How To Fix Salmon Run in Splatoon 3

happy squander y'all Salmon Run was probably my favorite mode in Splatoon 2. I prefer Cooperative multiplayer of competitive games that's just me Salem Road is like you're fighting multiple sub and special weapons at once and demands you be at least moderately skilled with most types of weapons it was clear they put a lot of thought and effort into it Splatoon 3 Salmon Run is very similar to the previous one compared to the Cavalcade of improvements to Splatoon 3's other modes Salmon Run next to wave feels like the most tacked on contractually obligated to be here game mode and I think it could use some improvements but first use all the major improvements brought to Splatoon 3 Salmon Run Salmon Run is open all the time now in Splatoon 2 there were gaps in the schedule where you just couldn't play salmon run if you wanted to [Music] that was silly man design and I'm glad they changed it instead of only being able to deposit eggs directly into the basket you can now also throw the eggs it costs a good amount of ink to do so so there's some risk to it but it helps with delivery you can pass the eggs of teammates and you can get back to the action faster the mode overall is much faster paced than before me and Vasco games Journey back kind of Hell to play some Splatoon 2 Salmon Run and after quite a bit of waiting for literally anyone else on the entire planet to join our game and a few times with game said screw it it's just going to be you too anyways even on professional that game felt like a baby game for babies compared to Splatoon 3 salmon run on top of month of Year Awards there are also long-term progress rewards different color suits locker decorations banners and badges like with versus battles you could hang out in the lobby and practice between rounds the number of regularly appearing boss salmon it's increased from 7 to 11 with fish stick clippy mcquaperson come on and slamming lid and big boys these are really well designed enemies that shake up the dynamic more than the original 7 did there's some push and pull with these new enemies do I kill lid now before it spawns more enemies or wait until another boss underneath it first I can stay here by the shore to kill big shots and use their egg launcher but we also need to take out other bosses and turn in these eggs these interesting Split Second decisions are what makes the video game a video game the number of known occurrences you know the weird stuff increased from seven to nine with mud mouths and tornado I like the two new ones because they are very easy to beat nice for previews in an otherwise a very difficult mode there's a new kozuna boss fight every couple of waves it's a fun yet very challenging yet kind of BS bonus boss fight you can save exact waves and play them again later a time of riding three and a half months after launch and after the first major update there are four Salmon Run stages in rotation which is almost as many as platoon 2 had after all of its updates however two of these stages are repeats from Splatoon 2 and I wouldn't be surprised if the others return it's platoon 3 eventually with the quarterly updates but if you need inspiration for future salmon run maps um there's also big run where for a weekend you play salmon on multiplayer versus map instead I wouldn't be surprised if this becomes a private Salmon Run option in the future after the position 3's updates are complete Salmon Run is also harder at higher levels partially because you can start an executive VP for levels higher than where Splatoon 2 professional would have started plus salmon AI was enhanced to be much more aggressive beforehand the little salmon posed very little threat but now there's swingers they trying to kill you again Splatoon 3 Salmon Run is a ton of fun I am not an expert at it but I do enjoy it a lot and it is a step up from the original version in Splatoon 2 but here are a bunch of smaller areas where I think its current form could be improved state G Rewards we're Salmon Run available all the time now we need a way to make players want to play salmon run in the first two games players would have 999 money and have nothing to spend their money on this gives mean idea they killed two inklings with one bucket of water by making everything Splatoon 3 more expensive than a bag of groceries in today's economy and making salmon run the fastest way to get money for the first 12 rewards then you just get repeat gear and ability chunks you can't even exchange repeat gear for money anymore but if you only play the versus battles you will be broke and then the bonus for Wars are some of the stingiest rewards I've ever seen in a video game you gotta get all these scales you only get scales from fighting Godzilla every couple of rounds who's really hard and then you get all these bronze scales that are worthless the drop rates for silver and gold scales are insultingly low even at higher difficulty levels this is like old school Monster Hunter bad see something you like want to change your appearance see a cool Splash Tag Too bad it'll take you months if not years to unlock a lot of this stuff [Music] You're a mean one Mr Grizz give me my Goddamn paycheck there should be a way to exchange scales for other scales like ten bronze for a silver five silver for a gold something instead of what it is now which is oh we played five rounds of Samurai beat kozuna and I didn't get a single skill that I wanted great I get that this serves as like a commentary on the unfulfilling sisyphysian hell that has capitalism intentional or not but this sucks bro it's a grind Fest to get anything it feels like Splatoon 3 made design decisions to cater to the most dedicated 20 who play like 12 hours a day and the most casual 10 of players who play maybe like once a week but there's not a ton there for the middle 70 which is the bulk of players but that's a video for another day egg throw takes too much ink it's risk risk reward I get it and I'm sure they tested it out for balancing prior to release but no it takes too much ink you need to have at least 70 ink in your tank to throw an egg the same amount as a whole Splat bomb it doesn't consume all 70 percent but there needs to be 70 or more to do the throw so in certain cases you're incentivized to sit around and wait for a refill which isn't Fun egg throw also does damage to Salmon if you're so close you're tongue wrestling them either egg throw needs to take less ink or the damage range should be greater like a moderately sized shock wave around the player split screen I should be able to play split screens and run locally on one console this slow death of vocal multiplayer and split screen and modern gaming is total horse dookie Salmon Run exclusive gear rewards oops all hats hat hat hat it's all hats data mine Alert in three two one it's just more hacks seven consecutive months of just hats hello look I love hats obviously I'm wearing two of them and these new hats are really cool they reference Classic Movies they're much better than the feat finder foot bracelet from Splat 2 they even gave me a space helmet that you know I'm wearing all the time but like can we get some shirt and some shoes so we can enter 7-Eleven come on you said you'd support and three with updates for two years right and in Splatoon 2 you have 25 months two years worth of Samurai rewards already made I don't think it would be too difficult to import the Splatoon 2 stuff into Splatoon 3 considering half what's available in Splatoon 3 is from Splatoon 2 so in Splatoon 3 how about two things each month one brand new item and one old item from Splatoon 2. so when it's a bunch of hats it's not that big of a deal at least that's how I would have done it improvements to Big Run big run happens one weekend every couple of months where you play Samurai on a map that's already in the game and you get a locker statue at the end big run is fun because samuron is fun but there should be more incentive to play it particularly better rewards flat Fest where you're forced to play only Turf War give out sea snails which are needed for gear customization and Improvement in big run you can get up to four super bonuses instead of the usual two a locker decoration and a badge for your tag if you do well enough how about sea snails 2 for Big Run maybe a longer string of super bonus Rewards or just an unlimited string during big run bonus amounts of of chunks extra scales for kozuna fights or scales after every clear round something man come on one idea we talked about on stream would be instead of big run being on existing stages how about it's used to introduce new stages fight off the salmon then you could use it in turf or ranked that'd be pretty cool also the splatsville plaza itself would be a funny place for the final big run it would not work but it would be funny it would also be cool if there was a new type of enemy or wave or any new type of gameplay that happens during big run instead of what's already in the game drama time breaking news it's drama time a few people were actually upset that at the end of big run they didn't get in the top five percent highest score in the entire world of Splatoon players I'm sorry you had to find out via the funny squid game that you won't be the best in the world at everything including a video game players have been grinding out higher and higher Sim runs scores for years in the previous game of course they'll be better than you in addition the only difference is a gold combo instead of a silver or bronze or green jumbo do people actually care about the locker that decorations back to the actual video better weapon variety balance each rotation bro some of these weapon rotations are due to garbage having it not be perfectly balanced as all things should be does add some variety to each shift but there shouldn't be like a splatling and a charger and another splattling all together like huh some of these regular rotations are almost as bad as the random rotations group photo you know how in splatfest to get a group photo if you win 100 times Battle after you beat a kozuna you should get a group photo on the wall the salmon run Lobby like employees of the month or something Recon mode you can Recon multiplayer maps but not salmon run maps you should be able to do that and of course that comes with photo mode and group photo mode and amiibo photo mode why are photo poses locked behind having amiibo watch replays you can see replays and battles you should be able to see replays in Salmon Run This Way players can watch from the sky share replay codes and really learn how to play because some of these teammates I've been getting even an executive oh my God it's like they never played the game before come on frame great disintegration considering it almost never happened in Splatoon 2 a very similar game the frame rate in Splatoon 3 7 run lags more than you think it would but it could just be due to the new lighting engine and having the live render transparency effects and to be fair they already have been some small improvements to lag caused by certain situations like using the inkjet over egg basket used to make the frame rate absolutely plummet plus there have been updates to fix actual issues like mudmouth wave was completely broken and unplayable at launch bombs would bounce out of five fish containers all the time because this game likes to cheat now that only happens some of the time great major dream updates I'm sure samrun will get more updates over time like new maps cool monthly gear rewards maybe even new types of king salmon but instead of only additional content what Salmon Run really could have used is a revamp and look I'm not a Splatoon 3 game designer this section of the video is glorified game design fan fiction but here's how I would have done it my changes would be a slightly larger scope for this project component which may or may not have been in the budget or more realistically the development schedule for Splatoon 3 but I don't think it will be outside the real impossibility either first up abilities and customization you know how multiplayer battles you have abilities on your clothes that power you up why not put that in Samurai run 2. you know Splatoon 3 hero mode had an entire skill tree you fill out during the campaign I don't think you need all that for salmon run but some main abilities would definitely help I would tie each ability to a different color suit and let you mix and match between different color hats vests and Boots just spitball in here the default one can either be quick respawn or comeback than yellow suit from Main saver blue for subsaver and sub power green for ink recovery pink for run speed black for damage up I mean main power up for certain weapons especially that new big Swig roller that sucks is that damaging anything white for either tenacity or last Stitch effort that powers you up when there's 30 seconds left or seven or more boss 7 on the field I don't know more color suits would be gradually introduced to add more ability options in the pool this would give more meaning to the decisions of what suit you choose for each shift than just what color you like best I mean in an Ideal World abilities would be completely independent to suit color and you could easily equip what you want while looking however you want but for whatever reason the Splatoon series does not like easy transmog so and what about the visual expression inherent to customization well you know all these stickers you unlock for your locker you should be able to slap and wrap those with bad boys on your slop suits almost like a NASCAR driver Salmon Run badges you can unlock pins on your suit like War medals or Pokemon gym badges and have different versions of the slop suit outside of just different color for example all the ones from Splatoon 2 plus some of the Splatoon 2 salmon rewards look like they could be worn as an actual seven-run work outfit or maybe let me wear these Salmon Run hatch rewards in Salmon Run I do think that the different color suits were partially intended as a quick reference for experience levels in Salmon Run like if you're in a lobby with someone in a black or white suit then you know they're more experienced not necessarily better but more experienced but I feel like metals or suit decorations could distinguish that too my other big change endless mode I like my Sammy run how I like my mimosas bottomless this would be a separate Salmon Run mode similar to X battle that you unlock once you reach either professional or executive VP instead of three waves at a time then reset in Endless mode you play wave after wave until you either die or fail there are already top level Samurai players who could probably do that for hours so instead you could cap it at like two hours when the maps rotate which would be a Max move around to 70 or 80 waves and on top of increasingly higher and higher quotas and difficulty we're gonna throw an extra wrench into it and take inspiration for the roguelike genre specifically Hades Hades is the perfect game how do I know boom after every room you clear in Hades you get to choose between three different God Buffs to your abilities but there's one God chaos chaos the god of chaos chaos who would give you a buff and a debuff well Splatoon 3 is supposedly all about chaos right chaos in Endless salmon run we're gonna do something similar first to clear three waves then the voting rounds start players will have three randomized conditions to choose from that will affect the players and or the salmon and each player will have 20 seconds to vote on which one they want I'd make it so there's a positive and negative condition every option so you really have to weigh the pros and cons of each for example next wave there's a decreased chance of fly fish but also egg throw takes 10 percent more ink everyone gets Crisco weapons but you have to clear two kozunas I don't know certain Buffs and debuffs could stack with each other across waves because that would be really funny you'd have little icons in the corner to show what effects are currently active just to make it sort of fair players would get one special restored after every round and to prevent it from getting too boring there's a greater selections of weapons to choose from maybe a pool with eight weapons instead of the usual four but after you use a weapon it's on a cooldown for a few waves so you have to mix it up a little some drawbacks to this mode include matchmaking would be tough especially if someone gets disconnected part way through or just needs to stop playing maybe there could be a helper bone is if you join someone else's high level run part way through plus Splatoon modes were more designed for quick play sessions not several hour long runs so this would go against that philosophy plus you'd need good rewards for this mode something 7run already kind of struggles with these could be unique badges unique clothes special medals for your outfit I don't know but the mode itself sounds like it would shake up the current Dynamic of salmon run the other idea I had for an endless mode would literally be one wave the salmon keep coming until you all die and you see how long you can last but I'm not sure how well that would work and I like the first idea better make your own video viewer corner now comes the part where viewers can write into the show I posted on Twitter asking if anyone has any suggestions for improvements to Salmon Run not expecting too many responses and then it received over 500 replies in 24 hours so people have some opinions I'll talk about a few of them and I'll link the thread below if anyone else wants to check it out while Twitter still exists first up where you received a message from a fake gamer koramura she plays Animal Crossing that's platoon I don't know what she's doing here she says increase the reliability of certain specials true there have definitely been times where my special does literally nothing like my wave breaker gets broken immediately by a salmon who aren't even going for it or I use killer whale to try to revive my teammates and aims at nothing important and we lose specials should work a little bit better in Salmon Run than they do in versus battles for example wavebreakers should have way higher durability and should keep going even if all four players are dead killer whale does that a lot of the posts were Buffs for certain weapons or Nerfs to certain salmon or removal of certain things I won't touch on those I did see some frustration about fly fish luckily for y'all I already have a whole video about fly fish many people posted about bringing back some of the specials from the previous game specifically Splashdown which is already in the single player bomb Rush which I mean Splatoon 3 is already laggy enough it might get even worse with 15 bombs suddenly showing up and Stingray although killer whale already fills that same Niche sounds like some people will prefer manual control over it also many people wanted Ultra stamp brought into salmon run which yeah I think that would be pretty useful in Salmon Run and while we're in the realm of maybe even bring in Splatoon 1 specials like bubbler and Kraken for sure will be useful I feel like salmon run would be a good way preserving Legacy game mechanics without disrupting the delicate balance of the versus modes some people said if you've previously reached higher ranks before an executive VP you should be able to rank up faster yeah if you've gotten an EVP level 400 up to hazard level Max and Beyond improving your skill it kind of sucks having to start all the way over at EVP 40 a day later and grind all the way back up there 20 points at a time maybe if you've already received a stamp for a map maybe could increase the points by 40 for a Wave 3 win instead of by 20 or at least start at a higher number between rotations another inspiration from Hades a pact of punishment to start basically in Hades once you were cool enough you can manually increase the difficulty in specific ways but also get better rewards from doing so and winning this also kind of reminds me of the hell's cauldron that's been in Sakurai games so a similar mechanic could work in Samurai with friends and I think that's it thanks for watching don't forget to subscribe comment below with what changes improvements you want to see in Splatoon 3 Salmon Run and today's comment code word is fishy comment fishy if you made it all the way through the video and uh that's it video's over [Music] boom [Applause]

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Keywords: Splatoon 3, Salmon Run, Bosses, Salmon, Fish, Cohock, Big Shot, Flipper Flopper, Xenoblade Chronicles 3, Slammin Lid, Badges, Hades, Banner, Scale, Cohozuna, Rewards, Grizzco, Splatoon 2, Maps, Hats, Big Run, Improvements, Endless Mode, Twitter, Abilities, Customization, Weapon Balance, Photo, Recon, Charger, Splatling, Drama Time, News, New Features, Grinch, Sea Snails, Egg Throw, Ink, Mudmouth, Tornado, Suit Colors, Nintendo, Nintendo Switch

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Length: 17min 56sec (1076 seconds)

Published: Wed Jan 04 2023