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I had Blue as a kid but picked Red. This is my first splat fest. Is it just about which team wins more games?
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the truth posted:I had Blue as a kid but picked Red. Pretty much. Scoring considers each team's popularity and matches won, but the later is worth 6 times as much. Also, pray we do not meet on the field of battle, traitor! 
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Feb 18, 2016 19:49
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the truth posted:I had Blue as a kid but picked Red. yeah. popularity has some minor impact but not really enough to counter most wins. also everyone gets a prize after anywho so try and make king or queen rank and enjoy some seasnails
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Feb 18, 2016 22:40
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I hope Splatfest goes better for me than tonight did, because jesus christ. Also, when do I get to narc on Spyke and get my money back?
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Feb 19, 2016 04:47
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Really wish it didnt cost 30k just to add slots to gear. Splatoon NX will be out before I max out my equipment inventory. I've actually been forced back into participating in Splatfests because of the hundreds of hours it will save me in the long run
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Feb 19, 2016 05:21
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zolthorg posted:forced back into participating in Splatfests splatfests are good for the soul
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Feb 19, 2016 05:31
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the truth posted:I tried the mini splatting and was just about worthless. I'm with the rollers and N-Zapper. The sloshing machine was ok. Nothing beats the standard inkbrush for covering turf but it takes a lot of work to learn how to use it effectively. I haven't found a blaster I didn't like, those weapons are all about finding the good range and abusing cover.
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alf_pogs posted:splatfests are good for the soul I don't know why i'm still crazy for wanting to play this game with my friends. I don't have 8 friends to fill a private lobby. I would probably just queue up for regular matches with absolutely no reward during splatfest hours. I have friends who legitimately decide to boot the game up once every couple of weeks, see that it is splatfest, and turn the console off because they turned it on to play the game with me. I turn on my nintendo multiplayer game to play with my friends and fill in the rest of the intended game slots with random people. Its like one of those game features in MMORPGS where you can queue up to help random people through low level dungeons for a large exp bonus. Only its so horrendously large of a bonus that you're forced to participate in it before getting to play the game with your friends. So now you're spending an hour doing daily dungeons. Or 3-4 hours playing splatfest in order to get Snails worth the monetary equivalent of thirty turf war matches e: Squad battles were so close. Except frequently I can only get 3 people together so I'm meant to play a 3 on 4 match more often than not. Also my squid ranking is shared so if I have friends who don't play the game very often they get to be destroyed by full enemy squid squads of 4 A/S ranks zolthorg fucked around with this message at 05:40 on Feb 19, 2016 |
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Feb 19, 2016 05:36
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You are really hung up on this weird time:snails ratio Gear skills are meaningless to everyone but the most obsessive of nerds Splatfests are fun and a good time for everyone
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Astro Creep posted:You are really hung up on this weird time:snails ratio I play the game basically every day for a half hour even if I can't grab someone to play with me. Its a personal goal to max out all the items even if i'm not caring about rerolling them to have 'optimal stats' because then they'll feel complete, and maybe i'll get a bonus out of it or something in a Splatoon sequel? I also bought every gun even though I don't intend to use half of them. So yes. Time:Money ratios and the fact that snails are an absurdly good time:money ratio is a big deal for me. So of course i'd raise greivances about playing a mode during a short 24h timespan for a dedicated 2-4 hour period (if i can even find the time during whichever weekend) Why aren't splatfests a whole weekend long. Like literally every other online game event like a double experience weekend or a free weekend or a double crates weekend etc? 2-4 hrs over 2-3 days is a much more reasonable time investment. And at the same time there is no reason to not just allow players to play normal turf war and ranked mode. On a screen which already fits Squad Battles Solo Ranked Queue Random Turf War Join a Friend Turf War Private Battles They couldn't just throw the Splatfest option at the top? Half of the costume options in the game are Body/Armor pieces and you're locked into a mono color tshirt and not being able to play the game with your friends for 24 hrs. Its a fun mode for the vocal i'll say majority of players here since you're all relatively skilled at the game and absorb a great time:money ratio out of a 2-4 hr Splatfest grind in a similar manner to the way most of you only play Ranked mode (and play competently) so you get a better time:money ratio out of the higher rewards for ranked mode, reduced timescale for winning matches in under 3 minutes, and higher rewards for higher rankings (meaning that even overtime matches are more efficient than playing turf war). Why am I the only other person talking about this actively in this thread? Everyone else with these grievances just quit playing. They've moved on to other games because there is clearly no intent of the devs to actually fix the Splatfest system, or to allow players who want to play just turf war casually to ever hit level 30 let alone 40 or 50. They'll just keep moving around win rating and popularity rating multipliers and occasionally try dropping big brands like Transformers and Pokemon to try to get hemorrhaging player bases to put the Splatoon disc back in their console. If you queue up for random matches these days you get level 50 players, and players in the high 30s exclusively. Those are the level ranges for Players which play a bunch of Ranked Mode and players which stick to Turf War. They are not the smooth level range from 21 -> 50 that you would expect out of a large varied population of players that is continually being refreshed. If I'm not like you and you're all level 50 or close to it then what do I represent? The phantom fanbase which is waiting for a sequel where you get three goddamn maps in rotation so you don't end up playing on Hammerhead bridge every single night. Or playing "randomly" on map rotation A, A, A, A, B, A, A, A, A, A, B, B, A, B, A, A, A, A, A, A, A, A, A, A. Or where you can pick the game up once every 2-3 weeks and not randomly find out you can't play with your friends at all that night and you have to try 24 hours later. zolthorg fucked around with this message at 10:05 on Feb 19, 2016 |
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Feb 19, 2016 09:48
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I'm not going to read a several paragraph passage of ranting from a man angry about Splatfest. Either deal with it or get new friends who aren't so stuck up about scheduling outside Splatfest hours.
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Feb 19, 2016 10:47
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Anyway, Japan's official Splatoon twitter account tweeted that the oncoming Pokémon Splatfest will have a rotation of Urchin Underpass, Camp Triggerfish and Museum d'Alfinso. No idea yet if this is worldwide or just regional.
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Feb 19, 2016 10:54
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Ｂｕｒｙ ｍｅ ｗｉｔｈ ｍｙ ｓｎａｉｌｓ Really hoping that's the mapset for the US, Triggerfish is always a blast.
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Feb 19, 2016 11:02
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Reminder that this is a children's game, for children, where you shoot the bright colors and make splatty sounds
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But you're not a children, what are you doing here?  Also local multilayer has been slowly dying for ages and I'm not surprised it's not a big feature of Splatoon.
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Feb 19, 2016 12:00
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I have the intelligence and emotional maturity of a child, I think that counts.
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Your weird goal of maxing out all the equipment is both insane and stupid.
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codenameFANGIO posted:Your weird goal of maxing out all the equipment is both insane and stupid. This is how OCD destroys lives Or at least the ability to have fun in a videogame
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Feb 19, 2016 13:32
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"I think Splatoon is about doing X, while most people seem to think it's actually about doing Y, and for some reason this bothers me greatly. When will the devs respond to my internet ramblings?"
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codenameFANGIO posted:Your weird goal of maxing out all the equipment is both insane and stupid. Making all the items 3-slot for maximum freshness isn't too crazy, really. If anything, once you hit S+, it gives you a neat goal.
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zolthorg posted:Ranting You realize the root of your problem is completely optional, right? Give up on buying and maxing out everything including items you never intend to use and suddenly snails and cash are way less important. Play Spatoon when you feel like it. It doesn't need to be a job. Splatfest a fun mode for the majority of us because we find it fun. No one else cares about getting the maximum cash for their time. If the majority of posters in this thread play ranked exclusively these days, which I'm pretty sure isn't true, I'd be willing to bet its just because they prefer the objectives to turf war, want to climb the ranks to S and maybe to fill out the slots on any clothes they actually intend on using. I'm not sure why you're complaining about getting to level 50, either. A player's level means nothing beyond unlocking weapons and even that stops at 20. Is this another weird "max out everything" obsession you have? In turf wars I regularly see players in the entire range from 1-50, especially since Christmas. I'm sorry that you and your friends have lovely luck deciding when to play together, but it's one day out of the month. Play something else and invite your friends to play when you know there isn't a splatfest going on. Hardcordion fucked around with this message at 16:34 on Feb 19, 2016 |
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Feb 19, 2016 15:33
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Someone please get zolthorg a fresh pair of pants.
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zolthorg posted:
You should use an inkbrush during splatfests to maximize level and item xp gain. 
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Feb 19, 2016 16:39
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Nintendo would be printing money if they sold the Red/Blue splatfest tees at Walmart of Penney's or whatever
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Takoluka posted:Making all the items 3-slot for maximum freshness isn't too crazy, really. If anything, once you hit S+, it gives you a neat goal. Sure, but complaining that the developers aren't helping you achieve this goal gets no sympathy from me. You're doing something offbeat, it might not be easy!
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pokeyman posted:Sure, but complaining that the developers aren't helping you achieve this goal gets no sympathy from me. You're doing something offbeat, it might not be easy! Oh, yeah, I agree. Them's the breaks, yo.
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GOTTA STAY FAI posted:Nintendo would be printing money if they sold the Red/Blue splatfest tees at Walmart of Penney's or whatever I do believe they're selling the Red/Green tees in japan, I remember seeing a link when the splatfest was announced, but yeah that poo poo needs to come out on this side of the planet, it's too ideal.
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Rexroom posted:Anyway, Japan's official Splatoon twitter account tweeted that the oncoming Pokémon Splatfest will have a rotation of Urchin Underpass, Camp Triggerfish and Museum d'Alfinso. No idea yet if this is worldwide or just regional. I can't imagine they'd have different maps for each region. Those are all pretty good stages, even though I haven't done well on Triggerfish the last two times it's been on the rotation. ArmyOfMidgets posted:I do believe they're selling the Red/Green tees in japan, I remember seeing a link when the splatfest was announced, but yeah that poo poo needs to come out on this side of the planet, it's too ideal. They sell a bunch of the shirts from the game in retail stores in Japan. I also found out the other day that those satin jackets that were added in the last big update are a real thing. I'm on mobile so no pics, but GIS "sukajan." They look awesome, but there's no way I'm finding one in my size.
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zolthorg posted:Or playing "randomly" on map rotation A, A, A, A, B, A, A, A, A, A, B, B, A, B, A, A, A, A, A, A, A, A, A, A. For better or worse, this pattern is completely random.
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Jonas Albrecht posted:For better or worse, this pattern is completely random. 
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While we're waiting for splatfest, does anyone have any hopes or any particular changes in a sequel game? I'd like if subs and specials weren't tied to specific weapons but instead each sub and special had a specific point value and there was a total value limit.
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Feb 20, 2016 02:05
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Octolings.
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WarpedNaba posted:Octolings.  and volume controls
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Feb 20, 2016 02:32
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I want to customize my weapon. I don't mean improving stats or anything actually useful like that, I just want to win/buy paint colors and stickers and charms or whatever other silly poo poo to slap on there. Because honestly, does anyone actually believe that a bunch of style-obsessed fourteen year olds would let all their Turf War weapons stay looking exactly the same?
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I want more music. I love "Ink Me Up" but I want more Squid Sisters tracks on the Splatfest playlist. I think the regular playlist has a good amount of variety but I could always use more! E: customizable Dr Cheeto fucked around with this message at 03:19 on Feb 20, 2016 |
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Feb 20, 2016 03:13
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All I want in a sequel is regional matchmaking. As it is I can only play the game during a few hours in the evening when Japan/Australia are asleep, any other time of day and it's all invincible assholes exploding me through walls while facing the other way
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Feb 20, 2016 03:20
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I would like some sort of co-op campaign and more multiplayer modes.
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Feb 20, 2016 03:22
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I want pants added.
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