Imperial Guard may also wish to simply delay the the enemy with offensive turret use while they work on getting out of Tier 1. Imperial Guard are more successful at this strategy than other races due to the durability of their Techpriest Engineers. To counter this tactic try to find and destroy turrets under construction or put too much pressure on the enemy base for them to hide their troops amongst forward turrets. If you can kill enough enemy troops, try and construct turrets that can directly attack their base. Send builder units to construct turrets near the enemy base and use the turrets as a staging ground for hit and run attacks. Use of Heavy Bolter Turrets offensively is possible, but there is a narrow window between when turrets become available and when the enemy can field weaponry that will make turrets obsolete offensively. This prevents the enemy from easily stealing your Critical Locations with infiltrated units or jump troops. When controlling Critical Locations is a victory condition, consider building turrets as close to them as possible. Choke points are great locations as the enemy will have no choice but to charge through the fire of your turrets. Thermo Plasma Generators are often in isolated locations and will act as a magnet for raiders without protection. Your base is an obvious location in order to deter raiders and detect infiltrated spotters while your army is elsewhere. The ideal defensive locations for Heavy Bolter Turrets are in your main base, next to Thermo Plasma Generators, and in choke points. Turrets can be upgraded to fire missiles that are effective against vehicles and buildings and can disrupt infantry. Heavy Bolter Turrets can detect infiltrated units. Only six Heavy Bolter Turrets can be built for each Stronghold. Normally they tend to be used defensively, but they can be used aggressively due to the fact they do not require a control zone to be built in. Heavy Bolter Turrets are useful for light defense, and are exceptional when backing up a main force. Note: The Heavy Bolter Turret builds in 40 s in Dark Crusade. Place them near choke points or forward positions to provide an effective deterrent to the enemy. They make up for this by being more powerful than all the other turrets save for an upgraded Gauss Turret. Imperial Guard Heavy Bolter Turrets can be difficult to use because of their large building footprint.

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