Hover Turret

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Hover Turret is a Gadget in Save the World. It is unlocked in Skill Tree: Tier 2 for 2 Skill Points.

Description

Cost: 1 Ammo: Bot Turret. Ammo Regen Time: 150 seconds. Deploys a stationary hover turret that fires 6 rounds per second at enemies within 4 tile range. Turret lasts for 20 seconds.

Upgrades

Skill Tree Tier 2

Hover Turret Upgrade: Range (2)

Improves the range of the Hover Turret.

BONUSES:

Upgrade Hover Turret: Increases Hover Turret range by 4 tiles.

Skill Tree Tier 3

Hover Turret Upgrade: Duration (3)

Improves the Hover Turret's duration.

BONUSES:

Upgrade Hover Turret: Increases how long the Hover Turret stays active by 10 seconds.

Hover Turret Upgrade: Extra Turret (3)

Number of charges that can be held for a given ability.

BONUSES:

Upgrade Hover Turret: Ability Charges +1.

Skill Tree Tier 4

Hover Turret Upgrade: Explosives (4)

The Hover Turret now explodes upon death.

BONUSES:

Upgrade Hover Turret: Hover turret now explodes on death, doing a base 114 damage.

Hover Turret Upgrade: Fire Rate (4)

Increases the Hover Turret's rate of fire.

BONUSES:

Upgrade Hover Turret: Increase the Hover Turret fire rate to 10 rounds per second.

Changes

Patch 4.0 (May 1, 2018)

• New default behavior
  • Recharge time reduced from 240 seconds to 150 seconds.
  • Default duration reduced to 20 seconds.
  • No longer fires projectiles - now shoots hitscan shots.
  • Increased default ‘Rate of Fire’ from 1.33 shots per second to 6 shots per second.
  • Base damage reduced from 20 to 15.
• Upgrades have been adjusted:
  • Duration increase remains +10 seconds, which makes the final duration 30 seconds.
  • We corrected an issue with the range upgrade which was preventing it from working properly. The default range is still 4 tiles, but is increased to 8 with this upgrade.
  • The ‘Rate of Fire’ Upgrade now increases the rate of fire to 10 shots per second.