Increasing eggs in Salmon Run [15-23-34, 16/506]

The sky darkens as the wave is about to start. What are we getting: glowflies, Grillers, or a Mothership? I hope it's glowflies, which are relentless but simpler than the other two options. Of course, it's Grillers. Not much of relaxing start. But at least the first comes for me, and I know I know what I'm doing.

I call for the others to come my way, and then lead the Griller distinctively away from my squidmates, and not, for example, right through them. It works a treat. Let's hope the others either know what they're doing with Grillers, or learn quickly from example. The only problem now is that my Sploosh-o-matic really doesn't have the range for this. I probably should just concentrate on Smallfry, particularly as they end up splatting me.

I look to splat the Smallfry, whilst not getting in front of the Grillers, but the two squidmates targeted make unfortunate moves that turn the Grillers around. I'm not avoiding two of them. At least quota is met, the Grillers are being splatted, and my squidmates stay unsplatted. A pretty successful wave.

Now on to hide-tide with a Mini-splatling. Should be straightforward. The bosses that pop up are pretty simple too, just Maws and Scrappers for a bit, both of which are easy to deal with and don't split us up much. The first appearance of a Stinger is going to be more of a problem, and just getting to it proves my undoing.

Things start getting a bit hectic, with the bosses piling up, and although I try to help with an Inkjet, I completely forget how the controls work. I press every button on that thing except the one that fires ink. Note to self: it's the normal button for firing ink, and a reminder is displayed on the screen. Still, no harm done, and I even do some good by the end.

Low tide for the third wave, and I'm gifted the .96 Gal. I'm really not comfortable with this weapon's lack of mobility, and I'm feeling less optimistic about completing this run. A Flyfish to start with doesn't help my confidence, but my squidmates' ability to splat it quickly does.

Trying to squid past a Steel Eel works better when it's not aiming for you, but a squidmate is already on its tail. And although three Scrappers converging on our egg basket looks sticky, my recent practice with the Inkjet proves useful to the situation. A squidmate even pulls out his Stingray as I land, to deal with a Stinger and Steel Head. On top of that, I remember not to squid in to Steel Eels.

Now we have Golden Eggs everywhere to pick up, and as one strand gets busier that lets two of us collect the eggs in the other, maximising our haul. I get back in time to protect our charger from smaller salmonids, letting her splat two Steel Heads a second apart. Nice shooting! The only real problem is the number of Golden Eggs that leaves behind.

The wave ends as we try to grab a last egg or four, but we already have more than enough. That worked out very well, more so for having a weapon sub-optimal for me. That's definitely worth celebrating.

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