It's kinda still there, retooled into Bomb Defense Up.
Ah, good to know! It went from a rare sight in Splat 1 to a top tier weapon. I'm glad it finally gets it's time to shine!
It's fantastic. I'm still not the most pumped about the special. I'll hate Sting Ray until they let me cancel out of it when I want (right now, it doesn't feel worth the risk or time investment except in very specific scenarios). Whatever its alt kit is (I'm too lazy right now to look it up), I'm sure it'll push it even higher up my list of favorite weapons.
Yeah I've been noticing it more. It's not rage-inducing OP like the Tri-Slosher was, it's just generally good. I like that there are more buckets playing compared to S1. I really wish they'd tweak the controls though, I can't do the trigger spam.
I've tried to pop my bubbles with a full charge and find it unloads the whole thing and nothing happens. I think there's a time delay as the bubbles thin out that they're really too strong to be popped by anything. I go some great chain bubble kills on art gallery though, chaining all 3 together in the enemy base area :)
Occasionally I find myself duped and splatted by a drop roller. People use it. But it just seems so....limited.
Called it! I thought it was going to be meta the day it came out when I was getting double digit kills in TW which rarely ever happens. It's rare that I find a meta weapon fun, but that one manages somehow! It was a great killer in S1 too though, so I'm not sure why it never made the meta there.
It was introduced so late in the meta though. The Sheldons Picks updates felt like a swan song for the game more than real meta improvements. I got some good use out of my black and blue ski boots....it helped me when steamrolling with krakon :)
While I don't think it's the best weapon in the game, I do agree that the Sloshing Machine is kinda slept on.
The datamined kit for the Neo is Point Sensor and Splat-Bomb Launcher.
I've had trouble with Kelp Dome with Bubbles too
The color would be solid since I was trying right after blowing the bubbles. With Kelp the problem is there aren't many corners or tight spaces. Almost every "narrow" area has multiple escapes. Which is the cool thing about dome being in the round, but it causes trouble for weapons that require cornering. Splashdown has the same issue. The catwalks themselves do that, but since you can drop through them and go around that's still providing lots of paths. I was trying in the center area a lot. And they'd be great shields if it weren't for the fact that as soon as you blow a bubble your team becomes a group of ritalin addled 5 year olds that just saw a shiny squirrel run by and drop everything to go and pop your shield bubble, wasting any value it had :P
Run naked. Who needs clothing with that thing? :P The ladies of Treehouse were obsessed with shirtless Link last E3. I want my shirtless INK...ling! Mario gets to do it. Link gets to do it. Why does my inkling need to be covered in the body cloths. Why is Inkopolis such a repressive culture?! They denied us pants for years but MANDATE the use of shirts! Hypocrisy! Just don't take away my aviators. Nothing says "please shoot me in the face" like wearing aviators while bare chested. :D
Hey atleast it's not as button mashy as Inkbrush, but yeah they could just make it like Blasters, where even though they have a slow fire rate, they still continuously fire when the the trigger is held down. I'm guessing the only reason it's not like that is for the sake of being different.
I think Point Sensor, while not as good as bombs, is still good in general, but it'll be especially great on a weapon that can hit around obstacles, so I'll definitely be going with the Neo, but the vanilla still has it's niche during Tower Control and on maps like Port Mackerel.
I wish it was anything else, but that doesn't make it useless. Splat bombs would be perfect.
The button mashiness of the brushes is downright painful (though in S1 I managed to actually make my finger numb for months with chargers...somehow the trigger of the gamepad pinched a nerve somewhere....it was really distressing...) . I don't miss octobrush....I'm glad it went meta and I abandoned it....that's finger abuse! Sloshers/SM/rollers seem fine in contrast.
Haunt's nerf was incredibly unnecessary. I loved the smug feeling of seeing my killer get hounded by my teammates thanks to the point sensor effect, but now the thermal ink effect is so unreliable. Everything that uses the Thermal Ink effect (like Haunt and Stingray) should really make the opponents glow like a fully charged charger no matter if they're behind a wall or not. I wonder if it'll be buffed in the near future.
when you're relatively safe. fo' dis big boi (probably 2 whole mains xP)
I'd say it's better than Ink Mine/Sprinkler/Toxic Mist/Squid Beacon, but that's just my opinion. Splat Bombs would be a little redundant though since the special is Splat Bomb Rush and the vanilla already has a Bomb sub.
Well that's on you for missing with it and not noticing when someone's tagged. Your whole team knowing the location of the enemy no natter where they go is just as good as it always was, infact I'd say it's even more valuable now with all the low visibility maps and Ninja Squid being a popular ability once more while Cold-blooded is a rare sight.
Are you saying Poison Mist and Burst Bombs can trigger Thermal ink, cause it only activates off of a direct hit from your main weapon.@MindWanderer Actually thermal ink also get some mileage thorough poison mist,and burst bombs allowing you to weaken and see your opponents location, it also works on rapid fire weapons who can't finish a rushdown on a key opponent
Also the tentabrella looks okay, it is a OHKO at close range but as this treehouse shows it really isn't the main purpose of this weapons game play style, since of it's H-3 like fire rate and ink consumption.
I feel the close range KO serves much like a flingza vert flick KO cool to get but better used for coverage or overhead damage..... it really seem to shine as a team support role similar to how the cherry H-3 played expect it traded bubble for a huge umbrella shield.
It also has beakons that no one ever seems to use.......(why?) that are really effective but should be used more when you team has the player advantage again due to ink consumption.
Lastly it has bubble blower which combined with a launch umbrella shield can basically deny coverage of mulitple points or allies all at the same time.
I really can't wait to try this out and I will admit I will be going for the pogo sticks on enemies heads (crush platyers under the umbrella) if I get the oppurtinity
The only map that I can make good use of it on is Port Mackerel. I toss them near the blind corners, over the boxes, and sometimes at intersections (hoping somebody will run through it in the next ~2sec.). They're also useful for getting out of spawn camps on various maps, especially if a teammate has bombs to throw along with your sensor.
