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Thread: noob commando question concerning grenades.
i'm asking if they are worth using ? because each time npc use grenade on me they do little damage. and no one has ever throw a thermal detonator at me heh.
is there any grenade that can dizzy or something by exemple ?
I use tons of grenades.
The only ones worth usin tho are Theramal detonators.... these babies get to about 3.3 spd and 800-1500 a hit. The big thing is AR... these puppies are AR2 where the Protons are only AR1 and have a slower speed.
I cannot keep enough of em. In big groups they do massive damage to multiple targets. I have lobbed them many times in PvP... even with mit they are about 600 dmg to multiple targets. They are a must if u are warring.
Mobs drop crappy grenades... but every once in a while u will find poison on them... BEWARE... check all stats on yer loot. they will not do crap for damage, but in pvp they can be used to apply the low grade poison to your targets.
NPC-looted grenades are utterly worthless in 99.9% of the case. The damage is usually a 1/3 of what a master-made one will be.
As the person above said, they are great for Combat XP too - at low-levels. Once you get up into the Thermal Detonators and Protons range, they can be killer in PvP. Especially the Protons...
you're better off using a rocket launcher in pvp than a proton.
grenades are only for combat xp farming. get glops or cryobans (cheaps) and lob 2 or 3 at each target, make sure they hit (throw them at 12m if possible).
Also of note, it SEEMS that you miss a LOT less if you throw them when prone. SOE is nuts.
tacwraith wrote:
you're better off using a rocket launcher in pvp than a proton.
What if someone is distracted and you're close-range to them? A proton would surely be better thana RL in that scenario, right?
I can't recall the radius on a RL, but I know a radius of 10 on a Proton can do some serious damage to a good number of people if you have the ability to catch them clumped.