The Monster Hunter Thread: A Whole New World

I was fighting Pukei-Pukei(sp?) he ran like a bitch, I tracked him down again and then chopped off his tail. Yet again, he ran like a bitch. I chased him down, did some damage then he ran like a bitch again to a corner of the map that I spent at least twenty minutes trying to get to. The flies that guide you to your objective would lead me to a dead-end everytime, so I tried to find him on my own but no go.

The salt was real. I could not find the bastard for the life of me. Do the majority of hunts have the monsters run away when they get on low health?

Yeah all Monsters run. Some hunts take a very long time. It’s a hunt. You have that time limit for a reason and sometimes you’re really challenged by it.

That’s classic Monster Hunter. Monsters get fatigued, they go find something to eat. They get close to death, and they run to find a place to sleep and heal. Triple damage to whatever you hit them with to wake them up. Protip: bring bombs.

Yeah, my friends ended up buying me this game. For Xbox One. (3 of us live in the same house and have Xbones). My other friend finally got to play it yesterday and he’s trying to catch up to us considering we had a 8 hour headstart.

So we always have at least 3 people to help out on quests and a 4th if our other friend is on at same time.

Also, the auto lock on for the Insect Glaive is fucking trash. On the other hand, I really need to learn when it is and isn’t a good idea to launch myself in the air. Nothing more frustrating than being about to mount a monster and his roar cancels you out of you launch, or being in midair and him smacking you and canceling your attack.

There is no auto lock on. The camera lock ONLY locks the camera, NOT your character’s orientation.

When I press R3 the target locks into a specific body part of the monster. When I was first doing it I was ass because I wasn’t doing the correct air combos in the first place, until I figured out I should lock on first, launch myself, use B, then, If the monster is outside of the camera, use A to orient myself back at the monster, then use B again, and so on and so forth.

Another question, did they nerf the mounting for IG or is it probability dependant on how much stamina you have left while in the air? Have not quite figured that out yet.

Might go with sword and shield at this point if the mounting capabilities are essentially the same, despite the aerial mobility of the IG

What’s up with matchmaking? Only finding japanese players with no desire to team up.

You usually have to hit them.a fair few times even with regular jump attacks. The IG has never exactly mounted easier, it just gets jump attacks easier.

Monster Hunter is usually played best when you free aim.

Bought the game but will only get to boot it up next weekend.
How far will I lag behind?

I mean, MH games are basically unending so don’t worry about it too much. I’m already playing, but I’m taking my time and not rushing the story

started playing it 2 hours ago, first MH game for me
and enjoying it so far,
I guess Cammy will like this game too, dem cats 2 cute lol

The last I played were the one on ps2 and I didn’t get to try the beta. Either way I’ve already bought the game, I am gonna avoid streams so that I can play it fresh, get lost and then google anyways :lol:

Will post in my psn here once I get my hands on it. Thanks!

Been making armor sets of every monster I hunt and I keep forgetting to fucking upgrade them. I feel like a dumbass

Armor Orbs are really easy to come by in this game but in previous titles you generally wouldn’t upgrade anything until later in the game.

Another tip since new players are in here,

Try specialise in one or two weapons and you’re going to want to get a lot of the iron and bone generic ones for gold, not just one or two.

The weapons go down a lot of upgrade trees. It pays to build all of them as different monsters have different elemental weaknesses. It’s great for just fashion as well having a massive collection of cool looking weapons.

In the previous games I wouldn’t start upgrading until I get the + armors. I’m ranking up on armor cores completing investigations. It probably won’t hurt to start the upgrades now.

Insect glaive, switch axe and great sword are the weapons I’ve settled for in this one.

I’m Lancing. I love the Lance. Because we’re not locked into Blademaster/Gunner I might use the Longbow if I want a change of pace.

I was thinking of using longbow but I don’t want to over-saturate myself right now.

Also, don’t be afraid to get a distance weapon in there. You can hit from farther away and more easily hit face and tail. Tobi rapes me when I try to longsword it, but when I use a (WEAKER) light bowgun, it’s eradicated like an albino Namekian.

Anyone having connection issues? The game hasn’t been allowing me to connect online all day