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check post #6 for the spreadsheet and mention that you're from Gaf when you send out invites. Lobbies come with the August update
playing against Red with a charger is like sitting on a tiny piece of driftwood in an ocean of enemy ink with a harpoon, waiting for the great white shark to appear
Had the stupidest idea for a #TeamCat art earlier after looking at the Zone of The Enders box art for a bit. Figured I'd pitch the idea to SplatGAF looking for some suggestions. The basic idea is simple:
- "Zone of the Enders" gets replaced with "Capture All Turf"
- "Z.O.E" gets changed to "C.A.T"
- The triangular icon showing the map of the solar system there is changed to either a graphic depicting a cat's face or a cat's eye. I might even keep the planetary orbits as a touch using paw prints instead
- (Hard/Try Hard Mode) doodle out the silhouette of a cat behind the logo
Any thoughts?
- "Zone of the Enders" gets replaced with "Capture All Turf"
- "Z.O.E" gets changed to "C.A.T"
- The triangular icon showing the map of the solar system there is changed to either a graphic depicting a cat's face or a cat's eye. I might even keep the planetary orbits as a touch using paw prints instead
- (Hard/Try Hard Mode) doodle out the silhouette of a cat behind the logo
Any thoughts?
I don't really care about all that xp being wasted, but I would be down to reset my levels for a sea snail.
I hate the mall... and that lag at the end lol.you carried that one
I agree with this. I can't for the life of God play with the gyro controls. I've simply played too many dual-stick shooters for that. Unlearning is way harder than learning. (No problem, though, since I play quite well with the dual sticks and is often in top 3 in Splatoon)
Something struck me the other day: I had a ranked game on Blackbelly where we were dominant, to the extent that the final map basically had one channel from our spawn to the middle that was all we needed, whereas the opposition had taken lots of different routes into the middle to try to flank us, so the ink around *their* spawn was full of lots of different paths.
That continued into thoughts about how Splat Zones might be more interesting if those channels could be disrupted over time by the opposition - but there's little incentive to actually do that in real play; you defend the Zones because that's the goal.
So eventually I concluded: would it work if we had a hybrid? If a game was set up where two members of each team were playing to Splat Zone rules, while the other two were playing Turf War rules. Turf War players are going to *want* to influence the routes into the middle for their own goals, which gives Splat Zone players an extra factor to take into account.
I think there's potential here, but it's an odd form of asymmetric gameplay to think about.
That continued into thoughts about how Splat Zones might be more interesting if those channels could be disrupted over time by the opposition - but there's little incentive to actually do that in real play; you defend the Zones because that's the goal.
So eventually I concluded: would it work if we had a hybrid? If a game was set up where two members of each team were playing to Splat Zone rules, while the other two were playing Turf War rules. Turf War players are going to *want* to influence the routes into the middle for their own goals, which gives Splat Zone players an extra factor to take into account.
I think there's potential here, but it's an odd form of asymmetric gameplay to think about.
You almost got away from me there violet.
stop running from the kraken, face it like a man!
BassForever
Member
Stealth Swim is like the best ability in the game, catches so many people off guard letting me get many a kill with my roller.
I really don't get why not more people start by rushing to middle. You can always paint your base later on, but in the beginning it is important to claim as much of the center as possible.
It's probably because they're new to the game and don't know that the best strategy is map control. Also could be that they're scared of dying.
That juke violet! Would have been better if I got away lol.
I don't like playing against you on the Mall map, you don't let me snipe in peace lol
Lol you won't let me invade your base.
God damnit you made me fall in the water haha.
I hear squids love water
team Gaf is 2gud
got hit three times by the Inzooka : /
isn't Andre GX from Game Xplain?
you and Doc both tried this on me, heh
ggs Heng and Doc, my aim has been terrible for last hour or so
donkey show
Member
That feel when you disconnect in ranked right before a win. 
No, I usually play against level 15-20'ers. And I am almost always the first (and the only) one to reach the center of the map. Yeah, I play quite aggressively with my Splattershot Jr., but still, my team should at least move forward and not concentrate too much of the start base.
Massive Duck. C.M.
Banned
I now enjoy the nozzle
Hi everyone, I'm quite into Splatoon at this point (been a lvl 20 for a while, although I never went above B+) but would like to play with the most active members here.. Who should I add? I added a few people from the spreadsheet but it's rather hit and miss (nothing wrong with that but I'm a bit jealous of you all playing and chatting here).
I know this, I still wish it was an option at some point.
Maybe it's just a Turf War thing.
Revelation only applies to Random Turf War
I pretty much only play turf war tho
Windom Earle
Member
Too much salt in the last few days. I think I need to take a break. FUCK THIS GAME.
Also fuck Dynamo Rollers. Forever.
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Also fuck Dynamo Rollers. Forever.
Massive Duck. C.M.
Banned
It's actually only really useful in ranked lol. Good power, even better with attack buffs
When I'm sharp, custom blaster is my best weapon. But when I'm not, the losing streaks are vicious.
I'm torn between two setups: a damage up-stacking set that increases my burst OHKO range or my speed ninja squid set. I feel the former has the higher skill ceiling but the latter should help me die less.
I'm torn between two setups: a damage up-stacking set that increases my burst OHKO range or my speed ninja squid set. I feel the former has the higher skill ceiling but the latter should help me die less.
Windom Earle
Member
Do you want to rephrase that..? F'Nar F'Nar!
A wall to block other chargers from splatting you because your range sucks for a charger? Sounds good.
Just uploaded the last match we had with Heng and Violet - it's arrowana mall -, I noticed that the shadows are visible before the actual models, I'll try to remember that for the future laggy matches .
.Yeah I was thinking maybe they would do a little segment on how happy/surprised they were with the success and feature lots of the artwork people have done and then end with a teaser with what's to come. Nothing major just a little 30s-60s segment
Just uploaded the last match we had with Heng and Violet - it's arrowana mall -, I noticed that the shadows are visible before the actual models, I'll try to remember that for the future laggy matches
poor Andre, still using the Aerospray - he needs to get with the meta
see, after doing some testing I'm not convinced the Squiffer charges a 100+ damage shot faster than the standard charger. With the Squiffer you always need to fully charge to one-shot someone (doesn't matter how much Damage Up you stack), with the charger it's 2/3 and with the E-liter 1/2 (with Damage Up). The E-liter might be a bit slower perhaps but the charger is about as fast as the Squiffer
You just need to blindside them. Blind spot warefare is a crucial tactic for charger v charger warefare. If you get up close, they either have to disengage or face you in a shootout, which (if you're skillfull enough) will always win as your charge is considerably faster. You need to be careful of partial charge OHKOs via attack ups, so defense ups are useful for squiffers.
I just pretend that the Squiffers do not exist. They are weaker and slower than regular guns, and have less range than chargers. You can just use a charger with some damage up and one shot people at the same rate.
Holy shit. Last night, I had a ranked match on Saltspray Rig. My team jelled pretty well, and we got to where we only had 1 second left on our clock pretty quickly. At this point, the opposing team had about 80 seconds on theirs. And I'll be damned if those guys didn't wake up and hold us off for the rest of the match until they got a knockout -- we couldn't get that 1 second of control in to save our lives.
I love this game.
I love this game.