How do you aim grenades?

[shadowypirate]

I have found that if you're level with an enemy navy dude, aiming right at their chest is the spot to hit.

Also to level, i just go to cuba and attack the fly traps. Got my grenades up to level 4 in a short time.

[Swordsman]

I'm having some problems also. I'm starting to figure out how to aim them, but it's still much harder than any of the other weapons. Plus, I can see that sometimes if one goes off near an enemy, the red damage numbers will float above it's head, yet the health bar doesn't go down. It seems like you pretty much have to hit the target dead on. That takes away some of the benefit of a grenade, which is supposed to hurt without a direct hit.

[Zhestar]

Originally Posted by Swordsman

I'm having some problems also. I'm starting to figure out how to aim them, but it's still much harder than any of the other weapons. Plus, I can see that sometimes if one goes off near an enemy, the red damage numbers will float above it's head, yet the health bar doesn't go down. It seems like you pretty much have to hit the target dead on. That takes away some of the benefit of a grenade, which is supposed to hurt without a direct hit.

Aye, you'll sometimes see damage numbers floating up, without any actual damage occurring. Means you are close to your damage area though, just make a slight adjustment.

As for the area-effect of the nade itself, different nades have different damage areas, in regards to size.

The basic nade has a fairly small damage area, whereas the Stink Pot has probably twice the size area-effect.

The Fire bomb has a smaller blast radius than the Stinker, but seems to be slightly larger than the basic nade.

Haven't tried Smoke or Siege yet.......it's bloody troubling getting leveled with these things.

[Rose Darkpaine]

I worked on my grenades the other day at Kingshead. You go in the door of the fort.. and immediately go in to the fenced area. You can stay in that area and hit the guys from the fort door ... all the way up to the officers that hang around that inner entrance way. If you dont get close to the fence.. you are completely safe and dont get touched at all. Its good to have a friend that can come and sit the area for you so you can buy more grenades and tp back to them.

[Vandelay]

For me, grenades became easier to aim once I added some skill points to the "Long Volley" skill.

I think you also need to get the hang of using your mouse to adjust your camera angle. If you give yourself more of an overhead view, it seems to help with aiming shorter throws.

[DarthChaosSky]

I just got my grenades yesterday. They´re hard to adjust to, yes. It would be better that you hold the button and then there is an aiming circle just like that of the gun that begins to blink once you have held it long enough. If you do not release after a given time, then you will throw the grenade too far. If you release it when it starts to blink, it will throw it the distance the enemy is.