Turrets

[SP1]

Lets say you're being raided by pirates

Which is better? 4 Mini turrets vs 1 Autocannon turret? Also is Uranium slug turret worth the damage/cost efficiency?

[Narrowmind]

Depends on the size of the raid. The 4 mini turrets will be best for most, but the others can instant kill at greater range and are far slower, though more accurate.

[The Pistol Experience]

The auto is perhaps more reliable, but the mini turrets can do more damage if theyre bullets hit, which usually miss. The auto cannon is mostly better, however mini turrets are useful for luring melee fighters, as they will likely target a mini.

Not that much of a loss compared to a auto.

Since the nerfs turrets are soo crap. Especially mini turrets. 2 bullets with terrible accuracy and damage? No thanks. Theyre only useful as distractions now.

Now slug turrets and autos are decent but very expensive to build, and you now need a lot more of them to compensate for their nerfs.

[gussmed]

The main reason to build uranium slug turrets is range. Pirates with bolt-action rifles or sniper rifles can pick off autocanons from outside the turret's range, in complete safety. They can't do that against an uranium slug turret. Uranium slug turrets are support weapons, rather than your primary defense.

1 Autocannon vs. 4 mini turrets - I need to look at the current game stats. It keeps changing. I strongly suspect the autocannon is strictly superior, with more DPS, range, and better chance for outright single-shot kills.

The only drawback would be overkill, which is only an issue if you're facing a manhunting pack of ducks or something. Against humans or mechs, the autocannons aren't so powerful that individual attacks get wasted.

[cloning_souls]

have a mixture of all defences

as turrets only will be overrun by manhunter packs without traps and mines protecting them

[Zefnoly]

If you have a river. Make your base so they will try enter it by the river. Flood the river with turrets. The river will slow them down. Making it more likely the small turrets hit them. Also small turrets are usefull within basewalls.