Auto Cannon Sentry Broken

[Redtango]

It's pretty much garbage coded for its cost and level. Think you can patch it up to be better or fit its cost?

[Cryptic]

Originally posted by Captain Furious:

AC Turret is S-tier when you have all the turret upgrades

It shreds heavies

yep.

[Hawk]

Originally posted by ⬆➡⬇⬇⬇:

Originally posted by VIRUSOID:

Oh, naive little diver, ist so much more than just throw down glowing ball and all your problems should go away
Where are the enemies
How far
What type of enemies
How many of them
Where are you relative to the enemies and the turret
What turret upgrades you have
How long turret will take to arrive
Where was you facing when called for a turret
All this factors will decide will your turret be successful or will it blow up in a couple of seconds, killing you before that

It's a charger in the open field 20 meter from sentry it got the aim but refuse to shoot what do i do? Pull out the wrangler with Uncle Dane theme playing in he background?

Yup seen that happen too, it's not a good turret what so ever if it only works 40% of the time. The fanboys can say what they will as always but I have plenty of examples of it just not working at all and then getting overrun 2 minutes later when it failed to kill or engage anything. Please tell me more about how prefect this game is.

[76561198131065017]

its literally the best turret and your just a noob still which is fine, you'll figure it out.

[Soppothetoppo]

This thing can solo a bile titan. We got a skill issue here.

[76561198131065017]

i literally watched my last turret wreck an entire enemy wave and 2 chargers basically by itself, i sprayed into it all with my assault rifle just for fun.

[Lanceps]

nah man, the AC sentry is the strongest sentry for me because it can actually kill the biggest units pretty well. If that's not what you're going for (or you're vs bots) then i'd recommend both mortars instead.

I do think they should buff some of the deployables though. I don't use them often at all, but the rocket and other sentries seem pretty inadequate compared to the AC sentry. I don't even wanna start with the HMG emplacement.

[EvolutionKills]

If the AC Sentry has clear range, sight, plenty of distance, and it isn't firing? That's a bug, or a visual glitch (e.g. not packing itself away after expending all it's ammo). That's unfortunate, but also incredibly rare in my own experience, consisting of over 250 hours at this point.

Otherwise, the 40mm Autocannon Sentry packs a serious punch, and a 70+ meter engagement range. It can and will if given enough distance to work, take down multiple Chargers, or even take out Bile Titans. Having the upgrade for more ammo, and especially faster traversal, make it shine even more. It can lay down enough hate to kill Automaton Dropships by pummeling them through brute force alone.

You wan't to call them down ideally on higher ground (yes, they very much can aim lower than 1 degree down), and at considerable distance from your target. Open space is preferred, so planet biomes like the stone crags of Crimsica are ideal, while the dense foliage of biomes like Malevalon Creek can make them harder to deploy effectively.

They evidently have the capability to penetrate heavy armor, so do your part and clean up the chaff. Destroy smaller, faster, and easier to kill units before they can swarm and overrun the turret. Not only to protect it, but to stop it from wasting ammo on targets for which its 40mm shell are complete overkill (e.g. anything without at least medium armor).

When you know when, where, and how to deploy it, the Autocannon Sentry absolutely slaps.

[Fauxsteel]

PLEASE NOTE:

The Autocannon Sentry used to be very good. It used to last a lot longer (yes I have all the ship upgrades) as well.

Something has been done to it and it is A LOT less effective than it once was.

I have not seen anything specific about it in the patch notes.

Carry on.

EDIT: I also suspect ammo has been nerfed from most of the turrets.

[Soppothetoppo]

Originally posted by Lanceps:

nah man, the AC sentry is the strongest sentry for me because it can actually kill the biggest units pretty well. If that's not what you're going for (or you're vs bots) then i'd recommend both mortars instead.

I do think they should buff some of the deployables though. I don't use them often at all, but the rocket and other sentries seem pretty inadequate compared to the AC sentry. I don't even wanna start with the HMG emplacement.

Gatling does really well against shriekers though.

[Lucky]

The best devs can do is to nerf more weapon and buff some enemies

[WSkD]

Originally posted by Redtango:

It's pretty much garbage coded for its cost and level. Think you can patch it up to be better or fit its cost?

I don't know, mine is killing stuff easily. Hulks, tanks, titans, charger, patrols, ...
It is placement most of the time and a bit of luck the other few.

[SiFi]

"Oh no a charger, better toss my literal glass cannon right in its path!"
"It broke before getting a single shot off? GARBAGE!"

"You have been cited for ignorance. The training manual clearly states its a turret. Liberty granted you the ability to make rational choices on where to place your Liberty delivering devices, and you have failed. Proceed to the nearest Liberty Camp."

[Graf Vigah]

all Sentrys are gabage and get oneshottet as soon its on the field