Title says it all. Would you want smoke grenades (or something like it), in OW2? They could honestly come from any of the classes too.
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Seems something that Cassidy or Reaper should have
Volumetric clouds is something that can be put into the game but can be easily removed locally with the help of outside graphic settings, giving an unfair advantage. The reason CS2 is doing it is because they know VAC is sophisticated enough to detect these kind of modifications and issue steam account wide punishments.
They donāt need to be volumetric. Iām just thinking of smokes in general. However itās done.
Iāve been thinking about this for a while. I thought that āvisual blockersā would be the next logical thing they could add. I donāt know how to feel about it though, could become very very annoying and gimmicky cause any visual cluster is annoying.
maybe like a poison cloud that ana could have as a rework that also heals yk
Interesting idea, but we have so much visual clutter already that it makes it hard to see whatās happening.
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Maybe a smaller one, that when shot starts to fade away faster
That is how itās done m8, not hard to remove such via external graphic card settings. Or a change the files of the game itself.
Honestly itās either would be unfair as a tool that would allow your team to see through it and not the enemy, or pointless if it obscures it for everyone.
Like snipers have the tools and positioning to get around such, while tanks are just going to not be able to see anything when either the tool is up.
Itās kind of one of those do nothing but annoy everyone tools. That would need to be picked around to continue having fun, or everything stalls out for a bit so things are not just completely random.
CSGO style games put a lot more focus on LOS and quick kills, were as in OW their isnāt as much cover to play around for that sort of thing to really work.
I could see Smoke being a very interesting new form of space taking/mitigation and likely not problematic on a Tank.
Other two roles are more iffy but Iād still be open to it depending.
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Ya not being able to see a dam thing as a tank would be an utter pain.
Like getting blocked by a mei wall and loosing LOS to the game is bad enough. But a full on tool that does just thatā¦ I would pass.
I think itās gonna be in the game as a form of an ability. In fact I think one of the next 2 support heroes will have it.
I donāt think it would be a bad idea, but it certainly couldnāt be in the capacity theyāre used in other titles.
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smoke has been the worst part of every single battlefield game to date. it has never been fun. all it does is disable the map. it disables the pieces of the map. makes the map not what it was in a worse way.
itās such an optional part of your kit in those games that you simply must be diligently obnoxiously devoted to smoke if you use it, but it is used in every match. itās disgusting.
In battlefields case theyāre necessary to make a push on the objective usually especially on day one 2042 where the maps where all open fields.
Ya like smoke do ya, son? Well I have got the game for you! Starts with a Val and ends in a rant.
Itād be a hard nerf for top 500 widows you could smoke the AFK angles and widow canāt safely engage from a pixel peak. And itād be good on a flanking dps. I would enjoy a flanking dps with smokes.
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Skye from Paladins has smokes, tho theyāre just used to extend her invisability. I think itād personally add a very interesting dynamic into the game. And we already got our counter for them with Hanzoās sonar arrows!
I could see it being Reaperās secondary fire. If done carefully, it could provide great cover for reapersitioning or a cheeky blossom. But it could also result in more screen clutter. Maybe something a little more niche than a traditional smokescreen? Like a hazy radius reaper canāt be seen within until he attacks, similar to the way Sombra is partially visible while hacking. Could honestly be a nightmare to balance, but depth for Reaper would also be nice.
The entire OW2 HUD is already a smoke grenade on its own with all the clutter on it.
Also I honestly donāt know anyone who enjoys playing against that in any game. One of the reasons I stay away from valorant are all the bull smoke abilities that turns it into guessing game.
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