Insta-boom sniper grenades

[Limp Squirrel]

I'm getting through the garbage and do like the gunplay. However, apart from the complete lack of stealth (NPCs notice you instantly and the entire army base knows your exact location), when the AI uses grenades, they do so with aimbot accuracy.

They always land right at your feet and pretty much immediately explode. I've lost many fire fights because i didn't hear the one guy say 'granata!'. When I heard the little ring of the grenade landing at my feet, I knew it was going to be a reload.

This is giving serious Clear Sky grenade spam vibes. Should the AI be So accurate with grenades, or can we at least increase the detonation time a bit?
If the higher end enemies are more adept with grenades, I'd understand, but not bandits.

[GrenadeMagnet6]

Yeah, all of the NPC's are very accurate with grenades. But the NPC's usually give you advanced warning they are throwing, like you noticed, so you always have a chance to run away from the blast. But sometimes when battling many NPCs you may not hear them give warning if they are a little further away, which you also noticed.

One should never stay in one place for more than a few seconds when battling the NPCs, which helps reduce the chances of eating their grenades.

[HiggsLP]

I dont recall dying by nade, first the warning is mostly there. And secondly it does barely any dmg, just the staggering effect is annoying.

The enemy is more wallhackish on 1.3 but the lack of stealth is just lyies.

You can still go througj half of base with SOFCOM/♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥, Bucket s2, APSB without anybody even noticing u.
What was the last stealthy? Cable station for the healing thingy.
I went through it without anybody even having chance to shoot me with APSB. Was sry for 9th and that ruined my stealth approach, else it would gave been Metal Gear Solid v2.
And thats the case with this game- its looter shooter and not a stealth game, so expecting to go through the whole game without shooting a bullet is a bit of a stretch...

[Limp Squirrel]

What difficulty are you playing on? Because on STALKER they hurt a bunch. One at your feet is pretty much instakill.

As for stealth, so far I've not managed to successfully infiltrate any PoI or base without being immediately spotted and flagged by everyone in the neighborhood.

I also never claimed I was remotely possible, or the goal, to complete the goal without shooting a bullet. I'm talking about approaching a group of stalkers, with only one guy in my FOV. He was looking away from me. The moment I got a bit too close, he immediately turned weapon pulled and started shooting within split second.

As for grenade queues, I do hear them if they say 'granata'. But because I play with Ukrainian voice overs on for immersion, I don't hear the queues whenever they use an alternative phrase like the equivalent 'eat this!' or something similar in Ukrainian.