Hmm, thinking about it now, I know that pressing R2 while sheathed puts you straight into a CB axe swing. You can then press O+Tri after that one to go straight into the SAED, so I think you could cancel out with R2 to charge the shield? Depending on the circumstances, it may not be much faster than just doing the triple combo. You can also charge attack, then do the O+Tri, O+Tri combo, cancel into charge.
It's definitely a more technical weapon, but you can pull off some pretty great attacks with it.
Meanwhile, I also got a Slugger gem this morning. I can't wait to get home from work to see how it affects my bow's arc shot. I feel like I'm getting a lot better at landing multiple arc shots with it against certain predictable enemy behavior. For instance, if you stagger Raths, they'll move off to the side, so I know that I can launch an arc shot at their head, then aim another one next to them, and probably get the double hit. They tend to move back to their original spot, so land a third there and it might be a viable stun combo? I dunno, I'm only dipping my toes in the deeper aspects of combat. Usually with bows I'm just sliding all over, combo shooting, then nailing the DP when there's an opening. This Cera Coilbender does some sick pierce damage.
What HBGs do people like besides the Pierce Legi one? As I get more decorations I'm planning on getting back into the weapon.
Zora seems really good for explosions/stagger, but probably more of a solo rather thann a group HBG.
Jaggi (and maybe Nerg) look good for spread, but LBG probably does that better unless you're going shield and guard skill?
What's the best Normal 3 based HBG? It looks like it might actually be the unassuming Bonle-line Power Shooter II with a Non-Elemental Decoration and a huge Normal 3 capacity, while also having a good Slicing clip and some status ammo.
The Anjanath line is good for Spread shot, and as a bonus, it looks cool. The Diablos line is supposedly really nice, but I haven't tried it yet to see what it does well.
Angie seems like it just has too much recoil/reload for Spread for me, but that's just looking at the numbers as I haven't used it in pratice.
And the Gyarados LBG is really really really really good for spread. Seriously good. It has zero to low recoil on it, fast reload, and decent clip sizes with LBG mobility. Plus RF Water, both healing ammo, and good status ammo.
The Diablos line (Gryphon Blazooka) is the other N3 gun I was looking at next to the Power Shooter Bone line. I'm unsure at which one is actually better taking in recoil, reload, and clip sizes into account.
People sleep on dragon ammo but if you manage to down a big beastie weak to it, like one of the Raths or the final boss, you can fire and forget and do ridiculous amounts of damage with it
And those cluster bombs, God alive
....And I just like Wyvernsnipe better than Wyvernheart for larger enemies.
Skill wise, both the Xeno set bonus and 2-3 Points in Free Element/Ammo Up are fantastic. Weakness Exploit is great because you should be always hitting weakpoints. Attack Up is good. Earplugs is great for Spread but less useful for others. Evade Distance is always good. A Mind's Eye/Ballistics decoration is fantastic for Pierce and some other ammos. And if running RF Elemental, two-piece Rath is really good.
Sadly, Elemental ammo is weak without Rapid Fire which makes the Xeno gun slightly weak outside of a utility and fashion option (two tripple gem slots and good ammo loadout). And the Slicing Nerf left the Vaal LBG by the wayside too, despite how cool it looks, since it's beaten by other guns on everything else.
People sleep on dragon ammo but if you manage to down a big beastie weak to it, like one of the Raths or the final boss, you can fire and forget and do ridiculous amounts of damage with it
And those cluster bombs, God alive
....And I just like Wyvernsnipe better than Wyvernheart for larger enemies.
Yeah, I need to farm Zorah again to make that HBG.
It just looks like maximum explosion and stagger goodness.
Whew, it is really quite the tempo change going from bow to horn. Tried playing support with some PA'ers last night on a Pink Rathian hunt, and my brain couldn't gauge the timing and distance of a slow, heavy melee weapon after being so used to dodge-pelting flying wyverns on autopilot for the past 70 gaming hours.
Even going from one melee (GS) to HH and I have a hell of a time adjusting to the tempo and having to stand in different spots because you swing it like a golf club and not like you're chopping wood.
It's satisfying as hell to break horns errday but it's such a weird one to get used to.
I had such a hard time feeling like i was pumping out damage with the HH. Like I'd be constantly swinging and using recitals to do big damage, but it just felt like the individual numbers were like maybe 10 higher than another weapon, but were coming out waaaaay slower. Of course knocking monsters over gives you more uptime, but it just felt slower. Though the song buffs are really nice.
I shelved LS after I beat xeno, but maybe I should pick it back up and actually learn how to use the counter, because i basically never used it otherwise. But gunning is always so much fun. AAAHHHH choices!
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90 hours in I finally "Beat" the game and celebrated by laying something heavy into HR Kirin's horn until it was dead. That last fight I'm torn on. Visually it's a very awesome monster but holy shit is everything about that a slog for me
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I decided I wanted the upgraded Thunder ChargeBlade before taking on Legiana. That requires some electro sacs which meant I had to go back and take on a monster I had little fondness for the first time: Tobi Kadachi. Before taking him on, I decided hunt down all the cat bros. In doing so I took out a Barroth, which felt much easier the second time.
Then came the Tobi Kadachi hunt. My Palico is a true cat bro now, he recruited a Kestodon and another cat bro. This made the fight so much easier. With the Tobi constantly distracted, I was able to wail on it over and over. Even with the distractions from my team, I could tell that I was just better at the game than the first time I took him on. I was able to consistently charge my sword and landed a few full charge supers. I took him out before he got to his nest. The final hit was so satisfying, that I now know why people love this game. Here is the moment I officially became addicted to Monster Hunter (it looks terrible because I took a screenshot of the victory screen and for some reason that seems to be taken at potato quality):
I lined that electric squirrel up, started the pre-moves and timed it perfectly to crack him directly on the head with the Super Amped Element Discharge. He went down like a sack of potatoes. Taking him out with a hit like that was just the greatest high that I will be chasing for pretty much forever.
He sadly didn't drop an electro sac, but I feel like I should be able to farm him a bit and have that weapon soon so I can feel comfortable taking on Legiana.
Whew, it is really quite the tempo change going from bow to horn. Tried playing support with some PA'ers last night on a Pink Rathian hunt, and my brain couldn't gauge the timing and distance of a slow, heavy melee weapon after being so used to dodge-pelting flying wyverns on autopilot for the past 70 gaming hours.
Even going from one melee (GS) to HH and I have a hell of a time adjusting to the tempo and having to stand in different spots because you swing it like a golf club and not like you're chopping wood.
It's satisfying as hell to break horns errday but it's such a weird one to get used to.
Yeah, I primarily play the IG and Gunlance, and the Hunting Horn is super weird to get used to. I whiff with it pretty frequently.
Plus I frequently eat big damage while trying to find openings to play. Getting better, but it is a deceptively difficult weapon.
Even with the distractions from my team, I could tell that I was just better at the game than the first time I took him on.
This. This is the reason that I love Monster Hunter. The character in the game isn't the guy that levels up. It's your brain.
Like, my very first "wall" was Khezu in MHF2, I think. When I learned how to fight him, and that it was different from fighting other monsters, something "clicked" in my head. I got to the point where I was taking the base longsword without upgrades and killing him without taking any damage, using only fade slashes and pokes.
Man I hate after you deliver an awesome anime slash and then you like poke finish a monster. That's like the scouring of the shire of finishes to a hunt!
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Man I hate after you deliver an awesome anime slash and then you like poke finish a monster. That's like the scouring of the shire of finishes to a hunt!
I love when a quest finishes while I'm out of melee range of the monster. The end-of-quest screenshot makes it look like I was just standing around, idling.
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Even with the distractions from my team, I could tell that I was just better at the game than the first time I took him on.
This. This is the reason that I love Monster Hunter. The character in the game isn't the guy that levels up. It's your brain.
Like, my very first "wall" was Khezu in MHF2, I think. When I learned how to fight him, and that it was different from fighting other monsters, something "clicked" in my head. I got to the point where I was taking the base longsword without upgrades and killing him without taking any damage, using only fade slashes and pokes.
Oh, totally. It was so satisfying to be able to go back and take on a Barroth and Tobi much more easily knowing it was because of my skill improvement not because of bigger numbers on my gear.
I remember my first encounter with Barroth being full of fear, missed attacks, horrible defense, etc. Since that fight I've learned from fights like the Radobaan and Tobi. As a result, it felt like I was the one in control against the Barroth and wow that was a great feeling. The game hadn't changed nor did I have gear that made me that much better. It was me that had levelled up.
So the Legiana HBG with Pierce Shot Up and one Reload, one Recoil, and one Distant Shot modifier on it turns the final boss into swiss cheese. It's unfair. You stagger the poor thing so fast it's actively absurd.
The only thing is I want to know how to get it to enrage faster. It only did it twice in my last run on it, and I killed it thirty seconds into that shift. Is that just a timed thing? It chest is such a good weak spot when it's enraged.
The words in the first part of that sentence don't make any sense to me, but I want to be taught the ways of Xeno farming. Also, are you supposed to hit it in the chest? I've only bow'd him once, focusing mostly on just trying to dragon pierce his entire form. Every other kill has been charge blade / gun lance at his feet...
I can say the CritDraw DP Bow build I linked a few pages back absolutely wrecks Xeno. You do somewhere in the area of 1000 damage a shot when enraged. When I lance I tend to hit the chest though. I think it does more damage and it's even safer than the feet.
I decided I wanted the upgraded Thunder ChargeBlade before taking on Legiana. That requires some electro sacs which meant I had to go back and take on a monster I had little fondness for the first time: Tobi Kadachi. Before taking him on, I decided hunt down all the cat bros. In doing so I took out a Barroth, which felt much easier the second time.
Then came the Tobi Kadachi hunt. My Palico is a true cat bro now, he recruited a Kestodon and another cat bro. This made the fight so much easier. With the Tobi constantly distracted, I was able to wail on it over and over. Even with the distractions from my team, I could tell that I was just better at the game than the first time I took him on. I was able to consistently charge my sword and landed a few full charge supers. I took him out before he got to his nest. The final hit was so satisfying, that I now know why people love this game. Here is the moment I officially became addicted to Monster Hunter (it looks terrible because I took a screenshot of the victory screen and for some reason that seems to be taken at potato quality):
I lined that electric squirrel up, started the pre-moves and timed it perfectly to crack him directly on the head with the Super Amped Element Discharge. He went down like a sack of potatoes. Taking him out with a hit like that was just the greatest high that I will be chasing for pretty much forever.
He sadly didn't drop an electro sac, but I feel like I should be able to farm him a bit and have that weapon soon so I can feel comfortable taking on Legiana.
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It's like what some of PA'ers were saying earlier when you were figuring out if you wanted to play the game - speedrun videos have a hard time conveying the amount of feedback you get ESPECIALLY when you perfectly time a full power SAED straight down the monster's noggin. Or when Great Sword smashers and Hammer Bros land their ultra head finishers. Or when Lance users power guard a Diablos charge and knock it on its ass with a straight counter. And so on.
He sadly didn't drop an electro sac, but I feel like I should be able to farm him a bit and have that weapon soon so I can feel comfortable taking on Legiana.
Pro-tip: Sacs can't be carved, they're only in rewards. Carves only come from the pool of carveable items, but capture rewards can come from both the carve pool and the reward pool. You get more rewards when you capture (around 5 I think, the 2 you always get and 3 to make up for the lack of 3 carves) than when you carve (2) so you have a much higher chance to get one if you capture.
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He sadly didn't drop an electro sac, but I feel like I should be able to farm him a bit and have that weapon soon so I can feel comfortable taking on Legiana.
Pro-tip: Sacs can't be carved, they're only in rewards. Carves only come from the pool of carveable items, but capture rewards can come from both the carve pool and the reward pool. You get more rewards when you capture (around 5 I think, the 2 you always get and 3 to make up for the lack of 3 carves) than when you carve (2) so you have a much higher chance to get one if you capture.
I guess its time to learn how to capture something
What HBGs do people like besides the Pierce Legi one? As I get more decorations I'm planning on getting back into the weapon.
Zora seems really good for explosions/stagger, but probably more of a solo rather thann a group HBG.
Jaggi (and maybe Nerg) look good for spread, but LBG probably does that better unless you're going shield and guard skill?
What's the best Normal 3 based HBG? It looks like it might actually be the unassuming Bonle-line Power Shooter II with a Non-Elemental Decoration and a huge Normal 3 capacity, while also having a good Slicing clip and some status ammo.
The Anjanath line is good for Spread shot, and as a bonus, it looks cool. The Diablos line is supposedly really nice, but I haven't tried it yet to see what it does well.
Angie seems like it just has too much recoil/reload for Spread for me, but that's just looking at the numbers as I haven't used it in pratice.
And the Gyarados LBG is really really really really good for spread. Seriously good. It has zero to low recoil on it, fast reload, and decent clip sizes with LBG mobility. Plus RF Water, both healing ammo, and good status ammo.
The Diablos line (Gryphon Blazooka) is the other N3 gun I was looking at next to the Power Shooter Bone line. I'm unsure at which one is actually better taking in recoil, reload, and clip sizes into account.
With 2 recoil mods Anji HBG gets everything but like sticky 2, cluster 2, dragon, demon, and wyvern into recoil 1 or 2. The only stuff that benefits from 1 reload mod are normal 3, Pierce 2, Poison 2, Para 1, Flaming, and Tranq. So you will probably want to use another mod and deal with some stuff being slow which isn't that bad.
He sadly didn't drop an electro sac, but I feel like I should be able to farm him a bit and have that weapon soon so I can feel comfortable taking on Legiana.
Pro-tip: Sacs can't be carved, they're only in rewards. Carves only come from the pool of carveable items, but capture rewards can come from both the carve pool and the reward pool. You get more rewards when you capture (around 5 I think, the 2 you always get and 3 to make up for the lack of 3 carves) than when you carve (2) so you have a much higher chance to get one if you capture.
I guess its time to learn how to capture something
Get the monster to limp/skull icon, drop trap, jam two tranq bombs at it when it's trapped. Alternately, follow it back to its lair when it limps off, hit it with two tranqs while it's sleeping, drop a trap on its head. Don't take too long with method 2 or it'll heal up too much.
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He sadly didn't drop an electro sac, but I feel like I should be able to farm him a bit and have that weapon soon so I can feel comfortable taking on Legiana.
Pro-tip: Sacs can't be carved, they're only in rewards. Carves only come from the pool of carveable items, but capture rewards can come from both the carve pool and the reward pool. You get more rewards when you capture (around 5 I think, the 2 you always get and 3 to make up for the lack of 3 carves) than when you carve (2) so you have a much higher chance to get one if you capture.
I guess its time to learn how to capture something
Get the monster to limp/skull icon, drop trap, jam two tranq bombs at it when it's trapped. Alternately, follow it back to its lair when it limps off, hit it with two tranqs while it's sleeping, drop a trap on its head. Don't take too long with method 2 or it'll heal up too much.
The heal up thing is a fear that is rarely a thing you have to worry about. Like I have trapped after an anjy has been resting for I swear 5 minutes because I got lost in ancient forest. God damn you ancient forest!
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If you really struggled the first time around, you can also see how much faster you clear the content the second time around.
Me though? Fuck farming those crakes a second time around. And I still haven't completed my first guild card yet. I need to really focus on the event quest before it disappears.
What HBGs do people like besides the Pierce Legi one? As I get more decorations I'm planning on getting back into the weapon.
Zora seems really good for explosions/stagger, but probably more of a solo rather thann a group HBG.
Jaggi (and maybe Nerg) look good for spread, but LBG probably does that better unless you're going shield and guard skill?
What's the best Normal 3 based HBG? It looks like it might actually be the unassuming Bonle-line Power Shooter II with a Non-Elemental Decoration and a huge Normal 3 capacity, while also having a good Slicing clip and some status ammo.
The Anjanath line is good for Spread shot, and as a bonus, it looks cool. The Diablos line is supposedly really nice, but I haven't tried it yet to see what it does well.
Angie seems like it just has too much recoil/reload for Spread for me, but that's just looking at the numbers as I haven't used it in pratice.
And the Gyarados LBG is really really really really good for spread. Seriously good. It has zero to low recoil on it, fast reload, and decent clip sizes with LBG mobility. Plus RF Water, both healing ammo, and good status ammo.
The Diablos line (Gryphon Blazooka) is the other N3 gun I was looking at next to the Power Shooter Bone line. I'm unsure at which one is actually better taking in recoil, reload, and clip sizes into account.
With 2 recoil mods Anji HBG gets everything but like sticky 2, cluster 2, dragon, demon, and wyvern into recoil 1 or 2. The only stuff that benefits from 1 reload mod are normal 3, Pierce 2, Poison 2, Para 1, Flaming, and Tranq. So you will probably want to use another mod and deal with some stuff being slow which isn't that bad.
Well, if you're doing spread, then Close Range Up sounds like a good idea for the final mod. Or a Shield.
Close is Spread Critical Distance. Long is Pierce Critical Distance. Normal shots only get the benefit from Close if you have a Ballistics decoration.
If you really struggled the first time around, you can also see how much faster you clear the content the second time around.
Me though? Fuck farming those crakes a second time around. And I still haven't completed my first guild card yet. I need to really focus on the event quest before it disappears.
For me screw doing the arena grind for my sword. Like I could see helping someone else by doing some arenas, but those to me are anti fun and the thought of doing like 45 more of them for the cheevo is like "NOOO NOOOO"
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What HBGs do people like besides the Pierce Legi one? As I get more decorations I'm planning on getting back into the weapon.
Zora seems really good for explosions/stagger, but probably more of a solo rather thann a group HBG.
Jaggi (and maybe Nerg) look good for spread, but LBG probably does that better unless you're going shield and guard skill?
What's the best Normal 3 based HBG? It looks like it might actually be the unassuming Bonle-line Power Shooter II with a Non-Elemental Decoration and a huge Normal 3 capacity, while also having a good Slicing clip and some status ammo.
So far the anjanath one has worked out pretty well for normal shots, should be good for spread too.
In keeping with the good vibes above I am loving that as I continue to learn the Charge Blade I continue to improve and find new things I can do with it.
I really feel like I am learning the weapon, and the fact that there are so many different weapons and styles with which to do this, and my impression has been a similar variety of monsters to try this on, is just so exciting.
And hitting an enemy with the super amped element discharge is such a satisfying feeling holy shit.
What HBGs do people like besides the Pierce Legi one? As I get more decorations I'm planning on getting back into the weapon.
Zora seems really good for explosions/stagger, but probably more of a solo rather thann a group HBG.
Jaggi (and maybe Nerg) look good for spread, but LBG probably does that better unless you're going shield and guard skill?
What's the best Normal 3 based HBG? It looks like it might actually be the unassuming Bonle-line Power Shooter II with a Non-Elemental Decoration and a huge Normal 3 capacity, while also having a good Slicing clip and some status ammo.
The Anjanath line is good for Spread shot, and as a bonus, it looks cool. The Diablos line is supposedly really nice, but I haven't tried it yet to see what it does well.
Angie seems like it just has too much recoil/reload for Spread for me, but that's just looking at the numbers as I haven't used it in pratice.
And the Gyarados LBG is really really really really good for spread. Seriously good. It has zero to low recoil on it, fast reload, and decent clip sizes with LBG mobility. Plus RF Water, both healing ammo, and good status ammo.
The Diablos line (Gryphon Blazooka) is the other N3 gun I was looking at next to the Power Shooter Bone line. I'm unsure at which one is actually better taking in recoil, reload, and clip sizes into account.
With 2 recoil mods Anji HBG gets everything but like sticky 2, cluster 2, dragon, demon, and wyvern into recoil 1 or 2. The only stuff that benefits from 1 reload mod are normal 3, Pierce 2, Poison 2, Para 1, Flaming, and Tranq. So you will probably want to use another mod and deal with some stuff being slow which isn't that bad.
Well, if you're doing spread, then Close Range Up sounds like a good idea for the final mod. Or a Shield.
Close is Spread Critical Distance. Long is Pierce Critical Distance. Normal shots only get the benefit from Close if you have a Ballistics decoration.
Yeah I went with Close Range Up for my last mod. I guess if you got Focus and Special Ammo Boost you might want to try deviation for the dakka.
Story time! Finally got to fight Kush for the first time.
He moves a lot, and when I finally catch up to him he keeps farting on me and knocking me down before I can hit him. I cart a couple of times but manage to get him back to his "lair". He proceeds to drop 800 tornados and I spend so much time dodging around and looking for a place I can stand for 5 seconds he carts me again.
Wow, that was NOT fun.
Round 2. I'm smart, I brought wind resistance armor this time. It's not as strong as my other armor, but I should be fine, right? Wrong. Kush decides to go Category 5 on me and I cart 3 times... fast.
I'd like a better weapon, but I want Nergi talons and that fight was incredibly hard. The idea of farming it does not appeal to me so I think to myself, I got 70 hours out of the game, that's pretty good! I don't mind a hard fight, but Kush is just horribly designed. NOT FUN.
Well, I got some time to kill. I'll finish up some of these optional quests and mess around a bit. I manage to get a piece from Tobi I was missing for my new thunder glaive and decide to try Nergi one more time before calling it a night. I forgot to replenish my pouch so I have 1 max potion and 5 regular potions, but it doesn't matter. I destroy Nergi in 15 minutes without ever using the max potion.
Maybe, I'm getting better? Fight him a couple of more times and craft my Nergal Reaper. Elderseal huh?
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You just reminded me of something - there's a really interesting build around Arc Shot on the MH reddit forums. Similar to your idea, except it plays off exhaust rather than KO.
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Angie seems like it just has too much recoil/reload for Spread for me, but that's just looking at the numbers as I haven't used it in pratice.
And the Gyarados LBG is really really really really good for spread. Seriously good. It has zero to low recoil on it, fast reload, and decent clip sizes with LBG mobility. Plus RF Water, both healing ammo, and good status ammo.
The Diablos line (Gryphon Blazooka) is the other N3 gun I was looking at next to the Power Shooter Bone line. I'm unsure at which one is actually better taking in recoil, reload, and clip sizes into account.
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holy shit how did they not cart there around 4~ minutes
And those cluster bombs, God alive
....And I just like Wyvernsnipe better than Wyvernheart for larger enemies.
Normal 3/Status:
Arena (Non-Elemental decoration, no Slicing)
Normal 2 RF:
Nerg (more damage w/ right skills)
Odo (slightly less damage, much more utility)
Spread:
Gyarados (no Slicing)
Status:
Arena (1+2 of everything except exhaust)
Gyarados
Odo
Elemental:
Rath (Fire)
Gyrados (Water)
Toby (Thunder)
Wind Tornado Asshole Dragon (Ice)
Skill wise, both the Xeno set bonus and 2-3 Points in Free Element/Ammo Up are fantastic. Weakness Exploit is great because you should be always hitting weakpoints. Attack Up is good. Earplugs is great for Spread but less useful for others. Evade Distance is always good. A Mind's Eye/Ballistics decoration is fantastic for Pierce and some other ammos. And if running RF Elemental, two-piece Rath is really good.
Sadly, Elemental ammo is weak without Rapid Fire which makes the Xeno gun slightly weak outside of a utility and fashion option (two tripple gem slots and good ammo loadout). And the Slicing Nerf left the Vaal LBG by the wayside too, despite how cool it looks, since it's beaten by other guns on everything else.
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Yeah, I need to farm Zorah again to make that HBG.
It just looks like maximum explosion and stagger goodness.
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Wow what the HELL
Even going from one melee (GS) to HH and I have a hell of a time adjusting to the tempo and having to stand in different spots because you swing it like a golf club and not like you're chopping wood.
It's satisfying as hell to break horns errday but it's such a weird one to get used to.
I shelved LS after I beat xeno, but maybe I should pick it back up and actually learn how to use the counter, because i basically never used it otherwise. But gunning is always so much fun. AAAHHHH choices!
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Then came the Tobi Kadachi hunt. My Palico is a true cat bro now, he recruited a Kestodon and another cat bro. This made the fight so much easier. With the Tobi constantly distracted, I was able to wail on it over and over. Even with the distractions from my team, I could tell that I was just better at the game than the first time I took him on. I was able to consistently charge my sword and landed a few full charge supers. I took him out before he got to his nest. The final hit was so satisfying, that I now know why people love this game. Here is the moment I officially became addicted to Monster Hunter (it looks terrible because I took a screenshot of the victory screen and for some reason that seems to be taken at potato quality):
I lined that electric squirrel up, started the pre-moves and timed it perfectly to crack him directly on the head with the Super Amped Element Discharge. He went down like a sack of potatoes. Taking him out with a hit like that was just the greatest high that I will be chasing for pretty much forever.
He sadly didn't drop an electro sac, but I feel like I should be able to farm him a bit and have that weapon soon so I can feel comfortable taking on Legiana.
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Yeah, I primarily play the IG and Gunlance, and the Hunting Horn is super weird to get used to. I whiff with it pretty frequently.
Plus I frequently eat big damage while trying to find openings to play. Getting better, but it is a deceptively difficult weapon.
Like, my very first "wall" was Khezu in MHF2, I think. When I learned how to fight him, and that it was different from fighting other monsters, something "clicked" in my head. I got to the point where I was taking the base longsword without upgrades and killing him without taking any damage, using only fade slashes and pokes.
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Oh, totally. It was so satisfying to be able to go back and take on a Barroth and Tobi much more easily knowing it was because of my skill improvement not because of bigger numbers on my gear.
I remember my first encounter with Barroth being full of fear, missed attacks, horrible defense, etc. Since that fight I've learned from fights like the Radobaan and Tobi. As a result, it felt like I was the one in control against the Barroth and wow that was a great feeling. The game hadn't changed nor did I have gear that made me that much better. It was me that had levelled up.
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Did they maybe have Moxie or whatever it is that let's you live once through a killshot?
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I can say the CritDraw DP Bow build I linked a few pages back absolutely wrecks Xeno. You do somewhere in the area of 1000 damage a shot when enraged. When I lance I tend to hit the chest though. I think it does more damage and it's even safer than the feet.
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It's like what some of PA'ers were saying earlier when you were figuring out if you wanted to play the game - speedrun videos have a hard time conveying the amount of feedback you get ESPECIALLY when you perfectly time a full power SAED straight down the monster's noggin. Or when Great Sword smashers and Hammer Bros land their ultra head finishers. Or when Lance users power guard a Diablos charge and knock it on its ass with a straight counter. And so on.
It's great. This game is great.
Pro-tip: Sacs can't be carved, they're only in rewards. Carves only come from the pool of carveable items, but capture rewards can come from both the carve pool and the reward pool. You get more rewards when you capture (around 5 I think, the 2 you always get and 3 to make up for the lack of 3 carves) than when you carve (2) so you have a much higher chance to get one if you capture.
I guess its time to learn how to capture something
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With 2 recoil mods Anji HBG gets everything but like sticky 2, cluster 2, dragon, demon, and wyvern into recoil 1 or 2. The only stuff that benefits from 1 reload mod are normal 3, Pierce 2, Poison 2, Para 1, Flaming, and Tranq. So you will probably want to use another mod and deal with some stuff being slow which isn't that bad.
Are there things you can only do with low level characters that warrant starting alts?
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Get the monster to limp/skull icon, drop trap, jam two tranq bombs at it when it's trapped. Alternately, follow it back to its lair when it limps off, hit it with two tranqs while it's sleeping, drop a trap on its head. Don't take too long with method 2 or it'll heal up too much.
Not that I can think of? Like aside from gender swap there is nothing you can't do on one character.
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Most people do this for fashion hunter reasons. One boy hunter, one girl.
The heal up thing is a fear that is rarely a thing you have to worry about. Like I have trapped after an anjy has been resting for I swear 5 minutes because I got lost in ancient forest. God damn you ancient forest!
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Me though? Fuck farming those crakes a second time around. And I still haven't completed my first guild card yet. I need to really focus on the event quest before it disappears.
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MH3U Monster Cheat Sheet / MH3U Veggie Elder Ticket Guide
Well, if you're doing spread, then Close Range Up sounds like a good idea for the final mod. Or a Shield.
Close is Spread Critical Distance. Long is Pierce Critical Distance. Normal shots only get the benefit from Close if you have a Ballistics decoration.
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Nope!
Some people are just either crazy or want to try the different gender's armor.
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For me screw doing the arena grind for my sword. Like I could see helping someone else by doing some arenas, but those to me are anti fun and the thought of doing like 45 more of them for the cheevo is like "NOOO NOOOO"
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So far the anjanath one has worked out pretty well for normal shots, should be good for spread too.
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I really feel like I am learning the weapon, and the fact that there are so many different weapons and styles with which to do this, and my impression has been a similar variety of monsters to try this on, is just so exciting.
And hitting an enemy with the super amped element discharge is such a satisfying feeling holy shit.
Have you seen him? Now you have
Yeah I went with Close Range Up for my last mod. I guess if you got Focus and Special Ammo Boost you might want to try deviation for the dakka.
He moves a lot, and when I finally catch up to him he keeps farting on me and knocking me down before I can hit him. I cart a couple of times but manage to get him back to his "lair". He proceeds to drop 800 tornados and I spend so much time dodging around and looking for a place I can stand for 5 seconds he carts me again.
Wow, that was NOT fun.
Round 2. I'm smart, I brought wind resistance armor this time. It's not as strong as my other armor, but I should be fine, right? Wrong. Kush decides to go Category 5 on me and I cart 3 times... fast.
I'd like a better weapon, but I want Nergi talons and that fight was incredibly hard. The idea of farming it does not appeal to me so I think to myself, I got 70 hours out of the game, that's pretty good! I don't mind a hard fight, but Kush is just horribly designed. NOT FUN.
Well, I got some time to kill. I'll finish up some of these optional quests and mess around a bit. I manage to get a piece from Tobi I was missing for my new thunder glaive and decide to try Nergi one more time before calling it a night. I forgot to replenish my pouch so I have 1 max potion and 5 regular potions, but it doesn't matter. I destroy Nergi in 15 minutes without ever using the max potion.
Maybe, I'm getting better? Fight him a couple of more times and craft my Nergal Reaper. Elderseal huh?
Kush doesn't stand a chance. I'm back!