So I’ve seen a video recently discussing about Smoke grenades, and I’m sure everyone the community has their own takes about how it should be buffed, shifted, made easier to use, etc. Feel free to discuss about that too.
I read an idea from the comments of said video (thank you torm0 if you’re reading this) about smoke grenades potentially buffing allies like how the Pox Gas buffs enemies. This reminded me heavily of the recent (to me) Boons in the Vermintide 2 Chaos Wastes about your bombs consecrating the ground and giving things like cooldown reduction, crit chance, attack speed or even just a straight up power buff in a limited area for limited time.
What are your guys thoughts? It seems like a decent change, but with how many nades a Vet can chuck with his grenade regen talents, it’ll for sure have to be toned down compared to VT2. I do like the thematic idea of some sort of stimulant gas though!
It should make you happy, and then hungry 
I am interested in the use cases of smoke grenades, as if they also provide a buff then that would change the decision-making around playing with them. Instead of porta-cover they become a buff area, so throwing it at enemies may be less desirable in favour of sitting in it. Is this what you do typically? I honestly have no idea how to use the dang things.
as far as I know, its a line of sight blocker and reduces enemy visual range… and that’s about it (with some stagger when it first goes off)
this video I think goes over pretty much everything a smoke does and doesn’t do, and is the video I was referring to in my OP. smokes are pretty janky as of right now.
If they were to be made into a buff area, than how they effect dogs and trappers need to change. If you are unable to kill them in time, they will net/pounce you on melee range in the smoke, close enough where you can’t push or dodge them away respectively. This would be huge in even making the current grenade more useful.
As for what the smoke could do? I have no idea. I think they need a radical change to be better, but I don’t know whay that would be.