New grenade kill

[imported_RpTheHotrod]

I know you can throw grenades at people and just the impact can kill them before it explodes, however, I had something new happen tonight.

I knew someone was coming up some stairs, so I went prone and prepared to fire. The guy showed up, I fired, and the grenade hit him, killed him, but didn't explode. It just bounced off him and landed elsewhere.

Seems the grenade launcher grenades have the same impact rule as normal grenades. I thought launcher nades were supposed to just explode on impact?

[=EAU=Alabama619]

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no. Sometimes they bounce. sometimes they dont

[donpost]

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A patch or two ago they introduced an arming delay to the grenade launcher grenades. If they hit something very soon after being fired, they will bounce instead of explode.

Hope this helps :)

[james_1991-fight]

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ive once used a underslung and fired a grenade, the nade bounced off the wall and smacked into two opposing players hiding, sweet moments ;]

[Lt.Kris]

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no. Sometimes they bounce. sometimes they dont

Yes, and they are rather random at that, it sucks when they dont go boom and you get killed...

[venny]

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sad that i always run out of ammo on the m203. its pretty useful actually. though unpredictable. and its the only assualt rifle that gives 6 mags of m16 ammo instead of 4.

[VC_Resurrected]

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Grenade launcher used to be a sweet weapon, i've almost got 3,000 kills with it. I've spent over 30 hours of my life firing a grenade launcher on battlefield 2... Sad!

[cantfinddeletebutton]

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Grenade launcher used to be a sweet weapon, i've almost got 3,000 kills with it. I've spent over 30 hours of my life firing a grenade launcher on battlefield 2... Sad!

i think i have used it like 4 or 5 times... ever...

[troybob]

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Grenade launcher used to be a sweet weapon, i've almost got 3,000 kills with it. I've spent over 30 hours of my life firing a grenade launcher on battlefield 2... Sad!

actually - that IS sad..... :p

[megawhompertoo]

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Yeah. The gl was once useful, and seeing an assault class coming toward you meant you had to be very accurate, very fast getting under cover, or very splat. Now, the assault class is useful only as target practice:

either 1 headshot,

or a bodyshot + a couple of rounds from the pistol

[imported_RpTheHotrod]

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Sorry, I didn't word it right. I know grenades bounce...but I thought I read that if it hits someone, it explodes and skips the bounce part.

[megawhompertoo]

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Sorry, I didn't word it right. I know grenades bounce...but I thought I read that if it hits someone, it explodes and skips the bounce part.

right. but now (recent patch) the grenade has to travel a certain distance before it will explode--an "arming" distance. this "fix" was to address assault class walking around the corner and one-shot killing a group of people.

or, actually, it was to fix the "bug" that helped make the assault class able to.

...assault, that is.

[AH-1Z_COBRA]

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Also they put the arming time in due to people shooting the grenade at thier feet getting a kill and themselves a suicide.

[deadman2312]

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actually - that IS sad..... :p

now now......is it bad that its his weapon of choice?

I myself have a lot of kills with the nade launcher, but i use it the right way, from a distance, arch and all, i love it. Great for the guys hiding behind cement fixtures and such. As of lately i dont use it so much, after they adjusted it, it has become less predictable, even from a distance. I was NEVER one of those guys that ran around the corner and popped it off at my feet to kill an enemy....

[imported_RpTheHotrod]

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Roger, thanks :)

Really hurts assault class when vehicles are immune to your nades if you're too close It just bounces off of them.