The Monster Hunter Thread: A Whole New World

[Bious]

Well maybe not as hard as 4U cause everything would wreck your shit in that.

Really I thing the average person should be fine until they hit Nerg.

At that point, is it a matter of skill or preparation?

I’m about to fight Diablos tonight. I killed Rathalos last night no problem, but I’ve heard Diablos is a bitch.

Both really.

Well maybe not as hard as 4U cause everything would wreck your shit in that.

Really I thing the average person should be fine until they hit Nerg.

At that point, is it a matter of skill or preparation?

I’m about to fight Diablos tonight. I killed Rathalos last night no problem, but I’ve heard Diablos is a bitch.

Black diablos is a literal bitch; regular diablos isn’t too bad. There’s really two main things to watch out for. One being that he charges forward A LOT so you never want to be in his face, always to the side. He’s really tall so you can safely roll at and under him if he hip checks you.

The other is when he digs. Any time you see him dig just put your weapon away, run away from him and leap as soon as you see his trail reach you. This is especially true if he’s enraged. You need to put that weapon away instantly and be ready to do the leap of faith. Oh, and screamer bombs stun him if he’s underground.

Did you just assume Black Diablos’s gender?

[Gasaraki]

Well maybe not as hard as 4U cause everything would wreck your shit in that.

Really I thing the average person should be fine until they hit Nerg.

At that point, is it a matter of skill or preparation?

I’m about to fight Diablos tonight. I killed Rathalos last night no problem, but I’ve heard Diablos is a bitch.

Both really.

Well maybe not as hard as 4U cause everything would wreck your shit in that.

Really I thing the average person should be fine until they hit Nerg.

At that point, is it a matter of skill or preparation?

I’m about to fight Diablos tonight. I killed Rathalos last night no problem, but I’ve heard Diablos is a bitch.

Black diablos is a literal bitch; regular diablos isn’t too bad. There’s really two main things to watch out for. One being that he charges forward A LOT so you never want to be in his face, always to the side. He’s really tall so you can safely roll at and under him if he hip checks you.

The other is when he digs. Any time you see him dig just put your weapon away, run away from him and leap as soon as you see his trail reach you. This is especially true if he’s enraged. You need to put that weapon away instantly and be ready to do the leap of faith. Oh, and screamer bombs stun him if he’s underground.

Did you just assume Black Diablos’s gender?

Even the game literally calls Black Diablos a female Diablos lol

[d3v]

This is not a complaint, but you heal so much easier in this game. There’s been plenty of times where I’ve been a scratch away from getting KO’ed only to hit a vigorwasp and mega potion right after. There’s your entire health back in 3 seconds.

That’s to compensate for the fact that you can’t just zone out to heal anymore. Heck, some monsters (e.g. Anjanath) will hunt you down if you try to heal at the wrong time.

[Zensouken]

First Monster Hunter game, picked it up yesterday. It’s so damn good. Anjanath is driving me nuts though. Anyone got any Longsword tips for hitting as hard as possible?

[Bious]

Get up to Red and Spirit Strike?

Idk, I think @“Phantom Angel” Mains LS.

[Eskills]

Hmm Teostra still the triple carter I remember him to be. Rip newbies.

[FrostyAU]

This is not a complaint, but you heal so much easier in this game. There’s been plenty of times where I’ve been a scratch away from getting KO’ed only to hit a vigorwasp and mega potion right after. There’s your entire health back in 3 seconds.

I think it’s necessary because of not being able to roll into a different zone.

The more I play the more I remember how much I’d go into a different zone to sharpen and heal.

[GhostTear]

fuk diablos

[FrostyAU]

First Monster Hunter game, picked it up yesterday. It’s so damn good. Anjanath is driving me nuts though. Anyone got any Longsword tips for hitting as hard as possible?

This guy did a pretty good guide. I could type it out but a lot of the time it’s easier to just see something.

[Eskills]

fuk diablos

Glad I’m not the only one who hates that fucker.

[Eskills]

Also y’all thought nergigante sos was shit, wait till you see toaster kitty. Niggas getting wiped in droves!

Farming this elder solo.

[FrostyAU]

This is not a complaint, but you heal so much easier in this game. There’s been plenty of times where I’ve been a scratch away from getting KO’ed only to hit a vigorwasp and mega potion right after. There’s your entire health back in 3 seconds.

To be fair the monsters hit harder to compensate for that.

Do they really? The last MH game I played was 4U(only like 40 hours though) and everything in HR would relentlessly wreck my shit. I’m not having nearly the same difficulty here and my current armor optimization is garbo.

Then again I didn’t like the way monster behavior and AI worked in that game. Pink Rathian would quadruple tail spin sometimes. That shit was ridiculous.

Also considering no one’s brought this up yet I think It’s time to talk about future dlc. They’ll probably be adding quality of life patches which is nice, but I’m certain that we’ll get a $$$ dlc down the line that’s got monster packs. If I’m told there will be a 25-30$ DLC with a new map and 3-4 new monsters, I’ll gladly shell out. I hope that’s more or less what it ends up being. It would be nice to get themed dlc too; as in packs of monsters from every game of the series.

They’ve already hinted they’ll be adding new Monsters for free. It would be nice to see a new map. They could cut corners and do old maps in the new style. Maybe an expedition back to the old world to deal with some huge threat.

[Citrus_monkey]

You know, I eased into the open map theme so naturally that I had almost completely forgotten about escaping to another zone to heal or sharpen.

I guess that does make a lot of sense; though I still feel like I live a lot longer and die a lot less here. Hey, whatever, I’m in love with this game.

[Eskills]

Not only did I whoop teo pussy solo I got a elementless gem! Hell yes.

[Azure]

So… is this any good?

Enough reason to skip MH4 on my 3DS?

[Phantom_Angel]

First Monster Hunter game, picked it up yesterday. It’s so damn good. Anjanath is driving me nuts though. Anyone got any Longsword tips for hitting as hard as possible?

[list]
[] The LS has an infinite combo that’s performed simply by hitting Triangle, Triangle, O, Triangle repeatedly. At any point, you can cancel into Fading Slash, Spirit Combo, or Spirit Thrust.
[] Use Fading Slash. You do Damage while evading. Try to use it as much as you can, but know when you have to actually Dodge.
[] Use the Spirit Combo as often as you can. Each level, attained by finishing the combo, gives you an attack boost. Spirit Combo attacks also have ESP, which is a property that allows attacks to ignore your sharpness and the monster’s armor. This means the attacks will never bounce.
[] You can extend the Spirit Combo by hitting Triangle between hits. Not only does this increase your Damage, it also fills the Spirit Gauge a bit. That helps you to get the full combo out earlier.
[/list]

The LS is a really simple weapon that you get a whole lot of mileage out of. Once you learn the combos, it’s all about picking your battles. It’s relatively slow, so you can’t just go HAM like you can with an Insect Glaive. The idea is to get in, fill up your Spirit Gauge, Fading Slash out of danger, get back in, Spirit Combo, rinse/repeat.

Since you’re new to MH, a general tip that helps with the LS is to keep your weapon sharpened at all times. Like I mentioned, the LS has some pretty slow attacks so you can only imagine how much trouble you get into when that shit bounces. To add to that, you wanna know what parts of the monster your weapon is effective against. Believe it or not, different body parts have different weaknesses to damage types like cutting or impact, and they even react to elemental damage differently. Long story short, attack to exposed meaty parts, not the hard armored ones.

[Phantom_Angel]

Also y’all thought nergigante sos was shit, wait till you see toaster kitty. Niggas getting wiped in droves!

Farming this elder solo.

Speaking of which… What’s up with Lunastra getting excluded in every game while Teo makes it in? What they got against her?

So… is this any good?

Enough reason to skip MH4 on my 3DS?

This is by far the best MH game. It’s what the series always had the potential for. That’s not to say the earlier games aren’t worth playing… I’d recommend MHFU if you seemed interested. It’s just that, at this point, you might as well just hop on World. 4U is sick and has some of my favorite monsters that didn’t make it into World, but I feel like you’ll have an even better experience seeing MH in all its glory.

[FrostyAU]

Also y’all thought nergigante sos was shit, wait till you see toaster kitty. Niggas getting wiped in droves!

Farming this elder solo.

Vaal Hazak is the true party destroyer. 99% of people that fight him aren’t geared or buffed enough.

With prep Kushala and Teostra are probably harder fights but so many people just wipe due to miasma and having their healthpool carved.

[d3v]

fuk diablos

Honestly surprised that Diablos is harder than Rathalos here when it seemed like the opposite in the beta.

Then again, the game does seem to make it easier to get armor and weapons that help against him earlier on than stuff that helps for Diablos.

[chadouken]

MotherFUCK Diablos :mad: