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[Heng]

...What was that?

This is why you don't let me near your base.

 

[timetokill]

Been wrecking tonight. Loving it.

Is the ninja nerf live yet?

edit: nvm, I see it goes live on the first

 

[PreyingShark]

Hmm they are nerfing my two main abilities. I guess ink resist up nerf is actually a good thing now that everybody is using it, since other weapons benefit more from it than I do. Not sure how I feel about ninja squid, in most situations stealth is better than speed but the race to mid in the beginning is vital on some maps.

The problem with Ninja Squid right now is that its swim speed reduction is so small that it might as well not exist. There should be a noticeable, but not crippling, trade-off for using it.

 

[BlueSilver]

I live what Sniper point blank duels come down to.

 

[Heng]

I live what Sniper point blank duels come down to.

Bombs?

 

[ivanthebearable]

I live what Sniper point blank duels come down to.

I was scared and afraid

 

[BlueSilver]

Bombs?

Not E-Liter duels. =P panic fire circling.

 

[Ocho]

Those bombs bluesilver. Jesus Christ.

 

[ryechu]

The problem with Ninja Squid right now is that its swim speed reduction is so small that it might as well not exist. There should be a noticeable, but not crippling, trade-off for using it.

Its -1/2 the effect of a main swim speed up. So it cant be negligible considering that people run swim speed up for utility. That being said, if they make it -1 swim speed up, the stealth essentially becomes a 2 main slot ability in order to run it with no down sides.

 

[Ocho]

Com error. Except for that one game, I think I did fine. I'm out, had fun.

 

[BlueSilver]

Comm error. =(

I'll leave on that note. Despite almost always losing near the end, it was a lot of fun. Hardly any noticeable lag today. =D

 

[CoconutTank]

Yupyupyup comm error

 

[Heng]

KMT messed up my words I was going to leave you guys with.

 

[PreyingShark]

Its -1/2 the effect of a main swim speed up. So it cant be negligible considering that people run swim speed up for utility. That being said, if they make it -1 swim speed up, the stealth essentially becomes a 2 main slot ability in order to run it with no down sides.

A single swim speed up is negligible. The only people still using it as a main ability are those who just assumed Nintendo wouldn't make a jank ability and therefore haven't actually looked at the tests.

EDIT: Seriously, Ninja Squid is what, 95% speed? Sorry, but I think most people would consider that a pretty insignificant penalty. And while Swim Speed Up *can* make a difference, it only does so over long distances.

 

[BlueSilver]

Oh, GGs, GAF. And especially GGs, Heng. My highlight of the night was surviving your bubble. =P

Keep practicing that Charger, Ivan. I want an all Charger GAF room when the August update hits. =D

 

[Heng]

Oh, GGs, GAF. And especially GGs, Heng. My highlight of the night was surviving your bubble. =P

Keep practicing that Charger, Ivan. I want an all Charger GAF room when the August update hits. =D

GG and GG to anyone else that left early.

Gonna take a break

 

[ivanthebearable]

Oh, GGs, GAF. And especially GGs, Heng. My highlight of the night was surviving your bubble. =P

Keep practicing that Charger, Ivan. I want an all Charger GAF room when the August update hits. =D

GG, and I definitely will! Gotta get me to #1 Kelp Splatterscope on GAF ʕ´•ᴥ•`ʔ

 

[HeroR]

Have to admit, those incoming nerfs hurt my current set up. Love my Ninja Squid and Ink Resistance. Tried Sheath Jump, but Ink Resistance works better with my playing style. Hopefully, the nerfs won't hurt too much.

 

[mrpallyguy]

Finally got my gamepad charger back so I can play again The splatoon withdrawals are real

 

[MouldyK]

New Weapons inbound!

The Carbon Roller and Custom Dual Squelcher will be made available for free from tomorrow morning.

We have no experience with either but the Custom Dual Squelcher sounds amazing

By tomorrow morning, they mean 3am GMT, so same time as usual! 19 hours to go!

We need new maps though!

EDIT:

Datamine Info:

Carbon Roller - Burst Bombs & Inkzooka

Custom Dual Squelcher - Squid Beakon & Killer Wail

 

[ivanthebearable]

That Carbon Roller looks awesome, I'd love to use that

 

[BlueSilver]

I'm Team Carbon Roller for a while, then switching sides to the CDS. =D

 

[Xeteh]

New Weapons inbound!

Hmm, curious what the subs/specials are.

 

[PreyingShark]

I think it's the Carbon Roller Deco's Seeker Bomb Rush that we're all really waiting for, but the vanilla one should do just fine for now. So hyped

Xeteh: Vanilla carbon's burst bomb and inkzooka

 

[BlueSilver]

I think it's the Carbon Roller Deco's Seeker Bomb Rush that we're all really waiting for, but the vanilla one should do just fine for now. So hyped

Xeteh: Vanilla carbon's burst bomb and inkzooka

Burst Bombs? Even better. =D

 

[MouldyK]

Hmm, curious what the subs/specials are.

Well the Data Mine said:

Carbon Roller - Burst Bombs & Inkzooka

Custom Dual Squelcher - Squid Beakon & Killer Wail

 

[Xeteh]

I think it's the Carbon Roller Deco's Seeker Bomb Rush that we're all really waiting for, but the vanilla one should do just fine for now. So hyped

Xeteh: Vanilla carbon's burst bomb and inkzooka

Well the Data Mine said:

Carbon Roller - Burst Bombs & Inkzooka

Custom Dual Squelcher - Squid Beakon & Killer Wail

Thanks.

I'll have to give the Roller a try. Zero interest in the Squelcher.

 

[Kastrioti]

Didn't have much time to play multiplayer today going to get on a late night sesh for an hour or so in about 10 minutes.

 

[BlueSilver]

Hm... want to try something. Going to hop back on for 3 games.

 

[ivanthebearable]

That was... remarkably close for having two disconnects

EDIT: I'm done for the night, GG's everyone who played!

vvvv

That sounds like a REALLY fun set

 

[BlueSilver]

That was... remarkably close for having two disconnects

Unfortunately. =(

Must've DC'd near the end.

Edit: That was interesting. I wonder how well that loadout would do in a GAF room.

Edit 2: The theory is to use a lot of Bomb Throws Up to lob Splat Bombs VERY far. Three mains and 2 subs lets me throw them at just shy of a max E-Liter charge.

Edit 3: I can see this set being useful in the Mall. =D Hopefully it's in rotation when I'm available.

 

[Crayolan]

The Carbon roller looks sick. Wonder if it'll have unique stats.

 

[PreyingShark]

The Carbon roller looks sick. Wonder if it'll have unique stats.

We already know some stat0rz: http://vm.whatasha.me/splatoon/files/wep_values/

It's the RollerCompact by going through process of elimination. By comparing it to the other rollers we know some things:

1) Max splash damage is the same as the other big rollers.
2) However, its range is shorter.
3) It will swing fast bruh
4) It will also go a bit faster when rollin'
5) But it will have a smaller width

 

[AniHawk]

might be interested in the carbon roller. i actually have been using aerospray rg rather exclusively for a while now, though. the dual squelcher sounds like cheating.

 

[Azure Phoenix]

Carbon Roller looks interesting, I hope it has the same range as the Dynamo. My only issue with that weapon is that its sub and special have little synergy with the weapon, so having a special that can take care of long distance targets and a sub that doesn't consume 90% of your ink would be a lot nicer.

 

[Qurupeke]

When is the EU Splatfest? Did they change the date?

 

[BlueSilver]

When is the EU Splatfest? Did they change the date?

I think it's the same day as the NA one(July 4th).

 

[Zemm]

I can see no faults in that strategy.

In all honesty, playing rollers takes practice. It takes a bit of mind games to lure people to where you can splat them as they chase. I've been working on my roller game off and on and I still feel like I have a lot to improve.

Yeah I play pretty much every weapon (think it's weird to just play one all the time) but roller requires the most thinking. It's a fun class. I didn't like it at first but the more I played it the more I realised the gap between a good roller and a bad roller is bigger than any other weapon.

 

[donkey show]

Mmmm, carbon roller looks sexy, especially with burst and inkzooka. It'll be a nice go to with my Gold Dynamo.

 

[timetokill]

GGs to everyone earlier tonight. Sorry I got disconnected from a couple matches :\

 

[NotLiquid]

Hm, I expected a new map today. It's been a week hasn't it? So odd that we're already getting a new weapon update only two-three days after the Luna.

Carbon Roller sounds like fun, maybe I'll pick up the good old roller again.

 

[Rize_21]

I can see this roller becoming the anti sniper specialist with the inkzooka, same goes for the burst bomb, cool sub and special . Now it's time to earn some golds... got robbed by Spike once more .

 

[Jonke]

Damn, it's hard to try different equipment, i like my run speed up gear. I feel so slow when using certain weapons without it.

Very noticeable when using the Nozzlenose at least.

 

[noshten]

- Ink Resistance was too good and probably everyone except Chargers were using it in higher Ranks
- Ninja Squid is also an ability I though was OP, since it didn't seem to slow you too much but now it's virtually useless for Krak-On Rollers and other Kraken users
- Not sure why Ninja Jump is being nerfed - that ability is just for Kamikazes especially with the nerf to Ink Resistance
- Kraken nerf was expected

Pretty much nerfing a lot of things I specialize in, thankfully I have alternative gears especially for the shirt and can change my Kraken gameplay to ensure I'm not completely useless.

 

[Jackano]

Still playing this over Yoshi yesterday.
I like grinding in this game lol, I grind every gear I can get my hands on and I'm also in the process of buying & testing every weapon.
I prefere this over ranked, even if I will eventually get back to it and try to get a B rank.

 

[Totakeke]

Hmm, maybe Burst Bombs for attacking around corners and over walls? Can't see much use on a faster swinging roller otherwise.

 

[BlueSilver]

Hmm, maybe Burst Bombs for attacking around corners and over walls? Can't see much use on a faster swinging roller otherwise.

Have you ever used a Burst Bomb on a wall? It would take 1-2 Burst Bombs to fully paint a wall or pipe to get over it. I'm using Blufin's island walls and Urchin's side entrance wall as an example. Now imagine painting those with just flicks. It's much faster to do so with the BBs. Whenever I had Burst Bombs and Red was on my team at the Skatepark, I would go straight to the Tower, bomb the sides, and let him take the top while I went on the sides. It was faster than having him paint it himself.

By sides, I mean the wall facing the spawns, not the ramp. =P

 

[Jimnymebob]

How much slower is the new Ninja Squid going to be? I'm gonna stick with it anyway because my Inkling is all about the fashion rather than abilities.
Also, I love the fact that I got quick respawn two times on the same piece of gear last night.

 

[Junahu]

- Not sure why Ninja Jump is being nerfed - that ability is just for Kamikazes especially with the nerf to Ink Resistance

Those are mutually exclusive abilities; you can't have Stealth Jump and Ink Resistance at the same time. That's why Stealth Jump is so underused; because everyone and their grandma is busy using Ink Resistance.

Increasing the time before a stealth jump isn't neccessarily a pure nerf. There are ways to use the jump that rely on your target dieing before you get there

 

[Totakeke]

Have you ever used a Burst Bomb on a wall? It would take 1-2 Burst Bombs to fully paint a wall or pipe to get over it. I'm using Blufin's island walls and Urchin's side entrance wall as an example. Now imagine painting those with just flicks. It's much faster to do so with the BBs. Whenever I had Burst Bombs and Red was on my team at the Skatepark, I would go straight to the Tower, bomb the sides, and let him take the top while I went on the sides. It was faster than having him paint it himself.

By sides, I mean the wall facing the spawns, not the ramp. =P

I don't have much experience with using it myself, but that makes sense. On the other hand it would make more sense on a slower swinging roller though. I guess it will also be useful in escaping through enemy ink.