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Splatoon is Nintendo's unique twist on the shooter genre. Shoot ink on both your friends and environments to win the match! Players can turn into squids and 'swim' through their team's ink color. Players can also use their team's ink color to slow down enemy movement. It's ink or be inked in this chaotic marriage of third person shooters, de Blob, and good ole fashioned paintball.
@Anand The splatling line are some of my faves. They are tricky to use yes, but if you can get a handle on how to be efficient, they can be quite deadly. The key with the regular Splatling and the Hydra is to try and keep the opponents at range, as they out-range most weapons. One tip I can give is that you don't always have to charge it all the way up to be effective, such as to paint or if an opponent is close.
@Mop it up Good tips, thanks! I was using it in close combat mostly, but it was more effective when I was standing on a tower, at least for painting the level.
Honestly, I suck with almost every weapon right now. I also can't use the subweapons effectively, and the only super that I'm comfortable with is the bubbler. I start to sweat when I get dropped into a match with 7 Level 50s. I need at least a couple of fellow amateurs in there with me!
Splatlings are amazing and they have a really good set of Sub/Special loadouts. A well placed splash wall can win you pretty much any fire fight, the point sensor is nice for keeping people from hiding from you (that loadout also has the Kraken which is great for escaping out of tight spots) and sprinklers are just plain amazing to have in turf wars.
The best part of the heavy splatling is when people try to just charge at you head on with their guns blazing because they don't realize that a head on confrontation is the Heavy Splatling's specialty.
Just finished dinner. I'd be down for that 7pm EST slot.
Yeah, my phone reset it to Set. I'll be on Discord chat in a little bit before 7. It'd be easier to see when you're ready than just continually refreshing this.
Playing random matches now. Will refresh between matches. Not in Discord atm.
I got rolled! Good games, nonetheless. That one match where it was us and two other charger players was fun. It felt like the three of us were covering you while you were forging ahead!
That was a wild game Peter! I took note that it was us and some other chargers. I just did my best cover turf while you and the squad you clearly lead took guys out for me. What a win!
Great to see you pop in again. So hyped for Splatoon 2 and I am loving my time still with Splatoon all these months since release.