So Smoke has been in the game for a while now. How does everyone use it? or think it should be used? When you throw the smoke what do you think about? what do you use it for?
Personally i use it to basicly set up a wall. I throw it between where we need to go and where the enemy is. I never want me or anyone on my team to have to go through the smoke and come out on the other side. This way you dont get targeted by whoever is on the other side of the smoke and mowed down. Better to keep the enemy blind then keeping my team blind. Throwing smoke at the cover the enemy likes to use is a useful tactic as well. Sure they can still take cover there but they wont be aiming at anyone if they cant see anything but smoke.
Far too often i am seeing people throw smoke short where we need to go through the smoke then come out on the other side exposed and running into enemy fire. This does so much more harm then good that it really needs to be avoided. A example of it would be throwing smoke directly on the bridge in danzig. yeah that will protect you from the sniper or two in the windows for a few seconds but then you get mowed down by everyone camping just on the other side of the smoke. A very common mistake that people dont even seem to realize they are making. Throwing that same smoke to block the places the germans tend to camp is so much more effective and all the allies can cross the bridge and get into some sort of cover in the cap zone without being spotted.
So I use the smoke as a Paper wall so to speak. yeah you can get through it easy enough if you have to but you cant be seen through it. If you do go through it your putting yourself at risk that you can avoid.
This could have been put in the tactics section but i really want some responses on how others use smoke and if they think its effective.
Personally i use it to basicly set up a wall. I throw it between where we need to go and where the enemy is. I never want me or anyone on my team to have to go through the smoke and come out on the other side. This way you dont get targeted by whoever is on the other side of the smoke and mowed down. Better to keep the enemy blind then keeping my team blind. Throwing smoke at the cover the enemy likes to use is a useful tactic as well. Sure they can still take cover there but they wont be aiming at anyone if they cant see anything but smoke.
Far too often i am seeing people throw smoke short where we need to go through the smoke then come out on the other side exposed and running into enemy fire. This does so much more harm then good that it really needs to be avoided. A example of it would be throwing smoke directly on the bridge in danzig. yeah that will protect you from the sniper or two in the windows for a few seconds but then you get mowed down by everyone camping just on the other side of the smoke. A very common mistake that people dont even seem to realize they are making. Throwing that same smoke to block the places the germans tend to camp is so much more effective and all the allies can cross the bridge and get into some sort of cover in the cap zone without being spotted.
So I use the smoke as a Paper wall so to speak. yeah you can get through it easy enough if you have to but you cant be seen through it. If you do go through it your putting yourself at risk that you can avoid.
This could have been put in the tactics section but i really want some responses on how others use smoke and if they think its effective.