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Splatoon 2 |OT| Fresh Squids 2 Go

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On vacation but managed to download and play a few hours in handheld mode before the battery died (should have brought charger arghh), plays amazing. Such a smooth online experience so far. Really liking what I've played of the new maps and Salmon Run feels like a perfect addition to get some different flavor of gameplay in there. New weapons/specials seem to have good balance.

One complaint is that I was unable to play with motion controls while laying back in bed, view wouldn't center far enough down. Not sure if this is a technical issue that can't be fixed but it meant I either had to sit upright or play without motion controls.
Yep. Made it impossible to play in bed.
 

HIR0

Member
The penalty for losing in Salmon Run in a higher ranks is a bit much as opposed to how many points you earn. You pretty much have to redo the previous rank
 
I had a round of Salmon Run earlier where one round involved looking for a "Goldie" who hides in enemy ink geysers.

Nobody knew how to track the Goldie down, me included. Suffice it to say, we lost that round.


I wonder how many more special bosses in Salmon Run I have yet to see.
 

Dimentios

Member
Sooo, what is the cheapest way to connect my headphones to pc and switch?

I need a FEMALE to 2 x MALE adapter for that in order to hear switch and discord.
Do I need a certain adapter or cable? On amazon there are products for TWO headphones, which isn't what I need. I only have one headphone but TWO audio sources.
Or does it not matter?

help? :c
 

Theswweet

Member
Sooo, what is the cheapest way to connect my headphones to pc and switch?

I need a FEMALE to 2 x MALE adapter for that in order to hear switch and discord.
Do I need a certain adapter or cable? On amazon there are products for TWO headphones, which isn't what I need. I only have one headphone but TWO audio sources.
Or does it not matter?

help? :c

I used a male to male aux cable to plug my Switch's audio output into my desktop's mic input, then I just used VLC to playback the Switch audio with some slight audio delay. Apparently W10 makes this easier, but I use Debian Linux.
 

KingSnake

The Birthday Skeleton
Three rollers in your team is death:
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What can one do but to lose in style:

What happens when the other team is obsessed with killing you rather than ink:
 

stoff

Member
Sooo Abilities...
Is it still the case that they stack with diminishing returns?
And do you think its worth it?
I'd really, really like better Tank Refill Speed, but wondering if I should just go for more variety instead.
 

13ruce

Banned
Three rollers in your team is death:


What can one do but to lose in style:


What happens when the other team is obsessed with killing you rather than ink:

Alot of people really still don't know that in turf war inking the turf is the most important objective, multiple people that approach it in a team death match like way in one team always lose.

I sometimes singlehandedly saved my teams win because of people in my team that played that way.
 

Crash331

Member
I had a round of Salmon Run earlier where one round involved looking for a "Goldie" who hides in enemy ink geysers.

Nobody knew how to track the Goldie down, me included. Suffice it to say, we lost that round.


I wonder how many more special bosses in Salmon Run I have yet to see.


They are all listed in the manual. Press - while in the Salmon Run area.

Sooo Abilities...
Is it still the case that they stack with diminishing returns?
And do you think its worth it?
I'd really, really like better Tank Refill Speed, but wondering if I should just go for more variety instead.


Yes. I don't have a Splatoon 2 chart yet, but here is the Splatoon 1 chart.

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I had a round of Salmon Run earlier where one round involved looking for a "Goldie" who hides in enemy ink geysers.

Nobody knew how to track the Goldie down, me included. Suffice it to say, we lost that round.


I wonder how many more special bosses in Salmon Run I have yet to see.

there should be an option in the menu for salmon run to view a manual. It shows every type of event that could happen.
 

RagnarokX

Member
I had a round of Salmon Run earlier where one round involved looking for a "Goldie" who hides in enemy ink geysers.

Nobody knew how to track the Goldie down, me included. Suffice it to say, we lost that round.


I wonder how many more special bosses in Salmon Run I have yet to see.

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Very helpful info in the employee manual.
 

13ruce

Banned
What do you think the lore is behind Salmon Run? I am guessing it's actually evil intend the salmon are crawling onland maybe they are trying to evolve? But maybe squids etc kill em to prevent another dominant species to come, altho mr grizz collecting their eggs is pretty suspicious too.

And the waters look kinda toxicated maybe it's due to that waste they become so aggresive or they are so aggresive nature wise, maybe that's why squids get rid of em to prevent going extinct by em if they rush on mainline land?

Anyway really liking salmon run so far and these are just some small theories of mine.
 

RagnarokX

Member
What do you think the lore is behind Salmon Run? I am guessing it's actually evil intend the salmon are crawling onland maybe they are trying to evolve? But maybe squids etc kill em to prevent another dominant species to come, altho mr grizz collecting their eggs is pretty suspicious too.

And the waters look kinda toxicated maybe it's due to that waste they become so aggresive or they are so aggresive nature wise, maybe that's why squids get rid of em to prevent going extinct by em if they rush on mainline land?

Anyway really liking salmon run so far and these are just some small theories of mine.

The salmonids don't appear to be a threat to landspace and the inklings are just doing it for the money/fun. The inklings used to be at peace with the octarians before rising sea levels drove them to war over living space, but that has been forgotten by everyone but Captain Cuttlefish, the Squid Sisters, and Sheldon and the Octarians. The majority of inklings are oblivious and just into fresh youth activities.
 
Has anyone got a link to a website which lists all of the Splatoon amiibo rewards. I need to know whether it's worth digging my old ones out of storage and buying the new ones. Thanks.
 

13ruce

Banned
The salmonids don't appear to be a threat to landspace and the inklings are just doing it for the money/fun. The inklings used to be at peace with the octarians before rising sea levels drove them to war over living space, but that has been forgotten by everyone but Captain Cuttlefish, the Squid Sisters, and Sheldon and the Octarians. The majority of inklings are oblivious and just into fresh youth activities.

Ah i see. I wonder if they will ever make peace. With Marina it seems not all of them want war but maybe just like Inklings some Octarians or Octolings also don't know about the secret sheme of Octavio and the war. It also seems Cuttlefish and Octavio once were friends sort of based by a sunken scroll from Splatoon 1.

Damn that seawater rising must have really changed things up:p
 

Zetaero757

Neo Member
Newcomer to Splatoon here. Is it recommended to play through the campaign before hopping into the multiplayer Or is this one of those games where it does really matter and you can pick up the mechanics through the multi?

Also I'm looking for people to play with my friend code is SW-6965-9816-1869
 

Jintor

Member
Newcomer to Splatoon here. Is it recommended to play through the campaign before hopping into the multiplayer Or is this one of those games where it does really matter and you can pick up the mechanics through the multi?

Also I'm looking for people to play with my friend code is SW-6965-9816-1869

if you need practice with basics like getting used to gyro or the way the game controls or some of the basics of movement etc singleplayer is useful, but in splatoon you will learn best from destroying your enemies and feasting on their tears.
 
Just bought the new brush and played 3 rounds with it. For Turf War it feels good to me, going to stuck with it for a while.

This game is in danger of swallowing every last second of my free time! I love it!
 

N.Grim

Member
The superjump completely ruins this game, it just help who is already winning, I don't know why but in Splatoon 2 is even worse, 90% of the times it's 3-4 people killing one by one the other team.
I don't get why it's in the game to begin with.
 

Zetaero757

Neo Member
if you need practice with basics like getting used to gyro or the way the game controls or some of the basics of movement etc singleplayer is useful, but in splatoon you will learn best from destroying your enemies and feasting on their tears.

Thanks good to know Nintendo designed their shooter like everyone else when it comes to picking up mechanics.
 

Catvoca

Banned
Splat Zones is really fun. It makes me like the map rotations even less because I'm not sure I like the other ranked modes nearly as much.
 

Kovacs

Member
Whoever compared this to Rocket League was on point. Great balance of fun and depth where it seems really difficult to get mad about losing and there's always something for you to improve or learn.

Once Rocket League and FIFA are out it means that every multiplayer game that I play will be on Switch. I never would have predicted that when Switch was announced.

I don't take multiplayer seriously so the Nintendo stable of Arms, Mario Kart and Splatoon are perfect to just pick up and play for 20 minutes. Rocket League falls right into that category.
 

Busaiku

Member
So amiibo give more equipment the higher your level, but do they give all 3 pieces if you're a high enough level?
Or do you have to scan them, then level up multiple times, regardless of level.
 

Coffinhal

Member
Why can't you change your weapon/gear 1) in a game or 2) when you're waiting for people in a lobby?

1) It's so frustrating when the opposite team has a weapon advantage you need to counter
2) It makes me lose 2 minutes or more if connection errors
 

Jintor

Member
oh my god winning a game from overtime still feels so fucking clutch, holy shit

my heart is pounding. we pulled a victory from the jaws of defeat on starfish stage. the bad guys got to 11 seconds left on the clock within the first two minutes of the match and then we stalled them out into overtime with 30 seconds left on our ticker and then we trapped them in spawn

this game
 

Catvoca

Banned
Losing or winning often can just feel like you are at the whim of the team balancing system. So many games where I play well and top my team but we still lose by a tonne or vice verse.

But then you have a game like Jintor described above and you're like "damn, this is the fucking greatest game".
 

Antiwhippy

the holder of the trombone
People bringing aerospray to ranked.

Yes, your ink coverage is impressive I guess. Meanwhile I got 20 kills to your 3.
 

Aldric

Member
Played against one of the best competitive players from europe in B- rank, got predictably steamrolled.

l think l'm going to wait a bit for all the S+99 players to get to fucking S+ before l try again, although l eventually made it to B+, that wasn't a pleasant experience.
 

watershed

Banned
I just unlocked League Battle! I hope to play with some gaffers on a team. PM me if you're interested. I'll check out the splatgaf discord too.
 

HeroR

Member
Man, I hate the Rollers in the this game.

And no, it isn't because Roller users are hard. It's the opposite. They all suck. If you get a Roller in your team, that person drags the entire team down. I got on a team with two to three Rollers and got wiped.

Man, I miss playing against the Japanese Rollers. They knew what they were doing and it was fun to test myself against them.
 
I asked this earlier but didn't get any replies, is there no Squid Jump anymore while I'm searching for a game? It was such a fun little timewaster in Splatoon 1 while waiting for players.

I also hope that they update the game to allow handheld motion controls whilst leaning back. Especially when they went out of their way to show off relaxed laid back gaming at E3:
 
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