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Bridget · 06-02-2011, 07:45 PM

Now that you mention being able to pull your Sentry out of spam, I'd like to see the idea tested. It might solve that problem of tweaking the Sentry Gun's stats causing it to be balanced on one map for one game and broken for another map in another game. Nonetheless, my idea has never been to make the Sentry Gun overtly powerful. Right now, it sucks both ways. It sucks in terms of dealing damage and sustaining damage. You have to buff one over the other. It makes sense to buff the defense because the Sentry Gun is supposed to be a support weapon used for weaking and/or finishing off weakened enemies.

There's the problem of offensive Engineering though. What if an Engineer builds up his Sentry Gun in his spawn, runs to the enemy base, then deploys it instantly at their spawn door?

06-02-2011, 07:45 PM	#84
Bridget Banned Join Date: Sep 2008 Class/Position: Soldier Gametype: AVD Affiliations: TALOS Posts Rated Helpful 5 Times	Now that you mention being able to pull your Sentry out of spam, I'd like to see the idea tested. It might solve that problem of tweaking the Sentry Gun's stats causing it to be balanced on one map for one game and broken for another map in another game. Nonetheless, my idea has never been to make the Sentry Gun overtly powerful. Right now, it sucks both ways. It sucks in terms of dealing damage and sustaining damage. You have to buff one over the other. It makes sense to buff the defense because the Sentry Gun is supposed to be a support weapon used for weaking and/or finishing off weakened enemies. There's the problem of offensive Engineering though. What if an Engineer builds up his Sentry Gun in his spawn, runs to the enemy base, then deploys it instantly at their spawn door? Last edited by Bridget; 06-02-2011 at 07:46 PM.