See, I’m not even technically a new player by this point, but the rarity of opportunities as well as a complete lack of explanation still makes this perk a mystery to me.
So, until it’s explained better in the game itself, how DOES one use the Pineapple Juggler perk?
I’ve used my google skills and when you are next to a grenade press ‘F’ and you should pick up the grenade and I presume you throw it away. (:
Yeah like @Daltcore said, you can pick a grenade or airstrike marker up with use-key (default = F) and then throw it back. Problem with this is that fraggers can cook the nades so that they will explode instantly when reaching you, making it impossible to have a chance to throw them back. Airstrike markers can’t be cooked obviously, but they go off really fast so you need to be close and anticipate the airstrike to have a small chance to make it in time to throw it away. All in all it’s one of the most useless augments as you practically never get a chance to use that ability.
Tested Pineapple Juggler with a friend last night. We were in an empty server, opposite teams obviously, and I could not return his Airstrike markers at all. I had him drop it right ontop of me, 9/10 times I felt like there was plenty of time to just sit there ontop of the marker and spam “F”, but nothing ever happened. Often times the marker would detonate and deal no damage to me as well. :o
A friend of mine and I tested Pineapple Juggler last night. Had him toss his Airstrike Marker right in front of me, 9/10 times I felt like I had plenty of time to move to it (if needed) and spam “F”, but nothing ever happened. Often times I’d seem to totally avoid damage from the marker exploding though? :o
Do you have to be near it or be staring directly at the grenade to pick it up?
I would assume that you’d have to be staring right at it, although I’m not entirely sure. From what I can tell from your work, it seems that since you’re not taking damage, it’s actually working. The grenade is moving away, but it’s not graphically going away.
It is, frankly, a useless augment. I’ve never once been in a situation where I’d rather risk my life by standing next to a grenade and throwing it back than just running away. Maybe tight corridors, but even then it’s safer to just back out and wait for them to exhaust their explosives.
Should be replaced by something else.
