Splatoon 3 - it's here!

[MW_Jimmy]

3 hours ago, KRP said:

I’m enjoying this - but the experience is soured by the fact that this could have just been an update to Splatoon 2. 

 

I understand where this opinion comes from but I really feel like it's so many small changes and improvements that I think this is the best option - an update would have certainly not added some of the bigger improvements such as specials, weapon classes and vastly improved lobby system. Tabletop battles are also completely new.

 

And for the longevity of the game it needed a new entry - it's telling that Nintendo made specific mention before release of large scale DLC and 2 years of updates. Far more important than a last hurrah tacked onto Splatoon 2.

[Stevo]

Back down to go-getter rank. LOL. Feel like I'm playing solid enough but the wins haven't been coming for whatever reason. 

[smac]

9 hours ago, MW_Jimmy said:

Finally on probably the 8th time trying:

 

 

I now feel I'm in my correct rank for my current level of skill - it's getting exceedingly challenging from the few games I played.

 

Yup, either I got crap or everyone else gitted gud. I'm having a lot of tough games in the B+ to A- promo matches.

[dataDave]

16 hours ago, KRP said:

I’m enjoying this - but the experience is soured by the fact that this could have just been an update to Splatoon 2.

 

I tried some Splatoon 2 again last week as my little boy wanted to try the ranked modes and there was no chance I was letting him lose points on Splatoon 3 🤣 Going back to 2 from 3 is like going back to Goldeneye after Perfect Dark. The latest entry is leagues ahead. It's much more clinical/precise and tuned up. The second game feels clumsy after playing the third at length.

 

I've not been playing lately because my NSO sub has expired and I'm not so sure about firing it back up again considering the amount of frustration it's been giving me. Even if it was still free I'd be questioning if I should be playing or not.

[StumpyJohn]

The Salmon Run that started this morning seems pretty easy if people are looking out for one.  Had 5 clears out of 8 runs at Profreshional and +1 levels, even had a successful glow worms wave! 

 

Also noticed that I'd got my turf war aerospray up to Superfresh 😎

 

Still need to get back to working my way up the A's in Ranked though

[smac]

On 15/10/2022 at 22:14, smac said:

 

Yup, either I got crap or everyone else gitted gud. I'm having a lot of tough games in the B+ to A- promo matches.

 

Much more to ranking up - committing to a full rank-up anarchy series feels much riskier. And I've missed out twice before hitting A- tonight.

[smac]

Just got my 100th Clam Blitz win Gold sticker. Kinda nice to achieve that.

[Keyboard Koala]

I think Splatoon 3 incidentally became quite topical what with

 

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Mr. Grizz being a clear reference to Russia (ie. the Russian bear) and its communist ideology gone wrong, and at the same time trying to subjugate the rest of the world.

 

[StumpyJohn]

3 hours ago, smac said:

Just got my 100th Clam Blitz win Gold sticker. Kinda nice to achieve that.

Yeah, the stickers and badges are a nice little reward.  I do wish you weren't limited to just 20 stickers on the outside of the locker though 😢

 

Have got a couple of the Salmon Run boss badges for defeating 50 of them.  Think I have the scrapper and flipper-flopper ones so far but must be getting pretty close with some of the others too 

[smac]

Man, I am so far from getting any of those...

[StumpyJohn]

15 hours ago, smac said:

Man, I am so far from getting any of those...

I looked again and it's actually 100 boss kills! 😂

[StumpyJohn]

Been finally focusing on ranked matches the past week and steadily made my way from A- to A+ to get to my first S rank promotion battle this evening.  Playing on Tower Control went 2-0 up and then came across a couple of really good teams to fall back to 2-2 😬.  Final match was pretty tight but we did it! 😂

 

 

 

Not sure how long it will last but dead happy with that. 😎

 

Got my third 100 salmonid boss kills badge this evening too, this time for the drizzler

[DC Lemon]

https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2022/10/splatoon-3-version-1-2-0-announced-here-are-the-full-patch-notes

 

 

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Changes to Communication

Made improvements to data transfer between players.

On average, data will be transferred about .05 seconds more quickly than before.

Users can expect to see a reduction in the time it takes from a player being dealt damage to them being defeated

You’re too good to us, Nintendo.

[MW_Jimmy]

Is this the tick-rate stuff @dataDave was complaining about?

 

Lots of fixes for Ultra Stamp - sounds like it might be a more effective special now.

[StumpyJohn]

Some other interesting changes there and hopefully it will mean less comms errors overall

 

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Users can expect to see a reduction in the time it takes from a player being dealt damage to them being defeated, the time it takes from touching a Golden Egg to actually picking it up, and other similar actions.

Awesome - Egg pickup in Salmon Run seems weirdly slow currently so happy with this change

 

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Points required for some weapon specials have been changed.

Good to see a bit of a nerf to the REEF-LUX 450 with 5% more inking needed to activate a special

 

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We’ve implemented several adjustments to curtail to a certain extent the style of play where the player stays far removed from the action and continually uses sub weapons or special weapons.

Hmm, can anyone say REEF-LUX 450 nerf again? 😂

 

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Made it so that when players from each team appear during Open and Pro Splatfest Battles,
each team’s affiliation is also displayed, making it easy to know which Splatfest team they’re on.

This is good too as currently it can be hard to see what side the other team are playing for

[Strafe]

2 hours ago, DC Lemon said:

You’re too good to us, Nintendo.

I first read that as 0.5 seconds and I wasn’t even surprised.

[dataDave]

That’s not good enough for me to re-sub, unfortunately.

[Stevo]

I think the Ultra Stamp is the one I've been using. Expecting to go on a massive Turf War winning streak now until the next update.

[DarhkFox]

I started playing this yesterday but there doesn't appear to be any match making ? Won 3 games out of many 25 yesterday with some friends.  Today maybe won 2 games out of 10.

 

Admittedly getting uses to gyro but I used to be half decent at splatoon 2. 

 

The disconnects are a massive pain too.

[smac]

Well, as ever, you might get matched with a team of ran[d]oms on the same level but which just doesn't gel. You may also face off against a team that are used to playing together and that's a huge advantage for them.

 

I've reverted to mainly playing Clam Blitz, and took on an an Anarchy series yesterday. I got lucky and fell in with a great team - covered the approach to the bases, kept pressure on the Bad Guys, and pushed forward when we had the advantage. Stuck with them for a 4-1 win, with 1 dropout.

 

Matchmaking seems to try to mix up the team profile, I think - unless there are just very few sniper players out there.

[StumpyJohn]

11 hours ago, DarhkFox said:

I started playing this yesterday but there doesn't appear to be any match making ? Won 3 games out of many 25 yesterday with some friends.  Today maybe won 2 games out of 10.

 

Admittedly getting uses to gyro but I used to be half decent at splatoon 2. 

 

The disconnects are a massive pain too.

Did you transfer a save from Splatoon 2?  If you did then it uses data from that to help do initial matchmaking and will start you at a higher rank, B- IIRC.  If you started without transferring a save then it will have no initial data to match you so you'll be lumped in with a broader more random group of new players.  In that case I think you start ar C- rank.

[DarhkFox]

1 hour ago, StumpyJohn said:

Did you transfer a save from Splatoon 2?  If you did then it uses data from that to help do initial matchmaking and will start you at a higher rank, B- IIRC.  If you started without transferring a save then it will have no initial data to match you so you'll be lumped in with a broader more random group of new players.  In that case I think you start ar C- rank.

 

Ah that would explain it then, thanks. Yes, i did transfer save data.

[smac]

Had a good Salmon Run run at lunchtime - it's a ❓❓❓❓ load out, but one of the weapons in the rotation is the Grizzco blaster. Had one wipeout, otherwise got to 800P in 4 games.

[StumpyJohn]

1 hour ago, smac said:

Had a good Salmon Run run at lunchtime - it's a ❓❓❓❓ load out, but one of the weapons in the rotation is the Grizzco blaster. Had one wipeout, otherwise got to 800P in 4 games.

There are lots more than 4 weapons appearing too.  Played a few rounds over lunch and got grumpy when the game gave me snipers on 2 out of 3 waves in one match.  Was high tide too so barely any area to move around in.

 

Did get the Grizzco blaster a couple of times, it's pretty fun to use but is very short range.  Was great getting it on a griller round and quickly dispatching them from above from the top platform bit but even then I did at least as well in a separate match with the aerospray in the griller wave

[smac]

Yeah, I suspected the rotation was four out of a larger pool - we had one match with sniper + Goo tuber, and I got the Nozzlenose twice, which I hate; way too slow for Salmon Run.

 

And we didn't get a Grizzco every round.

 

Edit: but like I said, best SR for a while. Relatively few 'One person left' panics.

[GokouD]

Whew, just had a 5-0 series in S rank Splat Zones! That was intense. 

[smac]

Nice. I've had a few good games of Splat Zones recently.

 

I thought I'd have to do a level-up match again, but it looks like you go from A- through A+ before you have to do that again.

 

To be honest, I mostly still play Clam Blitz, and it's not the subject of the Anarchy match that often. But Splat Zones is my second choice for Anarchy matches. They can be crazy, 'though - some really high splat-counts.

[GokouD]

Splat Zones has always been my favourite, I guess because it was the only ranked mode available at first in Splatoon 1, so it always feels like the 'main' mode to me. 

[moosegrinder]

Splatfest this weekend

 

[StumpyJohn]

Yep, I have gone with team Fire 🔥