Siege turret

DarkhunterDarkhunter Join Date: 2002-02-03 Member: 158Members
<div class="IPBDescription">How fast?</div>How fast does the turret move and its rate of fire? (I couldn't find this in the old forums.)

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  • pielemuispielemuis Join Date: 2002-01-25 Member: 72Members, NS1 Playtester
    Argh i think moleculor will point out the search function in this forum, sorry kid don't say i didn't warn you.
    No serious, it'll have a slower rate of fire then the ordinary turret but inflicting more damage.Dunno how fast it'll be, i guess it'll be something like once a second, or even slower.
  • KheldarKheldar Join Date: 2002-01-25 Member: 64Members
    hmmm i think i remember some one said that it would shot after u if u run but if u stop u die... but that doesnt really tell how fast it goes does it... <!--emo&???--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/confused.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt='???'><!--endemo--> hmmmm firing rate... the sentry turret shot faster than the heavy turret thats the only thing i know about the turrets... ( Heavy turret is the cool turret witch blows u to... hmmmm  well anyway it blows u to something <!--emo&:p--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':p'><!--endemo--> )
  • FlayraFlayra Game Director, Unknown Worlds Entertainment San Francisco Join Date: 2002-01-22 Member: 3Super Administrators, NS2 Developer, Subnautica Developer
    Any answer I give you will likely change, but alas...currently, the siege turret fires once every 5 seconds.  It locks onto targets as fast as a regular turret in Half-life.  It's shots are instant hit, and do splash damage.

    Let's put it this way.  If you're playing a level 1 alien and you run across a doorway that a siege turret could see you through, you'll probably die before you get to the other side. <!--emo&:)--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'><!--endemo-->

    Of course, that's why it pays off to attack siege turrets in groups.  If two or three level ones attacked a lone siege turret, one or two of them would die, then the others would get in close and be able to take it out with their claws (siege turrets can't fire at close range).
  • MoleculorMoleculor Namer-of-Bob Join Date: 2002-01-24 Member: 9Members
    Ok. Lemme draw a very ugly pic... *pulls up MSPaint*

    Ok. Pretend that the picture below is a top down view. The big red circle is the turret. The little orange thing with four legs is Bob. Bob can take two paths. The blue one, or the purple one.

    If Bob takes the blue path, the turret will constantly have to move right and left to keep up. Done correctly, the turret will never actually point at Bob long enough to fire close enough to him that Bob will get hurt. (Since the turret -does- have splash damage, there's a possibility that Bob might get a tad singed as the turret moves right and Bob starts moving left, but if he can pull it off, even this won't hurt him.

    Now, take a look at the purple path. The turret only has to move up and down. Think of playing CS. If a person is crouching directly in front of you all the way across the level, he's mostly in the center of your screen. You only have to move your mouse a tiny fraction to center his head perfectly. Now move him up to very close in front of you. Same result. You only have to move a tiny fraction. It's the same with the turret. It'll easilly keep up with Bob, and blow him to smithereens (after a few blasts, as Bob'll -still- be moving fast enough not to get hit by the shell, only the blast radius.)
  • Spyder_MonkeySpyder_Monkey Vampire-Ninja-Monkey Join Date: 2002-01-24 Member: 8Members, NS1 Playtester, Contributor
    If I were bob, I'd be a little more worried about the 'instant hit' of the turret's rounds. Splash damage or not, 'instant' is pretty quick.
  • MoleculorMoleculor Namer-of-Bob Join Date: 2002-01-24 Member: 9Members
    The turret is insta-hit?
  • Spyder_MonkeySpyder_Monkey Vampire-Ninja-Monkey Join Date: 2002-01-24 Member: 8Members, NS1 Playtester, Contributor
    <!--QuoteBegin--Flayra+Feb. 04 2002,15:54--></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td><b>Quote</b> (Flayra @ Feb. 04 2002,15:54)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"><!--QuoteEBegin-->Any answer I give you will likely change, but alas...currently, the siege turret fires once every 5 seconds.  It locks onto targets as fast as a regular turret in Half-life.  <b>It's shots are instant hit</b>, and do splash damage.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Yup.
  • DarkhunterDarkhunter Join Date: 2002-02-03 Member: 158Members
    Thanks for the drawing it helped.
  • MoleculorMoleculor Namer-of-Bob Join Date: 2002-01-24 Member: 9Members
    Well that totally screws up my entire idea. :/
  • MonsieurEvilMonsieurEvil Join Date: 2002-01-22 Member: 4Members, Retired Developer, NS1 Playtester, Contributor
    Yes, the Marine sentry weapons in NS are hitscan weapons. The low rate of fire means that you have plenty of time for a 'Commie Rush' though, where as many aliens as possible converge on the weapon, trying to keep their interval so that the splash damage is minimal to the others.

    Sort of a 'blitz the QB' thing.
  • Bob_the_AlienBob_the_Alien Join Date: 2002-01-30 Member: 135Members
    Damn, I was hoping for someway to one on one a turret. But I thought the missiles went about the speed of a nail from a nail gun in TFC wouldnt that leave room for dodging?
  • Silver_FoxSilver_Fox Spammer Join Date: 2002-01-24 Member: 34Members, NS1 Playtester, Contributor
    I think it'd be sweet if the siege tanks ... er ... turrets ...
    *Shifty Eyes*

    anyway, it'd be sweet if they fired like the mortar turrets in tribes 2 ... where it lays on the ground for a second and you just say to your self "Oh Shi ...." *Boom*
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  • Bob_the_AlienBob_the_Alien Join Date: 2002-01-30 Member: 135Members
    I sucked at tribes two, apperently your not supposed to buy a vehical after every spawn and komikazme <!--emo&:(--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/sad.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':('><!--endemo-->
  • FlayraFlayra Game Director, Unknown Worlds Entertainment San Francisco Join Date: 2002-01-22 Member: 3Super Administrators, NS2 Developer, Subnautica Developer
    Actually, you CAN 1v1 a regular turret.  If you're fast enough, you can dance circles around it and it won't track you (a bit like TFC).  This might be possible with a siege turret too, but in both cases, the turret can't be facing towards you when you first come out of cover or it's Adios, muchachos.
  • Silver_FoxSilver_Fox Spammer Join Date: 2002-01-24 Member: 34Members, NS1 Playtester, Contributor
    ok, lets elaborate on that Flayra ...

    after the turret is built, lets say its facing away from a hallway an alien just raced across ... by the time the turret gets to the opening at the hallway and there's no alien to fire on, does it remain facing that dirrection or does it return to its previous position.  Also, will the commander be able to tell which way the turret should face, like, be able to change it "on the fly"?
  • MoleculorMoleculor Namer-of-Bob Join Date: 2002-01-24 Member: 9Members
    I -believe- it just might track in circles. Like, spin, and stuff. Slowly.
  • Bob_the_AlienBob_the_Alien Join Date: 2002-01-30 Member: 135Members
    You can outstrife a sg as a scout on TFC, maybe ittle be the same.
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