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Shari Lannister
Amarr Templars
Amarr Empire
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Posted - 2013.04.01 16:45:00 -
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There are three different types of grenades. personal, Anti-vehicle and Flux. Each will be explained later in this post. There are two sub-types of grenades, standard and light. Standard as you can guess is a general purpose and the light version has lower yield but can be thrown farther.
Personal Grenade: This is your go to generic grenade. Can be used to damage everything within reach. Nothing special
Anti Vehicle: as the name says its anti-vehicle. However, these type of grenades home in on their target for a short distance. You simple thrown the grenade in the general vacinity and as long as its within its homing range it will do the rest.
***Note: AV (anti-vehicle) grenades DO NOT WORK ON DROPSHIPS nor Installations at this time. Don't waste throwing av grenades at them. You are just wasting isk. Other grenade types will do damage to them. ***
Flux Grenades: These type of grenades affect Shields on infantry, installations and vehicles. It is an awesome weapon to use prior to engaging infantry. See a bunch of infantry in an area, toss one of these first in the middle of them and waste em! Most infantry uses shields for their primary defense (heavy's or fatties often use more armor then shields). Common tactic for heavy machine gunners is to toss one of these into a group of infantry and then mow them all down.
It is a very good idea to take these all the way up to level V. You will not regret this discision. Lai Dai Anti-vehicle grenades are terror for tanks.
Enjoy your nading adventures. |
Scheneighnay McBob
Bojo's School of the Trades
1156
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Posted - 2013.04.01 16:55:00 -
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I would like to add some things. First, "personal" grenades are called locus grenades.
There are also 2 variants to watch for-
Sleek: can be thrown further, have a larger blast radius, but have less damage.
Packed: Opposite of sleek. |
gbghg
L.O.T.I.S.
Legacy Rising
965
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Posted - 2013.04.01 17:06:00 -
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As a dropship pilot I assure you that AV nades do work on dropships, I once made the mistake of hovering too close to the ground and some red dots made me pay. |
Shari Lannister
Amarr Templars
Amarr Empire
20
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Posted - 2013.04.01 17:43:00 -
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gbghg wrote:As a dropship pilot I assure you that AV nades do work on dropships, I once made the mistake of hovering too close to the ground and some red dots made me pay.
hrmm.... I have never had a av grenade actually do anything to a dropship. maybe they fixed it! |
gbghg
L.O.T.I.S.
Legacy Rising
966
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Posted - 2013.04.01 17:48:00 -
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Shari Lannister wrote:gbghg wrote:As a dropship pilot I assure you that AV nades do work on dropships, I once made the mistake of hovering too close to the ground and some red dots made me pay. hrmm.... I have never had a av grenade actually do anything to a dropship. maybe they fixed it!
well the whole reason they're generally worthless against dropships is that 99% of the time we're out of range of their homing, if we're down close to the ground though there's a chance it might hit. |
Dominus Fatali
Nox Aeterna Security
53
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Posted - 2013.04.01 17:53:00 -
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Someone tossed two AV grenades at me yesterday.. there was no vehicle within 100 meters or more. Quite funny actually. |
Shari Lannister
Amarr Templars
Amarr Empire
20
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Posted - 2013.04.01 18:25:00 -
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gbghg wrote:Shari Lannister wrote:gbghg wrote:As a dropship pilot I assure you that AV nades do work on dropships, I once made the mistake of hovering too close to the ground and some red dots made me pay. hrmm.... I have never had a av grenade actually do anything to a dropship. maybe they fixed it! well the whole reason they're generally worthless against dropships is that 99% of the time we're out of range of their homing, if we're down close to the ground though there's a chance it might hit.
True but ive thrown them at them while they were close to the ground maybe thats the key they have to be on the ground vs in the air
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gbghg
L.O.T.I.S.
Legacy Rising
971
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Posted - 2013.04.01 18:59:00 -
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Shari Lannister wrote:gbghg wrote:Shari Lannister wrote:gbghg wrote:As a dropship pilot I assure you that AV nades do work on dropships, I once made the mistake of hovering too close to the ground and some red dots made me pay. hrmm.... I have never had a av grenade actually do anything to a dropship. maybe they fixed it! well the whole reason they're generally worthless against dropships is that 99% of the time we're out of range of their homing, if we're down close to the ground though there's a chance it might hit. True but ive thrown them at them while they were close to the ground maybe thats the key they have to be on the ground vs in the air
might be somethings just interfering because when i lost a dropship to them i was airborne. |
gbghg
L.O.T.I.S.
Legacy Rising
971
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Posted - 2013.04.01 18:59:00 -
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Shari Lannister wrote:gbghg wrote:Shari Lannister wrote:gbghg wrote:As a dropship pilot I assure you that AV nades do work on dropships, I once made the mistake of hovering too close to the ground and some red dots made me pay. hrmm.... I have never had a av grenade actually do anything to a dropship. maybe they fixed it! well the whole reason they're generally worthless against dropships is that 99% of the time we're out of range of their homing, if we're down close to the ground though there's a chance it might hit. True but ive thrown them at them while they were close to the ground maybe thats the key they have to be on the ground vs in the air
might be somethings just interfering because when i lost a dropship to them i was airborne. |
SickJ
French unchained corporation
50
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Posted - 2013.04.01 19:08:00 -
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Dominus Fatali wrote:Someone tossed two AV grenades at me yesterday.. there was no vehicle within 100 meters or more. Quite funny actually.
I used to do that as a desperation tactic whenever someone caught me in my anti-tank fitting (sometimes they'd panic). Then I switched to locus grenades...much more effective |
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Beren Hurin
OMNI Endeavors
O.M.N.I. Initiative
313
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Posted - 2013.04.01 19:52:00 -
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I'm pretty sure that AV grenades don't home on dropships, but they do explode on contact. So since you can throw sleek grenades further, you have a better chance of hitting stuff in the air with them. I've also used a cooked flux grenade with a bit of success to take out the shields of a DS. |
ladwar
Dead Six Initiative
Daringly Inserting Large Dangerous Objects
71
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Posted - 2013.04.01 21:27:00 -
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AV nades do work on dropships, you just don't run into the case where they are in range to use them much |
Heligg
Bragian Order
Amarr Empire
9
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Posted - 2013.04.01 22:41:00 -
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I'm no expert in grenades, but some are missing.... |
ladwar
Dead Six Initiative
Daringly Inserting Large Dangerous Objects
72
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Posted - 2013.04.01 22:46:00 -
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Heligg wrote:I'm no expert in grenades, but some are missing....
if you are talking bout packed and sleek then no there are some missing thoose fit under the 3 types. |
Heligg
Bragian Order
Amarr Empire
9
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Posted - 2013.04.01 23:02:00 -
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I was talking about those exploding on contact. They belong to locus indeed. |
Arkena Wyrnspire
Turalyon Plus
7
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Posted - 2013.04.03 16:30:00 -
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Dominus Fatali wrote:Someone tossed two AV grenades at me yesterday.. there was no vehicle within 100 meters or more. Quite funny actually.
I see this all the time.
I do it on occasion though - the grenade icon is rather good for suppression, and you have to look to see it's an AV grenade. |
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