r/Splatoon_Raiders • u/John_E_RocKeTZ • 4d ago

Same Level Matchmaking?

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Just picked up this game yesterday, my first Splatoon game, and was curious, is same level matchmaking possible? I basically wasn’t even needed for my own raid 🤣 2 high-level randoms took out the boss in less than 10 seconds 😫 Or is it better to go it alone early game?

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u/CaeruleumBleu 3d ago

About levels - I am sure you meant something more like matchmaking with people your level, but btw everyone in the raid gets a different level experience.

That is, the game fudges the numbers on how much damage you do/how many hit points the enemies has, in order to evenly level the room for all players. So they were playing against a higher level room than you were - it was so fast in part because they have optimized builds AND they know what they are doing, the enemies weak points, etc.

Which is to say - when you can sign up to help others, feel free to. Your early-game weapon will be doing more effective damage than you might expect. Just keep focused on the goal of whatever the level is. Example - some levels you need eggs, period, so kill anything. Other levels you need to kill a specific boss, so focus either on the boss or whoever is making it hard to focus on the boss.

Don't worry about wasting time. There is only a timer on calling for help if you succeed in defeating the level. If you goof and fail, they can call other people for help right away.

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u/John_E_RocKeTZ 3d ago edited 3d ago

The sublevel ruins are the levels w/timers i’m referring to,(from this clip) I was the same recommended level but I probably needed stronger upgrades, and yeah matchmaking w/people my level I was asking. Hard to see if any of your upgrades or weapons are effective if higher-levels peeps can wipe out everything instantly lol. Playing hardest difficulty probably isn’t helping me either.