Smoke grenades need to:
- Stay longer
- Cover a larger surface area
That´s it really. Nobody uses them because they´re not worth replacing the explosive packs so they could use some love.
Something fun might be to make smoke grenades be a “Bolo” design. While this was mostly a german tactic, it could be easily replicated by anybody. By attaching the grenade to a weight with a string, you got a grenade that could be used as normal, OR be thrown around the barrel of a tank, blinding it in a manner that it can’t drive through.
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I guess but if they add a new throwable I´d rather have a geballte Ladung and whatever the Soviet equivelant is called. The US and UK can get a satchel charge instead.
I think smokes are more than fine tbh. I use my first 2 dudes in the assault squad with grenade pouches + throw range perk, 3 smokes each. I can smoke an entire approach to the point for the entire team. If you buff it there is just a massive wall that blocks every single bit of vision, dont feel that would be balanced or fun.
does the bots fire through the smoke?
i never used them 
i find the game too fast paced to be worth even equip them.
I have a few assaulters equipped with 1 each for invasions - no bots don’t shoot through them, and they are pretty useful in some circumstances.
First misread the title as “Smoke grenades in the buff”… thinking wtf… what are these grenades that you smoke and why with no clothes on?!! 
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Ok but most people wouldn´t go that far and that´s my problem. They´re not really accesible to people who don´t want to invest in grenade pouches or several smoke grenades. I shouldn´t need to throw tons of smoke grenades to cover a single advance wich dissipate in what feels like 10 seconds.
I sincerely disagree that more smokes would make the game less fun. There´s many situations that just end up with one side getting gunned down and not being able to counter it. I could go on but I would rather ask you a simple question. How often do you see smoke that isn´t your own? The asnwer to that question should make it abundantly clear that smoke grenades need work.
People are sleeping on it. Buffing them will not change that only massively overbuffing will maybe make people use it but then it will be a burden. It is the same reason why the vast majority dont build rally points , you dont kill something when you use it so its a waste of time.
Maybe give some kind of points or assists for smokes and let them last 2-4 seconds longer that way 1 or 2 more ppl will use smokes same with rallys and I honestly think we are fine with the smokes we have now.
The moment everyone is going to use smokes and they are in a buffed state the entire map will be completely filled with smoke. That wont be fun for anyone.
On the investment part. I spend 10 bronze on it (2 pouches and 2 smokes) you get most you need from the squads you unlock in the campaign.
I´m not asking for much here. Increase the smoke duration because it´s just way to short now to be of tactical use fo anyone that can´t make use of it immeadietly. And the area it covers is absolutely pathetic.
And I feel like there´s a difference between rally points and smokes. One you can get from pretty much the start and the other has to be grinded and added to your squads wich requieres more grinding.
And even if they overbuffed it that would mean that we could use those fancy new swords from the event much more.