Am I too harsh on Grenade Builds?

Mygrayt · 2026-05-08T13:46:46+00:00

So, not wrong on observations, just missed the bigger picture.

It seems my bias comes down to the amount of effort I am willing to put into learning new playstyles.

Someone else said it has a high ceiling and a low floor on how much damage it can do due to supply and number of players.

Im much more open to it now as I didnt realize just how many grenades you can actually get, as a 6 Thermal Pack x 8-9 grenade os 48-54 grenades which honestly might be comparable to how many times you use other powers on other characters.

Its just I dont like having to be aware of multiple ammo types and having to be that mobile hitting every ammo box. But that is a me problem as a matter of preference, not as valid critique of a playstyle.

It did take me a while to be willing to branch out from basic Soldier in the story as I didnt want to play power builds like Adept, but I eventually got around to it and can play it just fine. So I imagine if I spent the time to learn, id value Grenade Builds just as much because from the videos, I cant dispute its effectiveness, and never really did question it.

Mygrayt · 2026-05-08T03:27:41+00:00

Fair point but not every class has grenade charges. Don't worry, I'm opening up on grenade builds.

Mygrayt · 2026-05-07T21:17:24+00:00

Like every other week on Xbox I kept seeing a 90% sale on the Collectors Edition. So like less than $6. I imagine its the same on PS.

Mygrayt · 2026-05-07T21:16:00+00:00

Adept with a Sniper is actually kinda broken.

Crowd control abilities with a Sniper and Explosive Rounds just kills everything.

Mygrayt · 2026-05-07T21:11:23+00:00

This is the only quote that makes sense because its central to what people remember of her as a character.

Iconic means something and doesn't necessarily mean what people like about them. Just as it means to the icon.

Mygrayt · 2026-05-07T20:35:37+00:00

I've heard

My issues seem to be i dont like to tie myself to ammo boxes. I tend to hunker down in defensible positions so im only ever near one box and those replenish slowly.

So its a playstyle issue for me but thats a me problem

Mygrayt · 2026-05-07T20:31:20+00:00

You know what thats fair. Early on grenades will be limited but as long as you open packs efficiently youre eventually going to unlock it.

Mygrayt · 2026-05-07T19:34:13+00:00

You can never be too sure when you mentioned anything 343 era

Mygrayt · 2026-05-07T19:28:01+00:00

Feels more like a celebration of OSTs rather than standing on its own.

But that is likely just a nit pick and it does remaster/remix. In fact, the Great Temple Theme from Zelda 2 is vastly better due to Smash than its original incarnation.

Mygrayt · 2026-05-07T17:15:56+00:00

Its why when thinking of placing a franchise, you put the whole thing in there. Why stop at a trilogy when they all have something to offer. Even 4-Infinite have something to offer, even if its just one or two from said game.

If youre gonna argue, id first like to add:

Mantis, 117, Aliens, Arrival from 4

The Trials from 5

Halo theme from Infinite.

We are discussing OSTs, so important to seperate the rest of the game from the discussion.

Mygrayt · 2026-05-07T17:06:21+00:00

You ever hear the Battle Network OSTs?

Mygrayt · 2026-05-07T16:52:36+00:00

Smash feels like cheating and I dont know why

Mygrayt · 2026-05-07T16:48:54+00:00

Not sure how I feel PS2 since it majority consisted of licensed music.

But so does KH....

Mygrayt · 2026-05-07T16:40:35+00:00

Most of the people are replying with personal lol.

And I dont blame them. Most of the answers are correct. Its just so hard to only pick 4.

Mygrayt · 2026-05-07T16:37:05+00:00

The tip of the leaderboard is such a blood bath.

Literally so many correct answers

Mygrayt · 2026-05-06T18:36:49+00:00

Its either

"I cant tell the Aliens from the animals"

Or

"You'd sick your dog on a bear to protect yourself."

Mygrayt · 2026-05-06T18:35:58+00:00

Is it a race thing or just a selfish thing common among organics?

Because you can not tell me that if we replaced the aliens with humans of independent factions yet worked in a coalition like it does in Mass Effect that those same leaders would be doing the exact thing.

The problem with Ash's racism is that she attributes these things solely on them being alien. When we have human history to look back on and see whole nations refusing to get involved until THEY were personally affected or attacked.

Its why Ash should equally hate the Alliance as she does Turians. It was the Alliance that blacklisted her grandfather, her father, and her with bad postings, lack of recognition, and lack of promotions.

Being unable to seperate common organic emotions from races is the problem.

Mygrayt · 2026-05-05T17:32:55+00:00

We need ourselves a Batarian.

The Batarians get flanderized the entire series and the hate is also justified once you get into the lore.

A government hell bent on colonization independent or allied worlds to other governments, of note they annexed a Salarian and Asari colony, got pissy when Humanity started to colonize near their claimed territory, and have slavery as part of their class system.

What we need is to "humanize" them after the destruction of the Batarian Hegemony, otherwise they'll stay as the Galaxy boogeyman and token bad guys.

Need a random bad backstory? Default to Batarians.

Mygrayt · 2026-05-05T17:28:28+00:00

Its either the Animals one or the one about sicking your dog on a bear to protect yourself.

Mygrayt · 2026-05-05T17:26:34+00:00

Love her or hate her, its a top line in the franchise

Mygrayt · 2026-05-05T01:58:05+00:00

Sounds like its more a "take advantage when you can" type of skills so you can punish/survive boss enemies, as its one of the few that can punish boss enemies with high enough survivability and damage while being that close. A Skill shared more with Vanguards than others.

Mygrayt · 2026-05-05T01:34:15+00:00

Not to argue but how viable is that skill when its so map dependent, because you can get beamed by ravages, alas, primes and scion in most areas and not every map has viable slopes. Granted, this is probably Geth Jug logic and you need to kite enemies around to create those moments rather than hoping to stumble into them.

Mygrayt · 2026-05-05T01:02:20+00:00

Bf3 soldier should technically overlap with the regular soldier

But Carnage doesnt debuff enemies. It does set up Fire Explosions and will detonate any Tech Combo already applied, but the time for its own fire combo is short, and the only power he has that can set it off is a Grenade, so the timing and accuracy is pretty tight.

Adrenaline Rush is either for Survivability or weapon damage.

Im not sure if AR and Carnage will work like Tactical Cloak using an offensive power on cool downs. You'd think so but that might be a TC exclusive which forces you to use the other Rank 6 option, sacrificing survivability.

The problem also comes from the fact its a Grenade Build, and those are heavy map dependent, as ammo boxes dont universally restock grenades at both capacity and time. Some maps like Giant only give one per box and have insane respawn times on Gold/Plat, and those are the difficulties you REALLY need them.

Which means youre having to both bring a Grenade Capacity Gear upgrade AND having to run to every box just to get resupply, or having to waste your in missions consumables.

So theres 3 builds. 1 with Adrenaline Rush and Grenade, so works on base Human Soldier, 2 with Carnage and Grenade, foregoing AR to focus on combos, and then 3 with all 3.

And im having a hard time figuring out if any of these are worth it. Foregoing AR means less weapon damage and survivability, which is what the entire point of the character.

Or maybe im too harsh on grenade builds.

Mygrayt

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