#anyways idk my feelings abt it are def biased as salmon run fan number 1

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Hi ok so there's been some big discussion in regards of the next Big Run due to datamined information that has been found. I'll be cutting this if you do not want to read anything about it

So there's been information found of egg count numbers for the rewards for the next Big Run that has not appeared before (Coxxs is a reputable dataminer, usually leaking stuff related to Salmon Run and such).

What has been speculated is that they are adding set threshold goals for the rewards, rather than keeping the "top x%" scores. It's been speculated this is due to the lower amount of players playing Big Run and with the scores rising each time.

Ok so the next section is just my opinion on it like ALWAYS LMFAO but if that's what you were only interested in, then you are free to stop reading.

I am kind of disappointed. I'd be less so if the scores were higher to simulate a bigger challenge + to be more in line with earlier Big Run scores that were around ~140 eggs. Like my non Salmon Run friends can get like, 130-140 easily, and even in Freelance I get higher scores.

I know there's some people that's going like "oh but that takes away the incentive to grind for a higher score" and others going "well it's not stopping you from grinding for a higher score technically". And yeah, but what I think is missing from this conversation is that it's lost it's replayability (unless you don't play Salmon Run much and/or don't care about the score).

Big Run is treated like Splatfest but for Salmon Run, and the reason why some people play the whole event is for their team to win right? Splatfest has a goal, which is why Big Run tries to have that same sort of incentive but with top % scores. To take that away and set a static threshold, then what's the point of playing after you've reached it? Sure you can get extra scales but like. Salmon Run is a secondary mode, a LOT of people doooo not give a fuck about it, so I do not think the extra scales would be enough unless you're mega Salmon Run brained.

I think the bigger problem is that it's probably just a game design issue rather than an "Overfishing" issue. Especially going back to the "Salmon Run Splatfest" comparison, as at least for Splatfest it's more generalized, while SR is more competitive and skill based. The whole Overfishing argument is another topic in of itself that I do kinda wanna talk about but maybe not this time, especially since a lot of people have already said their peace about it (will just say that it's a stupid argument).

I hope they add just some sort of bonus for people who do reach top 5% or SOMETHING because I still do think this is kind of lame. But also this has not been confirmed from the official devs yet so we don't know for sure. My annoying ass will be back to this post if it is or is not for confirmation.

#hi spoilers in the tags too dont read #close ur eyes and dont look at this #anyways idk my feelings abt it are def biased as salmon run fan number 1 #so it is gonna sound gatekeepy (sorry) LMFAO my opinions on it are stronger than what i worded it to be on here #but my sentiment still stays true to what i said #long post #etc