Regular Battle (Turf War) Discussion

[Hinichii.ez.™]

what

Soon you will come to the splat side!

 

[Reila]

Soon you will come to the splat side!

I am playing splat zones too, it's just not as fun as turf wars to me. I will be playing a mixture of both, at least until they release the other ranked modes.

 

[Indy Wolfy]

I like turf wars for the fact that people are running all over the place and at the most not hiding in the ink to ambush :P

 

[Reila]

You know, after getting used to splat zones, there's one thing I find lacking in turf wars: The lack of penalty for losing. It makes the matches less exciting somehow.

 

[spiffy]

going purely based off looks here, my favorite maps are the warehouse and skate park.

 

[Cereal]

I love the mall map for both turf wars and ranked battles, the games are super tense, especially for ranked

 

[YesI'mTaco34]

after a 7 game losing streak i did 1564P with 9 kills and no deaths

loss by .2%

 

[SHUTupNrocK8]

After playing a bunch of Tower Control, I had to kick it back in Turf Wars to unwind before my head exploded

 

[Smychavo]

after a 7 game losing streak i did 1564P with 9 kills and no deaths

loss by .2%

We all know that feeling

 

[micahclay]

Turf Wars is fun when I want to relax, and when I want to try out a new gun.

 

[Shalnark]

I just played turf wars for two hours. I usually don't stay in one room that long but I got lucky because most people in this particular room actually used teamwork, and as a result, we successfully made it to the enemies' base multiple times and stayed there for a while without getting killed.

 

[SHUTupNrocK8]

Wow Team Dog players are horrible lol... lossing so hard and Turf Wars is not a game type you can carry lol

LOL holy crap is it just me or are team dog people getting the most garbage team mate? everyone on my team is like 1-10 everytime lol

 

[Smychavo]

Wow Team Dog players are horrible lol... lossing so hard and Turf Wars is not a game type you can carry lol

LOL holy crap is it just me or are team dog people getting the most garbage team mate? everyone on my team is like 1-10 everytime lol

Really? I was expecting some more teamwork on the dog side of things. Maybe some players still think they're in ranked mode XD.

 

[SHUTupNrocK8]

Really? I was expecting some more teamwork on the dog side of things. Maybe some players still think they're in ranked mode XD.

It's horrible been playing for over 5 hours and still 69 points away from Queen...

 

[Smychavo]

It's horrible been playing for over 5 hours and still 69 points away from Queen...

I cri everyteim

 

[SHUTupNrocK8]

So close now, on a okay team now.

 

[ZypkerGaming]

In the recent Famitsu survey, only 36% of voters said they actually focused on spreading ink. The rest focused on splatting opponents :/. I know about snipers and chargers and all that, but 64% is just overboard.

 

[Cobbs]

You know, after getting used to splat zones, there's one thing I find lacking in turf wars: The lack of penalty for losing. It makes the matches less exciting somehow.

In the recent Famitsu survey, only 36% of voters said they actually focused on spreading ink. The rest focused on splatting opponents :/. I know about snipers and chargers and all that, but 64% is just overboard.

These reasons are what makes people feel it's less 'competitive' - people are funny. People really want, for some reason, Splatoon to be a traditional conservative competitive shooter. We'll get what we deserve, if people want to turn it into that then that's what we'll get.

 

[SupaTim]

I was just wondering what everyone's strategy is for the opening 30secs to 1 minute of Turf Wars.

When I first started playing Splatoon everyone was like "Ink Your Base!!" so that is what I did. It was easy to do with a roller and got you lots of points toward your special early on. I had pretty good success with this strategy and my wife and my friends who come over to play have never deviated from this.

However, I started reading more and watching some streamers and I noticed that many of them rushed ahead to the central area to either meet the opposing team head-on, take control of the middle first, or secure the high ground. So I tried this strategy when I first decided to get good at shooters (instead of just the Krack-On). It worked really well for me as I not only was able to capture the middle, but I was still able to get lots of points for my special.

After awhile though, the rush forward strategy seemed to be failing. I think it was due to more and more people adopting that same strategy and while I am usually better than 50% at splatting people, I still got splatted frequently. So, for this past splatfest I returned to inking the base first and then heading out to confront the enemy.

Honestly, the "ink the base" tactic has worked better. I was using the RG, which has ink strike which means I could cut off the enemy early and I'm more of a close combat person (because of my terrible aim from long distance) so I can splat people easy after the initial cover (more ink to hide in).

But, I can see this tactic changing depending on weapons. If I went back to the .52 gal I'd probably rush to the middle a bit faster. One of the reasons I like this mode is of the many ways to achieve victory.

So, what tactic does everyone else use?

 

[icewolf741]

I really like turf wars because they help me unwind, practice with new weapons, practice map awareness, goof around etc with no penalty for losing. I also really like it during splatfest because it does become more competitive.

Personally my tactic depends on the map and the weapon that I'm using, but I tend to like to rush forward. It does depend on the map though. If there are no chokepoints then i spend more time inking on my way (like flounder heights). but if it's saltspray I usually will rush the back area as fast as possible and try and hold it.

Also i really like using sprinklers for turf wars so i can just drop one on the base right away and everything.