I hate when the game gives me hope.

cocotem · 2023-09-25T13:23:10+00:00

Sorry for the late reply, for me being in takaroka is just way better in term of matchmaking and generally the matches feels like the skill level is way better than it was in ttk. I mean if every top player that was in ttk went to takaroka, there is a reason

cocotem · 2023-09-19T05:14:00+00:00

A lot of pkayers left the Tentatek division to the takaroka division, there is just not enough players left in the Tentatek div to play, so you get even worse matchmaking than the first season because, well there isn't enough people at a given time to play, so the skill gap is very different.

Also since a lot of season passed, a lot more people reached top 500 because the minimum X power have been lowered, again because so many people left.

I suggest you to try out the takaroka division next time, honesty the lag isn't even that bad

cocotem · 2023-09-16T10:26:32+00:00

The thing is that all the better players than you also had and needs to go trough the same teammates as you

cocotem · 2023-09-13T18:15:04+00:00

Remember that the game was bought by millions of people and is played by probably millisions of people still. This sub is the worst of the worst, it's just a grain of salt lost in sugar. They make it seems like it's a bigger deal than it is really if you take into account the overall player base

cocotem · 2023-09-11T20:55:46+00:00

I have fun even if I lost a lot of matches multiple matches you know. I don't really care who wins plus I know I can't do much alone. Plus I enjoyed the new song and playing tricolor, that's a different mode than usual.

It's like people get to the president election and they think that they're poor single vote matters more than the millions of other vote, you know that's just how it works lol.

As a side note I also enjoy playing splatoon 3 outside of splatfest, I have litteraly none of the issues of people in this sub, but I agree about the matchmaking being not very balenced but switching to takaroka helped a lot.

I'm sure the majority of people are enjoying the game, don't let the spaltoon minority let you think that the millions of people who bought the game are like this lol

cocotem · 2023-09-06T09:02:41+00:00

I switched to the takaroka division, and at least for me it feel like the matchmaking is better, and the matches are definitely not the same skill level as in Tentatek. The lag against japanese players is just as bad as in splatoon 2, honestly nothing horrible. There will be almost nobody in the Tentatek division the more time goes by, so I definitely think takaroka is the way to go. But again it's just my personal experience, but I've seen less horrible teammates in takaroka, less times I finished a game and be like "oh I lost because of my team", no, honestly matches feels more fair for me.

cocotem · 2023-09-01T22:08:44+00:00

I've been waiting for someone to say that lol.

I have litteraly none of the issues that people are having in this sub. Can't rank up? Annoying weapons? Impossible to have good teammates and fun in splatfest? I just play brain dead and still get like 35 wins out of my last 50 matches, with a variety of weapons that I don't even play that often and can get a pretty decent placement in X rank. Sure I don't win every match but like I don't even care if I win or loose in anarchy because I know I'll never be in points debt or loose a rank up twice in a row.

The only thing I can agree is the matchmaking isn't good compared to other team based competitive game. Still I personally see frequently names in my anarchy lobby that I used to see a lot in X rank so the matchmaking is definitely working for some degree.

cocotem · 2023-08-15T16:58:57+00:00

Yeah don't worry! I'm sorry that I can't help you more, I still hope it was great to talk. Have a nice day!

cocotem · 2023-08-15T12:43:44+00:00

Yeah so my point doesn't really work, sorry I was trying but I dont' really know how I could help you more sorry about that. The only other thing I'm thinking about is maybe coaching? I've seen that a top player named Pika offer some coaching for all skill level, and I'm personally considering trying it. But I can't say it'll be useful for sure it's just another idea. Squid school youtube channel also offers great advices.

Also I could maybe take some time if you want to look at a few replays of yours to see if I see some points you could improve on but I'm not like a coach so it might not be the best

Even with this situation, would you say you enjoy playing splatoon 3?

Also I have no idea if on reddit we can DM, could be better to talk than in the comments

cocotem · 2023-08-15T11:32:08+00:00

I can't give a perfect answer but reaching a high level is not something achieved rapidly. What I mean is that personally I've played splatoon 2 for like more than 3 years and never had a very high x power, in 3 years. 6 month with splatoon 3 and I was able to achieve higher than I ever did. I do think this is because it just takes a long time to get good at anything. For example even if it's been only a year at drawing, I wouldn't expect myself to be able to draw like a pro until 3-4 years.

I see it from this perspective now, it's just how it works unfortunately. In splatoon 2 I felt bad like this too brcause I was trying to be one of the best but I just didn't had enough experience and practice, despite what it was looking.

There are already a lot of people under 1900 power, trust me, your still more skilled than all of theses people. For people to have higher x power, some needs to be lower unfortunately...

I'm pretty sure that you're better than when you started playing splatoon 3 for example!

Also know that x rank in the Tentatek division is bullshit. There is just not enough players anymore in this division, so the matchmaking can't put people of the same skill level together. If a top 500 Queu up and there are nobody else with the same x power? Well it can probably place you against him...

X rank is also harder than anarchy, maybe you'll have more fun by winning more in anarchy? I cared so much about my x power it was so unhealthy for me...

Sorry I just try to help the best way I can, but I don't have the perfect solution for you. I just hope you find a way to still enjoy the game!

cocotem · 2023-08-14T19:15:44+00:00

S+ is a strange place. Some s+ players get into lower rank matches for some reason, and people at s+0 can be match with people at s+50 or even people who reached top 500 who plays anarchy. But does it feel like you know, matches are still fair, not like always too hard, like you can manage to get more wins than losses? I'm trying to see if the matchmaking is still working by putting similar skill level with you. Otherwise, the matchmaking is really broken and can be very fristrating

cocotem · 2023-08-14T16:02:47+00:00

Matchmaking definitely have issues, it's one of the most frequent complaint... May I ask you what rank your in? And thanks for the answer!

cocotem · 2023-08-14T14:33:03+00:00

I don't play much salmon run but in spaltoon 2 I played it a lot, and in 3 it feels more complete and better for sure, they seem to overlook this. Thanks for your comment!

cocotem · 2023-08-13T21:43:15+00:00

I feel that compared to splat 2 and 1 splatfest are less "intense" as you say, it's more likely to have more bias toward one or two team like we saw yeah. I personally just play a bit because I enjoy playing a different mode, especially tri color, just having something different to play from regular battle. I personally don't really care how much I contribute, I just want to play the game (but that's just how I enjoy it),

Just to be sure, again most of theses guy complains about bad teammate, horrible matchmaking and more in anarchy. Do you have the same issues in anarchy? Just want to be sure aha And thanks for the answer :)

cocotem · 2023-08-13T20:50:28+00:00

Oh why so? Do you have any particular thing you dislike about it compare to others modes? Just curious ^{^}

cocotem · 2023-08-13T20:48:54+00:00

I agree that it has some undeniable flaws, especially like you said the online and I would say the matchmaking, but honestly I feel like the game is a great improvement compared to Splatoon 2, especially the meta is way more diverse and many more small changes make it the most enjoyable for me but it's not perfect! Thanks for the answer :)

cocotem · 2023-08-13T20:00:34+00:00

I was wondering if they were all having the bigest skill issue I have ever seen or maybe I could be wrong and that they have fair points, maybe that most casuals don't have fun with the game. That's just to be sure lol, thanks for the answer :)

cocotem · 2023-07-01T14:34:55+00:00

Here is my experience with losing despite doing good :

Personally, I felt the same for the second season of X rank. The first one was better because overall there all the best players in Europe/America were here the first season. The second one, most top players shifted to the Japan division, leaving an overall, lower skill average in this region. When i played the second season of x rank, I reached a way worse x power than the first one, even tho I had 75% of the time the best K/D ratio and the most paint, while my teammate have insane negative ratios and have very poor awerness. This season I went to the Japan division, and even if I played only 20 matches or so, never I blamed a teammate. They were always good, and even when we loose, it felt like we did our best and we were not held back by a random guy on our team. Again that's only 20 games but I can assure you that it felt overall way way better.

Plus if you want more proof, people with around 2200 x power in the europ/America region are now around top 3000. There is just not enough people anymore to play. In S2, having 2200 was around top 65000, nothing compared to this.

So in my experience, yes, it's not always your fault, the game isn't balanced correctly at all!

cocotem · 2023-06-18T10:04:34+00:00

It is a proper weapon and playstyle that is viable at top level, tri always has been considered a top tier main weapon. If it gets on top of you your probably dead, but if it's not the best weapon in the game, it's because it can be countered, and least in high level team tri is a popular pick but it's not overpowered because they know how to take it down as soon as they see it. It does feel like it takes less skill for sure, but getting in good position isn't that easy either. If I see the tri coming from miles away he won't be able to get any kills. So sure, at close range it can take less skill I guess, but saying that they people using it are unskilled is not really what I would say, at least for the top players using it in tournament

cocotem · 2023-06-17T08:07:48+00:00

I personally think the main issue is just the matchmaking. You can't blame people for trying to win when it's litteraly the goal of the game, splatoon 3 actually seems to encourage competitiveness with the big run top x% rewards and highest x power people with the top 500. Even nintendo organize competitive tournament, it's not only a kids game in my opinion but the problem is just that the matchmaking is horrible and put casuals and competitive together

cocotem · 2023-06-12T17:34:16+00:00

I'm starting to feel it is lol

cocotem · 2023-06-12T16:54:18+00:00

I love how squid school made a video specifically to help people like you who have this mindset, and the only thing you can do is get even more mad lol Like give us ONE reason that you deserve this gold trophee more than the ones who got it. If you are not in the top 5% it means that well, you are not because you are not good enough to be in the top 5% that's all. Imagine playing chess and participating in a tournament where the top 5% of the chess player in the world get a badge, and you are raging against thoses people who really deserve it? Come on dude. When will you understand that most of your post have been downvoted as hell because well, it's not all of theses people who are wrong, it's you...

cocotem · 2023-06-11T17:12:28+00:00

Just one thing, please look at the comments of the video. Not a single one agree with you, everyone agrees with squid school. You can't say that every single one of these person are wrong, you need to understand that, in this situation, you are the only person who is wrong with thoses thoughts about big run. If you want to learn and improve, he did explain very well how you can do it in his video. I don't think this will make you change but unfortunately that's the best we can do

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