Topic: Splatoon - OT

Rollers seemed to be more affective in the warehouse then on the underpass. Although I seen a few good ones. One we lost because towards the end he just turned Kraken and road his team to victory. Nothing you can do there. Just think of a all Kraken team just taking turns as the Kraken riding the tower all the way to victory. That's why we don't have voice chat or friends lol.

Tower Control matches are just so fast it really is tense, had a match lasting 30 seconds tops.

They may have to patch out the Kraken (and most likely bubble to) strategy, I've only played 5 matches so far but 3 of my wins came from me doing that.

Out of the 15 or so matches I played last night I think maybe 2 ended in 30 seconds. Most went the full time as it was a lot of back and fourth and I won all but one that went into overtime and I had about 5 of those. Its definitely more intense as you need to constantly take the other team out to advance the tower. Then you need to go ahead and basically take control of their area. I don't even touch the tower from the start till the enemy is defeated of just one left. You just make yourself a target if you jump on the tower from the get. Advance forward as everyone on the other team is trying to take control.

I normally shoot past the tower with my Roller at the start of the match and try to take out 2-3 of the opposing team and if I survive then take the tower.

I pretty much knew I would be horrible at this mode given my inability to actually splat any enemies, and sure enough I was right. I think my team won 2 of like 9 or 10 matches I did, and I dropped a rank for the first time in awhile. I may have to stick to the roller in Tower Control mode because you don't have to be very accurate with it. My last match my team was all 4 rollers and the other had none, and we wiped the floor with them. And rollers always seemed to give the most trouble in the other matches, too. Ironic, considering when this was revealed a couple of days ago everybody thought rollers would be useless in this mode.

Can't you shoot a Kraken or Bubble of a Tower since they get pushed back when shot at?

@Xyphon22: I've yet to try tower control mode but it seems like a lot of fun. I do know that your weapon preference has nothing to do with your average skill level, and only a bit with what mode you're in. I am one of those people who usually is great at aiming in fps games for instance, but that doesn't work that way in splatoon because there's much more field dynamics.

I tend to be great with rollers and blasters, not so much with chargers yet. I could get the hang of a lot of them, but I like the roller as I'm good with it and it's so original as far as weapons go

@Aromaiden I had a whole team shooting at me in Kraken form but just held stick forward and was able to stay on.

It would be great if you could play all 3 modes like a best of 3 with Turf Wars always being the decider.Reward the overall most effective player across 3 rounds by giving them a little bronze medal or icon next to their name for the next battle,if you don't come out on top again then you lose it or get downgraded.If you can retain it though then you get upgraded to a silver medal and so on or maybe instead just have an icon next to your name with +3 or +5 for example.It won't be any more than a badge of honour really but it would add a little extra edge to your own game to perform better.I often find myself come out on top in Turf Wars or Splat Zones for several rounds in a row so I reckon I would be able to hold onto it for a while

I just figured out that the Killer Wail can actually shove a Kraken or Bubble off of the Tower. That can come in handy.

Rollers were more effective than I thought they would be, but for some reason I was under the impression the "tower" would be up in the sky more and only be reached by jumping or moving thru the cable that supports it like those levels in single player. (Speaking of single player, when will we get moving platforms and invisible walls in mulitplayer?) They shouldn't even call it "tower" control, they should call it "box" control". Even "platform" would signify some type of elevation, this is just a box on the floor.

1 thing I am looking forward to though is playing tower control on real levels. Warehouse is just a dojo, every level in the game is better than that one. Kelp dome and bluefin depot should be a lot more interesting. Maybe in Arrowana mall the box can move at the height of all the side platforms making rollers a little less effective? Kraken are still kraken though, nothing to do about those. I actually tried the Kraken a few times and felt like I was swimming in slow motion, never hit anyone, so I stopped.

So every 4 hours huh? Does Spaloon have it's own twitter feed or webpage I can follow to see what's what? I'd really be fine never playing in the warehouse or the rig ever again.

Try switching off the phone wifi before you start a play session. If the available bandwidth drops below a certain point, the Wii U will disconnect. If you have several Wifi devices operating on the same network, performance and bandwidth drops.

Well I suppose that makes sense. I've hardly played w/ anybody anyway as I'm usually in ranked.

OK now I have a question regarding jariw's photos. I know if you pass somebody who has a bubble on you'll bubble as well, but does that delete your gauge if you have the bubble ability is well? Or can 4 teammates all have the bubble meter filled and then take turns so each teammate has the bubble 4x as long? Another reason for no voice chat perhaps?

Lol!

@rjejr Yep, you can bubble 4 times in a row just like Kraken. Its easier to knock them off though but still that can just still shoot right at you.

Walleye Warehouse shouldn't be an available map for tower mode!

The more mods or imitations (which I'm okay with) I see of Splatoon, the more I realize how much I love the Inklings and how big of a part they play in Splatoon's appeal. I really love the Inklings and their designs, and I'm sure many people feel the same.

My strategy is to climb up the tower asap and place an ink mine. Once i get splatted so does my opponent,by the time i respawn i do it again.

@ELI-ASH: People always do that. So I always make sure to kill them while they're on the tower, so when they explode they clear away any mines and I can go on up. I also prefer to just provide back-up with my Charger, so it's pretty easy.