Why the turret and not the legs? (Destiny)

by Korny , Dalton, Ga. US. Earth, Sol System, Wednesday, July 08, 2015, 01:13 (3664 days ago) @ Beorn

Wow, that’s weird. I’m surprised the turret didn’t just fall off, but instead allowed enough damage “through” to flat out kill the Walker. Wonder why that is.

The legs cap your damage at a certain point (the instant they blow). The turret allows the damage to punch through to the body without forcing you to wait through an animation. You can survive if you blow out the legs, though, but since you get insta-revived, I don't see why you'd bother (unless you were going for the no-death bounty).

The turret does fall off, but by that point, the damage to the body has already killed it. No idea how it works.