Global Testfire General Discussion

[Mayday]

It really depends on the players and their load outs imo.

Like, the last match I went in had 3 rollers and 1 splatter on my team, while the other team had 2 Jrs. and Splatters.

And we dominated them, like 70% dominated them.

Sniper is super situational depending on the other team tbh. A guy on Smashboards said that he dominated the other team because he went up high and was sniping a whole team of rollers for free.

I loved having a ton of rollers on my team. Let's you sit back and control the mid while they are rushing around painting everything.

 

[SpecialtySake]

People need to check their back ends more when the play. SO many roller stealth kills from behind...

 

[Tepip]

Oh my god that was extremely fun!
The sniper is so good if you know how to use it right. For example in certain situations it can cover ground faster than a roller.

I was addicted to "splat jump" the mini game and I almost got to level three.

My only gripe is that the stage variety was non existent.

Can't wait too buy it on the 29th!

 

[Nester]

Entirely way too much fun. Was tough to give up the Gamepad switching between people on the couch taking rounds. Can't wait to play again in 6+ hours!

 

[JaggedToaster]

Splatroller is not OP. Just retreat in your own ink and take them out. It's not hard.

 

[Mayday]

Seems like roller + squid mode could almost be like a Team Fortress 2 Spy role

 

[NimbusSpark]

Ugh, I hate my internet... tried to join a match during the hour of the demo and wasn't able to.
Either the matches were full, I couldn't connect to the partner or the partner's device didn't respond to me.
Anyone know of a way to improve the connection?

 

[Fakevox]

I'm glad we got an opportunity to try the game out for a while, because I didn't want to put down money on a game I wouldn't like. I had some fun during tonight's test.

I pretty much exclusively used the Splat Charger. I had to lower my sensitivity down all the way to be able to line up shots with any consistency, though. There also weren't a whole lot of viable sniping positions in the maps, I noticed. The only other weapon that actually killed me (on multiple occasions) was the roller, though that was mostly due to my high sensitivity making it tough to line up a shot on them when they jumped me around a corner. I also got killed by someone who was hiding out in their ink, and they hopped out and killed me once I got near. Props to them.

I'm glad it doesn't completely suck!

 

[Tepip]

Ugh, I hate my internet... tried to join a match during the hour of the demo and wasn't able to.
Either the matches were full, I couldn't connect to the partner or the partner's device didn't respond to me.
Anyone know of a way to improve the connection?

No did you try to join other matches after that though?

 

[SpecialtySake]

Oh, by the by, hello to all the newcomers! good to see some "joined: Today" squiddos!

 

[NimbusSpark]

Ugh, I hate my internet... tried to join a match during the hour of the demo and wasn't able to.
Either the matches were full, I couldn't connect to the partner or the partner's device didn't respond to me.
Anyone know of a way to improve the connection?

I repeated to connect after every time I disconnected, until the server went back into maitenance. I assume it is something wrong with my internet, though.

 

[Dravidian]

I'll just repost my first impressions from smashboards:

I promised that I'd fill out certain job aps before I played so I only enjoyed the last 15 minutes.....but holy **** were those a glorious 15 minutes.

I only had 3 matches but they were marvelous. I was destroyed my first match and my team loss. The second match I did way better, but my team managed to lose even worse some how. I did great the third match and my team curb stomped the other

My notes:

• Motion aiming took some getting used to (the tutorial mostly took care of that) but worked really well
• I treated Charger like an offensive weapon at first, but it's more for "defense" (focus on scaring/attacking enemies and slowing their progress instead of spreading paint) and quick travel for positioning (charged arc shot -> squid travel)
• For the love of all things holy, stay mid-long rang when using the charger; it's so slow when charging
  • If it wasn't clear, people who've never played shooters should not start with chargers :laugh:
• Bombs take a ton of ink, but that keeps them from being spammed
• I also noticed that bombs seem more effective when used defensively to set up a retreat than for offense
• I should try using the camera reset for quick turns next time

 

[CyberHyperPhoenix]

People need to check their back ends more when the play. SO many roller stealth kills from behind...

That's the best part about it! XD :P

 

[Mondrae205]

I'm sneaky. I went into the tutorial when there was less then three minutes left and I am still playing

 

[Shane M]

you can kite the hell out of rollers in squid form then splatter shot them to death. Rollers have weaknesses to their setup for sure.

 

[Reila]

I wasted my time covering some walls with ink. I wasn't aware the walls don't count.

 

[ggdeku]

The final game is going to have fully customizable loadouts right?

 

[SpecialtySake]

I'll just repost my first impressions from smashboards:

I promised that I'd fill out certain job aps before I played so I only enjoyed the last 15 minutes.....but holy **** were those a glorious 15 minutes.

I only had 3 matches but they were marvelous. I was destroyed my first match and my team loss. The second match I did way better, but my team managed to lose even worse some how. I did great the third match and my team curb stomped the other

My notes:

• Motion aiming took some getting used to (the tutorial mostly took care of that) but worked really well
• I treated Charger like an offensive weapon at first, but it's more for "defense" (focus on scaring/attacking enemies and slowing their progress instead of spreading paint) and quick travel for positioning (charged arc shot -> squid travel)
• For the love of all things holy, stay mid-long rang when using the charger; it's so slow when charging
  • If it wasn't clear, people who've never played shooters should not start with chargers :laugh:
• Bombs take a ton of ink, but that keeps them from being spammed
• I also noticed that bombs seem more effective when used defensively to set up a retreat than for offense
• I should try using the camera reset for quick turns next time

Lemme tell you dude, the roller's special weapon is PHENOMENAL. Doesn't spread ink, but takes control of A LOT of the stage. Allows others to ink up places if used correctly.

 

[CyberHyperPhoenix]

The final game is going to have fully customizable loadouts right?

Yeah, it will.

 

[Setnaro X]

I really couldn't get into the gyrocontrols. Moving left and right with the stick and looking up and down with the gamepad? Hell no. Thank goodness there's an option for 100% stick usage. I set the sensitive to 0, but the aiming feels WAAY too sensitive and WAAY too stiff. Luckily, I was able to get used to it. I'll have to adjust the sensitivity a little more during the next hour test.

So far, everything feels buttery smooth in terms of online performance. Even through livestreamming, chatting with a friend through Skype with a headset, I got no moments that made me like there was any sort of odd onlne behavior.

I got to test out the splattershot and the sniper rifle, and I think I may be leaning a bit more towards the sniper. I didn't get the chance to use the roller, but holy crap, I didn't expect them to extremely effective in battle. I won't say it's OP since I can pop a one shot kill with a perfectly aimed sniper shot, but it can be rather annoying when up against FOUR ROLLERS. But whatever.

I really can't wait for Tower Control.