Boris turret is pointless. It takes an eternity to start shooting yet stops almost instantly. If about as durable as a paper bag in a lite shower of rain. A mean what’s the point in playing him?? Oh no wait you’ve forced us to use either him or crawford awful mini gun turret to complete a weekly mission. Just pointless.

What do you expect? They nefed it to hell due to people crying about it!

@AngrySquid270 The issue, I can imagine for many, is that his entire mastery is dependent on it doing damage... of which it does less now than it did at launch (and is easier to destroy), but they didn't change the requirements either.

@Tank2042ManUsually I agree with you Tank, on this case the nerfs to the sentry gun went too far. Make it weaker, sure. Make it delay shooting longer, sure. Reduce the damage? Sure. Do all three at the same time? I’ve got him at T2 and eventually abandoned him. It’s handy for spots for a little bit, but getting kills with it is so incredibly random and rare, it’s just not worth it IMO. The OP is correct.

His "Blast Proof" helmet is also useless. I see they've not bothered to fix the equip function in the latest update or the plethora of placement issues with the turret. It is refreshing to know they did fix (quote)" bullet decals not looking realistic on a painting in the C3 sector" though. That was everyone's top priority no doubt.

@BolvardThe turret "Wall hacked" one player at a time. Paik "Wall hacks" unlimited players at at time. But yes you have to push a single button to activate Paik's "ability", and all it takes to activate the auto-turret is 5 seconds to find a perfectly level spot to drop, pray it doesn't explode instantly, and take 2 seconds to drop it while being shot at, then watch a sniper one shot destroy it instantly...super cool "ability"...🤔I'd agree the "orange wall hack" was too much for the auto-turret. Yet instead of just removing that part, Dice did the following:1. Slowed the response time of the turret to target enemies2. Reduced the spotting distance drastically to a very short range3. Removed the "orange spotting" and replaced it with basically nothing4. Reduced the shot damage to where you can only get killed if you stand in front of it for 10 or more seconds with full health.5. Slowed the drop speed6. Slowed the pickup speed7. Reduced the circle diameter that is supposed to increase its power if you stand inside it8. Reduced the locations the turret can drop on almost all maps, especially at height9. Made T1 near impossible for all players who have not leveled Boris yet10. Recently nerfed the turret so it can't fire through smoke at all so now it magically has no infrared military technology like Paik still utilizes on unlimited targets.Could do this all day and yes I get it Boris was a little too OP once...but did we need a dozen nerfs when really the only issue was "auto-Paik" orange glow spotting ability???Dice "Operation Nerf" successful, character dead...🤭

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98 Replies

Tank2042Man
3 years ago
@Faydakin1983 If you know how to use the sentry gun it is very useful.

Approach a contested flag and want to spot hidden enemies, whip the turret out and then flank.

Wait for the spots or the enemy to start firing at it and you now have enemy intel you never had before.

Attacking a point and you want something covering your rear? Put the turret down facing in the opposite direction.

Looking for an enemy hiding somewhere that is taking shots at your teammates? Whip out the turret and 9 times out 10 it will spot them for you.

Now you may be thinking you can achieve the same thing with the spot beacon ball, well you only get one, it doesn't fire and enemies don't get distracted by it.

Anyway enough sentry gun tactics for today class but by all means keep complaining how useless it is because I will welcome any buffs to the best specialist in the game for my playstyle.
emerson1975
3 years ago
@Faydakin1983 You are absolutely correct!
Boris is now a complete nonentity in this game.
His turret shoots peas and its taken out with a mere 4 bullets lol.
I would completely take him out of the game
I_DYN4MO_I
Seasoned Ace
3 years ago
His "Blast Proof" helmet is also useless. I see they've not bothered to fix the equip function in the latest update or the plethora of placement issues with the turret.
It is refreshing to know they did fix (quote)" bullet decals not looking realistic on a painting in the C3 sector" though. That was everyone's top priority no doubt.
CantGetRight
3 years ago
What do you expect? They nefed it to hell due to people crying about it!
InS_Hypno
3 years ago
The turret being useless is a good thing
Why do you need the game to hold your hand just use your gun and kill people
ATFGunr
Legend
3 years ago
@Tank2042ManUsually I agree with you Tank, on this case the nerfs to the sentry gun went too far. Make it weaker, sure. Make it delay shooting longer, sure. Reduce the damage? Sure. Do all three at the same time? I’ve got him at T2 and eventually abandoned him. It’s handy for spots for a little bit, but getting kills with it is so incredibly random and rare, it’s just not worth it IMO. The OP is correct.
Padding_Ur_Stat
3 years ago
Did they nerf the health this patch?
AngrySquid270
3 years ago
It's effective as a distraction. It's an assistant. It shouldn't be doing the work for you.
If the enemy engages with it then they're giving away their position. They are distracted. There's value in that.
Anobix
Seasoned Ace
3 years ago
@AngrySquid270 The issue, I can imagine for many, is that his entire mastery is dependent on it doing damage... of which it does less now than it did at launch (and is easier to destroy), but they didn't change the requirements either.
AngrySquid270
3 years ago
@Anobix wrote:
@AngrySquid270The issue, I can imagine for many, is that his entire mastery is dependent on it doing damage... of which it does less now than it did at launch (and is easier to destroy), but they didn't change the requirements either.
Ah, forgot about that.
But surely people aren't expecting balance decisions to be driven by achievements.