I find that people should be made to think twice about killing the turret. Right now they think oh I’ll just take them all out with some aoe they’ll only explode if the engi has traited into it. I believe they should make it so that if you destroy all of the turrets at once you’ll probably get killed if you don’t get away fast enough. If metal plating and autotool installation are fused like we’ve been asking for there could be a trait called unstable inventions which causes a turret to go haywire and invulnerable at 1% health until the turrets haywire attack has finished casting and animating.
Rocket turret – sends out a charrzooka #5 like barrage of rockets at your target or the enemy that hit it with the attack that took it to 1%.
Net turret – fires a big net that roots all enemies around its target for 5 seconds.
Rifle turret – does a bleeding unload like attack.
Thumper turret – churns the earth in a wider than average area for 4 seconds and then launches all enemies within range.
Flame turret – Launches a giant arching ball of fire which does a big ol’ bomb like explosion when it reaches its target.
Healing turret – Drills into the ground and makes a big healing geyser.
These are very rough drafts but it sort of gives turrets a niche because instead of increasing their survivability it could make people think twice before destroying your turrets. The trait could also decrease turret recharge by 30% because if they’re unstable they must be easy to build.
