I’ve done some G rank quests naked before, it doesn’t matter so long as you don’t get hit lol
what The Fireboy said, pretty much. Don’t get hit, don’t need as much armor. Oh well, Silver Sol Z and Diablos Z here I come.
So before I really do any online stuff I’m just trying to see how far I can get in the single player. Using gunlance exclusively I just broke into 5star quests at the elder lady. Tigrex gave me hella trouble until I just used some power juice on it and turtled up right in front of it.
Overall I’m having a lot of fun, a friend of mine just got it too. Once he gets up to speed I think some fucking good times will be had.
Only problem I’m having with online is once in a while I try joining some HR1 room and there is always some high HR dude in there raping stuff for people. I want the authentic newb experience, not getting powerleveled up the HR rankage.
If you want “the authentic newb experience” then you’re pretty much going to want to play with people you know.
tbh at elder 5* you should consider pushing to HR2 or even HR3, no real reason to sit at HR1 for that long. The difference in gear power between HR1 and HR3 isn’t even that big so you might as well help your friend get up to speed, “the authentic newb experience” isn’t about doing everything on your own.
Finally got to HR4. Sheesh.
I’m making a lot of jewels. Am I wasting my time? HR 2 still.
If anyone will be on AD-HOC today ill be on until like 5pm GMT-5.
Just add my PSN Ill be on
pretty much, no reason to make gems till you’ve got the armor that needs 'em. Don’t worry too much about optimizing your gear atm, just get something decent enough to make it to HR4 (Ceanataur, Garuga, or Tigrex get the job done well) and then HR4-6 you can worry about gemming stuff for max effectiveness as you work out your HR6 -> g-rank transition gear (probably something like Ceanataur SUUSS, Silver Sol, Akantor, or Rajang).
Honestly you won’t use most of the gems you can make in HR2 anyhow.
Speaking of Silver Sol, after like 20 runs through the HR9 silver los quest, I finally got… one heavenly los scale. ffffff. Oh well, my Silver Sol Z set is now officially under construction.
…it would probably be faster to just make the Diablos Z/Azure Los Z combo. Better overall skill availability on that set anyhow.
…and it was faster to make Diablo Z/Azure Los Z combo set. Still need to gem it properly, for now I’ll settle with AUL, earplug, and RA+1.
Sabre-rex, or whatever you wanna call him looks pretty good. Lol.
Once again, I can’t wait for MH3.
i just started playing again… gonna have to get my EU file converted to US
ill let some dude in Minegarde do it
ok I though it was jsut me… I killed silver los 15 times and only go 0 heavenly scales and like 1 ruby… WTF?
Well Heavenly’s have a 4% carve rate, while Rubies have 6%, both on a broken head.
So get used to carving a shitload of Thick Silver Los scales :sad:
You can get HVNLYs from reg rathalos right? If you can maybe I should hunt those…
Yeah, and the carve rates are all exactly the same
exact same drop rate (4% reward for breaking head, 2% tail carve, 2% shiny drop, 2% capture reward), but silver los is easier to kill imo.
And yeah I killed/capped like 40 silver los for 1 heavenly. Got like 15 rubies though, not that I need them anymore :lame:
tbh my next heavenly is just gonna go to making my Azure Los Z boots to open up an HGE/RA+3 combo with Diablo Z.
I lucked out on both Narga and Gaoren during my first G-Rank fights with the bastards, and got a Heavenly Scale from each. Didn’t really need it in Narga’s case, but the Gaoren Scale’ll be useful. Gaoren Cleaver, here I come!
I’m still using my old MHF2 Akantor armor about 99% of the time, haha. I think I’ll work on getting some new armor after getting the Cleaver and unlocking Uka. Just gotta beat boring old Lao a few times to get some Heavy Shells, and that weapon’ll be mine.
I’m HR2 now with Imperial Gunlance and full Garuga Armor set, specced with RA+3 & Sharpness. Starting to get the hang of most of the monsters except for a few. Kushala seems to wreck me and Tigrex is an epic battle every time.
Another problem I’m having is I can never seem to break any crab’s shells. I kill it with damage before the shell ever breaks. Do I need to use a different weapon or element or something?
edit:
Holy crap I just tried a HBG and killed a Plesioth in like 4 minutes. I’ve branched out a little bit outside of Gunlance only. I’ve got a Deathprize SNS, Raven Heirloom HBG now too and I’m liking the variety.
Something I’ve wondered, how feasible/effective would it be to have multiple people with the same status weapons pounding on something. Like you had 3 guys all hitting stuff with a Deathprize would it just be stunlocked like 50% of the time?
Monster Hunter Freedom Unite is the best game on the PSP. Easily.
My current favorite armor is a mix of Hypnoc and Naruga with some gems for:
Evade +2
Defensive Manuevers +1
Evade Distance Increase
with the final version of the Darkness Lance
Best Lance armor out there.
In order to break any of the crab shells you need an Impact weapon, so use a Hammer, a hunting horn or a lance.
The lance has the double benefit of being able to break both the back shell and the claws (you need a cutting type for the claws)
Also, smart move with the Garuga Armor, that baby will last a competent hunter all the way to HR6 when it is fully gemmed / upgraded. Replace the Helmet with the Garuga Mask as it adds a huge bonus to Earplug. The mask can be upgraded a ridiculous amount too.