High-Powered Grenades? The hunters Grenades are completely inferior to the other guardians Grenades. Also, in the Crucible a Titan would destroy a Hunter as far as irrational maniacs running around. Now, personally I love the Hunter. My favorite character. But, with that you have to be more tactful in order to get the most out of the Hunter. Use the quick speed and fast jumps to move around quickly. Then throw in some weapon bonuses to get that quick reload and better accuracy for the long range/tactical kills. Some one comes running on you, a few shots followed by a throwing knife to the face to end what ever revenge they had planed. And, if that wasn't enough, throw in a Golden gun to destroy anything foolish enough to cross your path. Even so, I can see a Hunter being a Tactical defender over an assault based character. Any fist of Havoc or Nova Bomb will end a Hunter long before he/she gets to a zone.

Are you insane?! The final grenade you get is basically an IED! I'm gonna have some fun. And you clearly haven't figured out how to use the other 2.

The swarm grenade is nothing compared to the pulse grenade or Vortex Grenade. Both do AOE and DOT. Both capable of killing multiple enemies. The Swarm Grenade is for area control I get, but the damage is minute and might kill a single person. The Incendiary grenade is nice and does DOT but the DOT is again weak and doesn't last that long. The area of explosion is nice and helps bring people out of hiding. But, any grenade can do that. The Trip Mine Grenade looks sweet, but it all depends on the damage out put. If it can't kill someone, then what is the point? And, we don't know how long it will last either. Is it indefinite? Can you set up multiple grenades in an area? Can't say it is epic if we don't know what it does. Now, if it is like an IED and kills anyone to close, then sweet. If not, I think I will stick to Incendiary Grenade. I am more excited about the Blade Dancer though.

They are TACTICAL grenades, they set up another action. The swarm grenade is powerful when combined with a shotgun, you can place the seekers in a doorway, wait for the seekers to fade, and blast the sorry fool who follows you in after they fade. Or flank them if that's more your style. The incendiary grenade weakens any enemies inside a zone enough for you to finish them with ease. And you saw the tripmines in the opening level, they packed some power. The grenades probably do the same thing. And since when is an aggressive player only one who gets in close with a lot of armor? I'm saying I move all over the battlefield, getting close and fading back in a quick fashion. Finally,a giant hole in your bladedancer plan: what if "invisibility" is the same as the Stealth Vandals where you could still see an outline and blue static?

That would be fine as far as being invisible. And, I don't look at the Blade Dancer for being invisible any way. I look at it for the Blink ability combined with the speed, plus arc grenade to chain lightning to enemies. As for the Grenade, I understand the weapon tactical combo. My point is that the Titan Flash Grenade or Pulse Grenade, and the Warlocks Vortex Grenade can be used in the same scenario as a swarm grenade but with more effect. The thing I like about Swarm Grenade is the tracer ability. If you throw it into a tight, dark room, the grenade will find the enemies so you know where they are camping. That makes it useful. Same with Incendiary Grenade. You can catch them on fire, and see where the damage numbers are coming from to see enemies around corners. My point however is that the other grenades are more powerful in general. Take 6 guardians and put them in a room together bunched up. Throw any Hunter GunSlinger Grenade and you wont kill a single one without shooting. Do the same thing with a Titan Pulse Grenade or a Warlocks Vortex Grenade and you kill all of them. I know no one bunches up like that. I get that. My point is the DPS capability of the other grenade types.

I looked at bladedancer to, but if the tripmine grenade is as powerful as I am guessing, it's no real contest.

I think you have more of a personal preference to the Gun Slinger rather than looking at the pors and cons of other guardians. Not that that is a bad thing. If you love Gun Slinger good on you. I feel the same way. But, I play with all guardians. Hunter is just my favorite :-) Had a 1.87 KDR with my Hunter... a 2.27 KDR with my Warlock... and a 1.75 KDR with my Titan... Miss them already.

We all miss our characters, and I seriously considered switching because of the super, but I didn't like the bladedancer grenades and don't think I could give up the throwing knife, even for blink.