Green SL smoke is underused

[AfterDune]

I did a search, but couldn't find anything that was related to this.. If this has been suggested before, please remove this thread.
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As much as I love the green SL smoke, it's hardly ever used. There are some adjustments that can be made to this, if you ask me. First of all it should be a lot thicker. This transparent-green smoke is hardly noticible at times (also depends what map you're using it on). Thickening the smoke (almost as thick as the pilot-smoke) would be a good improvement. With thickening I *don't* mean that it should act like the pilot-smoke (!).

The green smoke is intended for pickups, but I've never ever seen anyone use it for that purpose. I almost never see it used either. I throw it once in a while, 'cause I think it looks cool, but that's about it...
I suggest to remove the "requesting a pickup" talk, since one might want to use it for different purposes.

What can we improve about the smoke grenade to make it a more valuable 'asset' of PR?

Above all: how is this thing used in real combat situations? We should of course stick with reality, not some coolness factor.

[LtSoucy]

I use it for my Bombers so they can just bomb the green smoke, Also for pickups or even marking a cache.

[youm0nt]

The reason it's underused because the picture is not in the HUD when scrolling through you requipment. Some people don't use the number keys or press F to cycle through all equipment.

[Expendable Grunt]

I use it all the time.

Personally I think it should go up higher.

[=HR=Drayu]

I use it to call in chopper extracts (that is when there is actually a pilot doing that, hard to find lately ). I call for a pickup and then mark it with the smoke.

I would like to see a chopper icon or something else appear on the map when someone calls for a pickup, sort of like in EOD. I am not sure if it is when you call for it, or if you toss smoke, but a chopper appears on teh map at your location. WOuld be a nice addition to the plume of smoke going up because sometimes chopper pilots don't know where to start looking.

[AnRK]

I use it all the time.

Personally I think it should go up higher.

Probably my memory acting up but I though it used to? Seems a bit lame now if it actually has changed. But yes it needs to go up MUCH higher then it does.

I do try to use it but most people who fly choppers seem to have their own agenda most of the time. I think the problem with that is alot of the time that they need there own squads, which rarely happens, and you need a commander to properly communicate between the chopper and the squad, which there isn't alot of the time.

[.:iGi:. Eggenberg4Ever]

You Dutch and your fixation with green smoke

[Rudd]

The reason it's underused because the picture is not in the HUD when scrolling through you requipment. Some people don't use the number keys or press F to cycle through all equipment.

I always wanted to use it lol, but I thought it wasn't avaliable on the map I was on or somthing since It wasnt on the hud!

'slaps self'

[=HR=Drayu]

always press 9 to see if there is an easter egg!

[bearking19]

Make it go up higher way higher and thicker that way it will look more cool and more people might use it.

[youm0nt]

This reminds me of the time I requested a pilot kit on Kufrah when we, MEC, lost all flags and we were stuck at the base. I then went into the ammo cache piles near the base and I started throwing a bunch of red smoke grenades randomly. Then I heard a bunch of tanks and .50 cals firing. I then threw them at the tanks from where they were firing to cover there vision. Next day, I saw the battlerecorder and noticed that the smoke wasn't even close to the tanks