Icetyger

To clarify my little story, the Sentry Guns were placed about half way through the match, and the match ended after the maximum score was reached. It wasn't a long game so to speak, but they Sentry Guns did a good job of defending that end of the map.

I thought Sentry Guns stayed active until they were destroyed. Can anyone shed some light on this question?

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pantstofry

They last 90 seconds unless destroyed earlier. Usually an announcer will say "your sentry gun is gone" if it's been 90 seconds, and will say "your sentry gun has been destroyed" if somebody destroys it.

Icetyger

Are you sure it's 90 seconds? I'm sure our Sentry guns were active longer than that. I think at least two minutes...

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blub212212

i think its 90 seconds..they dont last that long, but then again compared to other kill streaks they do. they just get less kills

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pantstofry

I'm positive it's 90 seconds. Maybe you didn't hear the announcer and it was gone. Or it was a slow 90 seconds.

blub212212

AKA a sniping spot

sentries also can overheat

taken from denkirsons thingy:

Sentry Gun has 1000 points of health.
Explosives deliver 7x their damage against a Sentry.
A Melee attack will instantly disable the Sentry.
The Sentry has the potential to fire continuously for eight seconds.
It recovers fully in four. If it "overheats", it will take eight seconds.
After 90 seconds, the sentry will destroy itself if the enemy has not done so.

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Icetyger

My Sentry Gun got the match winning kill in that game, so it wasn't disabled. I was probably just surprised that my Sentry Gun hadn't been disabled in the first five seconds of it being activated, so I didn't know how much time had passed.

Thanks for helping me learn something new for the day. Now I can just relax and forget everything I learned yesterday...

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