Autoturret or Shotgun Turret?

[que]

The horde of the 35th day has ♥♥♥♥♥♥ me up a lot (so much that I had to escape with 6 hp with my motorcycle). I'm going to spend the next 7 days making improvements to see if I can resist, minimum, the next 2 or 3 hordes, so one of the improvements is put turrets, but I don't know what shooting distance they have, I don't know if they will aim well to the zombies or many bullets will fail, etc. etc.
Which of the 2 turrets is better for the horde? I would also like to know his distance, aim, if you spend a lot of bullets, etc.
Thank you.

[castitatis]

auto turrets have a range of 30 while shotgun turrets have a range of 15. Obviously being more accurate the closer the target gets. There are ways to cheese auto-turrets so they only see zombie heads and shoot those.
I'd personally use auto turrets in a mid-range configuration and shotgun turrets mostly inside a building at very close range
auto turret also received a buff in 17.2, and they do seem like beasts atm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plDXFMoeDjQ

has a nice imagery of how auto-turrets fonction atm

[que]

Originally posted by castitatis:

auto turrets have a range of 30 while shotgun turrets have a range of 15. Obviously being more accurate the closer the target gets. There are ways to cheese auto-turrets so they only see zombie heads and shoot those.
I'd personally use auto turrets in a mid-range configuration and shotgun turrets mostly inside a building at very close range
auto turret also received a buff in 17.2, and they do seem like beasts atm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plDXFMoeDjQ

has a nice imagery of how auto-turrets fonction atm

I need electricity for autoturrets?

[Niuq]

Yes you need Electricity. Generator > switch > turrets is a basic setup.

I would vote for Shotgun turrets, paper buckshot(lead) gunpowder ( coal nitrate) you can mine all the minerals.
With auto turrets you need Brass which cannot be mined in A17

So feeding shotgun turrets is much easier.

If you have infinite ammo Auto turrets are superior in range and dps, they also end up doing less damage to your blocks. Shotgun T's splash some damage around.

[que]

Originally posted by Niuq:

Yes you need Electricity. Generator > switch > turrets is a basic setup.

I would vote for Shotgun turrets, paper buckshot(lead) gunpowder ( coal nitrate) you can mine all the minerals.
With auto turrets you need Brass which cannot be mined in A17

So feeding shotgun turrets is much easier.

If you have infinite ammo Auto turrets are superior in range and dps, they also end up doing less damage to your blocks. Shotgun T's splash some damage around.

Wait, i cant use steel ammo?