TF2: Turrets are overpowered

(My apologies if this gets posted twice. Google Groups doesn't show my
first attempt)

Let me first admit that I haven't played a whole lot of Team Fortress
2, probably only about 10-15 games or so (mostly on 2forts). However,
I did play a lot of TFC and Q3F back in the day. While my memory of
those two older games may be a little hazy, I don't remember the
turrets being so overpowered. It seems almost impossible to take them
down unless you're either a soldier firing from a large distance or a
demo from around a corner. I think there's a device that a spy can
plant on them, but I haven't tried that class too much yet.

By removing grenades from the game, Valve really limited the ways to
counter turrets. I remember in TFC, just about every class had a
grenade capable of doing significant damage to a turret. I think it
made the game much more offense-minded and dynamic. Now in TF2,
usually about 60-70% of the teams consist of engineers placing
turrets. This seems to result in a WWI-style battle of attrition, with
the only way to the intelligence being to use the demo class to slowly
de-turret the base. Not a whole lot of fun in my opinion. Especially
since a fully upgraded turret can take down a person real quick, if
you pop your head out for instant you're most likely a dead man. I'm
sure better teamwork would help, but that's not always possible in
pick-up games.

Anyway, I've got to say that TF2 has been a disappointment so far. It
can be fun sometimes, but the balancing issues (including one map that
seems to overwhelmingly favor the defensive team) make it much more
frustrating and tedious than it should be. Not to mention the lag,
though I guess that's going to be fixed soon. In spite of TF2's
problems, I still think the Orange Box is a whole lot of fun.

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