Talk:HVM Heavy Machine Gun Sentry/@comment-173.217.50.119-20141110143458

This turret is NOT as cost-efficient as the HIKS turret is.

80 damage x 225 rounds = 18000 potential damage to an individual target (most likely a tough boss, such as a devastator).

1000 damage x 70 rounds  = 70000 potential damage.

18000 damage / $1500 = 12 damage/dollar

70000 damage / $3000 = 23.33 damage/dollar

This excludes pierce, and the HIKS turret has a much higher pierce stat.

Speculation: The HVM turret has 2 pierce; the HIKS turret has 5 pierce (I've seen it kill five shamblers with one shot).

12 damage/dollar x 2 pierce = 24 potential damage/dollar

23.33 damage/dollar x 5 pierce =  116.66 potential damage/dollar

The HIKS is by far more cost efficient.