Turret hacking - is it ever useful?

[Profile Name]

I can't think of a single point when hacking a turret saved me any time or damage - usually you have to get shot up a bunch to even get to its computer and then it'll probably crumble after taking out just one or two guys.

Its nice that it's a feature in the game, but it would have been fun if you could use turrets during the one mission where the streets are filled with criminals to mow down endless waves of them, or something like that. Even in the final segments where you could hack multiple at once, or where the computer would be in front of the thing not behind it, it just felt like I was going out of my way.

So I guess what I'm asking is is there a way to disable them without damaging them to facilitate hacking that I missed?

[Dosto]

Not really, it helps you in just two encounters later in the game and that's all, i did that for the cheevo tbf.

[Desperado]

In the Arms Expo there's a turret on the left of the podium that will deal with all the UEDs in the room.
In the riots, there's two turrets in pickup trucks by the ED-209 that will waste all the gangbangers but wont last long against the ED
In the Delta City building there's several turret hacks that will take out all the UEDs and mercs in the area

[KnuckleHead]

I might have used it 4 times throughout the game. When you do hack a turret it's actually pretty powerful but obviously the number of times you actually get to use it is pretty minimal.

On the other hand the ability to ricochet bullets was really good (and fun), wish I got it earlier.

[Desperado]

I should add, that although the ability is technically useful, there is no reason whatsoever you should avoid the fun of shooting and killing enemies as Robocop when you have a gun you could be using to do it yourself instead.

[Steel Panther]

By the time I seen the turret to know it would be useful or figured out where its computer was, I'd already dealt with the threat so I won't be using it on the next play though myself.