LiX
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- Joined
- Oct 5, 2017
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Hello Splatoon-Community! Just making my entrance here, since I've been looking for a Splatoon community for a good while. And heh... Squidboards is the first thing you stumble upon.
I am an European player, wanting to somehow get in touch with competitive Splatoon 2 gaming.
I've played the first Splatoon, but not really competitively. I played until Level 50 of course, did a bunch of ranked until I hit S there but then quit until I heard of Splatoon 2 coming out.
I ended up getting myself a Switch and Splatoon 2 recently and fell in love with this colourful game again.
So as for my stats in Splatoon 2: I've been playing a decent lot lately, so I've hit level 39 (obviously started after that crazy coupon farming exploit...) and completed story, unlocked all the hero weapons and whatever.
As for Ranked, I did manage to pull myself to S+(1) in Splat Zones, S+1 in Tower Control and S+ in Rainmaker. However, being a player that just started getting a bit better and spending thought on competitive level play, I'm recently hestitant to play Ranked as I'm afraid of deranking again. It seems frustrating that - once you establish S+(any number) - but then get a crappy streak and derank, you're thrown back to S+0 again.
As far as weapons go, I've settled with maining the Octobrush (bear with me, I play Splatoon 2 in non-English, so I may go wrong with the English names for weapons, stages etc...). The process of deciding that took quite long. I've first played a Jet Squelcher and still like it, but mastering the precision seems to be an endless route with that one.
Obviously I have no idea what the roles you take part in a team are called around here, but I'd say I'm a sneaky guy. I like to sneak up (with that ninja ability, of course) and multi-kill as many people for my team to proceed into enemy territory. And sometimes I have my moments and then I do hilarious things to the enemy with that Octobrush!
Depending on state of game, I can also adapt and guard the tower etc. There's probably also a little allrounding in my game style.
I've also been trying to find good quipment for myself. So I've been farming ability-fragments (I hope they're called that in English...) to piece together the "perfect" equipment. Since I like to main the Ninja ability along with my Octobrush, I was sure I need either shoes or a hat with triple Swimming speed+ and a main swimming speed +, to atleast cancel out the defect that ink ninja gives you. Regarding the remaining slots, I'm unsure what to go for. I either go full swimming speed, or add some running speed into there.
What's stopped me from deciding was one important question. DOES the running speed+ actually enhance your movement while you swing the Octobrush at your enemy? Pointers here would be welcome!
That's why I want to get involved with those League battles. Since I'm beyond teenager age and really know no one else besides my lady who plays this game, (and she plays Splatoon 2 on the same Switch obviously) I was hoping to find some people here. Knowing there are specific boards for this, I'm still unsure how to go on about it: Do I just "spam" my friend code all over and hope somebody befriends me and is online so we can do league battles? Or do you actually join a "big group" so that you mostly will find someone of your team to do League battles with? Would be nice if a veteran could land a hand and explain that business.
Finally I'd like to know: How is the Splatoon 2 community? Is it mature and friendly? Or is it a toxic, rivalry lot? :-P
Do a lot of players use that Nintendo VC app? And if yes, does it help coordinate well? Because I've had random fights in (ranked and outside of it) where I found players coordinating so well together, that I was sure that they must sit next to each other or atleast talk to develop such decent synergy.
Anyway! That's it for now. Thanks for reading, if you bothered. I hope some people will say a word or two to help me with my questions and finding a path in here. If not, I'll just start randomly posting, I suppose. :-P
- LiX
I am an European player, wanting to somehow get in touch with competitive Splatoon 2 gaming.
I've played the first Splatoon, but not really competitively. I played until Level 50 of course, did a bunch of ranked until I hit S there but then quit until I heard of Splatoon 2 coming out.
I ended up getting myself a Switch and Splatoon 2 recently and fell in love with this colourful game again.
So as for my stats in Splatoon 2: I've been playing a decent lot lately, so I've hit level 39 (obviously started after that crazy coupon farming exploit...) and completed story, unlocked all the hero weapons and whatever.
As for Ranked, I did manage to pull myself to S+(1) in Splat Zones, S+1 in Tower Control and S+ in Rainmaker. However, being a player that just started getting a bit better and spending thought on competitive level play, I'm recently hestitant to play Ranked as I'm afraid of deranking again. It seems frustrating that - once you establish S+(any number) - but then get a crappy streak and derank, you're thrown back to S+0 again.
As far as weapons go, I've settled with maining the Octobrush (bear with me, I play Splatoon 2 in non-English, so I may go wrong with the English names for weapons, stages etc...). The process of deciding that took quite long. I've first played a Jet Squelcher and still like it, but mastering the precision seems to be an endless route with that one.
Obviously I have no idea what the roles you take part in a team are called around here, but I'd say I'm a sneaky guy. I like to sneak up (with that ninja ability, of course) and multi-kill as many people for my team to proceed into enemy territory. And sometimes I have my moments and then I do hilarious things to the enemy with that Octobrush!
Depending on state of game, I can also adapt and guard the tower etc. There's probably also a little allrounding in my game style.
I've also been trying to find good quipment for myself. So I've been farming ability-fragments (I hope they're called that in English...) to piece together the "perfect" equipment. Since I like to main the Ninja ability along with my Octobrush, I was sure I need either shoes or a hat with triple Swimming speed+ and a main swimming speed +, to atleast cancel out the defect that ink ninja gives you. Regarding the remaining slots, I'm unsure what to go for. I either go full swimming speed, or add some running speed into there.
What's stopped me from deciding was one important question. DOES the running speed+ actually enhance your movement while you swing the Octobrush at your enemy? Pointers here would be welcome!
That's why I want to get involved with those League battles. Since I'm beyond teenager age and really know no one else besides my lady who plays this game, (and she plays Splatoon 2 on the same Switch obviously) I was hoping to find some people here. Knowing there are specific boards for this, I'm still unsure how to go on about it: Do I just "spam" my friend code all over and hope somebody befriends me and is online so we can do league battles? Or do you actually join a "big group" so that you mostly will find someone of your team to do League battles with? Would be nice if a veteran could land a hand and explain that business.
Finally I'd like to know: How is the Splatoon 2 community? Is it mature and friendly? Or is it a toxic, rivalry lot? :-P
Do a lot of players use that Nintendo VC app? And if yes, does it help coordinate well? Because I've had random fights in (ranked and outside of it) where I found players coordinating so well together, that I was sure that they must sit next to each other or atleast talk to develop such decent synergy.
Anyway! That's it for now. Thanks for reading, if you bothered. I hope some people will say a word or two to help me with my questions and finding a path in here. If not, I'll just start randomly posting, I suppose. :-P
- LiX
