Gas Turret

[NetWerx1]

I know you people here in the forum rate this turret as the "lamest turret ever"

However...

1.Large damage radius

2.About everything in the damage radius receives the same amount of damage

3.Long range

4.Handles inf rushes quite well because of "good number 2"

Downsides...

1. Weak armor

2. Not good against tanks

3. May kill own troops(same thing happens with flameturret"

4. Weak single shot

When I was playing an ordos mission, the ai sent mass amounts of fremen warriors to my base. I quickly queued chem troops and built a gas turret. When gas turret threw the gas the first time, no fremen died because the turret kills no inf unit within one shot(excluding troopers and scouts). However, on the second shot, 20 fremen went down choking! :D

Ken, make a new topic in newbie guide about subhouses and turrets!

[ken124578]

Perhaps... but i'm busy with something more important now.

[Gunseng_Harkonnen]

Gas turret work with some infantry attacks and true, when is infantry rush, it can be helpful. But still don`t use them very often.

[Exo Etherial]

I agree. But gas turrets don't work very well when defending long or sharply inclined ramps, IE most base entrances. I dunno about the rest of you, but my turrets always tend to overshoot the target, the gas canister whizzing over their heads to burst harmlessly BEHIND the attacking force. The only redeeming quality of this turret of suckitude (you can tell... I'm drinking coffee again! ;D) is it's range. ... Then again despite having a long range, the infantry specific attack, the small blast radius, and the slow-moving projectile makes not it worth building. Unless you are facing up against a suicide group of infantry. This (waste of good Windtrap space) turret is better off being a support for Pop-ups.

Mostly if it ever comes to that situation, Dust Scouts work better anyways. Mmm, Mocha...

[Muad dib]

When playin against the AI, I only use them for places by the wall (rock). So it could do some damage to some units.

[Skilzat99X]

I dont like gas turrets. they do almost nothing to most vehicles and wont even kill sum infantry! pop-up turret is good, but it has to short of range. plus no ordos turrets can attack air units. (good thing for AA troopers) 8)

[Gunseng_Harkonnen]

...another reason to say that Ordos is the hardest house to play.

[lowzeewee]

THey compensate lack of power with their magnificent range

[Exo Etherial]

Unless of course you are the some odd hoarde of vehicles units, then range means jack diddly squat.

[lowzeewee]

thus compensating power-used against armored vechicles-with range

[Devastator_Mech]

The gas-turrets lack of firepower has been compensated by its multiple kill capability and extra long range, but the pop-up turret's lack of range and AA capability hasn't been compensated in anyway.

[Darkrul3r]

I don't like gas turrets, they are incredibly weak againt Mechs and tanks. only thing they are good for is infantry, but even then the infantry can kill them fast.

[NetWerx1]

Infantry kill them fast? If you have a lot of inf in 1 place, 2 ordos canister throws will kill them altogether before its health goes below half energy.

[lowzeewee]

Gas turrets are used very well when against fremen if you can use a scout to frequently scout the opening(s) of ye base and a gas can will just be popped at the fremen's feet due to their long range :)

[ken124578]

A good Ordos player doesn't need gas turrets, actually, they're completely useless since they would a. attack a tank or b. miss.

A waste of money, yes it's quite good against infantry, IF it can attack them.

[lowzeewee]

Something like the ornis you say,Ken?

[Darkrul3r]

Net, if you globs of light infnatry, or feds, the gas turrets have no luck. or sardukar take them out fast also, but like ken said, they are pointless. ;)

[lowzeewee]

But ordos just needs at least one so-called "anti-personnel turret" to 'fill up the space' ::)

[Devastator_Mech]

But ordos just needs at least one so-called "anti-personnel turret" to 'fill up the space' ::)

No... I few gastroopers would do a better job than a gas turret would.

[lowzeewee]

It was intended to be a gas-breathing turret actually ;)

[Devastator_Mech]

Either way, it just sux now.

[lowzeewee]

It might as well be free with every scout purchased,present your coupon to redeem it ;D