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  • MaddocMaddoc I'm Bobbin Threadbare, are you my mother? Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    Spitting water is probably a silly move when underwater, anyway.

    But yeah, nothing in plessy's repertoire above-water would really translate to anything interesting in an underwater fight, short of some tweaking. I guess he can swim fast and can charge you maybe, but that doesn't sound like a very fun fight.

    Lagiacrus has his hip check and a water breath anyway, so Plesioth would be pretty much totally redundant.

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  • IceBurnerIceBurner It's cold and there are penguins.Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    It'd be another monster with sleep powers, and could specialize in diving/surfacing attacks, unlike the horizontal-centric leviathans. It's an out-and-out overgrown shark, unlike the serpents of MH3.

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  • MizuumiMizuumi pet dog you've been eating my video game how could you eat my video gameRegistered User regular
    edited November 2010
    Spitting water is probably a silly move when underwater, anyway.

    But yeah, nothing in plessy's repertoire above-water would really translate to anything interesting in an underwater fight, short of some tweaking. I guess he can swim fast and can charge you maybe, but that doesn't sound like a very fun fight.

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    Maddoc wrote: »
    Lagiacrus has his hip check and a water breath anyway, so Plesioth would be pretty much totally redundant.

    lagi has electricity not water


    BLUH

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  • Bluedude152Bluedude152 Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    Ugh, looks like I showed up late to the party. After a 6 month hiatus no one is level 7 anymore =b.

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  • MizuumiMizuumi pet dog you've been eating my video game how could you eat my video gameRegistered User regular
    edited November 2010
    my gunner dude

    he is

    if you need a lowlow-rank, hunting bro, i could get on with him

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  • SLZMatrixSLZMatrix Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    Mizuumi wrote: »
    my gunner dude

    he is

    if you need a lowlow-rank, hunting bro, i could get on with him

    haha your gunner dude sucks. mine is a beast

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  • Gennenalyse RuebenGennenalyse Rueben The Prettiest Boy is Ridiculously Pretty Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    I just occured to me that I haven't even tried the Bowgun yet. It has been all SnS/GS/Hammer, all the time for me.

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  • Bluedude152Bluedude152 Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    I recently tried making a gunner. Ussually takes me at least ten minutes on Great Jaggi on a new character, only took me 4 this time around.o_O

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  • MaddocMaddoc I'm Bobbin Threadbare, are you my mother? Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    My Gunner dude


    is the same as my not-Gunner dude

    I just started to run out of Blademaster stuff to make after awhile, and had parts piling up, so I started making guns and gunner armor on the side.

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  • IceBurnerIceBurner It's cold and there are penguins.Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    Spitting water is probably a silly move when underwater, anyway
    Ceadeus says hi.

    (and also uses Current Storm on you.)

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  • bsej87bsej87 Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    Ok guys, I just got a PSP 3000 from Amazon because it was crazy-cheap and now I need some help pushing me over my "I should buy MHFU" hump. MH3 on the Wii was my first ever MH, but I loved it. However, no one else I know at all does. Is MHFU still fun to hit large things with sharp objects solo?

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  • MizuumiMizuumi pet dog you've been eating my video game how could you eat my video gameRegistered User regular
    edited November 2010
    i don't have it, so i can't tell you much about the game, but i can tell you that you need a PS3 to play multiplayer online, so be sure to consider that if you don't have one.

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  • IceBurnerIceBurner It's cold and there are penguins.Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    MHFU is a big step back from MH3. It can still be entertaining, but it doesn't look or play as well.

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  • MaddocMaddoc I'm Bobbin Threadbare, are you my mother? Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    I love MHFU

    But going back to the really wonky monster skeletons in MHFU is incredibly difficult after playing MH3. It requires a whole different familiarity with the monsters, because sometimes you'll just get hit even if it looks like you shouldn't have.

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  • ElderlycrawfishElderlycrawfish Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    That said, it is a heck of a lot of content that can keep you busy 'til the Freedom 3 releases. Concepts are the same, just feels a bit less refined I guess you could say.

    Or, if you're cool stumbling through japanese, portable 3 comes out next week (!); so that's an option as well. (Hooray for no region locks)

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  • IceBurnerIceBurner It's cold and there are penguins.Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    I'd honestly suggest going for the 'import MHP3rd' option over MHFU at this point.

    For all the monsters in MHFU, there's typically a much more refined and interesting version in MHP3rd:

    Herbivores, Cats, etc. - back & mildly improved.
    Apceros, Fangos - Rhenoplos, Barroth (except the big pig comes back in P3rd too, argh)
    Bugs - Bnhabras and Altaroths are WAY less annoying.
    Raptors - Jaggi, Baggi, and Froggi
    Kut-Ku - Qurupeco
    Cephalos - Gobul's freaky desert cousin.
    Gypceros - spit 'n run Royal Ludroth, and flash-bulb-happy Gobul (thunder Peco instead in P3rd)
    Rathian, Rathalos, and Diablos - return with a complete overhaul
    Khezu - Gigginox
    Conga/Blango/Rajang - All those new Fanged Beasts, plus Jinouga.
    Plesioth - Lagiacrus, Ceadeus for water combat and Deviljho on land.
    Gravios - split up into superarmored Urgaaan and fire-laser blasting Agnaktor
    Narga Couga - Barioth says hi, despite Couga's portable return
    Lao Shan Lung - Totally pwned by Jhen Mohran
    Elder Dragons - Alatreon
    Ucamulbas - Lost weight, flipped elements to become Agnaktor
    Crabs - Screw them, they were amusing briefly but horribly annoying in the long run.

    Kirin, Yama Tsukami, and Fatalis are pretty much the only monsters without a much-improved spiritual descendant, and who knows -- Ceadeus is out, so we might get some kind of flying dragon instead.

    It's not as though learning the menus is difficult and we all skip through the flavor text anyway (after the first time, at least). Controls are essentially identical to Classic Control Style-1 from MH3; minor improvements have been made to the situational-dependent stuff, actually.

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  • Bluedude152Bluedude152 Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    Hey going online with my level 7 guy.
    Edit Code is actually 1y7dmm
    Was looking on a really small screen, misread.

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  • IceBurnerIceBurner It's cold and there are penguins.Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    That code's 1 character too long. Couldn't find you.

    Will check for you next time (which is today).

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  • AshdrakeAshdrake Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/2010/11/29/mhp3rd_weapons_day_3/

    Vid for the gunlance, light bowgun, HH. HH is looking pretty shiny for the new edition.

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  • IceBurnerIceBurner It's cold and there are penguins.Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    Ugh, as I predicted, due to the low resolution of the PSP, they didn't bother touching up Tigrex to MH3 standards, but it's obvious that the model and textures look dated by comparison with the rest of the cast.

    They shouldn't have bothered putting him back.

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  • AshdrakeAshdrake Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    IceBurner wrote: »
    Ugh, as I predicted, due to the low resolution of the PSP, they didn't bother touching up Tigrex to MH3 standards, but it's obvious that the model and textures look dated by comparison with the rest of the cast.

    They shouldn't have bothered putting him back.

    Eh, he is still fun to fight. I can't wait to take a crack at black tigrex.

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  • MonkeyConQuesoMonkeyConQueso No more MH Claw Happy handsRegistered User regular
    edited November 2010
    Aye, while his textures and model are something to be desired, I'll at least be happy to kill that meat train over and over again. I always found him a good challenge, and with the (hopefully) updated hitboxes for him, I'll be super happy he won't be cheesing me to death.

    Oh, and this guy right here is super happy he'll be getting his copy of MHP3rd on Wed/Thurs!

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  • AiranAiran Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    Wait, did I see that right, you can 'queue up' notes on HH now? That's pretty damn useful!

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  • IceBurnerIceBurner It's cold and there are penguins.Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    That was really all they needed to change to make it a much better weapon. Now you can actually fight AND buff at the same time, whereas before you could only reasonably buff in a break from combat or while monsters were distracted by your party.

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  • AshdrakeAshdrake Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    I can't wait for the return of the gunlance. Going to explode into Barroth once I pierce his fertile mud.

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  • MonkeyConQuesoMonkeyConQueso No more MH Claw Happy handsRegistered User regular
    edited November 2010
    Aye, I'm excited to see what the attack changes to the GL are and how they feel in game.

    Also...we'll have to get some AdHoc parties going when MHP3rd gets here and we've all kind of figured a few things out. Especially menu selections :?

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  • DeMoNDeMoN twitch.tv/toxic_cizzle Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    You could just wait for the translated version.

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  • AshdrakeAshdrake Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    Looks like the end village boss has been found.

    Good call IceBurner

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  • fRAWRstfRAWRst The Seas Call The Mad AnswerRegistered User regular
    edited November 2010
    Also...we'll have to get some AdHoc parties going when MHP3rd gets here and we've all kind of figured a few things out. Especially menu selections :?



    Count me in. I'm not sure on the shipping times from play-asia, but I'll definitely head online as soon as i get my copy.

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  • IceBurnerIceBurner It's cold and there are penguins.Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    Ashdrake wrote: »
    Looks like I called it. Ceadeus out = obvious airborne boss instead.

    I bet it will have a wind attack similar to Current Storm :) Edit: Actually that seems to appear in one of the screen shots.

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  • AshdrakeAshdrake Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    Other new/old monster discovered
    Amatsumagatsuchi
    Akantor
    Ucamulbas
    Diablos Subspecies
    Rathian Rare Species Gold
    Rathalos Rare Species Silber
    Albatrion
    Gigginox Subspecies
    Uragankin Subspecies
    Agnaktor Subspecies

    take with a grain of salt, but it is supposed to be a good source.

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  • DeMoNDeMoN twitch.tv/toxic_cizzle Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    The last thing I want is another Diablos to be terrified of.

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  • AiranAiran Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    DeMoN wrote: »
    The last thing I want is another Diablos to be [strike]terrified of[/strike] intensely pissed off at.

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  • MizuumiMizuumi pet dog you've been eating my video game how could you eat my video gameRegistered User regular
    edited November 2010
    Wow, I didn't realize how differently the gunlance plays compared to the lance. All smashy and whatnot.

    (too bad i'll never get to use it :U)

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  • AshdrakeAshdrake Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    Mizuumi wrote: »
    Wow, I didn't realize how differently the gunlance plays compared to the lance. All smashy and whatnot.

    (too bad i'll never get to use it :U)

    You should try craigslist for psp's they go dirt cheap these days.

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  • SLZMatrixSLZMatrix Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    O_e i hope jinouga shows up in the final boss fight to help/hinder. im hoping a little of both. also its like they changed venues. lagia-jinouga (thunder monsters that seem to be the boss) and then the actual massive dragon.
    also, a gigginox sub? seems redundant. khezu.
    also, diablos subspecies? what about black blos? or even monoblos and his white sub. unless that is what was meant
    los and ian gold and silver subs have existed for a while
    then ura seems like a possible barroth to ice move all over again. as with agnak... huh, if they have akantor and uca, whats the point? even since agnak is just a fire redo of lagia... wierd

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  • AshdrakeAshdrake Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    Though I always wish for new monsters, the ice barroth was diffrent enough to make the fight feel new. I am very much looking forward to what the new subs are going to be like.

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  • IceBurnerIceBurner It's cold and there are penguins.Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    The new deal with "subspecies" isn't just higher difficulty, but very different AI and, attributes such as speed, new moves, and an rather different-looking set of textures, if not a tweaked model.
    Anyway Jinouga was obviously a 1:1 replacement for lack of Lagiacrus, which anyone who completed Tri's offline knows is pretty much the game's midboss.

    It was obvious Ceadeus was going to get a replacement. Even though the battle winds up being easy with correct preparation, it was too an experience to leave the portable players out in the cold. Additionally, I figured we'd get a flying boss so as not to deprive players of the "huge, mobile boss with that spits a tornado"

    What we didn't know was whether there would be more sub-species or not, and whether any old monsters would return. If the rumor is true, P3rd will have every pseudo-wyvern in the series (ugh), plus what I think is the INSANELY giant serpent from MHFrontier Online.

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  • MaddocMaddoc I'm Bobbin Threadbare, are you my mother? Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    IceBurner wrote: »
    The new deal with "subspecies" isn't just higher difficulty, but very different AI and, attributes such as speed, new moves, and an rather different-looking set of textures, if not a tweaked model.
    Anyway Jinouga was obviously a 1:1 replacement for lack of Lagiacrus, which anyone who completed Tri's offline knows is pretty much the game's midboss.

    It was obvious Ceadeus was going to get a replacement. Even though the battle winds up being easy with correct preparation, it was too an experience to leave the portable players out in the cold. Additionally, I figured we'd get a flying boss so as not to deprive players of the "huge, mobile boss with that spits a tornado"

    What we didn't know was whether there would be more sub-species or not, and whether any old monsters would return. If the rumor is true, P3rd will have every pseudo-wyvern in the series (ugh), plus what I think is the INSANELY giant serpent from MHFrontier Online.

    I'm just glad Jhen is in P3

    I had more fun with him than I ever did with Lao

    Also, oh shit, we're getting Raviente?

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  • Bluedude152Bluedude152 Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    Why! Why cant this game get here sooner!
    Edit: Now want to get on, code is 1y7dmm if you care to join me.

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