Watch Towers are the most useless thing in the game - change my mind?

[Absolute Unit]

Feel free to share your thoughts - whiile playing the game I found that watch towers are basically useless - does anybody use them frequently?

[ubik]

I definitely feel like range could be better, but they can be useful in areas where you're looking to pick up lost cargo. There are a couple orders where that could also be useful, like when Photographer needs to get her dad's camera back, and one of the terrorists is carrying it ...

Generally though they're not practically useful in most situations, but that's true for other constructions too ... jump ramps, cargo cannons generally are not very helpful, but can be occasionally...

[Phlons]

The only time i have used Watch towers is when i need to find cargo in a large area and its raining, Towers gain usefulness if you play on the hardest difficulty as they help you plan out routes and watch the weather, but once you have finished the game they have lost all usefulness (you know the map better, ziplines, your able to skip time to avoid rain)

[Bubba]

Watchtowers are great for locating those memory chips if you're inclined to 100% the game.

[Kuzu]

You need to think a little tactically and move tactically, towers are great for a strategy plan. You probably don't enjoy this game lol

[gabgab01]

only use i ever had for a watchtower was a quest in the mountains to find an injured person.

someone has placed a watchtower basically right next to the guy i was looking for, so it acted as a huge landmark to save me from wandering in that area for 10 minutes during snowfall^^

[Jazz Ad]

I find them awesome for looting sessions you locate everything then go around with the truck to pick up everything.

[JAD]

Watch towers mark cargo and enemies for a long period of time. Its best usefulness shines when you set them up near a mule camp and when you need to locate lost cargo. They also locate memory chips, like others have mentioned and other interesting land marks, such as Prep Shelters, chiral crystals and other players' structures.

Nevertheless, Director's Cut has introduced so many gadgets that decrease the game's difficulty, that their impact in the gameplay has been reduced. I personally haven't really built more than a couple in the entire gamethrough.

[ancientxer]

Originally posted by Absolute Unit:

Feel free to share your thoughts - whiile playing the game I found that watch towers are basically useless - does anybody use them frequently?

I agree completely. They look cool as hell though; especially from far away. Kojima needs to up the bandwidth given to players. I feel like we need at least 50% more bandwidth during the game to build more structures.