Sorry, but this makes no sense. Grenades and Melta Bombs should be part of the beginner's wargear, exactly like the healing items. Their absence kills the gameplay.

You don't get to start with...grenades?

Is this intentional?

Aren't they part of the pre-set loadouts? You're supposed to use those until you have enough unlocked to reach the loadout limits.

Only if you play with the preset loadouts.

If you try and do a custom loadout you have to unlock them, which really after 1-2 games of play you have enough Advancement points to easily unlock nades and heal packs.

TBF it doesn't take much to unlock them. Well the frag and melta anyway. I think krak grenades are rank 3 which could take a couple of hours depending how you play.

The best thing about having to unlock stuff is discovering other things we have neglected in the past. for example I'm only just finding out just how great warp instability is though it's a bit light on the rewards for using it.