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Awesome!
Oct 17, 2008

Ready for adventure!


im only lvl 7 i still have so many weapons to unlock

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nftyw
Dec 27, 2006

It is a game... where you will put your life on the line.
Lipstick Apathy
It's cool if you aren't grinding like crazy, honestly some of the unlocks like blaster and chargers can be more of a defensive tool that's very useful in splat zones where it's very powerful when you group assault and defend an area and kills matter more, but much harder to use in turf war where being more mobile and spread out means you can get more ink on the map.

I like to roll Kraken roller and Splatter Jr. still because I'm an ok shot that prefers to break thru lines and go for ambush kills and painting over enemy ink while crutching on the powerful supers they have in a pinch.

Vanrushal
Apr 2, 2005

I thought my Spitter was a Jockey!
Game owns but my main gripes are 1) What is even the point of different height jumps other than to gently caress you up for not pressing the button long enough, I want to get my thumb back on the stick asap dammit and 2) just let me be sea green forever. :(

Regy Rusty
Apr 26, 2010

I just got to level 15 and unlocked the Dynamo Roller. How does anyone deal with its ridiculously long attack delay? It just makes me want to stick to my beloved Krakon roller.

Beekeeping and You
Sep 27, 2011



mabels big day
Feb 25, 2012

I unlocked the custom blaster and i think that the rapid blaster is better.

Viewtiful Jew
Apr 21, 2007
Mench'n-a-go-go-baby!
The anime is coming from inside the house:

quote:

A new costume based on the Ika Musume (Squid Girl) manga is coming to Splatoon. In August, a free update with the DLC will be released.

This announcement only pertains to Japan at present. We’ll let you know if we hear anything for the west.

whaley
Aug 13, 2000

MY DOODOO IS SPRAYING OUT
do anyone knows the blood code

Cialis Railman
Apr 20, 2007


Makes sense, the dude who does Ika Musume is a big fan.

Anidav
Feb 25, 2010

ahhh fuck its the rats again
I think the option to change weapons inbetween deaths in ranked should be an option. You have no way of telling what your teammates are carrying before the game starts and if it's poo poo and you're going up against Krack-on's, Aerosprays and all sorts of l33t hellguns, Nintendo should atleast let you change your weapon when you die so you can counterpick in real time.

Hot Diggity!
Apr 3, 2010

SKELITON_BRINGING_U_ON.GIF

drat you i came here to post that!!

oopsie rock
Oct 12, 2012

Anidav posted:

I think the option to change weapons inbetween deaths in ranked should be an option. You have no way of telling what your teammates are carrying before the game starts and if it's poo poo and you're going up against Krack-on's, Aerosprays and all sorts of l33t hellguns, Nintendo should atleast let you change your weapon when you die so you can counterpick in real time.

What's the point of switching weapons to better align with your team if the teams just get shuffled every round anyway?

Szmitten
Apr 26, 2008
Welp, I was ranked B- around 30 or so but a string of disconnects and instability have brought me back down to C+ 50.

Anidav
Feb 25, 2010

ahhh fuck its the rats again

oopsie rock posted:

What's the point of switching weapons to better align with your team if the teams just get shuffled every round anyway?

I don't know, I would rather put up a fight than go:
"Oh, I guess this shuffle sucks, better wait 5 minutes and pray to the shuffle gods"

Reiley
Dec 16, 2007


mabels big day posted:

I unlocked the custom blaster and i think that the rapid blaster is better.

What do you like about the rapid blaster? I tried it out and I think it had more range but the sick one-shots are what brought me to the Blaster Life in the first place. Land mines seem like a lot of fun,

Anidav
Feb 25, 2010

ahhh fuck its the rats again

Reiley posted:

What do you like about the rapid blaster? I tried it out and I think it had more range but the sick one-shots are what brought me to the Blaster Life in the first place. Land mines seem like a lot of fun,

Land mines are a lot of fun because no one is loving using mine detectors anyway so you can essentially camp the side lanes with the mine and farm pubbies.

Lemming
Apr 21, 2008

Regy Rusty posted:

I just got to level 15 and unlocked the Dynamo Roller. How does anyone deal with its ridiculously long attack delay? It just makes me want to stick to my beloved Krakon roller.

Because it spreads an insane amount of ink and kills from a thousand miles away

It's basically heavy artillery

mabels big day
Feb 25, 2012

Reiley posted:

What do you like about the rapid blaster? I tried it out and I think it had more range but the sick one-shots are what brought me to the Blaster Life in the first place. Land mines seem like a lot of fun,

It's mostly the land mines and the fact that it shoots out two blasts in about the same time as you shoot one blast with the regular blaster. the set really only shines in defensive play, because laying mines on the point is a really good way of keeping it secure, and the rapid blaster shots are just good spam on chokepoints. if my team is losing my loadout is kind of useless.

Dr. Hurt
Oct 23, 2010



I'm a slave to fresh fashions. Waiting on my black market buddy to swipe me some sweet goggles.

Waffleman_
Jan 20, 2011


I don't wanna I don't wanna I don't wanna I don't wanna!!!

E:fb

Waffleman_ fucked around with this message at 01:14 on Jun 4, 2015

Zaphod42
Sep 13, 2012

If there's anything more important than my ego around, I want it caught and shot now.

Regy Rusty posted:

I just got to level 15 and unlocked the Dynamo Roller. How does anyone deal with its ridiculously long attack delay? It just makes me want to stick to my beloved Krakon roller.

You can kill people on towers with it, that's kinda a big deal.


:3: I will wear this on my squidkid

Internet Kraken
Apr 24, 2010

slightly amused
I'm a good* demosquid.



*When I don't miss like an idiot.

mabels big day posted:

It's mostly the land mines and the fact that it shoots out two blasts in about the same time as you shoot one blast with the regular blaster. the set really only shines in defensive play, because laying mines on the point is a really good way of keeping it secure, and the rapid blaster shots are just good spam on chokepoints. if my team is losing my loadout is kind of useless.

I'll give you that land mines are useful (so are point sensors though), but I can't understand how anyone could prefer the rapid blaster over the regular one. Shooting one blast with the blaster is just as fast as firing one with the rapid blaster. The rapid blaster can fire multiple shots faster, but the blaster oneshot kills people if you hit them properly. No matter how you hit them with the rapid blaster it still takes two shots, and it doesn't fire fast enough to keep them from just mowing you down. I accidentally played a ranked game with the rapid blaster and it was miserable. I kept hitting people dead on, then getting killed by them anyways because an aerospray can kill me faster than a rapid blaster can get off two shots.

Silentman0
Jul 11, 2005

I have a new neighbor. Heard he comes from far away

It'd be cool if I could get the dress, if nothing else. Plus, if they're willing to add something just because someone creative and popular likes the game, that makes it more likely to get Naganuma beats in the game.

RetroHelix
Oct 24, 2004

No home should be without one.
I wish they'd do away with that news segment telling you the maps every time you start up the game. Mashing A for 20 seconds every time is annoying as hell. All they do is give you info you can find easily before starting a match. Nintendo seems to love their text boxes.

NuclearWinterUK
Jan 13, 2007

Yes, I am very well
Wow, I find the two splat zones Port map to be so much more enjoyable than the single zone ones I'd played previously. If all the maps were this fun I would totally dig ranked mode.

The Rig still feels mostly frustrating as an attacker and too easy to lock down as a defender.

NuclearWinterUK fucked around with this message at 01:21 on Jun 4, 2015

Internet Kraken
Apr 24, 2010

slightly amused
I'm the opposite and think the port is the worst ranked map. When there's only one zone or they're both close your team at least ends up indirectly working together since there's only one place to go. But on the port you're divided between two areas and it only takes one person painting undisturbed to undue all your work. You have to split up, but there's no way to communicate this or decide who goes where. Do I stay behind to defend and hope my team can push without me, or do I go with them and risk someone on the other team taking the zone because nobody bothered to guard it? There's no good answer. Plus when the zones are really small ink strike spam is even more effective than it should be.

RetroHelix posted:

I wish they'd do away with that news segment telling you the maps every time you start up the game. Mashing A for 20 seconds every time is annoying as hell. All they do is give you info you can find easily before starting a match. Nintendo seems to love their text boxes.

Ideally I could expunge the calimari sisters from my disc but I'd settle for being able to skip their show.

Anidav
Feb 25, 2010

ahhh fuck its the rats again
Kracken roller is too universally good.

Lemming
Apr 21, 2008

RetroHelix posted:

I wish they'd do away with that news segment telling you the maps every time you start up the game. Mashing A for 20 seconds every time is annoying as hell. All they do is give you info you can find easily before starting a match. Nintendo seems to love their text boxes.

I like it, it's cute. I hope they add more stuff to the plaza too because it's fun just walking around.

oopsie rock
Oct 12, 2012

Anidav posted:

Kracken roller is too universally good.

hey you misspelled aerospray RG

NuclearWinterUK
Jan 13, 2007

Yes, I am very well

Internet Kraken posted:

But on the port you're divided between two areas and it only takes one person painting undisturbed to undue all your work. You have to split up, but there's no way to communicate this or decide who goes where. Do I stay behind to defend and hope my team can push without me, or do I go with them and risk someone on the other team taking the zone because nobody bothered to guard it?

That's exactly what I like about it. It forces people to make decisions instead of just camping the entry paths to a single clusterfuck. On the Port I find myself moving between zones or staying and guarding one of the zones, depending on how the overall fight is looking on my map.

Of course my opinion of it might also be higher because I've won the majority of games I've played there.

Lemming
Apr 21, 2008
Port is also super great because it really rewards looking at your map

Anidav
Feb 25, 2010

ahhh fuck its the rats again
Like if there were more vertical maps rollers would be poo poo but there isn't yet.

Sade
Aug 3, 2009

Can't touch this.
No really, you can't

Anidav posted:

Kracken roller is too universally good.

Did this post time travel from the first day of testfires?

homeless snail
Mar 14, 2007

Anidav posted:

Like if there were more vertical maps rollers would be poo poo but there isn't yet.
Dynamo roller is actually insanely good on vertical maps, the flick is like a loving tidal wave.

Help Im Alive
Nov 8, 2009

Maybe all the weapons are good

Internet Kraken
Apr 24, 2010

slightly amused

Help Im Alive posted:

Maybe all the weapons are good

Give me one reason to use the classic squiffer over the custom blaster. One unlocking many levels before the other isn't a good reason.

homeless snail
Mar 14, 2007

Help Im Alive posted:

Maybe all the weapons are good
Haha no clearly my favorite weapon is the best one and the one I like the least is the worst.

Anidav
Feb 25, 2010

ahhh fuck its the rats again
Like all the points in ranked are on the ground floor so if you don't have a Kracken and an aerospray you are hosed.

LazyMaybe
Aug 18, 2013

oouagh

mabels big day posted:

I unlocked the custom blaster and i think that the rapid blaster is better.
what's wrong with your brain

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Awesome!
Oct 17, 2008

Ready for adventure!


Lemming posted:

I like it, it's cute. I hope they add more stuff to the plaza too because it's fun just walking around.

Yeah!

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