Well since the devs finally fixed my grenade quest problem, i two have acquired them.
I found it relatively easy to level up to lvl 6..... I trained on fly traps... easiest target since there stationary.
I agree 100% with the statement that it only works if you hit them directly... or so i thought. Until i got a 2-3 crabs chasing me and they all take damage. It turns out the damage radius is increadibly small - so yes, a direct hit is required until u get to lvl 10 and can increase it (which i hope will be a significant amount).
If you just hit 'nearby', you can still see those -300 damage flying up, but upon inspection of the health bar you find out you have done no damage. The stun grenade is a lot better for leveling up since it does less damage, but i've noticed that the 'stun effect - (aka the 10 sec slow) has a far greater affect radius than the damage delt.
In one sense, i'd say the grenade damage radius needs to be vastly increased, but on the other side i gotta say if it does get increased to a larger radius, it becomes extremely powerful and unbalancing. I hope hte devs fix it so that the radius gets increased, but the the damage delt to nearby victims gets greatly reduced as opposed to the numbers i'm seeing now (even though they don't mean nothing atm).
As for aiming goes... get the "long throw" (whatever its called) upgrade asap - makes things a lot easier. U can aim laterally with your head / hat.. just line it up with the target... vertical alignment is harder, but with the long throw option its a lot easier as you merely hold down the button, look down and it will hit whatever is in its path (to some degree).
edit* .. as for best use for this weapon ... Since its a direct hit weapon, one would say why is this better than the already trained up cutlass ? Well Its a long-range high damage weapon u can use to open an engagement.... but i seem to find it very useful when dragging multiple higher lvl enemies.... since there all clustered up the grenade seems to be an optimal choice... just make sure you don't make the throw to short and damage yourself
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