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Poultron posted:You're one of the few. I've started using them less and less except for myself because no one seems to loving use them. I don't care if it breaks when you jump there, I put them there to use! I tend to put them in "safe" locations back in our territory so they're not only less likely to be destroyed, but they're also much safer to use. I'll sometimes try to sneak one into enemy territory, but of course they can see them.. I'm not sure a lot of people realize what they're for.
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raditts posted:I'm not sure a lot of people realize what they're for. I just figured the people tossing them at spawns were the ones going "hey what does this do  "
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Jun 12, 2015 21:04
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Lemming posted:This is because nobody looks at the map. What is it about looking at the map that helps your game, especially on splat zones? I find that I don't often have time to since I'm focused on either finding someone to kill or seeing who's trying to kill me. Reiley posted:That's some COD kid poo poo and it's thickly discouraged. Yeah, it's lame as hell and the only couple of times I've seen it are from the worst players, much like people who do teabagging.
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Jun 12, 2015 21:05
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My favorite beacon related thing was when I splatted a roller, waited a few seconds, then inkstriked their beacon just as they were jumping back to it. Of course, I've also been on the other end of this scenario.
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So apparently, while a Splatfest is going on, ranked and normal matches are unavailable. But people outside Japan can’t pick teams for this first one, so we can’t play Splatfest matches. Are they functionally just disabling the ability to play online for everyone outside Japan this weekend‽ So not fresh. About as un-fresh as you can get.
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Jun 12, 2015 21:21
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raditts posted:What is it about looking at the map that helps your game, especially on splat zones? I find that I don't often have time to since I'm focused on either finding someone to kill or seeing who's trying to kill me. You can tell where the enemy is coming and deflect their flanks. You can also figure out what areas might be open that are safer to approach. You'll also get a little more advance warnings on ink strikes. All beyond the fact that if people are spreading ink it literally tells you exactly where they are, which is useful 100% of the time.
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Jun 12, 2015 21:25
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This is kind of embarrassing but I'm gonna be brave and post it anyways: when I'm in combat I don't use the right stick to make big turns, I'll use Y and the gyro. Usually I'll use Y to orient myself where I want to go and gyro left and right to check corners and look behind me. Sometimes in a fight someone goes around the side of me and I can pull the controller to the side and track them, but once I'm turned around like that I'm sort of stuck. I don't know how to untwist my arms and recenter my controller in my hands while still looking in that direction. In PC shooters I'd just lift the mouse and recenter it but since there's no way to disengage the gyro I have to spend a second pressing Y and pulling my arms forward again to untangle the knot I've made. Is there a better way?? I guess I just realized while typing this I could quickly pull the controller forward and hit down-y again to recenter myself. Anyways, that's my post.
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Jun 12, 2015 21:26
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Keiya posted:So apparently, while a Splatfest is going on, ranked and normal matches are unavailable. But people outside Japan can’t pick teams for this first one, so we can’t play Splatfest matches. Are they functionally just disabling the ability to play online for everyone outside Japan this weekend‽ Just means my night-time PST matches are going to be few and far between.
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Reiley posted:This is kind of embarrassing but I'm gonna be brave and post it anyways: when I'm in combat I don't use the right stick to make big turns, I'll use Y and the gyro. Usually I'll use Y to orient myself where I want to go and gyro left and right to check corners and look behind me. Sometimes in a fight someone goes around the side of me and I can pull the controller to the side and track them, but once I'm turned around like that I'm sort of stuck. I don't know how to untwist my arms and recenter my controller in my hands while still looking in that direction. In PC shooters I'd just lift the mouse and recenter it but since there's no way to disengage the gyro I have to spend a second pressing Y and pulling my arms forward again to untangle the knot I've made. Is there a better way?? I guess I just realized while typing this I could quickly pull the controller forward and hit down-y again to recenter myself. Anyways, that's my post. Just learn to use the sticks jeez
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Jun 12, 2015 21:31
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Keiya posted:So apparently, while a Splatfest is going on, ranked and normal matches are unavailable. But people outside Japan can’t pick teams for this first one, so we can’t play Splatfest matches. Are they functionally just disabling the ability to play online for everyone outside Japan this weekend‽ It means that people with a japanese copy of the game won't be playing with non-japanese copies, not that only japanese copies will have games going on at all.
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Jun 12, 2015 21:35
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This will be a weekend of two-digit pings. The night crew will finally taste the fruit of the day......
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Reiley posted:This is kind of embarrassing but I'm gonna be brave and post it anyways: when I'm in combat I don't use the right stick to make big turns, I'll use Y and the gyro. Usually I'll use Y to orient myself where I want to go and gyro left and right to check corners and look behind me. Sometimes in a fight someone goes around the side of me and I can pull the controller to the side and track them, but once I'm turned around like that I'm sort of stuck. I don't know how to untwist my arms and recenter my controller in my hands while still looking in that direction. In PC shooters I'd just lift the mouse and recenter it but since there's no way to disengage the gyro I have to spend a second pressing Y and pulling my arms forward again to untangle the knot I've made. Is there a better way?? I guess I just realized while typing this I could quickly pull the controller forward and hit down-y again to recenter myself. Anyways, that's my post. I used to do this a lot too but I eventually started using the right stick to turn left and right and it's a lot smoother all around. That way the controller is always "centered" for gyro aim, which I think was the whole idea in the first place. You can still use the Y button to quickly reorient yourself, which is really useful if you're on a low sensitivity and somebody's shooting at you from behind.
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EightFlyingCars posted:I used to do this a lot too but I eventually started using the right stick to turn left and right and it's a lot smoother all around. That way the controller is always "centered" for gyro aim, which I think was the whole idea in the first place. I used to use the stick for broad aiming but then I found that turning with both the stick and the gyro conflicted with one another and I had a hard time being accurate quickly, so I dropped the stick entirely from combat so my only X-axis aim adjustments came from the same one source. I do pretty well for myself with what's comfortable for me but the only hiccup is untangling my arms after turning too far to one side. I do use the right stick to tilt the camera when I know I'm in safe territory but I generally don't like the way the stick and gyro send mixed signals along the same axis.
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This game is fun even when I'm raging at constant losses. Spent the day slowly learning how not to suck with the .52 Gal Deco when I hit level 16 and unlocked the Duel Squelcher. Hello B-. We Meet again. Seriously I love this gun so far. I usually dread the skatepark but with this gun I just sit on the little wall overlooking my team's splatzone murdering anything that comes in range and keeping everything covered in my ink. Meanwhile my team uses me as a spawn point and constantly rushes the enemy spawn, and I can easily help since I'm just a quick jump to the left before I'm in range of the entire left of the map. I also find myself with the spare time to look down at my map more often, which saved me from a few flank attacks. Dunno if this strategy will serve me as I climb ranks but 5 straight wins with me at the top of the scoreboard makes me feel really loving good.
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Sarrisan posted:This game is fun even when I'm raging at constant losses. Spent the day slowly learning how not to suck with the .52 Gal Deco when I hit level 16 and unlocked the Duel Squelcher. Hello B-. We Meet again.
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Lemming posted:You can tell where the enemy is coming and deflect their flanks. You can also figure out what areas might be open that are safer to approach. You'll also get a little more advance warnings on ink strikes. Oh yeah one thing I forgot to mention - when you go from controlling the point to "wtf why are we all dead" it's usually from a good flank, so if you can stop those from happening, even if it's just you getting killed and delaying and getting your team to notice them in advance, it'll win you games. Good map awareness is insanely critical.
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When you take a point and the enemy is dead, do your cleanup from the fight to take it. Clean up enemy blobs of ink that could slow you down and cut off flanks with your own ink so if the enemy wants to take them they have to slow down and make a path first. Every awful loss I've had has been on a team that didn't do its housekeeping and left paved highways for the enemy to come right back behind them after taking the point. When you're not in danger use your ink as a roadblock to control where the enemy can come back.
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Reiley posted:This is kind of embarrassing but I'm gonna be brave and post it anyways: when I'm in combat I don't use the right stick to make big turns, I'll use Y and the gyro. Usually I'll use Y to orient myself where I want to go and gyro left and right to check corners and look behind me. Sometimes in a fight someone goes around the side of me and I can pull the controller to the side and track them, but once I'm turned around like that I'm sort of stuck. I don't know how to untwist my arms and recenter my controller in my hands while still looking in that direction. In PC shooters I'd just lift the mouse and recenter it but since there's no way to disengage the gyro I have to spend a second pressing Y and pulling my arms forward again to untangle the knot I've made. Is there a better way?? I guess I just realized while typing this I could quickly pull the controller forward and hit down-y again to recenter myself. Anyways, that's my post.
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Even though I don't own a Wii U, this game looks a blast. I eagerly await Activision trying to figure out a way to shoe-horn a ripoff into the CoD series. I can already imagine a Exec frothing at the mouth and kicking down the doors at the Treyarch / Sledgehammer offices, flailing a wedge of paper covered in sales numbers, bellowing - 'PAINT AND GUNS! PUT IT IN SOMEHOW. NOW! NINTENDO CAN'T BE THE ONLY ONES MAKING MONEY OFF THIS!'
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limited posted:Even though I don't own a Wii U, this game looks a blast. I eagerly await Activision trying to figure out a way to shoe-horn a ripoff into the CoD series. How about instead of paint, BLOOD
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Jun 12, 2015 22:28
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Crossposting from both amiibo threads: I have a spare 3-pack I'm trying to get rid of. $50, including shipping anywhere in the US!
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LethalGeek posted:It's pretty tricky to dislodge people from that spot so no keep doing what you're doing it's all good Unless you're not watching your back and you get flanked by a .96 Gal who slips behind you by crossing your team's turf from the half-pipe while your teammates are all up trying to contest the other team's zone. Got one guy last night by doing that. Twice. In the same game, which we won as a result. 
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If you use your Bubbler shield and then two SMG users push you into a wall so you can't move, just tap on your Spawn and superjump away from them.
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Bread Set Jettison posted:How about instead of paint, BLOOD 'We've already got blood everywhere! WAIT. We're getting closer to sci-fi because people are sick of world wars and modern combat stuff, it'll be bright, neon coloured cyborg blood! CODE IT.' 
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BattleMaster posted:I just figured the people tossing them at spawns were the ones going "hey what does this do After respawning to find two beacons on top of me, I tend to assume this. That or people are like me and sometimes press the wrong right trigger.
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jivjov posted:Crossposting from both amiibo threads: I have a spare 3-pack I'm trying to get rid of. $50, including shipping anywhere in the US! PM sent.
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Finally, FINALLY beat the last boss with the roller. I am free. Now to see what this Charger nonsense is about.
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T.G. Xarbala posted:PM sent. And sold!
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Is there a Bowser Jr./Nabbit scarf available in the game or is this person using artistic license?
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codenameFANGIO posted:Is there a Bowser Jr./Nabbit scarf available in the game or is this person using artistic license? It's possible. One of the brands in the game, KOG, is ultra-rare. I've only seen two pieces of KOG clothing on two different people out of maybe 100+ people observed in my Booyah Base, and never observed the brand in a store like the others. More important to this discussion, however, is the fact that the brand is based on (distributed in cooperation with?) a real-life Japanese novelty/gaming clothing brand named The King of Games, so it's entirely possible that there's a KOG headgear item based on a real-life Nabbit scarf, if King of Games has such a thing. EDIT: Conversely, if you live in Japan there's the very real chance you could get your hands on some real life Splatoon gear from the company, supposing the licensing agreement works both ways. EDITx2: To be more explicit, I have Spyke getting me one of these I saw yesterday and I and at least one other goon have seen this one around in game, although I believe the goon didn't buy it when he had the chance. ComradeCosmobot fucked around with this message at 00:37 on Jun 13, 2015 |
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Seems weird for KOG to be so rare when they're 1 star items with stackable abilities. 
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dogsicle posted:Seems weird for KOG to be so rare when they're 1 star items with stackable abilities. Yeah, as gear they're worthless. Doesn't mean I'm not thinking about picking them up due to rarity. Hasn't been anything else in the shops worth buying since I settled on my gear buildout anyway.
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ComradeCosmobot posted:Yeah, as gear they're worthless. Doesn't mean I'm not thinking about picking them up due to rarity. Hasn't been anything else in the shops worth buying since I settled on my gear buildout anyway. Why not just buy literally everything?
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Lemming posted:Why not just buy literally everything? Super expensive snails 
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I almost wonder if I missed one since I was skipping a lot of the cheap gear. But yeah, I've started to just buy everything for fashion reasons, plus you can rank them up if you really like the look. Other than Stealth Jump/Ninja Squid, none of the main-only abilities seem that great anyway.
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I think there's only those two KOG shirts in the game right now as is, so that's why the brand is so rare. I can definitely see them adding more gear from the brand as we eventually get new stuff though. I wonder if we'll get anymore Cuttlegear that's just NPC outfits like the one Sheldon wears or the ensemble from the ol' Cap'n himself.
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dogsicle posted:I almost wonder if I missed one since I was skipping a lot of the cheap gear. But yeah, I've started to just buy everything for fashion reasons, plus you can rank them up if you really like the look. Other than Stealth Jump/Ninja Squid, none of the main-only abilities seem that great anyway. Ink. Resist. Boots. Also Cold-Blooded in Ranked.
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