Linkstrikesback
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... I guess everyone here knows as much as I do, but they're not going to lock out Open from Solo queuing though, right?
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... I guess everyone here knows as much as I do, but they're not going to lock out Open from Solo queuing though, right?
This would be so much nicer. For X rank players, it would alleviate the grind of getting back into/staying in X next season, and for S+ level players, they won't get curbstomped, considering the floor for S+ is "S rank player who lucked into S+" and the potential ceiling is literally "the best player in the game".
I had a similar idea of doing placement matches at the beginning of each season. Then if you fail, you have to rank up another S+ level to do it? ...Eh maybe not that last one. Sees a bit grindy.
"only shown when you're on a team"
So I guess it can also not be shown, when you don't have a team (so solo)
Hmm I wonder if League Power effectively being back will change the matchmaking at all. Weapon matchmaking is truly the one thing keeping me away atm, and is why I enjoy X Battles so much. But it's hard to want to play knowing I'll have to do the S+ grind again and again to stay in it.
PillFencer
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Big Run on Undertow with double scales
Eggstra Work playable in SoloQ from now on
Eggstra Work playable in SoloQ from now on
DenkeyKong
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To all the other (Tenta) Brella enthusiasts here: (I'm probably speaking to myself now 
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We know the special is Trizooka, which I think is quite nice. You can deploy your shield, activate zooka and not have to worry about mobility or protection. I'm curious about the sub though. I'm personally not to thrilled for inkmine which we saw in Splatoon 2 on its third kit. Pointer would actually be useful because it helps tremendously with tracking through the shield. Angle Shooter not on the other hand, but that's already on Big Swig anyway, so I think we're safe. An actual bomb would be sublime as well, but Nintendo seems hesitant to out bombs on some weapon classes, one of them being Tenta. What subs would you like to see?
)We know the special is Trizooka, which I think is quite nice. You can deploy your shield, activate zooka and not have to worry about mobility or protection. I'm curious about the sub though. I'm personally not to thrilled for inkmine which we saw in Splatoon 2 on its third kit. Pointer would actually be useful because it helps tremendously with tracking through the shield. Angle Shooter not on the other hand, but that's already on Big Swig anyway, so I think we're safe. An actual bomb would be sublime as well, but Nintendo seems hesitant to out bombs on some weapon classes, one of them being Tenta. What subs would you like to see?
"DOUBLE THE SCALES!!!!"
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14 bronze scales and only 2 silver scales
I honestly don't get how anyone who doesn't make Salmon Run their life can get some of those higher-tier rewards if this is how stingy they are with things.
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Double scales, hell yeah, so instead of zero, I‘ll get zero!
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At some point they’ll probably introduce a scale trade up scheme where you can trade lower value for higher ones like at a state fair carnival
Linkstrikesback
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You don't need all the higher tier rewards anyway. The 999 silver and gold stuff is obviously ridiculous but it's feasible enough for you to choose a slopsuit or 2 that you like and earn them.
Raccoon
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lucky, that's the best track in the game
zumaddy
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FOOLISH
(It's OK I just don't like the Pearl screaming parts and much prefer Front Roe songs)
Linkstrikesback
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"All grizzco weapons, surely this time it'll be a manageable horroboros!"- me and my foolish siblings.
Splatoon: "Hope you enjoy multiple splatanas to fight it with both times!"
Splatoon: "Hope you enjoy multiple splatanas to fight it with both times!"
Linkstrikesback
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Tangerine_Cookie
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No surprise you seem really good at the game, congrats!!
Plubio
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Dayum! Congratulations! Keep the hard work and hopefully you'll reach finals!
On a side note I'm stupidly happy for being able to reach VP 999 for the first time!
Pretty sure I only managed it due to the current Grizzco Weapons rotation but I won't complain 😭
Why do they always pair you with the worst players on the planet whenever you get enough points for a rank-up battle
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oh god how did this get here im not good with comp
man i played some salmon run last night during the grizz rotation thinking "wowie easy rank up time baybee" just to lose like 5 matches in a row and derank from vp god dammit lmao
people are so bad at using the grizz splatana and grizz slosher. the latter i understand, its a slow, clunky weapon that doesnt feel super fun to use but carrying on the splatana is so easy since you can just mow through trash mobs with melee attacks and one hit ko enemies like drizzler and scrappers through their armors. i think people expect to play it like a stamper and just get themselves killed.
i blame the game for the loss i had when it gave us 3 sloshers and 1 splatana during a regular tide mothership tho. thats just mean.
people are so bad at using the grizz splatana and grizz slosher. the latter i understand, its a slow, clunky weapon that doesnt feel super fun to use but carrying on the splatana is so easy since you can just mow through trash mobs with melee attacks and one hit ko enemies like drizzler and scrappers through their armors. i think people expect to play it like a stamper and just get themselves killed.
i blame the game for the loss i had when it gave us 3 sloshers and 1 splatana during a regular tide mothership tho. thats just mean.
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Is there a way to enjoy the multiplayer in this game without pairing up with like 3 other competent people, or am I just cursed to forever win 1 game for every 5 I lose and get absolutely dominated by people with clearly 10-20 times more hours in Turf War than me. Cause I like turf war, but the fact that the matchmaking is so rough and I'm not fantastic at the game (I'm not horrific usually, but I also struggle with Splatoon mechanics more than I do with other shooter type games) makes it really hard to enjoy it properly and like actually level up/get stuff/unlock stuff. Like it feels very sweaty for casual play and I guess part of the problem is I did import save data from Splatoon 2 where I had played like 30 hours of MP without ever really getting that good. But I swear this game and this game alone I've had the worst win/loss ratio of any game I've ever played, and that includes Splat 1 and 2.
Congrats!
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I think it's time to talk about some of the UNHEALTHIEST weapons in this game
No, not talking about unhealthy for the meta, talking about physically unhealthy for the player.
Squeezer and Inkbrush (and some others that aren't as bad, like Octobrush and Splatana Wiper). I really dislike the idea of skill-gating a weapon behind mashing, it's just inaccessible and straight up dangerous for players who use those weapons. I personally KNOW someone who (alongside being an artist) mained squeezer for a few years and seriously messed up their hands to where they cannot use a controller anymore.
It'd be much better if they were full auto (maybe with slight tone-downs), with some way to switch modes. I'm tired of inaccessible game design.
No, not talking about unhealthy for the meta, talking about physically unhealthy for the player.
Squeezer and Inkbrush (and some others that aren't as bad, like Octobrush and Splatana Wiper). I really dislike the idea of skill-gating a weapon behind mashing, it's just inaccessible and straight up dangerous for players who use those weapons. I personally KNOW someone who (alongside being an artist) mained squeezer for a few years and seriously messed up their hands to where they cannot use a controller anymore.
It'd be much better if they were full auto (maybe with slight tone-downs), with some way to switch modes. I'm tired of inaccessible game design.
PillFencer
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update on the known kits:
| S-Blast '92 | Sprinkler | Reefslider |
| Splatana Wiper Deco | Squid Beakon | ? |
| Tenta Sorella Brella | ? | Trizooka |
| Big Swig Roller Express | Line Marker | Ink Storm |
| Annaki Splattershot Nova | Ink Mine | Inkjet |
| Custom Dualie Squelchers | Squid Beakon | ? |
| Light Tetra Dualies | Sprinkler | ? |
| Painbrush | Curling Bomb | Wave Breaker |
| Heavy Splatling Deco | ? | Kraken Royale |
| H-3 Nozzlenose D | Splash Wall | Big Bubbler |
| Rapid Blaster Pro Deco | Line Marker | Killer Wail 5.1 |
I've talked before about having to drop the Squeezer because, as much as I like the weapon, I could perform with it maybe for half an hour before exhaustion set in and my results plummeted below what I'd achive with the worse but easier going Splattershot Pro. Yeah, if my typical play session of Splatoon is about an hour to two hours, I'm picking comfort over efficency every time.
And that's before health concerns came up. I've been drawing all my life and only a couple months ago started noticing for the first time slight aches in my forarm, so even if I had stuck with Squeezer that would have killed it for good.
Thinking up a fix is kinda tricky, because I like the general idea behind the Squeezer. Maybe a button to switch modes would work. Maybe the "hold trigger for auto, tap for single fire" mode should just not be weapon that still takes three shots - and thus three quick successive taps - to kill. Or maybe those three shots should be a semi-automatic, regularly spaced out burst that can be activated with one button press.
OP
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Where's the good sub weapons at Nintendo???
Surely they have to be buffing all these non-bomb subs this season, right?
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I think a very simple solution for squeezer could take inspiration from the S-Blast. Long range mode while standing, paint mode while jumping (with balance adjustments as necessary)
Actually, yes! Boosts for standing still, whether it be damage or accuracy or shot velocity or something else, are an underexplored area outside Dualies, which still are pretty movement based just in a different manner.
DenkeyKong
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Lol my thoughts exactly (hopefully they're saving a good sub for Tenta). Is there a reason non-shooters don't get bombs for sub weapons?
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Shooter privilege /hj
I think it's because the last few seasons had so many shooter kits, and a bunch of kits with good subs, so now the non shooters that are finally getting kits get a disproportionate amount of bad subs that they need to put on something
First time dipping back into Splatoon after Tears of the Kingdom and, oh woomy, does the (X Rank) matchmaking seem to have a bad time with the drained player pool. Minute long queues only to produce blow-outs that are over after 20 seconds, disconnects that last even shorter, or actual "Not enough players found" messages.
Kill Open and/or Series, already.
Kill Open and/or Series, already.
PillFencer
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btw Sprinkler is now the most used sub in S3's kits, above Splat Bomb:
Sprinkler
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- .96 Gal
- Dynamo Roller
- Bloblobber
- Heavy Splatling
- Splat Brella
- Snipewriter 5H
- Aerospray RG
- S-Blast '92
- Light Tetra Dualies
- Splattershot Jr.
- Splat Charger
- Clash Blaster
- Luna Blaster
- Inkbrush
- Slosher
- Dualie Squelchers
- Tentatek Splattershot
Linkstrikesback
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"I sure hope the alt kit for my weapon has squid beakon" said nobody who plays public primarily ever.
Dualie squelchers have a low enough damage ratio that it really needs the offensive bomb (... but this is also true of most weapons benefiting, I suppose). Maybe in a year we'll finally get some 3rd weapon sets for lucky players and get a non-terrible alternative then.
Dualie squelchers have a low enough damage ratio that it really needs the offensive bomb (... but this is also true of most weapons benefiting, I suppose). Maybe in a year we'll finally get some 3rd weapon sets for lucky players and get a non-terrible alternative then.
PillFencer
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Beakon's literally the best possible sub for Dualie Squelchers and by far, with their ink consumption bombs just destroy their momentum and it's one of if not the weapon that moves the most all around the stage which will allow it to setup beakons very easily without punishment and at the same time beakons will get it back to positions it likes fighting from. Beakon's enemy location detection effect also frees up gear that would otherwise be used for Haunt, it gets to dodge roll out of a beakon jump, it helps its team play into its QR skirmishes to the fullest...
Sagitario
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WOOT! Congrats! 🙌
Super completely agree!
I recently got 5 stars with the Squeezer and I couldn't believe how bad my finger hurt. And the way some Inkbrush users spam ZR, that can't be healthy.
I was today years old when I learnt about the beacon's ability to show you enemies on the map who are near it 🙃
Off topic, but I'm not sure why the game doesn't use X Rank's superior matchmaking across all modes. I enjoy X Battles more than any moment in Anarchy simply because I don't get screwed by shitty weapon comp or playing with people who are vastly above or below my skill level.
Just merge Series, Open, and X Battles into one ranked mode. I hate going through the S+ Series grind to have an enjoyable solo queue experience in this game.
Linkstrikesback
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I mean... Weren't you deliberately not doing any rank up battles so you could stay in the lowest rank despite it probably being below your actual level. That's way more egregious.
Raccoon
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nah, I still lose most of my open battles
and segmenting the players like that would be about boosting the pool in X. I suspect X being a super exclusive rotation with two alternatives is a big contributor to the matchmaking issues.
I was thinking the same with s players only being able to play series but it probably wouldn't do much good. is matchmaking in high level series play any slower than lower series?
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a refresher on my fuckload of anarchy points each season (paging @Linkstrikesback):
in C+ you get 8 points for a win and lose 1 point for a loss. as such, if you win 1 in every 8 battles you still profit and can slowly climb. my rate is slightly better than that, probably being closer to 1 in 5 or 6, but I still do tremendously poorly at my current rank and accordingly am not "smurfing" at all. if I managed to rank up, not that I've given any indication of being able to win a rank up series, all that would happen is I'd lose my occasional wins and be curbstomped even harder in the losses
edit: I haven't played since the splatfest but here are my last few battles before that. does this look like smurfing to you? I'm just really really bad lol
in C+ you get 8 points for a win and lose 1 point for a loss. as such, if you win 1 in every 8 battles you still profit and can slowly climb. my rate is slightly better than that, probably being closer to 1 in 5 or 6, but I still do tremendously poorly at my current rank and accordingly am not "smurfing" at all. if I managed to rank up, not that I've given any indication of being able to win a rank up series, all that would happen is I'd lose my occasional wins and be curbstomped even harder in the losses
edit: I haven't played since the splatfest but here are my last few battles before that. does this look like smurfing to you? I'm just really really bad lol
PillFencer
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update on the known kits:
imo:
Most likely subs for Heavy are Point Sensor or Splash Wall (based on previous kits)
Most likely specials for Squelchers are Killer Wail 5.1 or Tenta Missiles (based on previous kits)
Most likely special for Wiper is Super Chump (Kraken is getting a new weapon so most likely Chump too, and Wiper Chump makes a ton of sense)
| S-Blast '92 | Sprinkler | Reefslider |
| Splatana Wiper Deco | Squid Beakon | ? |
| Tenta Sorella Brella | Ink Mine | Trizooka |
| Big Swig Roller Express | Line Marker | Ink Storm |
| Annaki Splattershot Nova | Ink Mine | Inkjet |
| Custom Dualie Squelchers | Squid Beakon | ? |
| Light Tetra Dualies | Sprinkler | Zipcaster |
| Painbrush | Curling Bomb | Wave Breaker |
| Heavy Splatling Deco | ? | Kraken Royale |
| H-3 Nozzlenose D | Splash Wall | Big Bubbler |
| Rapid Blaster Pro Deco | Line Marker | Killer Wail 5.1 |
imo:
Most likely subs for Heavy are Point Sensor or Splash Wall (based on previous kits)
Most likely specials for Squelchers are Killer Wail 5.1 or Tenta Missiles (based on previous kits)
Most likely special for Wiper is Super Chump (Kraken is getting a new weapon so most likely Chump too, and Wiper Chump makes a ton of sense)
The radius is pretty damn large too! I think many already use it to assess whether or not a beakon jump is safe but its potential goes beyond that
OP
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I think I saw a somewhat blurry picture where the ink tank line on heavy suggested an ink cost similar to point sensor
PillFencer
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You're right I think I remember that too. So Mist is probably the only utility sub that's not being added to any weapon this season (Light Tetras were right there...), if the overall utility subs buff theory pans out I hope that doesn't mean Mist will be left out again :/
