Initially when I started playing Dust I was all for smoke grenades but today I'm not so fond of the idea. I like much better the relevance of electronic warfare that is making its appearance in the game. So no, I don't want smoke grenades.

Smoke grenades might still have a place in Minmatar tech? You could also relatively easily call them "nanite haze" grenades or some such, if you prefer something more high tech. Don't create literal smoke per se, but a cloud of of nanotech particles that disrupt ocular sensors somehow or refract light to obstruct vision in, around and into an area. As you skill into them, the different levels could affect how much they interfere with the sight of your own squad/team, perhaps.

I'd like something of the ilk (preferably with different colors), not just for cover, but to mark areas on the overmap for orbitals.

We need DUST granades - basically smoke granades, but it's dust and it covers your screen and you die because dust sucks

i liked the nanite haze grenade that sombody posted, that was a good idea. Others, yes electronic warfare stuff is good, and a balance to contact nades would be appreciated.

Smoke grenades are nice as a simple low tech option to provide cover. I would imagine them working around scanners or anything like that - they'd just literally obscure an area visually.

I would suspect scanned people's chevrons to still show up within a "smoked" area.

It could have a meaningful place even within EWAR. Imagine if we had jamming tech that could shot down player comms; you could use different colored smoke nades to signal to your team from afar what's going on without voice comms.

"Nanite haze", "Jamming Nades", and other sorts of functional grenades or equipment devices can co-exist side-by-side with smoke grenades.

also, multiple colourways. I always liked being able to carry both regular and red smoke in socom. steal the good stuff and leave the bad stuff behind, ccp.

speaking of red smoke. maybe we can carry red smoke to throw down so our sq leader knows where the orbital should go because it sux always having to carry an active scanner.

I would LOVE a smoke grenade on my scout! I'd say basic smoke nade 12-15M, ADV 15-17M, pro 17-20M radius!
it would be awesome to throw two into a group of reds and having 3 troops run in. GO NK/SG ARMY YOU CAN DESTROY THEM IF THEY CAN'T SEE YOU (besides we need every advantage we can get ) HAHAHAHAHAHA!

yes.... weh do