New Grenade Mechanics

The game currently rewards players who use their grenades properly, but 'leaves the door open' to letting in spawn spammers and people who dump their entire grenades onto sentry guns and at enemies. These players usually get rewarded high amounts of damage or a handful of frags for little effort. So, my suggestion is to keep rewarding people who use grenades properly, while punishing those who spam them.

My ideal grenade system would have the potential damage of grenades raising as the priming bar reaches the right side of the screen. The damage grows as you hold down the prime button or allow the prime to go through. From left to right the percentage goes from 0% to 100%. Once you let go of the grenade or toss it, the grenade's damage would be set at the percentage of its maximum damage and fly out from your screen.

If you throw the frag grenade half way through the prime, it would deal 70 some points of damage. However, throwing the frag grenade right after priming it would see you at 0-15 some damage. This system would reward people who use grenades wisely, properly, and separate from one another instead of spam, spam, spam, receive kills, no drawback.

If that doesn't sound ideal, then how about using that same system but with throw distance? The more you prime your grenade, the further you throw it. In order to chuck grenades across a clearing, you have to time them. You have to use them separately. The only way to chain kills with a clusterfuck of grenades is if you're practically standing where you want them to go. This means taking a huge risk.

I prefer the first system, but some might like the second. Some might not like either. What do you think?

You might want to consider some compensation, though. Perhaps the damage can go from 0-100% off 75% of the bar. Once the grenade hits the seventy-five percentage mark, the bar could begin rapidly blinking while colored red to indicate maximum damage and the upcoming explosion. The remaining 25% of the bar could act as a 'grace period' for throwing the grenade. 'unno.