Today I got level 39 and unlocked C4. Yeah, it's fun sometimes, but face it - It's bad. A Grenade or the JAW is way better. For C4, you basically have to camp. You have to watch your C4 place and when someone comes over, you pull the trigger and it does BOOM - 1 Kill for you. But come on. You have to camp somewhere, your C4 disappears after dieing, you're defenseless if you wait for a C4-victim. In fact, if you want to snipe, you put C4 there, where the enemy will mostly come from. So, your proximity alarm goes on, you pull the trigger and your C4 explodes, but the enemy just ran off. And I mean, he walked away. Because it takes time, till you have the trigger. Why can't it be like this :

1. Plant C4
2.a) Switch to Main Weapon
2.b) Switch to second weapon (pistol) with the trigger in the left hand, just like in CTR!
3. Have fun

C4 doesn't have advantages (despite of camping...). If you could plant it while in stealth mode - Okay. Would be nice. If you could shoot with your secondary weapon - Okay. But it's not good right now. So please, please buff it a bit. Anyone agrees with me?

Offtopic : When will we get the Multiplayer Balance Changes for PC? :<

At the risk of sounding like I got pwned, but one smart player uses a C4 like a grenade at me one match and detonated it as soon as it landed, killed me outright if it didn't seriously injure me. Sure it doesn't bounce but you don't need to camp to make use of C4, it's explodable in about one second if your opponent isn't using Delay Detonation II.

Why not throw a C4 onto a Crash Site spot taken by the enemy? You can detonate it faster than a grenade could and avoid it bouncing off course.

Cant see any use for C4 unless playing crash site.....

C4 is ridiculously strong, it just handles differently. Like Oneirohero says, it can easily be used as a short range grenade in a pinch. On the other hand, how are you going to get a grenade or a jaw over a wall without powerjumping? You can't do it efficiently, and that's where C4 shines: throwing it over obstacles or around corners and detonating it instantly. Also, if you throw a grenade but your target gets shot before your grenade explodes, it's just a waste; with C4 you go stealth and stick around for a minute and you'll likely get a kill with it.

Also, consider this: the C4 delivers 250 damage within 4m, the grenade 140 within 5m and the JAW 225 within 1,5m(but doesn't have any short range use).

Learn how to play with it and it'll become your best friend.

Cant see any use for C4 unless playing crash site.....Another use of C4 that I fell for, but really admired. Was it's use in Capture the Relay and Extraction. Sure it's camp-related, but nothing says AGH, like having a C4 blow up in your face just as you're returning a relay to your base, but died before putting it on and having the person who blew me up return the relay.

So much for 'Unless you're playing crash site'

actually I like the ideas of having the C4 trigger in your hand while holding my secondary weapon, there is one more use for the C4 which I use to get myself out of danger for quite sometimes, when I got hit from behind and I managed to get away by turning into a corner, I pulled out my C4, throw it in front of me and continue to run, then the enemy run after me to finish me off would caught himself in a Boom!

C4 is one of my favourite weapons in this game. Amazing in Capture the Relay/Crash site. You need to be "agressive" when you use it.

Throw it when you are dieing and make any enemy near you die with you. Blow up players running to you. Show yourself somewhere, let them shoot to you, throw the C4, hide behind something and blow them up when they get near your position and so on. Amazing explosive if you ask me and fine as it is.

what?! c4 weak?! get creative and aggressive with it!

Hahah c4 isnt weak **** man u just gotta be skilled with it.

At the risk of sounding like I got pwned, but one smart player uses a C4 like a grenade at me one match and detonated it as soon as it landed, killed me outright if it didn't seriously injure me. Sure it doesn't bounce but you don't need to camp to make use of C4, it's explodable in about one second if your opponent isn't using Delay Detonation II.

Why not throw a C4 onto a Crash Site spot taken by the enemy? You can detonate it faster than a grenade could and avoid it bouncing off course.
I think that was me. On that match I was heavily experimenting with my newly acquired explosive - C4. I even tried to stick one to myself. It would be hilarious to walk into an enemy crash site and... Allah Akbar!!!

C4 is awesome IMO, you just need skill.