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Posted - 2013.04.23 16:24:00 -
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i use AV grenades a LOT, grenadier 4 so i'll try to sift through the "AV GRENADES IS OP!" and give you an honest assessment.
at the lower end, you're not gonna be fighting off tanks by yourself with them unless the enemy is dumb enough to hold still near one of your resupplies or nanohives. you just can't carry enough of them to threaten a tank.
that being said, they're still quite useful against the countless free LAVs zooming around everywhere. lower tier grenades will likely require 2 hits to destroy them, but it's enough to make them second guess spending the entire game running people over.
at the higher end they're pretty good, i use EX-11 packed myself and it's started to reach the threshold where i can take out the shittiest HAVs by myself, and they consistently one-shot militia LAVs. but again, if it's a big boy tank and they're rampaging through your team, you're not gonna be able to take THEM out by yourself with just 3 EX-11s.
now what DOES make AV grenades excellent is that it's a fairly low impact piece of kit. your favorite fit will be a lot more "intact" if you replace the grenades with AV grenades, than if you replace your primary weapon with a swarm launcher or forge gun. that way you can "fulltime" a base amount of AV ability. if you play with friends, they can too. suddenly 3 or 4 guys that are ALWAYS on an "av" fit are a significant threat to enemy HAVs. you just need to coordinate and attack together. you run out of AV grenades quickly, and they have a short range so it's easy for the tank to get away if you give it a chance, but if 4 people are whipping their 3 grenades all at the same time, all but the best HAVs will pop. POP! not retreat, explode.
so they're not the answer to everything, but they're definitely a worthwhile piece to have. worst case scenario you're always prepared to help jump in on an enemy HAV and contribute some meaningful damage, even if you can't take it out yourself. i'd say it's absolutely worth skilling into, just know what you're getting. they're not magic. |
Buzzwords
Deadly Blue Dots
RISE of LEGION
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Posted - 2013.04.23 20:01:00 -
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Spec Ops Cipher wrote:Av nades do 10x the damage stated, the damage stated is the (redundant) damage to infantry.
you're half right, the av grenades used to display their direct damage, and it was indeed 10X the current listings. but since then CCP has nerfed all AV equipment by about 25% across the board
so a more accurate way to calculate would be 10X the damage stated, then reduce that number by 25% (this is of course before any resistances the target has) |