Lightning Grenade

The  was a grenade available to all non-MAX classes. It was unlocked through purchase with Campaign Standing in Sanctuary, after the completion of A Job Well Done.

When thrown, lightning grenades began a three-second fuse. When this timer elapsed, while the grenade was outdoors and beneath one of the electrical storms that occured on Esamir, the grenade would cause a lightning strike to target its current location. This strike occurred six seconds after the grenade's fuse timer elapsed.

If the grenade contacted a vehicle, it would stick to and stay attached to it until the fuse elapsed. The lightning strike created by the grenade would strike the location the grenade was at when the fuse timer elapsed, and would not follow a stuck target.

The damage of the lightning strike was reduced by the Insulated Suit suit slot enhancement or Insulated Armor Plating defense slot upgrade on infantry and vehicles respectively, and the strike could be absorbed by nearby Lightning Arresters. If used outside of an electrical storm, the grenade had absolutely no effect.

With the construction of the Containment Sites, the electrical storm on Esamir was quelled, and this grenade lost its use case despite remaining acquirable and in the game until the end of chapter 3.

History

 * November 20, 2020 Update (Eight Years of War)
 * Added to the game as a reward for the Mjolnir event.
 * January 15th, 2021
 * Rendered unacquirable with the end of Chapter 2 of the Shattered Warpgate campaign.
 * May 5th, 2021
 * Once again acquirable, through purchase with Campaign Standing in Sanctuary after the completion of A Job Well Done.
 * July 1, 2021 Update (_Integration)
 * No longer available with the end of the Shattered Warpgate campaign.