It feels more engaging for all skill levels. In Splat Zones, the weaker players are penalized for being bad at the game; they gotta go all the way back to the center to even start helping out again. In Tower Control, those very same players are the ones that end up holding back the enemy and are able to be more active as their own team is losing.
I am like 80% certain that once they've implemented all the stages they promised as well as all the gear and weapons and game modes and party configuration in August, we will be able to freely choose what stuff we'd like to play.
Only map I've played so far where chargers are a huge problem is the Mall. Tower lacks the grating bridge connecting the upper platforms so if one posts up on them you have to traverse through the middle, and climb up wall to take them out. Otherwise on maps like Bluefin and the Warehouse it is easy to take them out among the chaos. I do make a special effort to take them out in the mall level.
The only acceptable reason to use Aerosprayer RG in Tower. I'm seeing so many now. It's annoying because they aren't super effective otherwise but man, when they are it can really kill the momentum.
Blasters and Rollers are EVERYWHERE. Tower definitely favors blasters because of the splash damage that can go over the whole tower and get kills easy. :/ But idk how you are playing the Dynamo Roller because every time there's a Dynamo Roller on the enemy team, the ranged attack just flings massive amounts of ink and destroys everyone on the tower pretty much. I'd say the Dynamo is one of the best weapons for Tower. Maybe
That's only if they are charging directly at the Dynamo which they should never do. It's worth the extra 2 seconds to go around them and shoot from behind. From what I've seen they work better defensively. Carbon Rollers are much more deadly imho. They are very mobile, can still OHKO you and also ruin your day with inkzooka.
Nuh-uh, the tower only gets a speed boost if it's covering an area you've already passed. It doesn't speed up with more inklings on it, you don't need any more than one guy up there at a time.
If the losing team has control, the timer continues until either the winning team regains control for a few seconds, or the losing team manages to overtake the winning team and steal the victory. It's a fantastic mechanic that means the game is tense up until the very last second, because even if you're in the lead the other team could still reverse it at the last second if you get complacent. It's also in Splat Zones, and works super well there.
Overtime seems barely relevant in this mode. Too easy for the winning team to have ample time to scare the losers off.
Another thing is that people NEVER check their surroundings since they're so focused on the tower. I've caught many people off guard because of that. XD It's hilarious.
It's not good to have everyone on the tower since everyone can be killed SO easily (without a proper defense anyway). It's better to hop off, kill those attacking, and live to retake it than to die and swim back to it (or risk a super jump if you don't have Stealth Jump). I have found it's efficient to have one (or two if someone has a defensive option like the wall of bubbler) on the tower and the others defend it (
I can't tell you how many people I killed like that ;)!
I'm insane when it comes to movement, I'll jump off and on several times to confuse enemies and avoiding grenades and ink mines. I love it :p!
This is mostly true for the first part. For the second part though I found rollers to be the kingpin, 90% of rooms has at least 2 rollers on either team and most use either kraken or normal/hero for the bombs.
