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doomrider7 (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#30801: Jul 10th 2023 at 7:11:21 PM

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Funny thing is, the S Blast isn't TOO bad of an issue for me since I can usually close the distance pretty quick since I main weapons designed for up close and personal alongside Ninja Squid. The clash is just fucking TERRIBLE to deal with in general for me due to the splash damage as well as just being a pain to del with in Tower Control.

Edit: Yeah SR has been a really mixed bag for me. Weapons are the best or the worst so it's okay on that front, but MAN, if the Splatling guy isn't on the job you're completely and totally screwed. I wouldn't worry too much on Side Order. They'll drop stuff for it when they're good and ready.

Edited by doomrider7 on Jul 10th 2023 at 10:14:06 AM

NesClassic Meh-meh!? from Flyover Country Since: Dec, 2012 Relationship Status: In another castle
Meh-meh!?
#30802: Jul 10th 2023 at 7:14:02 PM

Clash is an odd weapon because it isn't even good, it's just... annoying. If we had a multiplayer trope for Goddamned Bats it'd count, and the POPPOPPOPPOPPOPPOP gets real grating real fast.

Fun fact: the S-BLAST's short-range firing mode actually has the same TTK as Clash Blaster does. Takes a bit more finesse since you can't run with it, obviously, but it's amusing when Clash is supposed to be the fast and up-close Blaster.[lol]

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Midna Blorbonmyoji (he/she/they) from way down south in the land of the traitors (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
Blorbonmyoji (he/she/they)
#30803: Jul 10th 2023 at 7:22:51 PM

Clash Blaster is a total scrub stomper yeah. The wide explosion makes it good for chasing around slippery foes up-close, but the short range really hurts it. It doesn't help that the S-BLAST has all the advantages of the Clash Blaster but it can switch to a better blaster on command

[up][up] I wouldn't worry as much about Side Order if they weren't locking 99.99% of Off the Hook's screentime behind it. Turns out, writing out extremely popular characters so you can put them in paid DLC that you want so badly to be "new and different" that even 10 months after the base game's release you have no ETA for it beyond "before January 1, 2025" can really fuck up their fans

Edited by Midna on Jul 10th 2023 at 10:15:48 AM

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doomrider7 (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#30804: Jul 11th 2023 at 1:14:03 PM

Alsmost an hour of game time and I've yet to win a single match in any mode for the daily bonus.

Edit: Made to an hour. Still not won a match.

Edited by doomrider7 on Jul 11th 2023 at 4:21:32 AM

Midna Blorbonmyoji (he/she/they) from way down south in the land of the traitors (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
Blorbonmyoji (he/she/they)
#30805: Jul 11th 2023 at 5:10:57 PM

inkbrush and charger on the stage that starts lagging the literal instant a flyfish or drizzler starts attacking = uh-oh!

Edited by Midna on Jul 11th 2023 at 7:40:30 AM

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VampireBuddha Calendar enthusiast from Ireland (Wise, aged troper) Relationship Status: Complex: I'm real, they are imaginary
Calendar enthusiast
#30806: Jul 13th 2023 at 1:24:02 AM

Finally got the grey locker! I now officially have every single thing available from Hotlantis.

I overall had a similar experience to doomrider, going a ridiculous amount of time before finally getting a win when the algorithm decided to put me on the same team as the two deadliest players I had been going up against. And in that match I inked by far the most turn and had the best splat ratio.

Yesterday seemed to have a weirdly high number of chargers in Turf War. I even had one match where I was the only person on my team not using one.

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FGHIK Since: Aug, 2013
#30807: Jul 13th 2023 at 2:17:16 AM

Well, I had a match yesterday where literally everyone on my team had point-blank weapons, while the other team actually had reasonable ranges. So that was fun.

Midna Blorbonmyoji (he/she/they) from way down south in the land of the traitors (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
Blorbonmyoji (he/she/they)
#30808: Jul 14th 2023 at 2:40:33 AM

Oh boy. This shift. It's more lopsided than a botched plastic surgery. Two rollers, one the weakest in the game, the other the slowest — it's the Dynamo so one team member is essentially dead weight. Your other choices are the Dapples, which are only good at point-blank, and a Heavy Splatling, which requires charging and leaves you a sitting duck. It is a loadout balanced around being good at close-range combat and quite literally nothing else. (The king is Horrorboros of course.) Steelheads and Stingers will survive to the end of the wave more often than not

The next rotation has both stringers in the rotation and no autofire weapons at all

And we still don't have any Side Order news

Edited by Midna on Jul 14th 2023 at 4:49:06 AM

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NativeJovian Jupiterian Local from Orlando, FL Since: Mar, 2014 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
Jupiterian Local
#30809: Jul 14th 2023 at 4:22:27 AM

The dynamo roller is one of the best weapons in Salmon Run. It just absolutely deletes everything that's not a boss, and some things that are bosses. But it's got a huge wind-up and takes a lot of ink, so you have to be aware of your situation when using it or you'll get caught out and killed.

This shift has two slow but high-power weapons and two quick but weak weapons. That works well if teammates stick together and cover each other, but really badly if they don't.

Really from Jupiter, but not an alien.
Perseus Since: Nov, 2009
#30810: Jul 14th 2023 at 4:32:11 AM

I recognize that the Dynamo is not a bad weapon for the mode, but I hate it. Loathe it. I cannot stand how sluggish it is. It just feels awful.

Edited by Perseus on Jul 14th 2023 at 9:32:45 PM

FGHIK Since: Aug, 2013
#30811: Jul 14th 2023 at 4:38:07 AM

Yeah, people really have a talent for ignoring how incredibly inflexible Dynamo is. Sure, it can do some really cool stuff. But the moment you're in a bad situation, it will let you down. And when you're playing Freelance, bad situations are a when, not an if.

Midna Blorbonmyoji (he/she/they) from way down south in the land of the traitors (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
Blorbonmyoji (he/she/they)
#30812: Jul 14th 2023 at 8:31:36 AM

In a mode like Salmon Run, DPS is a big factor in whether or not you’ll survive. Being able to crush Cohocks means nothing when you’re wielding an ink-guzzling melee weapon with extreme lag frames that’s too slow to get away safely if things get nasty

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Bocaj Funny but not helpful from Here or thereabouts (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
Funny but not helpful
#30813: Jul 14th 2023 at 8:39:57 AM

The slow wind up of the dynamo means you’re going to get killed by stuff other weapon users could avoid

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jdeo1997 BLADE Pathfinders from Orion–Cygnus Arm Since: Feb, 2016 Relationship Status: I won't say I'm in love
BLADE Pathfinders
#30814: Jul 14th 2023 at 9:24:02 AM

Dynamo's great for clearing mon-bosses and glowfly waves, but it needs other faster weapons to help it out.

This loadout is not it

Edited by jdeo1997 on Jul 14th 2023 at 12:24:21 PM

Attachments are not the problem, Indifference is. Keelah se'lai
NativeJovian Jupiterian Local from Orlando, FL Since: Mar, 2014 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
Jupiterian Local
#30815: Jul 14th 2023 at 11:45:27 AM

Dynamo absolutely has massive drawbacks, and I don't blame anyone for not liking it, but it's also absolutely not "essentially dead weight", which is what the post I was responding to said about it.

It's a high skill floor weapon — and not just your own skill, but your teammates, since it requires a lot of support. But played well, it's incredibly powerful. That's what I meant when I said it's one of Salmon Run's best weapons — I meant that a good dynamo on a good team is one of the most effective things in the game mode, not that anyone can pick up a dynamo and kick ass with it in any circumstance.

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dragonfire5000 from Where gods fear to tread Since: Jan, 2001
NesClassic Meh-meh!? from Flyover Country Since: Dec, 2012 Relationship Status: In another castle
Meh-meh!?
#30818: Jul 14th 2023 at 8:23:46 PM

Day 1 on the road to    Vanilla Ruler    saw quite a bit of action. 11-8 was the final tally for wins and losses, so I'd say it was a sweet success overall.

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SatoshiBakura (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#30819: Jul 14th 2023 at 8:57:19 PM

I think I got overall higher win to loss ratio so far as part of Team Vanilla. But Mint Chip is playing fierce, so it will be tough overcoming them.

I don't think Strawberry is doing to well, I hate to say.

doomrider7 (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#30820: Jul 14th 2023 at 11:19:53 PM

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Mint Chip is either gonna sweep or lose only popularity and with everything else.

Edit: Yeah there's no way they're not sweeping this HARD.

Edited by doomrider7 on Jul 14th 2023 at 2:52:37 PM

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#30821: Jul 15th 2023 at 12:12:19 AM

i haven’t checked in a while but my w/l ratio is depressing

Zanreo Gizmondo from Glitch City (Ten years in the joint) Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
Gizmondo
#30822: Jul 15th 2023 at 2:57:32 AM

On team Mint and have only matched with Vanilla so far. Strawberry seems almost nonexistent - I've seen them in the plaza and through art posts, but for actual matches I have yet to see any

Edited by Zanreo on Jul 15th 2023 at 12:13:06 PM

My favorite failed console tbh
VampireBuddha Calendar enthusiast from Ireland (Wise, aged troper) Relationship Status: Complex: I'm real, they are imaginary
Calendar enthusiast
#30823: Jul 15th 2023 at 3:22:18 AM

Same. It feels like Strawberry is the Bigfoot of ice cream flavours.

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FGHIK Since: Aug, 2013
#30824: Jul 15th 2023 at 3:59:38 AM

They may take our lives, but they will never take... our STRAWBERRY BITS!

Midna Blorbonmyoji (he/she/they) from way down south in the land of the traitors (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
Blorbonmyoji (he/she/they)
#30825: Jul 15th 2023 at 4:41:52 AM

I haven't started playing this splatfest yet, but what I'm reading here doesn't make me hopeful!

Edit: Roughly even win-loss ratio so far. Strawberry is indeed rare, but I've actually seen them so they're not as bad as Bigfoot. Most of my fights have been against Mint though, who have been Kitchen Ace (And Taking Names)

Edited by Midna on Jul 15th 2023 at 7:25:22 AM

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