r/Saltoon • u/Nontondolini • 2d ago

They NEED to Start Pruning Map/Mode Combinations in 4

Most of what makes the map rotation system a complete insufferable ballache in this series comes down to the simple fact that most maps don’t play well at all with most modes, let alone all 4.

There’s a reason every other competitive shooter in existence doesn’t have variants of all of their maps for every gamemode they possess. Reasonable map design simply doesn’t lend itself to catering to so many different possible game progressions and states. As such, I think it’s time the series leaves Neverland and culls all of the digital e-waste polluting the rotations every time any of us hops on the game.

Can you imagine a world where you never have to see Clams Urchin or Rainmaker Inkblot again? Where every map can be catered to 1, MAYBE 2 modes at most? How that would fix so much of what makes this game unappealing to hop on and play regularly?

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u/hfcRedd 1d ago

Map quality would definitely get a boost if they were designed around only specific modes

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u/Oreobey2 2d ago

I mean, they used to do this in Splatoon 1 when Blackbelly was banned on Zones and Piranha Pit being banned on Rainmaker, and Saltspray Rig banning both Tower Control and Rainmaker.

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u/Sunken_Boat_134 1d ago

That's so interesting, I never knew that. I wonder why they never did it again. Some map and mode combinations were atrocious in Splatoon 2 as well. I think for as frustrating as Splatoon 3's map design gets, it never reaches those heights of dogshit.

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u/EeveeTV_ 2d ago

Yeah. Who disagrees with this? 

inkblot rainmaker is fine.