Topic: Splatoon - OT

@Smash_kirby: Well, they won't be keeping the servers alive until the end of time, will they?
I know that this is nothing that will happen in the next 3 years, but they won't support the game forever.
What I meant was after that one will never be able to play the game like it was meant to be.
There won't be retro gamers praising it in 20 years like some of us praise old video games today for they won't be able to play it properly.

I think they will keep servers open untill Splatoon 2 and longer.

I'm probably wrong but aren't the servers only used to match players together rather than matches themselves so friend games wouldn't be affected?

@shani: When I have the rainmaker, I like to take it slow and TRY to get my team mates in front of me. Then I can hang back and shoot guys as they try to get close. If teammates have inked a clear path, and all the opposition is dead, I like to swim to the goal fast as I can before respawn. You may never get another chance!

I think private matches still goes through the matchmaking servers.

Yeah I try that too sometimes, but often your teammates are too slow or just won't come to you. In that case I almost always (a few times I managed to fight my way through alone and almost made it to the goal) get splatted. So when I realize that my teammates have let me (or the person bearing the rainmaker) down a couple of times during one match and they're not near me, I just try to dash through and get as far as possible on my own by changing repeatedly routes (takes longer, but sometimes keeps you safe). That's not how it's supposed to be, but you have to adapt. ^^

So to sum it up, it can really go different ways and who you play it as the rainmaker depends on how your teammates act. And of course, it also depends on the map. On Arowana Mall and the other linear maps, you can just dash through and win the game in under a minute. Seems like having faster swimming speed and getting the rainmaker before the enemy often can decide who wins on that map.

@shani: if your teammates just let you go ahead alone they're obviously more interested in getting kills than winning Rainmaker... This is where voice chat would be very helpful. If they sacrifice themselves so you can go on, that's another story.

@whodatninja: Yeah that's what I think most of the times ("why are you going for kills instead of for the win?"). But I somehow doubt that voice chat would change anything about it because they obviously don't want to do it differently.
Of course, if they draw attention away from the rainmaker and sacrifice themselves, it can be really helpful. But one shouldn't forget, every enemy they (or you) kill, respawns at their base, so when the rainmaker is alone and near the enemy base while the others are on the other side of the map, it can get hard to go through (with all the enemies respawning at their base). So sometimes it can even be reasonable to just draw the enemies away and keep them busy, but not to kill them.

Also, when you got a very close lead at the end of the match, it can make sense to stall the game/waste some time like in football. Meaning you just take the rainmaker (if you can) and swim away, in a direction where no enemy is standing and where they can't get you easily, e.g. somewhere with walls thast can protect you for a short while. We were once leading with 6-8 and there were about 30 or 40 seconds left (on Flounder Heights). I just got the rainmaker near our own base, after the enemy was splatted there. I immediately went diagonal and up the wall, just as far away from our base as possible. They eventually took me down, but it took them too long to get the rainmaker back in their posession and we won.
Of course, this strategy can be risky and won't work everytime.

About to put it on now.I really shouldn't after the luck I've had today that was just topped off a short while ago with Scotland losing to Georgia in a crucial qualifier,I'm a sucker for punishment though.

I haven't played this game for a while but it's a great game you can out down and pick up again later!

I tried the inkbrush on rainmaker and I won a few times ^_^ On this one match in Port Mackarel I snuck up behind the entire enemy team and got some surprised slaps XD

@ELI-ASH: Awesome! I used to main the Inkbrush for quite a while, until other updates came out. I really like the fast "sneak up" style it has. I didn't want to quit using the Inkbrush, but since you have to press to trigger button so many times in one match, I couldn't handle playing with this weapon for long time. I'm glad the Inkbrush works well for you, though.

I was playing Rainmaker too, in Port Mackerel, and someone on my team was using the Octobrush. Everyone except the Octobrush user was by the Rainmaker, and I was wondering why that player wasn't grabbing it. The Octbrush player kept saying "Come on!" and I eventually went back to the player to see what was going on. The player was just standing there, so I decided to grab the Rainmaker, then the brush player started to run and make a path for me to swim in. In theory, this was a great idea... until we both got splatted two seconds later. XD.

Even though that was a good idea, I think the Octobrush player should've just grabbed the Rainmaker, since the rest of us were splatting all of the opponents. This probably would've worked if the Rainmaker was close to the enemy's goal, but since the Rainmaker was on our side of the base, I wish they would've just went as far as they could with it to get some distance away from our base. My team ending up losing that match, but it was pretty close.

@Blue_Blur: The one time I took the rainmaker my team wasn't around (i took the long way route in arrowanna) I guess they didnt know XD

I also tried that several times (but not with an Octobrush, rather with the silver Aerospray + Inkzooka), not taking the rainmaker but letting someone else take it so I can quickly create a path for him. Sometimes it works, when the other player(s) immediately get what you want and react quickly, but if it takes too much time to get started, the plan will probably fail.

Does anyone other than me turn off the motion controls on the gamepad?

I used to turn off the motion controls, because I didn't like the feeling of it. The camera didn't move how I wanted it to. However, with some camera sensitivity adjustments, I now use motion controls, and I think I perform better with advanced tactics using motion control. I find it easier to aim and act to sudden situations.

If you can get use to them you will at the very least improve by twice where you're at now. It makes that big of a difference. If I had to play with only twin sticks I would've quit this game first week it came out.

I died 13 times in one game during the Splat Zones.. it was literally respawn, super jump, play for 3 seconds, die... respawn, super jump, land in death... respawn, superjump, move around for 2 seconds, die.

I had to take a break. It was really annoying. I definitely like Tower Control and Rainmaker better.

I'll try turning the motion control on, and maybe set the sensitivity really low but I've been playing with it off the entire time because I didn't like the feel of it.

@Rexcalibr: I did at first and I played fine with sticks but I eventually made the switch to motion controls. It took a lil getting use to but once you get use to it , you will play much better than before. Like with sticks when someone shoots me from behind I was automaticly splatted everytime but with motion I get a lil more time to react and even survive. Its worth it to learn. Play around with the sensitivity at first. Then once it feels natural crank it up to max.

I still don't play with the camera sensitivity on max! Mine is set at +1 and works fine for me. I don't use guns though, (I'm a Slosher), so I don't really need a super fast camera.