User blog comment:Bioniclepluslotr/The Most Useless/Unused Things in Multiplayer/@comment-1187559-20150730144858

I think the Grenade Launcher post-MW2 became useless. It seems all the devs got so scared it would be OP, and lowered the damage and radius as well as making it so scavenger no longer gets grenades. Before hand it used to be a good camper killer, and I think that's what its role was always meant to be (since a well placed explosive that explodes on impact is a great way to dislodge someone). Now some games had ok balancing acts. Ghosts and AW made it so it replaces the Lethal slot, which worked so it essentially was your grenade. However the grenade it launches is completely outmatched by all the normal grenades that there's no real reason to use it. I'd prefer either weak grenades and be able to scavenge more or powerful grenades without the scavenger effect.