strange explosions

[Art Blade]

Sometimes when I drive around I hear explosions that are not exactly nearby but still close enough to hear them. Today I heard an explosion that seemed to come from behind a huge rock formation, but on my map was nothing special (no town, no shacks, no guard posts...) Have you heard explosions too?

I did notice that if you aim your own grenades at say 45° so they go really far, you don't always hear them explode. If you then drive in the same direction, you will sometimes hear them (huge lag then). That is not what I am asking, but if you didn't launch any grenades and still hear explosions... strange :)

[Art Blade]

just in addition, by "own grenades" I don't mean handgrenades (they don't go that far). And no, no IEDs either :)

[JRD]

When I send a grenade with a GL (any) too far what I get is a muffled sound of an explosion, which I think is really cool!!
I once realized that I sometimes go through a merc and don't stop to finish him but they get upset with your presence (sometimes you run into one in the middle of nowhere). They then try to send you a grenade, which obvously don't land near you as you are sprinting or driving. What you get is he same muffled sound.
Maybe that's what you are hearing Art...

[Art Blade]

good point... hehe, I've seen some of those "stray mercs" from some guard posts

I remember when I first got to the south, I was used to a comparatively peaceful environment. In the north I used to shoot at vehicles, kill the crew and be done with it. In the south, the first couple of cars were bloody hostile, and after killing the two-men-crew, always at least one more merc would show up. I then assumed they all had like a guard running behind them :) Obviously, I had attracted whoever was nearby.

[JRD]

Just yesterday I was clearing the safehouse near the pipeline. The one with a cell tower nearby. I shot them and attracted no less than two patrolling jeeps and the entire garrison at the Pipeline.
Man, it was supposed to be just a two shots clean up but ended up in a devastated scenario with burning cars, trees and dead bodies all over!!!
What a funny moment ;D

[Art Blade]

Excellent! LOL! And all that before you could go to bed, in that safehouse. I know this safehouse too, always the same nerving truck.

What is it with those safehouses, whenever I enter one, shortly after I hear footsteps outside or a car driving by. As if they had only waited for me to get in so they could run around :)

[spaceboy]

I always thought that was a horrible location for a safehouse.  And yeah Art, I too often hear driving sounds when I go in one.  Get off my lawn!