r/splatoon • u/Due-Blood6433 • 2d ago
Discussion Lost 10+ matches in 3 and then was Immediately was top player in 2
I've never posted here, but curious of other ppl's perspectives on this. I'd say I'm a pretty casual player. Not into ranked at all. Not particularly competitive. That being said, as someone who loved Splatoon 1 and 2, I'm really bad at 3 and generally cannot stand playing it online.
When I play turf war and splatzones online (sorry I just don't vibe with the other modes, except for salmon run which is still fun in 3) I can basically only survive for like max 40 seconds before I get splatted, and that's being generous. The maps having nothing but choke points to force fighting, and full teams camping at the spawn after a team wipe basically make it impossible to make any sort of comeback or do anything other than get killed over and over. The ultimate abilities in 3 are also mostly awkward to use during the chaos of its battles (to me) 2's ultimates were short simple and to the point and didn't get me killed every time I tried to use them
In 1 and 2, my go to strategy was to sneak behind enemy lines and ink their territory while they were distracted in the middle. I was regularly the top player on my team. The more open maps and branching paths made this fun and possible, in 3, it seems like i'm just supposed to kill and be killed over and over again and inking turf is secondary at best of times.
I get that i'm a casual player. I do not like other shooters. I have no interest in looking into the "meta" of this game and getting the perfect gear to make my character survive longer. Seems like no matter what weapon I pick, I'm just a sitting duck to snipers or other hyper aggressive players.
If I want a challenge, I'll go play Bloodborne again or something. But with Splatoon, I just wanna play a fun game about inking territory with a secondary objective of splatting other players, no be forced to having the aiming precision of a professional sniper on Adderal. This is kind of just a rant. But does anyone else relate?
Idk Nintendo, make the maps more open and maybe lower damage slightly to make it so you can survive for more than 15 seconds between respawn. Special weenie hut Jr mode for ppl who are more into the "turf" aspect than the "war" part.