Talk:Carrier/@comment-69.132.174.251-20150310092226

the carrier having a shorter attack range can be an advantage at times. the other sentinels with a longer attack range have a tendency to lock on targets that are far away and will just stop attacking altogether if it happens to be around a corner or something the AI deems it cannot hit. While it does not happen constantly, it will happen multiple times per mission where the sentinel just stops attacking for a group of enemies because it decided to lock on some enemy who was hiding around the corner. The carrier is much less likely to do so because of its shorter attack range.

also, kind of hilariously, the sweeper tends to have the best accuracy of all the sentinel weapons. this is really because the AI targeting for sentinels is horrible. since the sweeper is a shotgun with a pellet spread at least part of the shots hit where the other sentinel weapons are just missing completely. this can easily be seen with knocked down enemies. all the other sentinel weapons will miss completely until the enemy stands back up, except the sweeper.