Boris turret is useless.

@AngrySquid270no but I expect that the mastery should be adjusted around balance decisions.

Something being made much slower to progress than it was at an earlier point? Cut down part of the numbers needed to get to mastery 40. It is the fair thing to do for those who do not jump the bandwaggon early

RIP Boris,  the Engineer's knockoff

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNgNBsCI4EA

The only game mode that Boris is actually useful is TDM, if you play solo and need to be alerted when a duo or quad team tries to flank from the side or behind.  That is the only place you can level it to T1 before your 90th birthday...😛

The irony is the latest 2.1 patch "fixed" the turret being able to fire through smoke...🤔...which was the only way to keep it from getting shot and destroyed instantly.  NOW the only chance to get any real damage is place the turret at height, and baby-sit it constantly as it will get destroyed otherwise...and what fun is that, really???  Drop, hide, let it shoot once, pick it up, drop, hide, let it shoot once, pick it up...🤔 

I'd say at this point replace the damn thing with another device  (hint flamethrower!!! 👿) or give it more armor and reaction speed as it seems cruel for those trying to T1 Boris to lock them out of that achievement...

@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 enemies
2. Reduced the spotting distance drastically to a very short range
3. Removed the "orange spotting" and replaced it with basically nothing
4. 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 speed
6. Slowed the pickup speed
7. Reduced the circle diameter that is supposed to increase its power if you stand inside it
8. Reduced the locations the turret can drop on almost all maps, especially at height
9. Made T1 near impossible for all players who have not leveled Boris yet
10. 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...🤭

Doesnt matter if paik or Boris, wallhacks have no place in an fps game.

the turret constantly highlighted the nearest enemy which made engaging a camping boris who hides in random corners or containers really frustrating

paik at the time where atleast spotted on the minimap, that’s why her ability was somewhat counterable, you knew from which angle or direction she may approach.

borris turret on the other hand just blatantly spotted and wallhacked through walls and smokes and CONSTANTLY revealed your exact position on the enemy first person view as long as the turret where fixed on you.

in my opinion they should just revert all changes to the turret before the nerf and just remove the orange outlines on a soldier and the minimal Spott if the turret targeted you.

I am ok with how the gun performs when Boris is not close, but it should be a lot better when he is within range (which was the point of it). He takes a risk being close to it, but benefits from the added firepower, or he uses it as a decoy to flank and the turret is much less effective.

However, right now it is just a decoy in both scenarios. I don't know the last time I have been killed by one. 

I would buff the dmg, detection speed, and detection range when Boris is within its bubble. Leave the current settings for when Boris is outside of the bubble. 

I think that too many people play BF now thinking that it’s a solo Player on Player game, and to be honest I’ve always considered BF to be more of a strategic shooter, than death match shooter. 

as such, for me the turret should be formidable, I should be able to lock down an avenue of approach with it. And it should be difficult to deal with. requiring a rock paper scissor type solution to deal with. I.e it could be hacked, or approached with a shield, or perhaps it’s field of view could be limited. 

of course everyone wants to be able to solo BF now so of course it gets nerfed. Anything that takes more than looking at to kill is too much for a lot of players apparently.

BF has become so dull to play.