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i am a new commando 0-0-1-0. i have some questions on gernades. i hope u can help. what kind of gernades would be good for me(being new and all)? and i think i heard that gernades give u combat experience. do they give more combat exp than normal? thanks for all replies. i could use the help

First off, ONLY use grenades that you are certified for. If you use a grenade that you have no cert for, you might as well just throw credits at the lair/creature, it will produce the same results. Because I've only thrown maybe 5 grenades in my time as a commando, I'm probably not the best source of info, but I think that at novice you get the cert for C12 grenades (I could be completely wrong though), if that's the case then get a crate of C12's if you want to use grenades.

Secondly, grenades do give combat exp. I'm not sure why a lot of people have trouble with the combat exp requirements in commando though, completing the 3 heavy weaps trees gave me just enough combat exp to finish off the field tactics line as well. But, if you are in a situation where you are, for some reason, lacking in combat exp, you can supplement your normal combat exp gains with grenades.

My advice is, if you are planning to go all the way to master, you probably don't need grenades all that much. In my experience, everytime I've thrown a grenade it has done as much HAM damage to me as it has the lair/creature. On your way to master commando, just make sure you are applying your combat exp to field tactics only and you shouldn't have any problem making it to master.

as novice commando you can use c12's and c22's.

throw 2 at every target you attack (2 that hit that is) and your combat xp will triple.

throw about 5 at a lair to get 2k combat xp. (high level lairs).

the only thing is i use a lot of combat exp for tka and rifleman so thats why i was wondering about gernades giving more combat exp. thanks a lot for the help

C12's are for ANY person - Commando or not. They are "Light Fragmentation Grenade" in your certifications list. Novice Commandos can use C22's, or "Fragmentation Grenade" in the cert. list.

Do NOT bother throwing grenades at man-made structures to destroy them - Combat XP gained will be minimal. Use them on creature lairs instead. A good example (although hardly worthy for a commando) would be Jungle Fynocks on Talus. Each one will give you about 400 Combat XP if you use grenades only and I believe the lairs give about 2-3k total.

And the way they work is you get 100% Combat XP PLUS the 10% usually given on any kill - so 110% Combat XP can be earned through grenades.

If you're not a commando, get a crate of C12's and if used properly, you could probably get about 20k CombatXP per crate.

To use properly, 1) Get to your Ideal range showed upon /examine of the grenade. That's usually 10m. 2) Have an animal or teammate tank the target 3) Kneel if possible. It will help.

Also, it's VERY good to get things standing next to each other. I've hit up to 3 items before with one C12. That's "More Bang For Your Buck" right there...

As you go up the field tactics tree you get better grenades and your accuracy mods will allow you to throw from outside ideal range and the more importantly outside of the effect radius of the grenade.