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[NotLiquid]

Its a mock up. No one said it was real.

Right, I remember a lot of people on Twitter actually thinking it was real.

I don't think I would like it if it was built up as another extensive ordeal but I'm okay with some cross franchise materials in Amiibo (similar to Woolly World, or heck even MonHun) as long as it doesn't go overboard with how much it takes and how much it contains.

 

[Zing]

Damn those lagging Japanese rollers are the worst T-T

Is the routing from the USA to Japan that poor? I've seen many of these posts. I've played many hours with mostly Japanese players and have zero complaints. I'm on the east coast of Canada.

Maybe it's just a preconceived idea that they lag? If I change my Mii name to katakana will I suddenly appear to lag when I splat you?

 

[OryoN]

Thanks all! Looks like I'll finish up the rest of single-player first, then get back into online multiplayer. I'm leaning towards focusing entirely on speed-increasing items (run speed, swim speed, and anything else that exists) as mobility seems really useful/fun in this game.

What ever works for your play-style! Still, I think you're going to find yourself messing around with other perk combinations, especially since your strategies may vary based on the current maps in rotation(or at least per multi-player mode).

 

[Kouriozan]

I need to learn to be better at rollers.

 

[Geg]

I like it. At least it is not Saltspray.

Saltspray Rig in ranked is easy, that was the first one I played on and we won it

Port Mackerel can go fuck itself

 

[Solobbos]

So yeah, I got these boots ordered up yesterday, as some of you might remember.

"Well, I don't need three walk speed ups, Spyke, can you fix 'em for me?"

"Um, well yeah, I'm not so sure I need two either. Could you please reduce them to one or take them out completely?"

"Fuck you, Spyke!"

 

[phanphare]

So yeah, I got these boots ordered up yesterday, as some of you might remember.



"Well, I don't need three walk speed ups, Spyke, can you fix 'em for me?"



"Um, well yeah, I'm not so sure I need two either. Could you please reduce them to one or take them out completely?"



"Fuck you, Spyke!"

hahaha, nice

we have matching boots too! that ink resistance up is crucial.

 

[Jaded Alyx]

Is the routing from the USA to Japan that poor? I've seen many of these posts. I've played many hours with mostly Japanese players and have zero complaints. I'm on the east coast of Canada.

Maybe it's just a preconceived idea that they lag? If I change my Mii name to katakana will I suddenly appear to lag when I splat you?

I definitely have seen this on a couple occasions, but usually things seem pretty damn solid.


EDIT: I should mention I'm in the Caribbean.

 

[donkey show]

Wow, I just saw a stream in which team 1 had 1 point, team two had 75 points and team one lost. DAMNNN!!!!! They had an overtime of like 70 seconds @ that 1 point

Yeah, Extra Time can be fucking brutal. I experienced something similar yesterday praying for the timer to end as we were up by 20, but had +25 versus their score with the +40. Of course we lost and salt was had.

 

[Geg]

Are the main abilities for each piece of equipment always the same across all games? For some reason I thought they were randomized too

 

[FunkyDealer]

This would be pretty awesome.

Hell naw! Keep other IP characters out of my Splatoon! I don't mind costumes, but actual characters is going too far.

 

[Dr. Buni]

Is the routing from the USA to Japan that poor? I've seen many of these posts. I've played many hours with mostly Japanese players and have zero complaints. I'm on the east coast of Canada.

Maybe it's just a preconceived idea that they lag? If I change my Mii name to katakana will I suddenly appear to lag when I splat you?

The only way I can explain Japanese players activating their kraken considerably away from me and instantly splatting me is with lag. Or being killed by rollers before way before they reach me. Or the double splats which happen waaay more often against Japanese players.

Now I don't have anything against Japanese players. If not by the annoying lag, I would be fine playing against them.

Saltspray Rig in ranked is easy, that was the first one I played on and we won it

Port Mackerel can go fuck itself

It is not about the difficult, Saltspray is just not fun in splat zones to me. Port Mackerel is, on the other hand. But in turf wars it is the exact opposite.

 

[Zing]

Are the main abilities for each piece of equipment always the same across all games? For some reason I thought they were randomized too

Main ability is always the same for a particular piece of gear. The sub ability are semi-random. Each "brand" has one ability that is ultra-common (e.g. The run speed ability on those boots a few posts up).

 

[UncleSporky]

So yeah, I got these boots ordered up yesterday, as some of you might remember.



"Well, I don't need three walk speed ups, Spyke, can you fix 'em for me?"



"Um, well yeah, I'm not so sure I need two either. Could you please reduce them to one or take them out completely?"



"Fuck you, Spyke!"

Like I said before...run speed up is a good thing.

Ink resistance lets you move at 80% of your normal speed in enemy ink (as opposed to the normal, like, 15% speed). Maybe those speed ups will let you run at 100% movement speed in enemy ink!

 

[TheGrue]

I've been out of the country, but going home tomorrow and want to play more Splatoon when I get home. How do I unlock the Zapper that is in the DLC?

 

[Geg]

I've been out of the country, but going home tomorrow and want to play more Splatoon when I get home. How do I unlock the Zapper that is in the DLC?

It just becomes available in the store to buy normally I think. I don't know if there's a level restriction for it, but I was like level 5 when it was unlocked and could buy it fine

 

[ViviOggi]

So yeah, I got these boots ordered up yesterday, as some of you might remember.



"Well, I don't need three walk speed ups, Spyke, can you fix 'em for me?"



"Um, well yeah, I'm not so sure I need two either. Could you please reduce them to one or take them out completely?"



"Fuck you, Spyke!"

literally myriam

to be fair each brand has an ability with a higher chance of occuring, if rockenberg's is walk speed (can't find the list atm) it's not just bad luck

 

[Rebel Leader]

Hell naw! Keep other IP characters out of my Splatoon! I don't mind costumes, but actual characters is going too far.

Someone has to clean up all this ink

 

[UncleSporky]

literally myriam

to be fair each brand has an ability with a higher chance of occuring, if rockenberg's is walk speed (can't find the list atm) it's not just bad luck

Whoa, that's really interesting! Where did you see/hear about that?

 

[Psyrgery ES]

Fun?

Frustration. In huge quantities.

 

[Rebel Leader]

Anyone on?

 

[Delstius]

So yeah, I got these boots ordered up yesterday, as some of you might remember.



"Well, I don't need three walk speed ups, Spyke, can you fix 'em for me?"



"Um, well yeah, I'm not so sure I need two either. Could you please reduce them to one or take them out completely?"



"Fuck you, Spyke!"

Well at least it didn't give you the exact same stat so there's that.

Spoiler

Seriously, after spending +-400k in rerolling, fuck Spyke.

 

[Rebel Leader]

Well at least it didn't give you the exact same stat so there's that.

Spoiler

Seriously, after spending +-400k in rerolling, fuck Spyke.

This is why glitch should never have been fixed

 

[random25]

B- hell yeah! So awesome!

 

[Lights and Waves]

Someone has to clean up all this ink

I think it's totally fake but I'd love to see Mario added to the game. I'm just not sure how they would do it...maybe have him as a boss character, and defeating him rewards you with the FLUDD or a Mario Costume?

It would be hard to implement him as a playable character since he can't melt into the ink. Maybe they should have Bowser Jr. instead...

 

[ViviOggi]

my new strat is putting on some downloads so i lag even harder than the japanese

also fuck all this idiotic inkstrike spam in splat zones

Whoa, that's really interesting! Where did you see/hear about that?

was mentioned here the other day

 

[Delstius]

This is why glitch should never have been fixed

Nah, I'm glad they fixed that very quickly. If it stayed for a long period, there would have been endless whining about that in the future. And ranked matchs provide so much money, without Spyke I wouldn't know what to do with it tbh.

 

[batbeg]

Fuck when there's a good roller there is nothing worse.

Ooh thank God he finally left my game.

 

[black_clavus]

Someone has to clean up all this ink

No, the ink actually clean itself

 

[Rebel Leader]

I think it's totally fake but I'd love to see Mario added to the game. I'm just not sure how they would do it...maybe have him as a boss character, and defeating him rewards you with the FLUDD or a Mario Costume?

It would be hard to implement him as a playable character since he can't melt into the ink. Maybe they should have Bowser Jr. instead...

His power up will allow him to melt into ink


I can see shadow mario with the paintbrush

 

[Kid Ska]

my new strat is putting on some downloads so i lag even harder than the japanese

Lmfao Splatoon meta is already getting intense

 

[Rebel Leader]

Nvm

 

[Pineconn]

So yeah, I got these boots ordered up yesterday, as some of you might remember.



"Well, I don't need three walk speed ups, Spyke, can you fix 'em for me?"



"Um, well yeah, I'm not so sure I need two either. Could you please reduce them to one or take them out completely?"



"Fuck you, Spyke!"

The Rockenberg brand has a 5x multiplier on the odds of getting Run Speed Up, so...

 

[tebunker]

Hell naw! Keep other IP characters out of my Splatoon! I don't mind costumes, but actual characters is going too far.

Yeah I will gladly buy a plumbers hat, overalls and boots as long as they are fresh...

Maybe even a FLUDD type gun, but I don't want Mario actually in the game

 

[ConciseCarp]

This ranked mode is a bit of a roller coaster. I've gone from B+, only 10 points away from A-, down to C, back up to B-.

 

[pinkurocket]

Lag rollers. )))):

 

[MouldyK]

Man, the 85 zapper uses up ink way to fast.

Okay, i'm going to run a test of all the weapons because of this.

I will test each gun 3 times to take into account I may be slow to press the trigger and my phone screen at same time and/or stopping the timer. Note that I don't have the fastest reaction, so some times may be faster than stated.

NO INK-SAVERS USED!

.52 Gal:

Test Times: 12.68/12.61/12.41

Average: 12.56 Seconds

.96 Gal:

Test Times: 8.13/8.11/8.14

Average: 8.12 Seconds

Aerospray:

Test Times: 13.63/13.56/13.58

Average: 13.59 Seconds

Blaster:

Test Times: 12.14/12.16/12.16

Average: 12.15 Seconds

Dual Squelcher:

Test Times: 8.58/8.45/8.44

Average: 8.49 Seconds

Jet Squelcher:

Test Times: 7.96/7.39/7.78

Average: 7.71 Seconds

N-Zap:

Test Times: 10.39/10.51/10.46

Average: 10.45 Seconds

Rapid Blaster:

Test Times: 8.66/8.61/8.58

Average: 8.61 Seconds

Splattershot:

Test Times: 11.31/11.28/11.33

Average: 11.3 Seconds

Splattershot JR.:

Test Times: 16.94/16.42/16.89

Average: 16.75 Seconds

Splattershot Pro:

Test Times: 6.89/6.86/6.89

Average: 6.88 Seconds

So, it's middle of the line in terms of length.

 

[Delstius]

Then they should make it spyke can't reroll the ability to the one you are trying to get rid of

At the very least not the exact same three yeah. And an option to only reroll a slot for more money maybe wouldn't hurt as I'm really torn sometimes to reroll stats because 2 slots are good but one is completely useless for me.

 

[Exile20]

Frustration. In huge quantities.

So people need to be rewarded with money and experience to play?

Thought just having fun was atleast enough, my bad.

 

[Kid Ska]

Okay, i'm going to run a test of all the weapons because of this.




So, it's middle of the line in terms of length.

No dual squelcher

 

[Jintor]

jesus, just saw a japanese roller go 15-0 ranked. Amazing.

 

[Deleted member 752119]

So people need to be rewarded with money and experience to play?

Thought just having fun was atleast enough, my bad.

It really depends where you're at. If you're at level 20 and have bought gear your totally happy with, then there's no reason to care about anything but fun.

If you're still trying to level up with your eye on unlocking a weapon or buying a certain piece of gear and have limited game time, getting nothing for losing in ranked (even if you do well and your team sucks) is a big deterrent.

Nothing really wrong with that. I just won't play a lot of ranked until I hit 20 personally. But I don't like splatzones anywhere near as much as turf wars anyway, so I'm good with that.

 

[Monkeylord]

I've got 8 more levels to finish in single player before I'm done. Really enjoying it so far and the motion controls work way better than I thought they would.

I dipped my toe in multiplayer last night before I went to bed. My one and only match resulted in a devastating loss, 26% to 74% lol. I did somehow manage to get the highest score of my team, but even that was only a paltry 530p. There was a roller on the other team that I constantly got splatted by, I think I had one splat to a charger too.


Anyhoo, I'm now level 2, but still not "fresh" enough to browse the stores yet. Anyone got any good advice for a novice? Especially for dealing with Rollers.

 

[RuneFactoryFanboy]

It doesn't appear that you can have Ink Resistance Up and Stealth Jump at the same time. I believe they are both shoe exclusive abilities. Sucks because I want both.

If I have to chose I think I'll go with Stealth Jump. I really like to jump in and help my team at the front lines, and thanks to Stealth Jump have done so successfully.

I wish I could find a listing of which of the unique abilities were tied to which equipment types. That way I would know what I'm shopping for.

 

[ViviOggi]

port splat zones: win the opening coin flip of having 1-5 points more than the enemy then watch no two zones ever being captured again

 

[UncleSporky]

The Rockenberg brand has a 5x multiplier on the odds of getting Run Speed Up, so...

Link to list of these multipliers for each brand?

 

[Neiteio]

So yeah, I got these boots ordered up yesterday, as some of you might remember.



"Well, I don't need three walk speed ups, Spyke, can you fix 'em for me?"



"Um, well yeah, I'm not so sure I need two either. Could you please reduce them to one or take them out completely?"



"Fuck you, Spyke!"

I had two walk speed ups on the same boots, too. I re-rolled... and he only changed the non-walk speed/non-ink resist one.

 

[Rebel Leader]

At the very least not the exact same three yeah. And an option to only reroll a slot for more money maybe wouldn't hurt as I'm really torn sometimes to reroll stats because 2 slots are good but one is completely useless for me.

That's what I mean you should be able to pick the slot to reroll if it's 30k to roll all 3

Why not 15-20k to roll 1 slot?

 

[TheJoRu]

The Rockenberg brand has a 5x multiplier on the odds of getting Run Speed Up, so...

Wait a minute, the brand matters? I thought it was just a nice touch to spruce up the personality of the world a bit.

This game keeps on unraveling itself for me.

 

[MouldyK]

No dual squelcher

I forgot! Hold tight!

Dual Squelcher:

Test Times: 8.58/8.45/8.44

Average: 8.49 Seconds