X rank rewards consistency and the point system is better for it. I just wish they didn’t change the requirements to join X rank from S+10 to S+0 because the skill level at that rank completely tanked hard from Splatoon 2 to 3; like super hard.
@@questmaster01 which tbh is pretty fine, the S+s mean basically nothing but time in this game anyway. Also the difference between Series and X team mates is NIGHT AND DAY
@@pasta_boi8266S+ is a good rank to unlock X battles. More people Can unlock it, but its still hard to get S+. Yes this comment is 8 months ago, but i dont Care 🐑
The point system in X rank is hard, but the matches tend to be more balanced in comparison to Anarchy. I like how in X ranked the matches are random everytime. In Anarchy, you can tell when teams have been playing together for a few matches, having an advantage over a team going through their first match.
I thought that was the case, but then I queued up against two people on the same team 3 times within 15 minutes. Are we sure that's how it works? Maybe the game just doesn't show that you'll possibly be with the same people? Or they were just really lucky.
Sometimes i wonder the reason for these rank battles being a total nightmare because some of the x players got knocked off from S+ and then dropped down to lower ranks, that or maybe the matchmaking sucks
X Rank is no longer based on skill. It’s based on raw winrate. In no world should an X Power 1700 be theoretically able to go 20K 0D in a top 500 lobby and not gain heaps more than they lose in a 2-3
Hey SRB: The Communication error has been a bug since Splatoon3 came out. Do you happen to have any insight as to why Nintendo doesn't fix it? It feels like every 1/3 games I try to connect to end with a communication error.
Server hosting for the game extends to matchmaking. When you enter a game there are two teams created to separate players; Alpha (which wins by default in the event of an exact tie) and Beta. One player is selected to host the instance of the match as a peer-to-peer connection. The communication error comes from wireless connections that spike and dip in connectivity on occasion if they are not a direct wired connection through an ethernet cable. The host is selected at random as the server sets up matchmaking.
@Izz- O dear god, why are we paying for this internet service when it's set up like that?? You'd think nintendo would have US servers on east and west coast.
so I started playing splatoon 3 a few days ago and it ported my data from splatoon 2 and is matching me with people “my level”. the problem is though that I haven’t played splatoon in my years so everyone in my lobbies are so much better than me and it feels impossible to play
I knew this was going to happen which is why I deliberately declined the data transfer. I had stopped playing a long time after hitting X rank, and didn't want to go into S3 getting my ass handed to me every match.
I see it as X rank is better for people at the higher ranks, but worse for those at the lower ranks. As someone with a lower amount of X power would gain more from 3 individual games (even if its 2 loses and a win) than the series format. Well that's just what I think, as someone with terrible comp RNG and solo que RNG.
Bro, my Splat Zones placement matches were nightmares. In my third game, I had a Splash on my team sitting on the far left grates near spawn ONLY throwing burst bombs on the left, near corner of zone. He had 1 kill and 1 death in 3 minute game.
The thing with placements is that you go up and down a lot more earlier on (like large point changes, like 68 a set) so I think you're fine as long as you're a consistent player.
i honestly dont take X rank seriously because i will be immediately demoted to S rank again when the season comes around, so i will just play X if the rotations in anarchy open/series are horrible. because in all honesty X is just another way to play undertow spillway splat zones for the 10th time that day.
so, I imagine you cant get kicked out of X rank just like the anarchy ranks? There really is no pressure to rank up or keeping winning which can be good and bad. Personally I prefer because of how bad the connection can be sometimes. It is not a Skill Issue it is no fun disconnecting even when losing, you never know how a match will turn out, especially when you are winning. I never get upset over losing normally in Splatoon 3.
The X rank System is good but the matchmaking is making it unfun and unfair. It seems like Splatoon is using EOMM (Engagement Optimized Matchmaking) and it shows. The first match i ever played in X was against two top 500, and each time i get two win (with a pretty low power of around 2120), the three next games will often be full of top 500 against me, making it just a game of luck. The matchmaking is consistently me stomping on the enemy or the other way around, 2 X rank seemed far more fair.
the x rank system itself is fine but how you get into is awful it shouldn't be a separate mode from series and series itself should be made hard for you to actually get X rank. its all just shit in general. a good system can be messed up if its foundations for getting into it all is just ass dude
Splatoon uses GLIKO 2, not EOMM. Your lobbies are determined by your teams average matchmaking rank against your opponents MMR, if your MMR is much lower than you will not be punished much for losing. However I agree, it's quiet sporadic at times
Yeah that what i saw but the matchmaking seems so broken it's sometime hard to believe, Glicko-2 for a multiplayer game sound stupid in the first place imo. I get that i don't lose much point (and i know, suffered multiple 0-3 loss lmao) but i don't care much about points, i just want to play matches that aren't just "I get destroyed/other team get destroyed" since X have the idea of eahc team get the same weapon type which i like a lot. Anyway winning don't give me much either, because the game try to reassure me and give me easy opponent, it's weird how my win/lose menu is often close to 25/25.I don't know if it have naything to do with X getting easier to get into than 2 or whatever, and everyone level being further apart but 2 X was a little better in the matches themselves feel like.
@@Atherta to add to that, just finished a rainmaker X, only have 2050 power or so, won the first two but the game started throwing top 500 at me for the remaining ones, i obviously lost because they're on another level and lost three in a row, it's far too weird tht none of those top 500 ever got on my team during those 3 mtaches. The matchmaking system is really frustrating and honestly boring me of the game, if i know the results are decided before the match even start i don't see the point
I have a question. I’m B+ rank and we just got destroyed by some players and one of them had the title of “X Battle Champ”? Is it that he reset his tank or something back down to B- and he’s working back up?
Weapon matching has its own rule in x battles (eg long range chargers will be mirrored each side), you won't see much of the the weird comps in series.
warm up with sticks for a while motion is very confusing if you don't know what you're doing then use something like the slosher to transition other weapons in motion controls too
Wow, never seen a community so helpful to a new player. I played Splatoon 1 but I was nothing special and picked up the dynamo roller with the golden Sheldon tickets I got from small playtime on Splatoon 2. Started using motion controls but just went to sticks in the end. (Probably didn't pick the best starting weapon I'll take on the tips instead lol)
I wasnt gonna say anything but I got a really good 3-0 series with no disconnects on either team and did VERY well in all three games and got 13 points X Battles are awful in this game I'm sorry
I had recently unlocked X Rank battle and the only reason why I did not bother playing X Rank as much in two is the point system. After watching the video it seems much better now, as if you continue to win your sets your guaranteed plus ten points. That is heavily better then the sequel, as Thatsrb2dude had pointed out. I will give X rank a chance again soon enough.
When it first came out bro I lost 2-3 all close games I lost 196 points I won 3-2 got 13 points I was like wtf but it definitely seems better now just the match making seems a bit off lmao
@@prophetpaul2391 that's because points are determined after each match, it just shows you overall performance at the end If you win against a high level team, you will gain a ton of points, same for losing All winning or losing the series does is determine whether you lose or gain points
@@Atherta it’s really weird cause I’ll play some top 500 thats pretty high up there win a series 3-1 and get like 30 something points and my personal performances aren’t bad I might have a game or 2 here and there but yeah I’ll try to pay more attention to it
You picking spicy? Why not sweet? Let's get Frye here first win if she doesn't win this were all gonna keep picking her team until she does just like big man xD he sweep the pokemon splatfest
Hey dude, whens ur next tearing it up episode comming out? i might be mistaking but i dont think youve had one since the release of splatoon 3, if your still doing that series
I would be playing X rank if the anarchy system and the servers in general were better. We all disconnected, and I lost my 2-2 rank up game. WE WERE WINNING!!! This is trash.
Litterly I had that happen 13 today. I also had my internet cut out 3 times in a row before a game would start. I sit next to my modem! I make sure all of my internet access is correct. Frustrated!
I honestly wanna go back and play it again, kinda miss old weapons kits like L3 with busrt bomb and jet, and old specials, maps... MAIN POWER UP..., STING RAY...
X rank rewards consistency and the point system is better for it. I just wish they didn’t change the requirements to join X rank from S+10 to S+0 because the skill level at that rank completely tanked hard from Splatoon 2 to 3; like super hard.
idk what about how demotion of ranks work?
Maybe they expect more ppl to play x battles or at least the better/sweat players so it would be hard to find decent comps in anarchy series.
So you don't need to be s+10 to be in xrank?
@@the.littlest.toaster Nope, as long as you're S+0 you can access X rank
@@questmaster01 which tbh is pretty fine, the S+s mean basically nothing but time in this game anyway.
Also the difference between Series and X team mates is NIGHT AND DAY
They need to make the X rank threshold S+10 to raise the skill ceiling and also give more motivation to play Anarchy after S+0
But I’m bad at the game!!!1!1!1! Getting. S+ at minimum is so hard!!1!1!1!!1!1
@@pasta_boi8266S+ is a good rank to unlock X battles. More people Can unlock it, but its still hard to get S+.
Yes this comment is 8 months ago, but i dont Care 🐑
dude is the only person who can take the inkrail on mako and not die
"He's like ooh I'm a tetra wee I'm sliding look at me", "and then I kill him." That got me laughing so hard.
No it’s cruel
This. I hate it sm
thats why is perfect
Not as cruel as Splatoon 2 at least
@@Magic_Mango or maybe ur a better player 😁
The point system in X rank is hard, but the matches tend to be more balanced in comparison to Anarchy. I like how in X ranked the matches are random everytime. In Anarchy, you can tell when teams have been playing together for a few matches, having an advantage over a team going through their first match.
I thought that was the case, but then I queued up against two people on the same team 3 times within 15 minutes. Are we sure that's how it works? Maybe the game just doesn't show that you'll possibly be with the same people? Or they were just really lucky.
Sometimes i wonder the reason for these rank battles being a total nightmare because some of the x players got knocked off from S+ and then dropped down to lower ranks,
that or maybe the matchmaking sucks
X Rank is no longer based on skill. It’s based on raw winrate.
In no world should an X Power 1700 be theoretically able to go 20K 0D in a top 500 lobby and not gain heaps more than they lose in a 2-3
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Hey SRB:
The Communication error has been a bug since Splatoon3 came out. Do you happen to have any insight as to why Nintendo doesn't fix it? It feels like every 1/3 games I try to connect to end with a communication error.
Server hosting for the game extends to matchmaking. When you enter a game there are two teams created to separate players; Alpha (which wins by default in the event of an exact tie) and Beta. One player is selected to host the instance of the match as a peer-to-peer connection. The communication error comes from wireless connections that spike and dip in connectivity on occasion if they are not a direct wired connection through an ethernet cable. The host is selected at random as the server sets up matchmaking.
@Izz- O dear god, why are we paying for this internet service when it's set up like that?? You'd think nintendo would have US servers on east and west coast.
Yeah the best you can do is use a wired connection and hope for the best
Sometimes it happens to me, I have it conected by wire and still does it, weird thing it only happens when I’m winning lmao
@@wilpalkia I blame someone on the other team being a sore laser and disconnects so no one wins.
Merry Christmas bossman
Alternative title: splatoon 3 X battles are almost extremely cruel
so I started playing splatoon 3 a few days ago and it ported my data from splatoon 2 and is matching me with people “my level”. the problem is though that I haven’t played splatoon in my years so everyone in my lobbies are so much better than me and it feels impossible to play
Same thing happened to me. It sucked since I couldn't undo it, but the new ranking system makes it a lot easier to rank up
I knew this was going to happen which is why I deliberately declined the data transfer. I had stopped playing a long time after hitting X rank, and didn't want to go into S3 getting my ass handed to me every match.
I see it as X rank is better for people at the higher ranks, but worse for those at the lower ranks. As someone with a lower amount of X power would gain more from 3 individual games (even if its 2 loses and a win) than the series format. Well that's just what I think, as someone with terrible comp RNG and solo que RNG.
I’ll play it when they change communication errors counting as a loss. Tired of being penalized when it’s no fault of my own.
In what way does comeback work differently this game than in splat 1?
I think X rank in splatoon 2 is better as well as ranked in general. If you got bad teammates in placements you’re screwed.
Bro, my Splat Zones placement matches were nightmares. In my third game, I had a Splash on my team sitting on the far left grates near spawn ONLY throwing burst bombs on the left, near corner of zone. He had 1 kill and 1 death in 3 minute game.
@@legend510_ I had a splat dualies that had 1 kill and 10 deaths 😔
The thing with placements is that you go up and down a lot more earlier on (like large point changes, like 68 a set) so I think you're fine as long as you're a consistent player.
i honestly dont take X rank seriously because i will be immediately demoted to S rank again when the season comes around, so i will just play X if the rotations in anarchy open/series are horrible. because in all honesty X is just another way to play undertow spillway splat zones for the 10th time that day.
so, I imagine you cant get kicked out of X rank just like the anarchy ranks?
There really is no pressure to rank up or keeping winning which can be good and bad. Personally I prefer because of how bad the connection can be sometimes. It is not a Skill Issue it is no fun disconnecting even when losing, you never know how a match will turn out, especially when you are winning. I never get upset over losing normally in Splatoon 3.
For me the tentatek splatter shot is the best weapon to play agro
The X rank System is good but the matchmaking is making it unfun and unfair. It seems like Splatoon is using EOMM (Engagement Optimized Matchmaking) and it shows. The first match i ever played in X was against two top 500, and each time i get two win (with a pretty low power of around 2120), the three next games will often be full of top 500 against me, making it just a game of luck. The matchmaking is consistently me stomping on the enemy or the other way around, 2 X rank seemed far more fair.
the x rank system itself is fine but how you get into is awful it shouldn't be a separate mode from series and series itself should be made hard for you to actually get X rank. its all just shit in general. a good system can be messed up if its foundations for getting into it all is just ass dude
That's because Splatoon does use EOMM. You're the only other person I know who has picked up on this.
Splatoon uses GLIKO 2, not EOMM. Your lobbies are determined by your teams average matchmaking rank against your opponents MMR, if your MMR is much lower than you will not be punished much for losing. However I agree, it's quiet sporadic at times
Yeah that what i saw but the matchmaking seems so broken it's sometime hard to believe, Glicko-2 for a multiplayer game sound stupid in the first place imo. I get that i don't lose much point (and i know, suffered multiple 0-3 loss lmao) but i don't care much about points, i just want to play matches that aren't just "I get destroyed/other team get destroyed" since X have the idea of eahc team get the same weapon type which i like a lot. Anyway winning don't give me much either, because the game try to reassure me and give me easy opponent, it's weird how my win/lose menu is often close to 25/25.I don't know if it have naything to do with X getting easier to get into than 2 or whatever, and everyone level being further apart but 2 X was a little better in the matches themselves feel like.
@@Atherta to add to that, just finished a rainmaker X, only have 2050 power or so, won the first two but the game started throwing top 500 at me for the remaining ones, i obviously lost because they're on another level and lost three in a row, it's far too weird tht none of those top 500 ever got on my team during those 3 mtaches. The matchmaking system is really frustrating and honestly boring me of the game, if i know the results are decided before the match even start i don't see the point
dude using sonic cd music?!!?!?!!
i’m blessed
Bro... went 2-3 and lost 200, not to mention the disconnections
If you were at ~2300 and lost to a ~1700-1800 lobby more than once that is likely why you lost so many points
I have a question. I’m B+ rank and we just got destroyed by some players and one of them had the title of “X Battle Champ”? Is it that he reset his tank or something back down to B- and he’s working back up?
What's the difference between x battles and anarchy series?
Weapon matching has its own rule in x battles (eg long range chargers will be mirrored each side), you won't see much of the the weird comps in series.
@@metalridleyz It's range based sadly, so you can still end up with some odd comps
However, the Splatoon 3 world premiere did mirror weapons
Awesome!
Shame i'll never experience it
I got a question about headphones for splatoon. How do i hear swimming and bomb throws and other things past the music?
Minus the waiting time 🥶
Bro If my oponents weren't top 500 when I'm 1600 x power I would agree ngl
Tell me why Chano is always fighting Dude or Kiver😂
Who's Chano?
Nice Christmas content
Love the Sonic CD music
Played this game for the first time today, it's not as easy as it looks.
Lol the ink is really just colorful sweat. Welcome to sploontoon
Like everyone else, I would recommend using motion controls. Also, hopefully you stay in the community. 👍
warm up with sticks for a while
motion is very confusing if you don't know what you're doing
then use something like the slosher to transition other weapons in motion controls too
Wow, never seen a community so helpful to a new player. I played Splatoon 1 but I was nothing special and picked up the dynamo roller with the golden Sheldon tickets I got from small playtime on Splatoon 2. Started using motion controls but just went to sticks in the end. (Probably didn't pick the best starting weapon I'll take on the tips instead lol)
Thatsrb2dude do you have any tips on how to beat the 3rd wave of octolings in after alterna?
Will sting ray op in splatoon 3 Dude: Huh?
Matchmaking is just weird because my X power in zones sucks so bad but I suddenly was in a match with one of my friends that has 2400+ power??
There is no way I should have 1900 X power in the tentatek division as a Splatoon 2 B ranker.
I wasnt gonna say anything but I got a really good 3-0 series with no disconnects on either team and did VERY well in all three games and got 13 points X Battles are awful in this game I'm sorry
that’s just how Glicko2 works and it’s by far the best way to rank people fairly
What gun you use? 🤔
What controller is this dude using?
Use the Afro hairstyle pls.
I had recently unlocked X Rank battle and the only reason why I did not bother playing X Rank as much in two is the point system. After watching the video it seems much better now, as if you continue to win your sets your guaranteed plus ten points. That is heavily better then the sequel, as Thatsrb2dude had pointed out. I will give X rank a chance again soon enough.
When it first came out bro I lost 2-3 all close games I lost 196 points I won 3-2 got 13 points I was like wtf but it definitely seems better now just the match making seems a bit off lmao
@@prophetpaul2391 that's because points are determined after each match, it just shows you overall performance at the end
If you win against a high level team, you will gain a ton of points, same for losing
All winning or losing the series does is determine whether you lose or gain points
@@Atherta it’s really weird cause I’ll play some top 500 thats pretty high up there win a series 3-1 and get like 30 something points and my personal performances aren’t bad I might have a game or 2 here and there but yeah I’ll try to pay more attention to it
9:23 story time?
Hey srb2dude I got x battles yay for me
X battles is fine and all but can you please make the matchmaking more fair?
That’s me at 0:01 :’D I’m √Satoji☆
Why come some ppl have a emblem above their name in x battles?
top 500
It's very tough but I rly want top 500
Good luck. Some of us are struggling to even get to top 100,000.
You picking spicy? Why not sweet? Let's get Frye here first win if she doesn't win this were all gonna keep picking her team until she does just like big man xD he sweep the pokemon splatfest
I just realised if you play clam blits a lot you will like it!
Noo its terrible! I just reached it and i am constantly facing top 500 players
X battles is just anarchy but worst, in my opinion
every time i try to connect to a battle it says connection error even though i have max bars on wifi. any ideas on how to fix this?
No clue, might be your opponents
Welcome to Splatoon, it is to be expected
@@idekanymore0721 but i cannot even enter a game. i try to connect to a game and it says connection error
What is the nat type of your wifi? If it's d or f you won't be able to connect to most connections
@@yadamano8990 b
Hey dude, whens ur next tearing it up episode comming out? i might be mistaking but i dont think youve had one since the release of splatoon 3, if your still doing that series
1:59 Twitter users with weird opinions be like
I would be playing X rank if the anarchy system and the servers in general were better. We all disconnected, and I lost my 2-2 rank up game. WE WERE WINNING!!! This is trash.
#tokyodrift
Litterly I had that happen 13 today. I also had my internet cut out 3 times in a row before a game would start. I sit next to my modem! I make sure all of my internet access is correct. Frustrated!
Yo
yo
Anyone keeps playing splatoon 2?
Why should you?
@@jacob8648 better maps maybe?
I honestly wanna go back and play it again, kinda miss old weapons kits like L3 with busrt bomb and jet, and old specials, maps... MAIN POWER UP..., STING RAY...
Stressfull as hell but dw ill see u in top 500 soon 😎😎
How do u get X battle?
I got a pinned comment for this Christmas 😇
Nice!
Never seen a bigger lie in a thumbnail before. How much did Nintendo pay you?
Me who can't win even 1 battle in X and has 1800 power average: Yeah its perfect...
skill issue
First
eat that blue shell.
i am the first comment
Looks like 3rd to me
No you’re not.
Nope, you're third. 🤦♂️
Unlucky
unlucky for us the guy wasn't first, we could have blue shell'd his @$$
I played with the weapon today too and I like it.