Dear all,
Why? Why do you do this?
WHY?
Amen,
Khi
Why do you throw smokes at Exfil?
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The only satisfaction I feel is when the one who has done it is killed.
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Smoke grenades are only effective when paired with thermal grenade. Change my mind.
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That is when they are most-effective, which is still negligible.
I’d rather have a clear AO with which to repel the Predator.
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The point of throwing smoke grenade is forcing Predator to use thermal. You throw it so he or she wastes energy simply looking at you. Pairing it with thermal decoy means even that’s useless causing what is essentially blindness at the exfil.
It really is only useful though if your Predator runs a ranged build. It does little for melee Predators who are just going to rush anyways but it can be enough of a deterrent you could hold it off.
My suggestion though is to throw it a little away from where you think the Predator is looking. You have a clear vision of exfil and due to the smoke cloud the Predator has to use thermal anyways. This also goes for thermal decoy because Predator wont be running thermal normally if its just rushed in with a katana or battle ax. That’s only needed if your Predator is spamming bow or PC.
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Cause I want to get the Predator big high
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Thing is the pred has a pretty good view from a higher vantage point and can see through the smoke pretty easily even without thermal. Also once the pred has tagged you, the smoke and thermal mean nothing. If you throw them both around your team but a bit further at least 15m out then it could help you a bit but there’s way better gear to use instead that’s more useful.
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I told you before the smoke is good for the pores…maybe.
We agree almost. I was tryna get the FT and npc high!
I use it to make the pred think I am actually AT the exfil, when really I am running away and looping back around so he wastes his time attacking AI while I grab the rope.
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It’s to tank the fps and make it harder for Predator to track FT
Strategery…
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Yeah, if I do a slam in the middle of smoke / thermal and then start whipping around with the combat stick I don’t really feel like I’ve been inconvenienced by the inability to see
Its not negligible if you do it and use it right
To @TheSenate point. Pairing thermal and smoke is the most effective use out of those items although you can still use the two separately if you want. The tactic i use is instead that blinding stupid bull shit , you throw the decoy and smoke away at your location mud then go about your business after you make the pred go heal. The pred will be inclined to check regardless because thinking like fireteam there is a possibility that its a decoy or they are hiding in it. Pred being at a disadvantage he’s going to check.
Now chopper scenario you don’t spam the bullshit. You put it right in the middle to where it obstructs pred view not yours cuz your off the the side. That way when people like @SPLAT does that dumb tactic you and your team can punish him. And even if the pred doesn’t slam he’s goin to be pressured to find you if you’re still mudded because its extraction therefore forcing him to try to find you through the smoke and decoys cuz the Ai are shooting at things through the smoke thus another win cuz he doesn’t know where you are and if he does attack one person the others could punish from him spamming r2 or extract and 1 guy takes one for the team.
There is no need to use a Smoke Grenade in place of a Noise Maker. I’ve never found the utility for it, at least not consistently.
Noise Maker distracts the AI better, and doesn’t cloud the AO.
Just my opinion.
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Thats true, I agree. I actual prefer to use those with the thermals over smoke