Sure, but then roller originally came with suction bomb.
Can't wait to see two chargers bust out lasers against each other. It's going to be like Ghostbusters.
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Can't wait to see two chargers bust out lasers against each other. It's going to be like Ghostbusters.
https://twitter.com/SplatoonJP/status/844505201960636417
Looks like they've already made a couple of changes to the Reef...noticeably the bridge in the center. Twitter gifs suck =/
edit: I'm dumb, they already tweeted a pic of how the map looks now compared to reveal a week ago
Looks like they've already made a couple of changes to the Reef...noticeably the bridge in the center. Twitter gifs suck =/
edit: I'm dumb, they already tweeted a pic of how the map looks now compared to reveal a week ago
There are new videos from the Tumblr showing off the specials (apologies if old):
Sting Ray
Splashdown
Tenta Missiles
Inkjet
Lots of great details:
- Just how slow turning the Sting Ray is from the player's angle.
- The "warning" radius and timing of Splashdown.
- The targeting reticle for Tenta Missiles (awesome, by the way), plus the warning to opponents.
- The marker for where you're transported back after Inkjet elapses is clearly visible. If it is also visible to opponents, that would be quite a drawback.
Sting Ray
Splashdown
Tenta Missiles
Inkjet
Lots of great details:
- Just how slow turning the Sting Ray is from the player's angle.
- The "warning" radius and timing of Splashdown.
- The targeting reticle for Tenta Missiles (awesome, by the way), plus the warning to opponents.
- The marker for where you're transported back after Inkjet elapses is clearly visible. If it is also visible to opponents, that would be quite a drawback.
SinCityAssassin
Member
That super jump splashdown tactic. Finally we got a counter to the gang up.
I think that it does based on footage I've watched.
Probably a sort of control server test, it will guarantee the most folks at once. Once the multi hours start they have a base on how the netcode will respond and can calibrate accordingly. Hopefully the netcode is good this time.
MysteryQuesadilla
Member
This is making me really sad that I won't be getting a Switch this year
There are multiple one-hour time slots all weekend.
petethepanda
Member
Have they said much about the hub? One of the things I was hoping for the most in a sequel was a PSO/Destiny-style multiplayer hub where you can see and interact with other players who are walking around doing their own thing.
PreyingShark
Member
Cosmo Clock 21
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Jaded Alyx
Member
Is there gonna be a Global Testfire OT?
Ah, they have changed sets since initial reveal. Thanks for backing me up.
PotionBleue
Member
Don't be fooled. Just like with Splatoon 1, Nintendo mostly releases bullshots that have strong anti-aliasing instead of actual in-game screenshots. Even on the most recent videos you can easily notice it looks worse (disregarding YouTube's recompression).
PreyingShark
Member
We didn't find out until last night yesterday actually lol. Examples of Japanese comments:
"I cried."
"How long will you continue to kick the roller while it's down?" or something like that.
"You took away the roller's curling bombs, right.
In that case, please take away the burst bombs for the e-liter."
"Give back the curling bombs!!!!!!!!!!! How much will you have to weaken rollers to be happy????????????????????"
"Give the curling bombs back."
"I think the subs were better the way they were before."
I know but I was specifically talking about models, not the lack of aliasing.
They've changed it since the video upload?!?
Gah, this is disappointing; it sounded like an amazing roller set.
PreyingShark
Member
The pic I posted is from earlier today. And yeah, going from the comments you're not the only one disappointed. lol
In the original Japanese tweet they said they changed some weapon's subs and that both subs and specials will be undergoing "review". AKA anything can change at any time up until release.
LFMartins86
Member
People have to understand that this isn't a demo or even a Beta, it's a stress test.
They need to have the most amount of people trying to connect at the same time to make sure the servers can handle it.
The best way to do it is to restrict the hours of access, especially when we are talking about such a "low" userbase.
I believe they've already said it's still global but any mention of it so far has just been in passing and I wouldn't put a ton of stock in that yet.
Still, I personally kind of doubt they'd go with region-based servers for this anyway.
StAidan
Member
Hopefully it will continue to be global, the first game was extremely successful that way, and those regional splatfests were awful displays of how laggy North American players can be.
Here's who you'll have to talk to if you need to reroll your gear :
https://twitter.com/SplatoonJP/status/847739796474572800
https://twitter.com/SplatoonJP/status/847739796474572800
Here's who you'll have to talk to if you need to reroll your gear :
https://twitter.com/SplatoonJP/status/847739796474572800
Interesting. Looks a bit like Spyke, but more inkling-scale. I'd think it's an urchin, except Spyke was an urchin and was, well, noticeably spikier. But then, Spyke only ever had one eye visible, which corresponds to this.
Spyke's offspring? Spyke themselves, redesigned?
It seems that you pay the kid to detach the subs from your gear. You can then reattach those subs to fill in blanks on other gear.
Yeah it says the sub abilities you detach become "ability shards" that you can use to put a sub you want on other pieces of gear. It doesn't seem to be 1 to 1 though, so you might need a certain amount of shards to create one sub.
Anyway the kid's name is Spikey or Spiky in Japanese, seems to be a combination of Spyke's English and Japanese names (which was Downy). The description just says he's a kid who admires Spyke and works for him as a subordinate/apprentice.
Anyway the kid's name is Spikey or Spiky in Japanese, seems to be a combination of Spyke's English and Japanese names (which was Downy). The description just says he's a kid who admires Spyke and works for him as a subordinate/apprentice.
CoconutTank
Member
Yes this is far better. I'm hoping the chunk cost to install a perk isn't too high (although I would've​ liked for it to be 1-to-1 haha) but this is indeed still better.
CoconutTank
Member
Murch the urchin :O
Jeff Vader
Member
I look forward to the day I won't have to spend a month trying to scum out the anti-bias pure
The tipoff of someone having a full-charged special doesn't make it as useful as it otherwise might be, unless it's early game where you don't know off the top of your head which weapons have that special. And its range is limited enough that you could still camp them as they came down as long as you had a weapon of even moderate range.
I can't remember which abilities I needed the most and whether or not they were mains, but this is semi feelsbadman.
(but it might not be... I can't even remember what my loadout was anymore and it's possible that I just stacked a bunch of sub abilities, which would then be great and free me up to just wear whatever... it's possible that ink resistance was the only thing I actually cared about lol)
Here's who you'll have to talk to if you need to reroll your gear :
https://twitter.com/SplatoonJP/status/847739796474572800
10k cheaper? Already like him more than spyke.
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