Repost from previous thread: Should Smoke LRM's be included in basic pick up games like Inferno SRMs? I think they should be because they grant arguably the weakest weapon in the game, the LRM 5, more utility as a defensive option rather than forcing it to be and offensive tool, which it sucks at. Most of the LRM 5 mechs, the Vindicator, the Griffin 1S, the Ostroc 2L, the Grasshopper, the Battlemaster 1S, etc all benefit from being able to pop smoke and gain that +1 to be hit from the smoke allowing them to close the distance rather than the pittance of damage you might do with the actual weapon. And even though the larger launchers can get pretty stupid with the LOS shenanigans, you are still sacrificing the higher damage potential of the 15 and 20 packs in exchange for blocking LOS, and have to pay for it in BV.