Turrets disappearing? Or cops actually breaking it?

[Felixinius]

I've been trying to get that turret achievement (50 kills one) and I've picked Dirty Ice on VH because of the insane amount of cops that spawn in that back alley near the door that goes into the VIP area.

So i've tried putting the turret at the door frame over there and went to do the heist minimal stuff because you still need to complete the heist to earn the achiev.

Problem is, everytime I come back the turret is just gone. Sometimes I see the flame all the way on the other side of the alley.

When i'm with friends, they say they can see the turret still in the door frame.

Can the cops actually DESTROY the turret or just overheat it?
Sorry if this is a laughable matter but I'm still unfamiliar to ALL the game mechanics.

[Gwenolric]

At the moment, a turret has 4 stages with the final being destroyed but still present (I add the % of overheat from my own observation, could be wrong but I think not by much) :

1. Turret has no external sign : < 50% overheat
2. Turret has a white smoke : 50% ~ 75% overheat
3. Turret has black smoke and electrical arc : > 75% overheat
4. Turret is destroyed, black smoke, electrical arc and burning fire. You can still interact, pick it up and put it back again.

The turret gain overheat in two ways : shooting and getting damaged. That includes environmental damage but not grenadier gas smoke. A bulldozer for example can shred your turret as quickly as it shred your team but the good part is that he rarely focus it (however if you put your sentry in front of you, well consider it destroyed).

If you get in custody however, your turret is instantly removed and you gain back the charge. In long map to escape, like NRFTW, you can get custody in the vault, respawn only near the escape van and immediatly you are able to put down your turret again. You won't have to return to the bank to get it back.

[Felixinius]

Originally posted by Gwenolric:

At the moment, a turret has 4 stages with the final being destroyed but still present (I add the % of overheat from my own observation, could be wrong but I think not by much) :

1. Turret has no external sign : < 50% overheat
2. Turret has a white smoke : 50% ~ 75% overheat
3. Turret has black smoke and electrical arc : > 75% overheat
4. Turret is destroyed, black smoke, electrical arc and burning fire. You can still interact, pick it up and put it back again.

The turret gain overheat in two ways : shooting and getting damaged. That includes environmental damage but not grenadier gas smoke. A bulldozer for example can shred your turret as quickly as it shred your team but the good part is that he rarely focus it (however if you put your sentry in front of you, well consider it destroyed).

If you get in custody however, your turret is instantly removed and you gain back the charge. In long map to escape, like NRFTW, you can get custody in the vault, respawn only near the escape van and immediatly you are able to put down your turret again. You won't have to return to the bank to get it back.

Thanks for the info, but I'm still puzzled why my sentry disappeared

[M.E.R.C. Ravin]

happened to me same map same thing its a glitch bud. when it happened to me i seen fire and electrical arcs still happening but no turret

[Felixinius]

Originally posted by M.E.R.C. Ravin:

happened to me same map same thing its a glitch bud. when it happened to me i seen fire and electrical arcs still happening but no turret

EXACTLY as happened to me. Good to know I'm not alone.
I ended up getting the achievement on Touch the Sky

[Akutare]

Originally posted by M.E.R.C. Ravin:

happened to me same map same thing its a glitch bud. when it happened to me i seen fire and electrical arcs still happening but no turret

Is that what is going on? I thought that was a side effect of the sentry explosion skill since I had just specced into it when playing on Dirty Ice on the next map, good to know