Sentry guns carry built in binoculars.

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Sentry guns carry built in binoculars.

Post by KingKire » 21 Jan 2017, 21:17

Summary:
The sentry turrets now carry a zoom feature when using manual aim.

Benefits:
Gives the sentries a good use for taking manual control of the turret.

Details:
Instead of binocular range zoom, maybe it could be half as far range for balance if need be.
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Re: Sentry guns carry built in binoculars.

Post by YungCuz » 21 Jan 2017, 21:23

so basically WO turret nest but with sentries. Seems legit. +1
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Re: Sentry guns carry built in binoculars.

Post by Artouris » 22 Jan 2017, 03:14

Im not too keen on this idea. The problem stems from that MG's on WO only got the view range buff because they were needed to support retreat's and defenses and because the HUD was causing issues. Sentries right now wouldn't be able to shoot beyond what they can "see", which is why binoculars + sentry doesn't work because that was getting abused.

I'm also going to say from a lore perspective sentries aren't manned, ever. They don't come with any optics to zoom in for manual operation.
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Re: Sentry guns carry built in binoculars.

Post by KingKire » 09 May 2017, 15:17

I enjoy having the new engineer guns and i revoke my suggestion with the information
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