Smok bombs not working

[Just Krispy]

Is anyone else having this problem? My smoke bombs are very often not firing. I have the icon and I hit left bumper and nothing happens. I then get killed. After I respawn, my smoke is on cooldown. This is now starting to cost me wins and higher scores.

[xCr0wnedNorris]

Originally posted by xCr0wnedNorris:
# of times Smoke Bomb used today: 47
# of times successful: 0

You ever been killed through your smoke bombs 47 times in a row? It kinda sucks.

And that's all I have to say about that...

[BlacklightDemon]

Everything in this game is just going to **** now, isn't it?

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[Zoidberg747]

a lot of times it will be on cooldown but its invisible, might be whats happening to you.

[Archosakun]

Originally posted by BlacklightDemon:
Everything in this game is just going to **** now, isn't it?

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This. It's a regular event that my Charge doesn't work. No abilities, I run at them and get killed. Ubisoft's henchmen must of kicked a wire in the server.

[weeklydose]

Yeah, it was pretty bad for me today, too. I like playing sessions of a few hours... but today, I sort of gave up after four terrible matches. Lag, spawning in front of pursuers, absence of whispers, abilitie not working... sigh.

[BlacklightDemon]

I remember when my abilities would finish cooldown and I would no longer be able to activate them.

It would just say 'This ability isn't ready yet' or better yet, nothing at all. It would just make the sound you would get when trying to activate an ability on cooldown.

It usually lasted until I died and respawned. I don't know if anyone else has had that....

[Collinwood01]

My abilities fail on a regular basis but I figured that when charge doesnt work its because my pursuer is using his butter perk which I dont have. Or maybe when my smoke doesnt work my pursuer is using their gasmask perk which, again, I dont seem to have. Or when mute doesnt work my pursuer is using their invisible forcefield perk which, Im sorry, but I dont seem to have. or when I use sprint boost and get caught its because my pursuer is using their super sprint boost to catch me which I dont have either. I guess theres a counter to every ability I just dont have those counters yet.

[Stowdace]

Mute doesn't work often either, at least for me. I find it a bit suspicious that it's supposed to keep my opponent from using abilities, yet when I use it they can still use Smoke Bomb? Also, on Manhunt defense, if I use it when running at my pursuer, out of their kill range but in my Mute range, I still get killed.

[true_gamer316]

heres a tip be like me and not use smoke bomb or mute or charge on manhunt defense or 1v1 defense i use morph and another abilitys thats not smoke mute and charge.

[Daidarapochi]

Originally posted by peggysarus:
heres a tip be like me and not use smoke bomb or mute or charge on manhunt defense or 1v1 defense i use morph and another abilitys thats not smoke mute and charge.

Because offense totally isn't packing firecrackers, TV, charge, and smoke bomb to cut through your morph, right?

[Redbanana27]

Aaaa good sounds like smoke bombs are turning to ****, good it might make the game playable without everytime i lock onto someone, he smoke bombs and walks around spamming the B button.

PS: get skill and use another ability that makes you good, not the typical noob.

[gothpunkboy89]

Smoke has been getting a lot less reliable for me.

lately to catch anyone with smoke i have to drop it and literally have them run into it. if they aren't chasing me I've been finding it harder and harder to stop them from killing me.

What really bad is on alliance they were stun locking a target. i ran in smoked and killed my target. smoke was still up the guy outside of the smoke range turned and killed me though my smoke.

one movement they are outside my smoke the next they are stabbing me in the eye while my smoke is still around me.

[gothpunkboy89]

Originally posted by Redbanana27:
Aaaa good sounds like smoke bombs are turning to ****, good it might make the game playable without everytime i lock onto someone, he smoke bombs and walks around spamming the B button.

PS: get skill and use another ability that makes you good, not the typical noob.

lol if your tired of getting smoked try some roof kills. you can't stop a roof kill with a smoke.

[Drybones20008]

Yeah i get killed through 95% of my smoke bombs. If i fire them up too early they walk circles around me but when i throw it when i think is the 'right' moment i get killed anyways!

I don't mind getting killed, it's going to happen for sure but what i DO mind is when i throw a smoke and THEN i get killed, so on top of getting stabbed in the face my smoke is on cooldown!

I know it's lag and all but smoke bombs have become really not reliable at all anymore! They work 5-10% of the time! And don't get me started on double smoke bombs! When you throw a smoke and and the dude throws a smoke at the same time! WTF is that! Smoke is supposed to PREVENT from using abilities!

[Collinwood01]

I think we should all just stop using abilities and wait for our pursuers to kill us. Its gonna happen anyway! lol

[Redbanana27]

Originally posted by gothpunkboy89:
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Redbanana27:
Aaaa good sounds like smoke bombs are turning to ****, good it might make the game playable without everytime i lock onto someone, he smoke bombs and walks around spamming the B button.

PS: get skill and use another ability that makes you good, not the typical noob.

lol if your tired of getting smoked try some roof kills. you can't stop a roof kill with a smoke. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Its just shame im a sneaky ninja who doesnt need the roof or smoke bombs, only throwing knives http://forums.ubi.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

[true_gamer316]

Originally posted by Daidarapochi:
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by peggysarus:
heres a tip be like me and not use smoke bomb or mute or charge on manhunt defense or 1v1 defense i use morph and another abilitys thats not smoke mute and charge.

Because offense totally isn't packing firecrackers, TV, charge, and smoke bomb to cut through your morph, right? </div></BLOCKQUOTE>


hmmm yea they do but i play for fun and wanted is where i really shine being able to score 7k per game easily. also for manhunt if they use those stuff i run offensive smoke i find is stupid and ruins the fun but thats my opinion.

[IBYCFOTA]

I must be the only one who doesn't really have any issues with Smoke / Mute / Charge. If I get killed after throwing a smoke bomb it's almost always because I used it too late, and same for Mute and Charge.

[WIDOMKR383]

Today was the first time I actually got to witness this happen.

My target and I were on the roof in San Danato I was walking towards him fully expecting to get smoked and stunned but I seen him throw smoke (at least I seen the animation) but no smoke so I walked straight up to him and got a free hidden incognito kill. Kinda felt bad for him/her but it wasn't me.lol

[Metalsnake27]

Smoke Bombs not working is mostly just intense lag.

This mostly happens while sprinting, as the kill distance while running is longer then what it is standing still (this is a "leap")

So thats usually why you see someone run, you throw a smoke.. then you die...

But I have to agree Mute is another story... -mutes, persuer uses smoke bomb- wtf??

[Zoidberg747]

Originally posted by gothpunkboy89:
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Redbanana27:
Aaaa good sounds like smoke bombs are turning to ****, good it might make the game playable without everytime i lock onto someone, he smoke bombs and walks around spamming the B button.

PS: get skill and use another ability that makes you good, not the typical noob.

lol if your tired of getting smoked try some roof kills. you can't stop a roof kill with a smoke. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>
Or a haybale kill. I was playing today and I would get in a haybale,Firecracker their blend group, watch them drop smoke, and jump through it because I was in a haybale. Adapt, adapt, adapt

[WIDOMKR383]

Originally posted by Zoidberg747:
Adapt, adapt, adapt


NO! NO! NO! I wanna be the ol' stubborn Mule that gets my 3 incognito kill per match lol

[Ripe Claw]

This has been happening to me as well. Shouldn't be a cooldown problem because it happens even no where near the cooldown. I thought my button was broken or something. I push it expecting smoke and nothing. It really messes you up because you hit smoke button then switch to stun button thinking your smoke popped, you realize there is no smoke and try to swap back to the smoke button, but it is too late. Kind of makes you look like a dipstick just standing there waiting to get killed.

[Kogia]

I was always a Mute fan, but after months of being very happy with it gave up recently because of it's unreliability and switched to Smoke Bomb and now I'm finding that pretty hit and miss too. I've also had Charge increasingly race me straight through and beyond a group with my target in.

[Grygier]

I've had smoke bomb not respond when pressing the button which i mostly blame myself.. but other times i use the smoke bomb nothing happens and it's on cool down.

[persiateddy95]

The game is telling you to stop using Smoke Bombs like a noob.

[swiftavenger212]

Originally posted by persiateddy95:
The game is telling you to stop using Smoke Bombs like a noob.

well said.

only place i use it for is manhunt defense.

[Ripe Claw]

Originally posted by swiftavenger212:
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by persiateddy95:
The game is telling you to stop using Smoke Bombs like a noob.

well said.

only place i use it for is manhunt defense. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>
That's where all the people I have heard in game complain they aren't working. Glad to find out it isn't the buttons being disabled for being a noob. Because since using them in Manhunt defense is non-noob. Maybe the game was confused and thought we were playing Alliance ... ....

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[Just Krispy]

Kind of makes you look like a dipstick just standing there waiting to get killed.
Exactly! LOLZ but seriously not only is the smoke invisable, it doesn't do anything to the pursuer...http://forums.ubi.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_frown.gif

[ANTRON77]

Originally posted by persiateddy95:
The game is telling you to stop using Smoke Bombs like a noob.

Wow Ted kinda remember you using smoke offensively the other day while we were playing against each other in alliance. Guess that would make you a super noob huh?

[gothpunkboy89]

Originally posted by ANTRON77:
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by persiateddy95:
The game is telling you to stop using Smoke Bombs like a noob.

Wow Ted kinda remember you using smoke offensively the other day while we were playing against each other in alliance. Guess that would make you a super noob huh? </div></BLOCKQUOTE>
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[Grygier]

I've been using smoke bomb since beta... before anyone knew the advantages and tricks with it.

i get the noob bypass. =P

[persiateddy95]

Lol, I was mostly talking about FFA.

And I do use SB in Alliance, but that's because I see it as a Team mode.

[swiftavenger212]

Originally posted by Ripe.Claw:
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by swiftavenger212:
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by persiateddy95:
The game is telling you to stop using Smoke Bombs like a noob.

well said.

only place i use it for is manhunt defense. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>
That's where all the people I have heard in game complain they aren't working. Glad to find out it isn't the buttons being disabled for being a noob. Because since using them in Manhunt defense is non-noob. Maybe the game was confused and thought we were playing Alliance ... ....

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Where in this thread does it say its specifically a problem in manhunt, no where so I assume you mean all game modes.

As for manhunt defense, smoke bomb is very useful since it can trap multiple pursuers and your team mates can get off stuns with you. In wanted you might get 1 stun off, or maybe 2.

As for FFA modes you dont need smoke bomb yet people hold to them as if they are a must to win or come in top 3.

Button disabling has happened to me before but most of the time it happens when ability has just cooled down and it seems cant use it for 2-3 more secs.

[obliviondoll]

Originally posted by swiftavenger212:
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Ripe.Claw:
That's where all the people I have heard in game complain they aren't working.
Where in this thread does it say its specifically a problem in manhunt, no where so I assume you mean all game modes. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>
I have a feeling you ma have misread something there...

Originally posted by swiftavenger212:
As for FFA modes you dont need smoke bomb yet people hold to them as if they are a must to win or come in top 3.
As for this part, I treat Smoke Bomb as a must-have ability any time I'm in the top 3 in a game - when I've taken the lead, or an close behind 1st place, I won't be going without, because I'm a priority target. If I'm falling behind, I'll often swap them out for something else, depending on how the match is being played, but when I'm at, or near, the top of the scoreboard, Smoke is life for me.

Other people with different playstyles are welcome to use their strategies and succeed, but that's mine. I hope you're not offended, because I don't intend to handicap myself based on your opinion of my playstyle.

[Ripe Claw]

Originally posted by swiftavenger212:
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Ripe.Claw:
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by swiftavenger212:
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by persiateddy95:
The game is telling you to stop using Smoke Bombs like a noob.

well said.

only place i use it for is manhunt defense. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>
That's where all the people I have heard in game complain they aren't working. Glad to find out it isn't the buttons being disabled for being a noob. Because since using them in Manhunt defense is non-noob. Maybe the game was confused and thought we were playing Alliance ... ....

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... dot </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Where in this thread does it say its specifically a problem in manhunt, no where so I assume you mean all game modes.

As for manhunt defense, smoke bomb is very useful since it can trap multiple pursuers and your team mates can get off stuns with you. In wanted you might get 1 stun off, or maybe 2.

As for FFA modes you dont need smoke bomb yet people hold to them as if they are a must to win or come in top 3.

Button disabling has happened to me before but most of the time it happens when ability has just cooled down and it seems cant use it for 2-3 more secs. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>


It didn't say anything about Manhunt until you brought it up. Ted didn't specify, so you could take it he meant every mode in the game if you wanted to. On top of all that, I didn't say anything about people in this thread stating that, I said people that I have heard complaining about the button not working in game were all in Manhunt, since bombs in Manhunt aren't for noobs, as stated by you, then nobody I have played with that had this problem was a noob because they were in Manhunt.

[berm87]

i now have to slightly charge at my pursuer before laying a smokebomb (a la rainie) in order for them to work. unfortunately, this isn't always effective and charge and mute are even less reliable.

even morph, the easiest ability to use, is having issues as of late.

it's the end of the world as we know it!

[Mc Dudes]

This have happens to me ones before in assassinate so i died and then when i respawn it worked again!