i totally agree with your last point, but from the opposite side. I’m just a casual player, and it’s nice to be able to play splatoon when i know i’m not at the top of my game. In splatoon 2, i would sometimes lose 100-150 points for trying to have fun on a tired evening where i don’t have complete focus. I know i can’t be alone thinking like this, and it without a doubt improves x battles like you stated
More rotation choices and lower stakes options is what I've always wanted. It's so nice! My only complaint is that playing with friends could be smoother in anarchy. Need to remake the room every time we change gear or tickets. Like, it's just open, let us swap some gear haha. Great video as always, Zack!
hopefully they eventually add something in where you can only play X battles with weapons you've gotten to 4*, i think it'd be a pretty simple & effective way to get people to take it a bit more seriously!
to add to your last point, being able to PRACTICE NEW WEAPONS IN RANKED MODES is amazing. back in 2 i eventually had to hard commit to my mains because there was no reason for me to sacrifice my rank just because i got bored of certain weapons. it actively discouraged me from picking up charger & tetra (which is my current main now in 3) because i would get punished so much from sheer lack of experience. having a separation between open and series (and X) has encouraged me to try out more weapons and provides a much more fun practice experience (maybe i’ll end up maining explo next idk lol)
Two improvements I would make: 1. Return s+10 as the required rank to unlock X battles. 2. You can only use weapons with 4 stars or more in x battles. 3 stars or more for players in s+20 or above.
I disagree with the idea of further restricting X battles, its an extra mode with its own rotation and i think it should be accessible. Worse players are gonna get paired with worse players most of the time anyway, bc Glick-o 2. A better change would be to show the average X power level of a lobby like in Splatoon 2, so point gains and losses make more sense. You should not lose more than 50-100 points with a good average winrate and not know why your particular series cost you that much.
12:15 about your "hypothetically" even if it hasn't completely eliminated people playing casually in ranked, it definitely would lower it because for many the reason they would play casual in ranked was there was no other option.
2 things 1. The best part about x rank is now there are 3 whole rotations for anarchy, you’ll very rarely have to play a bad map rotation 2. 8:49 what’s the bg music?
Great video but the one of the reasons i hate x-battles is because of the S+0's. X battles should be unlockable for S+10 or higher just like in splatoon 2 it would make the matchmaking way better.
This Video Did more Than Say why Splat 3 X battles are better than 2's. I'm in a similar position. Competent in Ranked (solo since i dont know anyone who plays Splatoon) Highest rank historically being S+6 Rainmaker in 2. But not enough for X, so I had no understanding of, and therefore any care to reach X. What you did and I thankyou for is EXPLAIN WHAT X BATTLES ARE VS ANARCHY/RANKED , makes me actually want to put in the effort now. And not feel so bad for bringing weapons' (including none Meta) that I practiced in turf, but are untested in ranked (I like to play a lot of weapons').
sucks bc i'm in the aus division and most of the time i'm qeued with japanese players and i'm not a skilled player at all so i'm being thrashed by skilled japanese players it's so sad 😭😭 good vid btw new sub!
i totally agree with your last point, but from the opposite side. I’m just a casual player, and it’s nice to be able to play splatoon when i know i’m not at the top of my game. In splatoon 2, i would sometimes lose 100-150 points for trying to have fun on a tired evening where i don’t have complete focus. I know i can’t be alone thinking like this, and it without a doubt improves x battles like you stated
More rotation choices and lower stakes options is what I've always wanted. It's so nice! My only complaint is that playing with friends could be smoother in anarchy. Need to remake the room every time we change gear or tickets. Like, it's just open, let us swap some gear haha.
Great video as always, Zack!
Good Video! Sadly I hate the S + 0 threshold
I like your videos dude! Keep ‘em coming
hopefully they eventually add something in where you can only play X battles with weapons you've gotten to 4*, i think it'd be a pretty simple & effective way to get people to take it a bit more seriously!
to add to your last point, being able to PRACTICE NEW WEAPONS IN RANKED MODES is amazing. back in 2 i eventually had to hard commit to my mains because there was no reason for me to sacrifice my rank just because i got bored of certain weapons. it actively discouraged me from picking up charger & tetra (which is my current main now in 3) because i would get punished so much from sheer lack of experience. having a separation between open and series (and X) has encouraged me to try out more weapons and provides a much more fun practice experience (maybe i’ll end up maining explo next idk lol)
Two improvements I would make:
1. Return s+10 as the required rank to unlock X battles.
2. You can only use weapons with 4 stars or more in x battles. 3 stars or more for players in s+20 or above.
I had the exact same idea for weapon star requirements omg
I disagree with the idea of further restricting X battles, its an extra mode with its own rotation and i think it should be accessible. Worse players are gonna get paired with worse players most of the time anyway, bc Glick-o 2. A better change would be to show the average X power level of a lobby like in Splatoon 2, so point gains and losses make more sense. You should not lose more than 50-100 points with a good average winrate and not know why your particular series cost you that much.
12:15 about your "hypothetically" even if it hasn't completely eliminated people playing casually in ranked, it definitely would lower it because for many the reason they would play casual in ranked was there was no other option.
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2 things
1. The best part about x rank is now there are 3 whole rotations for anarchy, you’ll very rarely have to play a bad map rotation
2. 8:49 what’s the bg music?
The bg music here is the final story battle in Pokemon Scarlet/Violet
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Great video but the one of the reasons i hate x-battles is because of the S+0's.
X battles should be unlockable for S+10 or higher just like in splatoon 2 it would make the matchmaking way better.
This Video Did more Than Say why Splat 3 X battles are better than 2's.
I'm in a similar position. Competent in Ranked (solo since i dont know anyone who plays Splatoon) Highest rank historically being S+6 Rainmaker in 2. But not enough for X, so I had no understanding of, and therefore any care to reach X.
What you did and I thankyou for is EXPLAIN WHAT X BATTLES ARE VS ANARCHY/RANKED , makes me actually want to put in the effort now. And not feel so bad for bringing weapons' (including none Meta) that I practiced in turf, but are untested in ranked (I like to play a lot of weapons').
What's the name of the song at the outro? I've heard it before but I forgot it.
Road Taken from Fire Emblem Fates
sucks bc i'm in the aus division and most of the time i'm qeued with japanese players and i'm not a skilled player at all so i'm being thrashed by skilled japanese players it's so sad 😭😭 good vid btw new sub!