Topic: Splatoon 2

@Zyrac You're absolutely right, I'll edit it.

The S+ ranks have been given a bit of a rejigging. It's now impossible to drop more than 5 rank classes at a time (I've heard nightmare stories about people dropping from S+14 to S+0), but the OK marker has been increased from 40% to 50%.

Man, there's an awful lot in there!

If I'm interpreting the first line of Salmon Run changes correctly, it looks like they fixed a bug where you couldn't get certain combinations of main weapon and special weapon. I mention this because, after reading about it here, I kind of thought it was intentional? I was going into games and thinking "oh, I have Bomb Launcher, that means I won't get the charger this time".

The Gootuber buffs are actually pretty helpful. It can now hold partial charges, deals 180 max damage and charges 5 frames faster. The main disadvantage is still in its lack of range, but it should be slightly more helpful. I'm still not sure if its really a viable weapon though.

Edit: By the way, the aerospray got nerfed.

@Zyrac I used google translate, and from what I saw the power is very low, but the range won't change even if you don't charge it up. And it has curling bombs and Tenta missiles. Also, fun fact, it's a replica of a weapon used in the war 100 years ago.

@Scrummer Oh, I know how the Bamboozler works from the first game (it was just the patch notes I was talking about deciphering). Perhaps I should have explained for those not familiar with it.

It's a super duper fast charger, but it doesn't one-hit-kill ever, so to kill without assistance you need to take advantage of the uncharged range for a quick followup shot. It has a little more range than the Squiffer, I think. Bit tricky to use, but I find it fun.

@Zyrac I didn't even know it was in the first game, just because I didn't really play the first game that much. I got to level 10, played a couple ranked matches, and then moved on.

@Zyrac YEEEEEEEEEEEES!!! Finally the bamboozler! Splat everyone! Splat! But seriously, I'm excited one of my favorite weapons is finally back. Curling bomb is going to be great for an escape route and tenta missiles are okay I guess. Would have liked splash down or ink storm. Oh will.
And the patch, my oh my. Basically nerfed the baller by boosting all the weapons(and specials) damage done to the baller. Hope it doesn't feel too overboard on that though with also making the baller louder in this next patch too.
Interested in how the meta changes with all the weapon changes (mostly buffs), but that aero nerf tho. Seems a little overkill to me with how many times as see them with nosplats at the end of several matches yesterday.

@Maxz I’ve seen a video of where someone was in the 40’s I think and dropped down to under 10 I think.

The fact they're adding an update next week makes me think we may see Splatoon 2 at the NWC tomorrow.

@yokokazuo Ooph. This new system seems a lot tighter, and will hopefully lessen complaints that the system is 'carrying people'. Having the OK bar at 50% is a pretty big change IMO.

NA's Splatfest is Werewolf vs. Vampire.

So Jacob vs. Edward. Don‘t know which one I‘d choose but probably Vampire since you can turn into a bat and fly around. Don‘t like going out of the house anyway.

@Grumblevolcano Sweet. I just hope it's next weekend, as I'll be gone this weekend. But I would assume they'd give people a full week to prepare, rather than just a day.

Vampires may be smarter and have more talents, but at least werewolves aren't allergic to everything (crucifixes, sunlight, running water, garlic, wooden stakes...).

@Scrummer You're good to go, the Halloween Splatfest is next weekend.

Happy to have a Halloween Splatfest! Go Team Werehog ...I mean Team Werewolf!

Why does America get a cool Halloween Splatfest and we get toilet paper??

I think we all know which team I'll be joining. What fun is involuntarily turning into a wolf and running around all night during a full moon? That would be cool if you could control it, I guess, but not as cool as being a vampire 24/7.

If we're talking werewolves where you can transform as often as you want and you're in full control, then I can see the appeal. Still not as hardcore as being a vampire, though. Besides, how often would such an ability really be that useful? If you get into a conflict as a vampire, you could just use your mind control to defuse the situation or something, but if you transform as a werewolf, you would basically have to kill the person so that they don't reveal your secret, and you could only ever transform in super secluded areas where no one can see you, especially if you're the type of werewolf that looks like a man/wolf hybrid. Get into a bar fight? You'll just have to fight your way out of it like a regular person.

I suppose there's the added bonus of not having to drink peoples blood just to stay alive (unless it's the type of werewolf that needs to sate its bloodlust or whatever), but if you were a vampire, you could always just hang around really scummy areas and find murderers and rapists and stuff to feed on. Besides, who says you need to totally drain people? Just come up behind them, sink your fangs in, drink as much as you need, and move on without killing them. I suppose it varies depending on what type of vampire we're talking about, though.

It would suck to not be able to go out in the sunlight though, but you could always just move to some city where it's really active at night, and it wouldn't really be that different.

Meanwhile in Europe:

I haven't given my opinion on this theme yet, so here we go: I don't like it even though I'm generally into mundane themes (Eating vs. Sleeping was my favourite). I think a good theme should meet two criteria. The first is relatability. It should be something everyone can take an interest in. Now, obviously everyone has toilet paper (I hope). But a lot of people seem to either not care how you hang the roll, or argue for placing it vertically. So I'm not seeing much investment in the competition here.

The other thing is banter potential. I want to see the teams slinging clever taunts at each other. There's not much you can say about this theme without getting really juvenile, and even if you go there, you'll be coming up with largely the same lines whichever side you're on. I say it fails in this regard as well.

And this is all aside from the fact that it just invites a bad gut reaction.

Here's a better, more relevant Splatfest idea for Europe: BWAAAAHHH vs. DAAAAAHHH. Because only Rabbids could have a debate over toilet paper.

@KirbyTheVampire It doesn't matter who, or how little you feed on, you still leave a telltale bite mark. Then it's just a matter of narrowing down people who are unseen during the day, and investigating with one of your many weaknesses. If your residence is too heavily fortified or sunlight is the only weakness, then your home gets demolished with you inside it during the day, dig for your coffin, open it and kill you, all while being powerless to stop it. A werewolf could at least maim his victims beyond recognition, or pin it on some animal .

Werewolfs are usually hotter so I'm going Wolfie.