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[daydream]

What's everyone's highest score so far? Mine was 1561.

One time I got 1200 on a losing team and the next highest score on my team was half that.

1300 and change _without_ the win bonus.

 

[Tuck]

I've played the underpass map an insanely disproportionate amount of times relative to the mall. Not happy about that. The way they handle level selection is garbage. Can't wait for them to bump it to 3. Hopefully they switch every hour or two instead of 4.

 

[B00TE]

lol damn, swim speed, speedy super jumping and specials charge faster. I'll take it.

 

[Chaos17]

We SERIOUSLY need to put "Walls don't count" in the title.

Also : paint and stop pvp! XD

 

[Snkfanatic]

Really enjoy the game but man my hands are hating the Gamepad again. After playing a few rounds they start cramping up bad.

 

[ElBoxyBrown]

Why? Walls don't count...

Walls don't count towards the total.

Well crap.

 

[Tuck]

Just hit level 10. I'd like to ask how many do we need to unlock Splat zones but I doubt Nintendo gave a specific number and I'm seeing a lot of level 5, 6, and 7.

Based on the woefully inaccurate images they are posting on twitter, we're about halfway there. Should be another few days.

Also : paint and stop pvp! XD

PVP is critical to strategy though.

 

[Gears]

These chargers are destroying me since my shots don't really reach them. Fun game, actually feels unique

 

[Dice]

Also : paint and stop pvp! XD

Not fighting does have it's limits, but can be useful. I love when one of my team and one of the enemy are just painting the same spot for a while, not attacking each other, giving me enough time to swim around for the flank.

Well crap.

You definitely aren't the only one.

 

[Out_Of_Ammo]

Also : paint and stop pvp! XD

As charger I focus on defending key areas more then painting though

 

[daydream]

Well crap.

if your point counter goes up while painting, that paint counts towards the overall score. otherwise it doesn't.

 

[Skiesofwonder]

Scorerd 1200, but no bonus because two players on my team scored 200 and 0. August update can't come soon enough.

 

[NotLiquid]

We SERIOUSLY need to put "Walls don't count" in the title.

I'd actually be okay if the OT title was changed to this lmao

 

[Chaos17]

I like the feature where you can try the weapon you bought outside of match.

PVP is critical to strategy though.

Yes for presure but when your team forgot to paint in their own base... >.>'

 

[Dr. Buni]

As charger I focus on defending key areas more then painting though

It that proving to be a worthy strategy?

 

[dankir]

Played for a few hours last night, really fun game.

Best win was 67% vs 15.2% or something like that, totally destruction.

Was playing with a bunch of Japanese players that had level 20 characters... man almost impossible to kill them.

Each piece of gear they had has like 3 ability slots, plus they have the giant squid special attack.

I hope we get more maps though with a bigger cycle.

8.5 / 10

Great job Nintendo!

 

[DNAbro]

Are the chargers with scopes in the base game? Haven't seen anyone use one yet.

 

[Tuck]

I like the feature where you can try the weapon you bought outside of match.


Yes for presure but when your team forgot to paint in their own base... >.>'

lol

 

[DaBoss]

Are the chargers with scopes in the base game? Haven't seen anyone use one yet.

Yes.

 

[ElBoxyBrown]

Get 5-0ed. Dominated. I'm getting the hang of this game. Bazooka is too good.

 

[Gsnap]

People need to learn their roles.

When I'm using a charger it's not my job to ink up the base, rollers! (and shooter, to some degree)

 

[Timeaisis]

Alright trying out the 52 gal.

 

[Negotiator]

Why the fuck am I stuck with 6 players waiting for the 8th one to fill the lobby?

Is ejecting the disc the only way to exit a lobby?

 

[MouldyK]

I usually get 1000 with starter gun, and that was not knowing that walls don't count. I wonder how much your team was painting walls.

Well as long as I know the Aerospray is not OP, i'm fine lol. I guess it just means that my team ain't pulling their weight!

I've played the underpass map an insanely disproportionate amount of times relative to the mall. Not happy about that. The way they handle level selection is garbage. Can't wait for them to bump it to 3. Hopefully they switch every hour or two instead of 4.

7 of my last 10 games were the Mall...

Yes for presure but when your team forgot to paint in their own base... >.>'

I have a formula:

First Life: Run as far as I can, spraying enough to get the Inkzooka and firing it at the mid-point.
Second Life: Get the bits around the base my team didn't get.

 

[Baron von Loathsome]

People need to learn their roles.

When I'm using a charger it's not my job to ink up the base, rollers! (and shooter, to some degree)

Rollers need to learn to start out by painting over the side corridors on stages that have them.

 

[daydream]

I like the feature where you can try the weapon you bought outside of match.


Yes for presure but when your team forgot to paint in their own base... >.>'

I usually end up being the one to take care of that, lol.

dem %s at the end

 

[PreyingShark]

Are the chargers with scopes in the base game? Haven't seen anyone use one yet.

It unlocks at like 13 and its variant at like 17 or something like that.

According to the Prima guide I have we'll eventually get an E-Liter 3K with a scope, though, which should be cool.

 

[Seiniyta]

I hope some of the multiplayers levels that'll be added will be based on the kelp dome from the singleplayer. Is a pretty cool area.

 

[Azure J]

Rollers need to learn to start out by painting over the side corridors on stages that have them.

It's amazing when you're the dude with a splattershot running behind a squad of rollers wondering how any of them pass Scantron exams with all these missed spots.

 

[Chezzymann]

Man Ive been focusing on painting but still only got a Max of 900p, mostly just 500-600. Guess the other team is painting over what I painted right after?

 

[ElBoxyBrown]

This game needs to have better tutorials. There are still players who don't know how to properly play this game and I hate having them on my team.

 

[NotLiquid]

For fans of Smashified - the new render is of Splatoon.

 

[Chaos17]

Damn its, I kinda fell in them time regulary, lol.

 

[RagnarokX]

I like to use a long range shooter type weapon and build my special as I ink my way to the middle of the stage, then take out the enemy and start inking their territory while my teammates ink our side.

 

[Out_Of_Ammo]

It that proving to be a worthy strategy?

Oh yes. When I'm in a good team we can dominate the map and push the other team back to their base.

 

[MrPanic]

Really wanted to main the roller but man, it's such a struggle in every single fight.

 

[Mr. Lemming]

Just had my first 1400 point game. Also just had my first connection error which was somewhat disappointing.

Mall does not agree with my Splattershot Jr. strategy. Underpass however is quite agreeable.

 

[MouldyK]

This game needs to have better tutorials. There are still players who don't know how to properly play this game and I hate having them on my team.

I know what you mean, like this guy:

Paint the walls guys. Jesus.

...oh...

 

[JonnyKong]

Oh man, the reduced ink amiibo challenges are really kicking my butt. Anyone got any good advice for them? I can't do the floating sponge garden whatsoever.

 

[MatrixMan.EXE]

Loving the game so far, but Multiplayer is suffering the same issue I had with Evolve - not enough content. It's great that we'll be getting free updates, but I can only really judge the game based on what I paid up front for yesterday.

Core gameplay is there, and the single player is good fun - just needs more than one MP mode and 2 maps a day to keep me interested. I hope Nintendo never dares to release a game in this way again.

 

[btkadams]

Couldn't find this in the OP. Is there split screen multiplayer online, or is local multiplayer restricted to the offline 2 player mode?

 

[DNAbro]

Man Ive been focusing on painting but still only got a Max of 900p, mostly just 500-600. Guess the other team is painting over what I painted right after?

That doesn't make you lose score. In fact it gives you more oportunity to paint more.

 

[Tuck]

Couldn't find this in the OP. Is there split screen multiplayer online, or is local multiplayer restricted to the offline 2 player mode?

The latter.

 

[Mr. Lemming]

Core gameplay is there, and the single player is good fun - just needs more than one MP mode and 2 maps a day to keep me interested. I hope Nintendo never dares to release a game in this way again.

Slight correction, 2 maps every 4 hours, which granted may or may not align with when you have time to play.

 

[Dice]

Yes for presure but when your team forgot to paint in their own base... >.>'

It also seems common to completely ignore the gamepad map and continue struggling on the frontier rather than take care of that roller who snuck back into your territory. >__>

Spoiler

How many of my teammates are children? Garden Warfare all over again lol

 

[ElBoxyBrown]

I know what you mean, like this guy:



...oh...

Hey, I was still putting in work regardless and not going for suicide tactics like charging head on by yourself with a roller on the enemy spawn.

Painting walls should count though. The game didn't say anything about that.

 

[sammyCYBORG]

When is the next round of maps out? I'm already getting a bit bored of such a small rotation.

 

[Chezzymann]

That doesn't make you lose score. In fact it gives you more oportunity to paint more.

Then why do I mostly get 500p despite painting the whole game?

 

[JonnyKong]

I did it! Whoop. Turns out just pressing the shoot button only lightly once is the way forward.

 

[MatrixMan.EXE]

Slight correction, 2 maps every 4 hours, which granted may or may not align with when you have time to play.

My bad. Still, I knew what I was getting into when I bought it, but I thought, based on the demo, that it'd be enough to keep me interested. But just like Evolve, regardless of how good the actual mechanics are, I need content as well, and Splatoon is bare bones right now.

Enjoying it in short bursts, mind.