Talk:Projectile Flight Speed/@comment-28587626-20160814135607/@comment-30287695-20161208204134

I checked the chart on the weapons comparison list. I have only been playing for about 25 days now but I have used the Penta which is a grenade launcher whos "projectile type" is listed as explosive. When you shoot the penta, you can shoot up to 5 grenades in a clip, and they will not detonate until you click the middle mouse. I imagine that the difference is that an explosive projectile cannot be affected by things like Volts barrier and immediately become hitscan and that is why it is its own class of weapon.

A hitscan weapon is no longer a projectile and basically a laser beam. So if the grenade was no longer a projectile, the coding would make it quite difficult to give it a position in the games xyz coordinates and make it explode properly. Discharge I am not sure, if I use one and remember to come back, I will let you know. (Yes I know this post is old but just in case anyone else has this question)