Questions about smoke grenades...

[Catch A Gunnn]

1. What's the purpose of smoke nades when playing in the defending team? I mean for the attacking team it's very useful for pushing the enemies back, but I see no reason to use them while defending the objectives, cause it will reduce visiblity instead of making the opponents retreat.
2. I always miss the popup guide everytime I select purple smoke nades. I'm kinda lazy to search on GG when I'm typing this, so please could anyone give me some brief explanation? Thanks.

[Maki Nishikino]

Nothing really, they're just part of the loadout. The M18 smoke is to mark for support, does the same thing as binocs.

[Lain]

1. Sometimes you got people on your flank shooting in the spawn. If you can't immediately kill them, I'll pop a smoke in our entrance to the objective. Other than that though, not much.

2. If you've ever played as a squad leader or commander, it's likely you've marked artillery. The M18 will create an artillery marker wherever it lands, so if there's perhaps a spot behind an objective you can't mark right away, you'd throw one behind it or something. Sort of situational, never used it myself.

[Catch A Gunnn]

Thanks for the replies

[Maki Nishikino]

Originally posted by Zim-3-Que:

Thanks for the replies

You're welcome.

[Mr Said]

Poping smoke, comes in handy when used right, (Read the guides). When attacking you want to move closer to the enemy with your squard, but you don't have much cover, so pop smoke and move through it, (don't always work). When I see smoke I firer into it. Have to move, but enemy has someone oon your right, pop smooke on your right. You have been hit an need time to banded youself, pop some smoke next to you.
Defending, your on the run with your squard, an don't want anyone to be shoot in the back, pop smoke behind yor squard.

[Clavindicus]

Smokes are great when retaking an objective while defending.

The purple smoke I use often as it's great for marking things behind obstacles. I also use it to mark spots for helicopters to hit during a flyover.

[Noob]

As already stated above:
2 reasons to have smoke for the defending team.

1) cover your approach when attacking an objective you've just lost (in order to take it back)

2) cover your retreat when you have to fall back to another objective

[zombiecrc]

To retake an objetive or assalting an objetive in dispute.

Edit:
Or just chill with it!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lq59MO40gGY

[Ruttley]

Smokes on defense are good if the enemy has a cap zone and you're counterattacking, also good if the enemy has taken the flank of the cap and is shooting at you as you approach from tunnels/spawn to the cap itself

[Dog]

Purple smokes are right up there with the TL riding the loach. Cool in concept but utterly pointless ingame

[Lain]

Originally posted by Two-Gun Dog:

Purple smokes are right up there with the TL riding the loach. Cool in concept but utterly pointless ingame

It actually annoys me when they do this. It's great they wanna ride along, but if I come under fire from a DShK, he's not gonna be able to call recon and support for a little bit because he's dead, whereas he could've been on the ground behind the team without the risk of dying.

[Cylixx]

Doesn't matter if you are attacking or defending, smoke grenades are great.

Throw them at enemy positions to blind them, then push them back.

[Catch A Gunnn]

Originally posted by zombiecrc:

To retake an objetive or assalting an objetive in dispute.

Edit:
Or just chill with it!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lq59MO40gGY

Lmao :D

[Desert Kitsune MarlFox]

Originally posted by Two-Gun Dog:

Purple smokes are right up there with the TL riding the loach. Cool in concept but utterly pointless ingame

i've actualy used the purple smoke as TL to great affect when my squad leads refuse to mark and i'm stuck in on the point with a radioman and my team
while they dont have as many uses as say the binculars they are useful when you dont have line of sight and need a danger close mark now or cant risk exposing your self for said danger close mark

[static]

If you have an M79 on defense, smoke rounds are incredibly useful for blocking the LOS of enemy support weapons like MGs and snipers. If you know where one of them is set up and firing from, drop smoke right in their face. Forces them to displace to a new position.