Grenades: Oh, the disappointment

[Zhalin]

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?

[HoistTheColors]

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

[Plunderin Mom]

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.

[Zhalin]

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.

[Pirate Rose]

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

[Lady Freckles]

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...

[ScurvyCory]

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...

[Zhalin]

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.

[Allure]

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

[ScurvyCory]

Takes alot of hand and eye cordination, lol.

[koalita]

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.

[Vangelis]

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.

[Zhalin]

Originally Posted by Vangelis

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

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.

[Davy]

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.

[Thalore]

Originally Posted by PirateAhoy

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

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.