Grenades: Oh, the disappointment
 

The quests to get the grenades are annoying, and I'm sure others will agree. Not only that, but the dialogue was messed up with Ewan every time I went back to him. But, after forever and a day, I finally got the bombs.
Went to Fort Charles to test 'em out.
Most of them were wasted........because they froze in midair.
Oh yes. That was pleasant.

I think I'll write a message with the frozen bombs and send it with a bug report.
Like..."Fix this!!"...or something else. >.>

It's just a disappointment. I worked hard to get these, and now they're just worthless.

Is anyone else having this problem?

They haven't frozen for me. I just can't really aim very well XP

Yes, mine will often stay in mid-air where they left my hand, and sometimes they wont leave my hand at all, even if I put them away and pull them back out and try again. When I do get them to work, half the time I throw them too far or not far enough (but that's just operator error). They are the hardest weapon to level for me, and its ashame they dont work right when you worked so hard to earn them. Im sure they'll get the bugs fixed sooner or later, though.

Yeah, it's really hard to level them up if you have to keep running to the gunsmith every 5 minutes to stock up.

Tried them again earlier, and they actually worked for a minute.
Then it started happening again. :(

I'm a lowly level 3 in grenades. I can't aim very well with them, and I've almost blown myself up several times ;)

After all that running around to get the grenades, I went out to test them - Ooof, is about all I can say. I'm pretty sure it's me not using em right, but you'd think tossing a grenade close to an enemy would take it out. The way I aim these things, I could take out every rocky area there is...my grenades seek rocks and cliffs but not undead whatever-they-may-be.

Any advice for grenade use would be appreciated... :bookishfj7:

When I first got them, they kept freezing in mid-air. But somehow, after about 20 minutes, they worked great. I'm up to lvl 7 now, and they can cause quite a bit of damage!

It might be lag that's doing this freezing, or the memory leak. It just suddenly stopped freezing in about 20 minutes...

Less are freezing now. For me, the easiest way to level them up is to run around until some weaker enemies that follow form a mob. Then just throw a few grenades. Can take out quite a few that way.
Can't wait to level it up so I can bomb the parade of Veterans at Kingshead. That'll be some serious points right there.

Yeaaaah.... gernades...

Haha, I've had them disappear when they hit the ground...and nothing happens but a few seconds later I hear a water "sploosh" sound.

My trouble..is the enemy runs at me...or when I throw one at an enemy it realizes I'm there and runs at me so my gernades misses... a lot..

and I dunno I suck at gernades lol

Takes alot of hand and eye cordination, lol.

Have you reported the bug about them freezing in midair? Because I did, and they logged into my pirate and said they couldn't reproduce the problem, so it must be my hardware/software or no longer an issue. I've been telling them I'm not the only one with this problem, so it would be nice if everyone having the problem would report it so it gets fixed faster.

Haven't you guys seen why they freeze?

They only freeze when 2 players or more try to use them at the same time on enemies.

When you are there on your own, it works fine. Game just can't handle more than 1 person using them in the same neighbourhood I guess!

And why they heck can grenades damage yourself and enemies, but not other pirates? Strange.... like how they can still damage you miles away when you throw them.

Not true.
I used them at Fort Dundee, alone, and they still froze. Unless there was someone off the charts, lurking in the shadows, trying to help.

But yeah, maybe it is my computer.

I've got them up to level 7 now. It's a very slow process.

Don't write in to PotCO - grenades are bugged, but not every time. You're doing something wrong.

Whenever you're moving and try to throw it without Long Volley the grenade will get stuck in midair. Take it from me, my grenades are Level 8. Just got em yesterday.

Don't write in for a bug report? GEEZE WTH are we paying for then? If we don't write in then they think nothing is wrong. And you were in beta holy cow!!!

It's sad cause your response sounds a lot like the response we get in the emails. It's something we are doing wrong... Umm no your damn grenades get stuck in mid air.

Um... I'm doing something wrong because my grenades get stuck in the air? Strange game design then... Are you kidding??? And they can get stuck in the air even when you're not moving. Last night I was hitting fly traps with them so I wouldn't have to move, and when my friend would throw a grenade first, mine would get stuck in the air, and vice versa. What exactly are we doing wrong? Trying to use the same weapon on enemies near each other - heaven forbid! Anyone having this bug PLEASE report it - it won't get fixed if I'm the only one reporting it because then they think *I'm* doing something wrong... just like this guy.

Alright. So they haven't been getting stuck in the air as much, but I discovered an even more annoying problem.
Earlier, I was also throwing grenades at Fly Traps. Even though most of them hit (and I could tell because the damage amount in red popped up), they still didn't damage the health meter on the Fly Trap. I had to aim and hit it square on the head for it to do any damage.

Also, at Navy Forts, the grenades almost always fall straight through the floor if you don't aim right.

Wouldn't it be nice if they had an aiming tool for the grenades? Like they do for the pistol and dagger?

Not if you don't move while you're throwing them. Of course PotCO knows grenades are bugged! But you can avoid the glitch if you stand still while you throw without Long Volley. I don't want to start a flame war, so case closed.

Sorry for the double post, but when I said don't write in, I didn't say it right. I meant to say that you shouldn't get fuming mad about the problem.

As I said before, you can still get the bug if you are standing still. It happened while I was hitting fly traps and my friend was throwing at the same time. Neither of us was moving.

I'm not fuming "bad", I'm just trying to encourage other people to submit bug reports. If everyone assumes someone else will do it, then Disney doesn't realize how much of a problem it is. And apparently I'm not the only one who is frustrated with this bug. Whether or not Disney knows grenades are bugged, if they don't get the bug reports they can't figure out WHY they are bugged and fix it - they just think it's a problem on my end.

So I made one typo and one mistake in my near 300 posts. Give me a break lol

I've never had the glitch when standing still AND using Long Volley.
PotCO already knows about the problem obviously. I never said you shouldn't report it, I just wanted to mention that they probably already know.

Okay.

We get the point.
There's no use repeating each other.
Agree?......
*coughflamingkillscough*
*clears throat*
So.....
....
How 'bout them grenades?
>.>

Okay this is what I know of them so far, no a lot I must add...
One, they stick whenever they want, but MUCH more so when others are using them

Two, if you don't HIT something with them, they will NOT injure the enemy even if they show the subtraction in red.
Once you HIT someone, it will dole the damage out to all the surrounding enemies in the area

-GLG/CBF (bark bark)

Yep.
In other words, these things need a lot of help.

Before there is further comment on IF the grenades are bugged, please review This Post in which Disney address the Grenades.

YAY! Will for sure be testing this out tonight! Thanks for the heads up.

It takes a bit to get used to them. Took me several levels to get the aim right, and i'm still not perfect, but my grenades are lvl 12 atm