Why don't I see more Tesla Towers ?

[Silikone]

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

[Razaah !!!!]

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 got zapped by a tesla tower from what i would have considered "far enough" away.
Apparently it can arc through enemies into friendlies and still oneshot you.

Its just not worth it. Take another sentry or mines instead.

[Holden Bloodfeast]

Originally posted by 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.

People need to remember that tesla towers don't hit you if you are prone.

[Razaah !!!!]

Originally posted by Gargle:

People need to remember that tesla towers don't hit you if you are prone.

That is not true at all.
Buddy of mine tested it and got zapped crouched and prone. If you somehow didnt get hit it was more akin to luck.

[Ishan451]

Originally posted by Gargle:

People need to remember that tesla towers don't hit you if you are prone.

Yes, they do. I explicitly tried to crawl through a Tesla tower, that bounced off of a rock and then killed a teammate. So i figured i'd crawl to get their samples, because... you know the description says you are save when prone...

Tesla Tower did not care.

[Forblaze]

Originally posted by Gargle:

People need to remember that tesla towers don't hit you if you are prone.

Yeah, good luck making any forward progress while crawling around on your belly.

Originally posted by Razaah !!!!:

That is not true at all.
Buddy of mine tested it and got zapped crouched and prone. If you somehow didnt get hit it was more akin to luck.

You have to be prone, not crouched. Prone is explicitly meant to protect you from the tesla tower.

[CloversDrop]

I use 1 on eradicate bug missions, just plop it right over where the bugs spawn, I shoot it myself to remove it when we finish.

[Yak]

like how these posts about arc throwers 3 shotting titans (no they ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ can't, what is this a joke?) and even more ridiculous ones like the railgun 1-shotting titans (even on unsafe it takes 4-7 near max charge shots to down) keep coming out and they have absolutely no backing to prove the point...

A tesla tower definitely can't 'cover an entire flank' without exploding because it cant do anything to a Charger and more than one of his smaller brothers...but it CAN kill your entire team because its a deranged arc thrower with an unclear area of effect that sometimes doesn't care whether you're prone or not...

[Gosen]

Useless on higher difficulties, like 90% of stratagems :/ Turrets do more harm than good.

[BananaBadman]

Every time I've tried using Tesla Towers on Helldive, they get flattened by a charger before providing any significant value. Chargers seem to prioritize turrets/emplacements with a burning hatred.
Defending them from a single charger isn't very problematic as long as you catch the charger with a railgun shot before it starts sprinting, but in these moments the tower wasn't very essential in the first place.

[rb303]

breaks too easy and is prone to killing teammates, just bring mines instead