Lol, good job Nintendo.
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Splatoon |OT3| Feel Good Ink
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This game is basically "press shoot to win" ugh
PadWarrior
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I hate both choices what do I vote?????
Be a hipster and pick the least popular one. Around GAF that means picking costers.
I think all the time I've been putting in with the Nozzlenose and its disruptor spam might be subtly transforming me into a halfway decent Blaster player. At least, I'm doing a hell of a lot better with it than I used to in random rooms.
Such a simple feature and I really hope that they implement it in future iterations of the series. You can even get away with calling them "outfits" instead of loadouts to keep the casual flair. In fact I'd love to get a customizable inkling dorm room in a future sequel, unlock knick-knacks and wall-art to decorate it with, access your closet to change gear, TV and game system for the mini-games, etc. Just to add a little more thematic grounding and world-consistency compared to the "floating in space" equip screen we have now.
So much salt from this post I don't even need to season my dinner!
Team Marie.
PadWarrior
Member
I don't really like the choice of no friends in splatfest. I get it for ranked kind of, but if we picked the same team in splatfest, then it makes no sense we cant play together.
My friend and I were so hype to play it, realized we couldn't play in the same game, and turned the game off to wait for midnight so we can actually play together.
My friend and I were so hype to play it, realized we couldn't play in the same game, and turned the game off to wait for midnight so we can actually play together.
PreyingShark
Member
And the best part is that coasters will probably win, going by last time.
HawthorneKitty
Sgt. 2nd Class in the Creep Battalion, Waifu Wars
More people have been on roller coasters right?
I can dig it
CoconutTank
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Waterslides!
http://squidboards.com/guides/gear-ability-quick-reference-guide-v0-2-image-heavy.55/
It looks like the Studio Headphones that Violet is referring to is under the "Ink Saver (Main)" section and branded by Forge (bias towards Special Duration Up).
PS: Krak-On, Rockenberg and Takoroka are best brands ;P
It's true that most weapons are capped to a certain max damage per shot so that they always have an expected number of hits to splat. You'll never see an improvement for splatting a full HP squid on neutral or favored ground, but the damage buff gives you more opportunities to guarantee splats otherwise. If that's not what you're going for with non-Charger weapons, then you probably don't need Damage Up.
In case you don't have Splatoon and a Wii U on hand to check, someone on squidboards set up a gear guide which is fairly comprehensive:
http://squidboards.com/guides/gear-ability-quick-reference-guide-v0-2-image-heavy.55/
It looks like the Studio Headphones that Violet is referring to is under the "Ink Saver (Main)" section and branded by Forge (bias towards Special Duration Up).
PS: Krak-On, Rockenberg and Takoroka are best brands ;P
Technically every weapon benefits from Damage Up, but Chargers benefit the most.
It's true that most weapons are capped to a certain max damage per shot so that they always have an expected number of hits to splat. You'll never see an improvement for splatting a full HP squid on neutral or favored ground, but the damage buff gives you more opportunities to guarantee splats otherwise. If that's not what you're going for with non-Charger weapons, then you probably don't need Damage Up.
I don't think the Jet Squelcher can pump out ink fast enough to make a useful road under that time constraint. I'm pretty sure you can get to your ramp by the time Red gets to the center, and that's probably a more important position for a JS at the start. At the least you don't want to be stuck behind the ramp as a JS user.
Blak_Status
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SM239... You bastard lol
lol I saw you making a break for it on the map. Can't let you do that lol
At least this is less likely to be as emotionally charged as cats vs dogs was lol
agreed. I think custom loadouts could potentially break the balance of the game. aka inkstrike with fucking everything lol.
Blak_Status
Member
I'm pretty sure 4 subs is closer to 1 main compared to 3 subs.
Exactly, it's the static loadouts that make me eager for each new weapon and how differently they will work.
I've read some 3 sub combos are less than one main while some 3 sub combos are more than one main
Blak_Status
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For Main Ink Saver it's definitely 4 subs. I don't know about others yet.
CoconutTank
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Actually now that we've all played a lot of Splatoon I want to revisit Inkstrikes and how folks feel about them. In the past I was always really afraid of Aerospray RG throwing balance out of the window due to how fast and how often it can get Inkstrike. I'm still seeing the Aerospray RG these days but not nearly as often and I feel that the community in general has learned how to fight it better. I also don't use the Aerospray RG now, preferring to use the Tentatek Splattershot or the Custom Jet Squelcher.
I probably need better questions, but here's two that might be of interest:
1) Which weapon(s) with Inkstrike do you think is/are fastest at getting Inkstrikes?
2) Do you think it's a problem that this/these weapon(s) can get Inkstrikes quickly?
My answers:
1) I think the Inkbrush is definitely the fastest at getting Inkstrikes, though I think it's much harder to use than the Aerospray RG, which is nearly as fast and is much easier to use.
2) No I don't think it's that problematic for the Inkbrush nor the Aerospray RG to get Inkstrikes that quickly. I feel that most folks have accustomed to dealing with Inkstrikes and they don't get killed by Inkstrikes as often. That and both the Inkbrush and Aerospray RG are short ranged weapons which can have difficulty fighting longer ranged weapons. Most other weapons can use a throwable sub for those problems, but (at least for the Aerospray RG) the Inkstrike is the only option to fight entrenched enemies that outzone them.
I probably need better questions, but here's two that might be of interest:
1) Which weapon(s) with Inkstrike do you think is/are fastest at getting Inkstrikes?
2) Do you think it's a problem that this/these weapon(s) can get Inkstrikes quickly?
My answers:
1) I think the Inkbrush is definitely the fastest at getting Inkstrikes, though I think it's much harder to use than the Aerospray RG, which is nearly as fast and is much easier to use.
2) No I don't think it's that problematic for the Inkbrush nor the Aerospray RG to get Inkstrikes that quickly. I feel that most folks have accustomed to dealing with Inkstrikes and they don't get killed by Inkstrikes as often. That and both the Inkbrush and Aerospray RG are short ranged weapons which can have difficulty fighting longer ranged weapons. Most other weapons can use a throwable sub for those problems, but (at least for the Aerospray RG) the Inkstrike is the only option to fight entrenched enemies that outzone them.
#TeamCat begs to differ.
will "win" by being the better players
but will not be as winning or as rewarded as people who clicked the correct button
splatfest is a mockery of a sham of a facade of bullshit
Just to be clear, I think the point of talking about being able to save "custom loadouts" wasn't with respect to weapon subs so much as being able to save particular clothing combinations for easy switching around. At least, that's how I meant to talk about it. It'd be nice to be able to save, like, "here's my disruptor-spam L-3 set" and have it up instantly without having to fish around for each component gear piece.
Maybe the Inkbrush can charge inkstrikes quickly if they're covering two areas at once thanks to sprinkler use, but the RG is so quick and simple that I think for the majority of players, if you really wanted to make an inkstrike-focused build, that still remains the go-to for me. Lack of range when fighting can be an issue, but if you encounter someone with an obvious advantage, it's easy enough to retreat and ink elsewhere instead, unless you're being heavily zoned by a whole team of chargers and squelchers. But...if you're up against a team of good chargers and squelchers, you may not have that much more luck with an inkbrush unless you manage to successfully YOLO-run all the way through their line of sight without getting tagged.
As for whether it's a problem, the only thing I particularly dislike about the inkstrike is its ability to greatly affect the balance of the battlefield after the game-time has expired. In that sense it's the only super which has that ability aside from the comparatively-minor bomb spam supers. If you can fire up an inkstrike in the last 2 seconds of a game and allow it to account for that significant of a percentage, I should be able to splat enemies post-clock with the Killer Wail and have those ink-puddles count toward the score, too.
Maybe the Inkbrush can charge inkstrikes quickly if they're covering two areas at once thanks to sprinkler use, but the RG is so quick and simple that I think for the majority of players, if you really wanted to make an inkstrike-focused build, that still remains the go-to for me. Lack of range when fighting can be an issue, but if you encounter someone with an obvious advantage, it's easy enough to retreat and ink elsewhere instead, unless you're being heavily zoned by a whole team of chargers and squelchers. But...if you're up against a team of good chargers and squelchers, you may not have that much more luck with an inkbrush unless you manage to successfully YOLO-run all the way through their line of sight without getting tagged.
As for whether it's a problem, the only thing I particularly dislike about the inkstrike is its ability to greatly affect the balance of the battlefield after the game-time has expired. In that sense it's the only super which has that ability aside from the comparatively-minor bomb spam supers. If you can fire up an inkstrike in the last 2 seconds of a game and allow it to account for that significant of a percentage, I should be able to splat enemies post-clock with the Killer Wail and have those ink-puddles count toward the score, too.
Zero²;171447185 said:
and then realizing that this doesn't actually matter because the most popularly picked side will win regardless of doing your best
doing your best = less rewarding than picking the correct side = no reason to do your best because IT. DOESN'T. FUCKING. MATTER.
We'll just need to win by more than 2% then.
Whoa bro. 120,000 Splatoon coins matters. #catsneverforget