How does DD/CL smoke really work?

[Shaftoe]

Does it actually protect ships that are in it or behind it (regardless of class) from being observed by the enemy? Or does smoke merely add evasion bonuses to ships that generate it - without affecting anyone else?

 

Here's a bunch of American DDs setting smoke to conceal the USS Lexington during exercises.

Edited March 14, 2020 by Shaftoe

[Cptbarney]

It seems to only provide a accuracy penalty (a fat one) to whomever is shooting at who. Not sure about evasion ingeneral.

it doesnt prevent the target from being seen but, that could change in upcoming patches.

[Shaftoe]

5 minutes ago, Cptbarney said:

It seems to only provide a accuracy penalty (a fat one) to whomever is shooting at who. Not sure about evasion ingeneral.

it doesnt prevent the target from being seen but, that could change in upcoming patches.

You have not answered my question. I need to know whether or not other ships in (or behind) the smoke cloud get any protection.

[Quigglebert]

The smoke in game provides an accuracy rebuff for firing into or through smoke, so screening a BB with CL/DD smoke between the enemy applies the debuff against enemy ships, although I feel like radar guided guns should ignore smoke due to the nature of radar

[Cptbarney]

23 hours ago, Shaftoe said:

You have not answered my question. I need to know whether or not other ships in (or behind) the smoke cloud get any protection.

I did, even if the ship is in or behind the smoke, said ships will get a accuracy debuff onto enemy ships or the enemy ships will get a accuracy penalty applied to them for the duration of the smoke whether the sihp is behind or in the smoke.

Theres no *protection* of anykind besides the fact that ships get harder to hit, no ship in or behind smoke becomes invisible.

[Shaftoe]

1 hour ago, Cptbarney said:

If the ship is in or behind the smoke, said ships will get a accuracy debuff onto enemy ships or the enemy ships will get a accuracy penalty applied to them for the duration of the smoke whether the sihp is behind or in the smoke.

That's all I wanted to know. Thank you.