I don't think they do..useless.
Poll
Do you even think the the Smoke Grenades help?
| Yes. | 30% | 30% - 37 | ||||
| No. | 31% | 31% - 39 | ||||
| Sometimes. | 37% | 37% - 46 | ||||
| Total: 122 | ||||||
somtimes. maybe if you being raped by a sniper
I wouldn't know, I've only thrown one for fun.
There are smoke grenades in the game????
j/k i know there is but they suck balls
j/k i know there is but they suck balls
They're as useless as the smoke that the tanks and APCs use. You only get one and it lasts for all of 2 seconds.
No, it will only give away your presence, and if your doing it to cover your tracks, you are dead by the time you throw it.
lol......anyhow sometimes but they need a bigger radius and more smoke and u should choke like in SF u should have mask if someone throws a grenade and there should be a "smoke grenade launcher" like in SFdeject wrote:
I wouldn't know, I've only thrown one for fun.
Last edited by blademaster (2006-04-13 21:47:54)
smoke grenades wont choke you in real life, why should they in the game?blademaster wrote:
lol......anyhow sometimes but they need a bigger radius and more smoke and u should choke like in SF u should have mask if someone throws a grenade and there should be a "smoke grenade launcher" like in SFdeject wrote:
I wouldn't know, I've only thrown one for fun.
Considering that
1. You get 1
2. The effects last for a very short time
3. The AoE is very small
I'd say VERY rarely.
1. You get 1
2. The effects last for a very short time
3. The AoE is very small
I'd say VERY rarely.
Aside from the fact you can kill with it they're pretty useless.
Although it's fun tossing one in the alleys of Karkand then everyone just runs in there stabbing wildly..
Although it's fun tossing one in the alleys of Karkand then everyone just runs in there stabbing wildly..
I love 'em. Use them anytime I can. I throw them to foil sniper fire, block the view of armor (a favorite tactic in a moment), and get across long distances out in the open when there are a lot of enemies. People rely upon sight a lot in this game, and if you can throw smoke, and wait in ambush, it can be quite effective in evening up the odds when out numbered, defending a flag.
Now my fun tactic vs. armor. A teammate engineer or spec ops has thrown down AT mines or C4 in the road to kill some armor. I'll wait nearby to see the armor at a distance, throw the smoke grenade in front of (or on top of) the friendly mines, and tempt the armor by running into view. Typically, the player in the armor only has a quick moment to spot you before the smoke grenade goes off. Afterwards, they usually love to chase after me, or even just barrel through the smoke with little awareness to the danger hidden within.
That aside, I'll throw smoke grenades to cover my movements, all of the time. Hell, I'd love it if they had more than one available, but I can see how that may be a problem with lag or system performances.
Now my fun tactic vs. armor. A teammate engineer or spec ops has thrown down AT mines or C4 in the road to kill some armor. I'll wait nearby to see the armor at a distance, throw the smoke grenade in front of (or on top of) the friendly mines, and tempt the armor by running into view. Typically, the player in the armor only has a quick moment to spot you before the smoke grenade goes off. Afterwards, they usually love to chase after me, or even just barrel through the smoke with little awareness to the danger hidden within.
That aside, I'll throw smoke grenades to cover my movements, all of the time. Hell, I'd love it if they had more than one available, but I can see how that may be a problem with lag or system performances.
I find myself using them frequently on the Great Wall, but thats it. They can work wonders there, but luckily for me nobody else has seemed to catch on to this tactic.
i use em and they can be effective in several types of situation
i use them to cover my retreat when i run into armor, or more commonly, i toss one when i need to cross a street that has armor sitting in it...it really works, vehicles whores would much rather focus on the easy kills than fire aimlessly into some smoke
when i am playing with friends on teamspeak, i pop one on some armor when they ask for it...gives them a decent chance to get some c4 or a mine in there, major benfit to a naked bum's rush
when i am taking a flag...some flags simply dont have a defensible position in their halo, so once the flag turns gray (and they already know i am there) i pop one, you can see OUT of the smoke much better than someone can see INTO it
whenever i see a serious raping situation by armor or choppa i pop one near our spawn points, often it will make the difference in two or three guys making out alive, won't totally cover your teammates asses but it will make them just a little bit harder to kill and a lot of the time armor will be vulnerable to rocket shots and c4 for a few precious seconds
but the number one reason i throw them is misdirection, it seems by far the most effective use of them, when i am taking a flag or simply trying to survive, i toss one opposite my position, i have gunned down countless enemies when i saw their backs heading for the smokey area near newly contested flag
i use them to cover my retreat when i run into armor, or more commonly, i toss one when i need to cross a street that has armor sitting in it...it really works, vehicles whores would much rather focus on the easy kills than fire aimlessly into some smoke
when i am playing with friends on teamspeak, i pop one on some armor when they ask for it...gives them a decent chance to get some c4 or a mine in there, major benfit to a naked bum's rush
when i am taking a flag...some flags simply dont have a defensible position in their halo, so once the flag turns gray (and they already know i am there) i pop one, you can see OUT of the smoke much better than someone can see INTO it
whenever i see a serious raping situation by armor or choppa i pop one near our spawn points, often it will make the difference in two or three guys making out alive, won't totally cover your teammates asses but it will make them just a little bit harder to kill and a lot of the time armor will be vulnerable to rocket shots and c4 for a few precious seconds
but the number one reason i throw them is misdirection, it seems by far the most effective use of them, when i am taking a flag or simply trying to survive, i toss one opposite my position, i have gunned down countless enemies when i saw their backs heading for the smokey area near newly contested flag
LMFAO....Tushers wrote:
maybe if you being raped by a sniper
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Don't forget about smoke gernade's humble beginings. The easiest 1 hit kill ever.
http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=0
http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=0
Yes i love those smoke nades'
especially on a few flag captures.
one that comes to mind is the Docks on Dragon Valley if your on foot its just you and a big ass patch o' asphalt for cover as that flag turns to grey...
*POP* smokein'!
so instead of being the guy shot in the plain view next to the flag, I'm the guy getting shot in the smoke next to the flag. works great...
if you can creep up on a vod' or hummvee parked with a guy on the turret 50. chucking one in the back opening is always good for a laugh.
lotta times if im in a APC or tank i'll pop some smoke to help a squad taking a no cover flag i'll roll around the smoke perimeter and get any tangos running up or spot em if I cant nail em with my weapons in time
or when a friendly Engi' is so kind as to start wrenching' on my shot up' ride i'll pop smoke to give em' sniper repellent cover
Smoke em' if ya got em'!
especially on a few flag captures.
one that comes to mind is the Docks on Dragon Valley if your on foot its just you and a big ass patch o' asphalt for cover as that flag turns to grey...
*POP* smokein'!
so instead of being the guy shot in the plain view next to the flag, I'm the guy getting shot in the smoke next to the flag. works great...
if you can creep up on a vod' or hummvee parked with a guy on the turret 50. chucking one in the back opening is always good for a laugh.
lotta times if im in a APC or tank i'll pop some smoke to help a squad taking a no cover flag i'll roll around the smoke perimeter and get any tangos running up or spot em if I cant nail em with my weapons in time
or when a friendly Engi' is so kind as to start wrenching' on my shot up' ride i'll pop smoke to give em' sniper repellent cover
Smoke em' if ya got em'!
Uh, in vehicles you get an unlimited supply.LikeACockroach wrote:
They're as useless as the smoke that the tanks and APCs use. You only get one and it lasts for all of 2 seconds.
Nice. I wish people would do that more often. It never happens when I get my wrench on. I usually get sniped thinking I am safe behind the armor. I usually move around when wrenchin but there are some skilled snipers out there.Seal 3 wrote:
or when a friendly Engi' is so kind as to start wrenching' on my shot up' ride i'll pop smoke to give em' sniper repellent cover
I wonder what would happen if we had an unlimited supply of smoke grenades. I think they are useful. It would be more useful if spec ops had them. I would use them more often to sneak up on armor.
Last edited by khmer (2006-04-14 00:14:42)
You just need to learn when to use them, and to use them properly.
in theory, if people were to every desire to win when on the karkand-infedel-crap-idiot map, i have seen them prove near invaluable for taking the hotel. that first rush over the hill, 1 or 2 smoke pops, and you can make it twice as far as you can without.
of course, everybody that plays karkand just point-whores so they can get l337 points, so it doesnt really matter.
moreover, anybody that is actually trying to win on karkand knows the best option as US is to run for the back. everybody is too busy at the Hotel getting their l337 kills.
of course, everybody that plays karkand just point-whores so they can get l337 points, so it doesnt really matter.
moreover, anybody that is actually trying to win on karkand knows the best option as US is to run for the back. everybody is too busy at the Hotel getting their l337 kills.
I've seen smoke grenades work in one situation. On USMC at karkaand when you spawn at the left main spawn point and you crest the hill that overlooks the alley. There was a good MEC sniper and a couple support and an assault guy threw down smoke at the top of the hill and USMC were able to get into the alley undeterred. The ONE TIME i've seen smoke have a use.
Other than that it just sort of lets the enemy know where you're at/coming from/going to.
Other than that it just sort of lets the enemy know where you're at/coming from/going to.
Amen to that!khmer wrote:
Nice. I wish people would do that more often. It never happens when I get my wrench on. I usually get sniped thinking I am safe behind the armor. I usually move around when wrenchin but there are some skilled snipers out there. .Seal 3 wrote:
or when a friendly Engi' is so kind as to start wrenching' on my shot up' ride i'll pop smoke to give em' sniper repellent cover
i'm usually a engi when i play I'll even run through a hail of lead and arty shells raining down to get some wrench of a friendly armour about to be destroyed to give the team some support
so i get to the armour get a few reapair bars and....
*POP* sniper shot right to the melon...
and sometimes the "less experinced" armour driver will think that "magical wrench ratchet sound" and the armour bars replenishing on his ride is being made by the "Reapair fairy" and starts whippin' his tank around like a three legged cat trying to bury a turd on a frozen pond and squashes me and my boonie hat
sometimes i feel like the male praying mantis in a mating ritual trying not to piss off the BIG female so she doesn't snatch me up and bite my head off ...all stroking the side of the tank whispering
"It's okay it's just a little wrench you won't feel a thing (ratchet rachet ratchet)
"eeehhh quit moving i'm almost finished" ((ratchet rachet ratchet))
"no i dont think these HE rounds make your treads look fat... (((ratchet rachet ratchet)))
WTF this is getting weird...
a little smoke PAleease??!
i just mainly use the smoke nade to drop fps on those people who dont have a high end system
the smoke coming from a apc or tank is very handy i use it to escape when im almost dead or so that he cant see me and cant hit me but the smoke grandes are useless i think they need to make more smoke for a longer time
you need more smoke grenades and their area of effect (how big cloud is) should be bigger to give assault an advantage in rushing the enemy