that tries to bash you will ignore the turrets. Exploit that to lure them into a killzone.
- Sentry kills count towards your Overkill meter. As they are indestructible and cost no ammo or resources to use this can be a great way to get the meter full.
- Combine with stun mines/grenades to lure enemies into a killzone then stun them to keep them there.
- Drones do alot of damage to sentries, particularly the blue quadrotor one which zaps them.

Thanks based sentry overlord

[Altina]

Have you guys ever played Overkill? Shotgun dudes melt your armor in 2 shots, and they come in packs of 3. If one AR dude shoots you, it’s 1 shot to break your armor. I don’t know what your playstyle is, but if your armor never breaks, you're lying, bro.

[Corvac]

Originally posted by Bathtub ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥:

idk i don't play this game sorry

but waste your time reading about it? :D

[Bathtub Shitter]

Originally posted by Corvac:

Originally posted by Bathtub ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥:

idk i don't play this game sorry

but waste your time reading about it? :D

I'm still curious about the game. My friend is pestering me to play it since i really liked pd2. It's looking like it could make a turn around after recent decisions were made.

[Cryptic]

they are incredibly powerful yes

[isk_stbj]

I use them constantly, but they are rather weak and you have to pick them up and reposition alot since otherwise they will stop working.

[Lavaissoup7]

Originally posted by Altina:

Have you guys ever played Overkill? Shotgun dudes melt your armor in 2 shots, and they come in packs of 3. If one AR dude shoots you, it’s 1 shot to break your armor. I don’t know what your playstyle is, but if your armor never breaks, you're lying, bro.

Clean slate and plate up usually help to reduce that, so turrets are still fine