heavy=sentry gun

They both are taken out by soldiers, spies, and demomen, they aren't very fast, but deal huge amounts of damage quickly. they generally are best when fighting pyros, and they need someone around to keep their health up (be it medic or engineer).

Basically, the only difference is that the heavy can move, but doesn't have as powerful of weaponry. What do you think?

sentry has rockets.

Put him beside a dispenser and he IS a Sentry.

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Sentries have rockets.

heavies are meant also to be mobile tanks to get everyones attention while everyone else emerges behind his fat back

Whoever says the Heavy most closely resembles a Sentry is doing it wrong.

Most prominently, Sentry bullets always hit their target and can be fired accurately from greater distances.

Heavies can do more (much more) damage from a very close range.

Heavies are mobile, even when shooting, and have two other weapons which they can use with no movement penalty.

Heavies can be buffed by medics, and take more damage from critical hits.

Heavies can be ubercharged, while a Sentry cannot be backstabbed or headshotted.

A Heavy can reveal his location from much greater distances with his minigun than a sentry can, although he can fire whenever he wants.

A Heavy is a breathing, thinking player who must use cunning tactics and ruthless ambushes to earn kills. A Sentry is dumb and can be fooled by players who quickly strafe between cover. Sentries earn kill by blasting anyone foolish enough to stay in it's AOE for too long.

Separating man and machine has been a problem since the invention of the wrench.  Sentry guns lack passion

Heavies create a front line while sentries create a fall back position. They are two totally different beings.

On another note, the sentry gun is lacking the reaction time of the heavy and the ability to patrol all 360 degrees effectively.

One thing that hasn't been listed, a Heavy is aware of its surroundings, it can tell what class is attacking it. A sentry only sees a target. Really the only thing that sentries and Heavies have in common, is rapid fire/high damage. I fail to see the purpose of this thread....

there is a big difference in sentries and heavy's
1. if you hit it with wrench and it says: TING
its a sentry.
2. if you hit it with wrench and it says: KWOB
its a heavy
3. if you hit it with wrench and it says: KA-TJING, AAAARG
its a spy disquised as a heavy