Why don't I see more Tesla Towers ?

[Silikone]

They are pretty useful, can cover a whole flank. (tested on 7-difficulty Bugs side)

[Nihil]

Tesla is awesome against bugs and worthless against automatons.
Love it but stopped using it since everyone somehow felt drawn to it like mosquitos to the blue light and constantly died.

As soon people start learning to play with it, i will use it again.

[Anzaman]

With how many Chargers are on the field, close-range turrets aren't all that useful right now.

Any sort of contact from said enemy, and turret goes boom.

[Ishan451]

Because Chargers and Hulks are pretty unimpressed about them and because most people don't understand how to use things that ain't meta....

Oh and of course the high number of Teamkills because nobody tells anyone that they put a Tesla Tower down. It's a bit like bringing a Mortar into a PUG. A big no no.

[Huhruhkayn]

They can arc across several enemies and one hit a player unfortunately. You dont even have to be close to them.

[Mr Bubbles]

Originally posted by Silikone:

They are pretty useful, can cover a whole flank. (tested on 7-difficulty Bugs side)

Because they're not really any good on anything above hard difficulty.

[Pasiego]

Tell me that on helldive dif.

[Silikone]

Yea they have a pretty wide range and can Team kill but hell, if you've been killed once and did not learn about it, you desserve a second lesson, no ? The area is quite obvious.
It's like the mortar, I've been killed once or twice then learnt to reconize the distinct sound (pretty cool on a side note) they make and adapt my tactics.

[Lucky Cat]

Even though it can attack multiple targets, it isn't viable compared to other sentries which have more range or capabilities in taking down tougher targets. Tesla Sentries are just a fancier Mines Strategem that lasts longer. Unless you can place it where Terminids can't reach, it isn't ideal. And its especially not useful against Automatons since they can shoot it outside of its reach.

[Pyronymer]

Only Tesla tower I ever saw was placed on a console at a main objective while a player was operating it with no enemies present.

So kinda like land mines but less common.

[Jebus]

Its extremely strong.

However that also applies to your team.
it deals way too much team damage, and how wide is radius is, is vague.
I've never placed one without it obliterating my team, even when in discord.

The fact that its a one shot on my squad makes it unappealing to me.
At least with mines its *obviously* their fault for stepping on a glowing brick.

But a 360 degrees arc launcher?
Idk where its range ends either.

[Voodoochile]

Because they are utter garbage at the current Charger Spam we are getting even at difficulty 5...
If you want something like it but with less team kill potential - use the Arc instead. You will still be useless at high difficulty but at least you can control the team damage.

[Solvem Probler]

Chargers won't care, but unobservant teammates will. It's also hard to judge just how far their reach is sometimes.

[Grimno]

Originally posted by Nihil:

Tesla is awesome against bugs and worthless against automatons.
Love it but stopped using it since everyone somehow felt drawn to it like mosquitos to the blue light and constantly died.

As soon people start learning to play with it, i will use it again.

I accidentally got too close to one because nobody really tells you when they're deploying things like Tesla Towers or landmines
It Zapped me, but my shield blocked the hit. Had the surprise Pikachu face for a second before ducking for cover to avoid the next blast

[Chaos]

Have you try to take it above D5 for bugs?
You will know why real fast.

As for bots...LOL.

[Armitage Shanks]

They're super inconsistent. They'll ignore bugs running right past them and slap sh1t out of team mates way across the other side of the AO. They also attract elites that simply one shot them.