[Suggestion] Grenade pistol ammo type

[ZDamage]

I don't see pistol-grenade launcher as anything useful at this moment.
Ammo reserve is small, explosion power is meh.

BUT! If grenade pistol would use ammo type matching with our current grenade, this would be much more interesting in tactical use. For example, it could be changed in weapon settings (Hold R).
Shoot smokes, stop those melee pursuers by EMP to get more distance between, place thermite right on hulks face from more safer distance, and so on.

Infinite options!

Actually around six.

[Katitoff]

Originally posted by ZDamage:

I don't see pistol-grenade launcher as anything useful at this moment.

Because you got it all backwards.
It allows you to pick specialized grenades and still retain bug hold/fabricator closing potential and panic aoe.

[Mechaballe]

Originally posted by ZDamage:

I don't see pistol-grenade launcher as anything useful at this moment.
Ammo reserve is small, explosion power is meh.

BUT! If grenade pistol would use ammo type matching with our current grenade, this would be much more interesting in tactical use. For example, it could be changed in weapon settings (Hold R).
Shoot smokes, stop those melee pursuers by EMP to get more distance between, place thermite right on hulks face from more safer distance, and so on.

Infinite options!

Actually around six.

Lol whut? The grenade pistol is what gives room to start using specialty grenades more. Stun grenades are neat, but do I want them at the tradeoff of not being able to blow up holes/fabricators? In many cases no.

The grenade pistol gives you one of the most usefull grenade types in combat situations (impact grenades) but with greater range, a bigger reserve of them, you get refills on ammo instead of needing supply packs or specific grenade boxes, and on top of all that they fix one of the weak points of the impact grenade in making it much easier to blow up fabricators.

The grenade pistol is my favourite thing not only this war bond but from all of the smaller war bonds so far. I love the Eruptor too, but the grenade pistol offers much more versatility to many types of missions than the Eruptor does. It offers more freedom in both what support weapons, other stratagems and grenade types you bring to a mission.

edit: with that said I wouldnt mind different ammo types for the grenade pustol ofc, stun pistol would be awesome. Its just having the pistol always set to the same type as your thrown grenades that would be terrible. Would anyone ever use smoke grenades for boththeir support weapon and grenade type? Nope. But using pistol to close holes/fabricators and then a smoke grenade to disengage is a lot more viable.

[Pax Empyrean]

I love stun grenades, but taking them costs me my ability to close bug holes and blow up fabricators without calling in an airstrike. The grenade pistol fixes that.

I hate this idea.

[ZDamage]

Originally posted by vargtass7:

Originally posted by ZDamage:

I don't see pistol-grenade launcher as anything useful at this moment.
Ammo reserve is small, explosion power is meh.

BUT! If grenade pistol would use ammo type matching with our current grenade, this would be much more interesting in tactical use. For example, it could be changed in weapon settings (Hold R).
Shoot smokes, stop those melee pursuers by EMP to get more distance between, place thermite right on hulks face from more safer distance, and so on.

Infinite options!

Actually around six.

Lol whut? The grenade pistol is what gives room to start using specialty grenades more. Stun grenades are neat, but do I want them at the tradeoff of not being able to blow up holes/fabricators? In many cases no.

The grenade pistol gives you one of the most usefull grenade types in combat situations (impact grenades) but with greater range, a bigger reserve of them, you get refills on ammo instead of needing supply packs or specific grenade boxes, and on top of all that they fix one of the weak points of the impact grenade in making it much easier to blow up fabricators.

The grenade pistol is my favourite thing not only this war bond but from all of the smaller war bonds so far. I love the Eruptor too, but the grenade pistol offers much more versatility to many types of missions than the Eruptor does. It offers more freedom in both what support weapons, other stratagems and grenade types you bring to a mission.

edit: with that said I wouldnt mind different ammo types for the grenade pustol ofc, stun pistol would be awesome. Its just having the pistol always set to the same type as your thrown grenades that would be terrible. Would anyone ever use smoke grenades for boththeir support weapon and grenade type? Nope. But using pistol to close holes/fabricators and then a smoke grenade to disengage is a lot more viable.

Hey thats a good point you show.
What main and support weapons do you usually use with nade pistol?
If ones goal is to close holes and fabricators, support grenade launcher is great in my vision, and it has more ammo that pistol, and you still have emergency secondary on 2.

I use support machinegun as actual secondary when i need to shoot the chase fast and Eruptor is too dangerous for that.
And yeah, now i think ability to change ammo type to your current grenade would be more useful than strict matching of your nade pistol with your grename type

[junimai233]

Originally posted by ZDamage:

Hey thats a good point you show.
What main and support weapons do you usually use with nade pistol?
If ones goal is to close holes and fabricators, support grenade launcher is great in my vision, and it has more ammo that pistol, and you still have emergency secondary on 2.

I use support machinegun as actual secondary when i need to shoot the chase fast and Eruptor is too dangerous for that.
And yeah, now i think ability to change ammo type to your current grenade would be more useful than strict matching of your nade pistol with your grename type

Anything that doesn't explode in your face so you can shoot point blank targets, really. I used the eruptor and grenade pistol for a while and still did fine, surely anything else wouldn't do worse.

[Mechaballe]

Originally posted by ZDamage:

Originally posted by vargtass7:

Lol whut? The grenade pistol is what gives room to start using specialty grenades more. Stun grenades are neat, but do I want them at the tradeoff of not being able to blow up holes/fabricators? In many cases no.

The grenade pistol gives you one of the most usefull grenade types in combat situations (impact grenades) but with greater range, a bigger reserve of them, you get refills on ammo instead of needing supply packs or specific grenade boxes, and on top of all that they fix one of the weak points of the impact grenade in making it much easier to blow up fabricators.

The grenade pistol is my favourite thing not only this war bond but from all of the smaller war bonds so far. I love the Eruptor too, but the grenade pistol offers much more versatility to many types of missions than the Eruptor does. It offers more freedom in both what support weapons, other stratagems and grenade types you bring to a mission.

edit: with that said I wouldnt mind different ammo types for the grenade pustol ofc, stun pistol would be awesome. Its just having the pistol always set to the same type as your thrown grenades that would be terrible. Would anyone ever use smoke grenades for boththeir support weapon and grenade type? Nope. But using pistol to close holes/fabricators and then a smoke grenade to disengage is a lot more viable.

Hey thats a good point you show.
What main and support weapons do you usually use with nade pistol?
If ones goal is to close holes and fabricators, support grenade launcher is great in my vision, and it has more ammo that pistol, and you still have emergency secondary on 2.

I use support machinegun as actual secondary when i need to shoot the chase fast and Eruptor is too dangerous for that.
And yeah, now i think ability to change ammo type to your current grenade would be more useful than strict matching of your nade pistol with your grename type

Depends very much on the mission. lately Ive been playing mostly bots on lv7 in a 3 man group. If its a blitz to blow up fabricators I like to bring stun nades + nade pistol for blowing up fabricators and easier shooting hulks in the back.
Sometimes I bring the eruptor to close fabricators and then I bring a secondary better for close range fighting chain saw bots.

I also like the nade pistol for bugs if I have a primary and support setup that isnt effective agains hive guards and other medium armored stuff. I find it a nice complement to a stalwart, but if my primary and support are not good against hunters I prefer the SMG secondary to shake off those jumpy little buggers.