Monster Hunter

[sterile cobalt]

badum tsh

[meager quartz]

I like to think it's a Darth Jar Jar situation. She's got insidious intentions and pulls you into tense situations while she investigates something secret.

[late merlin]

If there was a "handler stop talking to me unless it is for plot reasons" setting she would be fine. But you aren't even safe if she is miles away in camp because she is saying stuff while you explore. And it isn't even helpful. "When in doubt, take a bite." First of all, that is not usually good advice, second of all, shut up for a bit please.

[meager quartz]

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQZvj6fdKAmmOu4z9A9TSx_tRLzrwAS_0hoMNTmahAGZe0oBf9hFsA7mmQ&s

[late merlin]

Alma is already quite a bit less annoying than the Handler but also doesn't say much outside of cutscenes. Which is how I wish the handler would behave. Haha.

[simple marlin]

Alma already better cause she collects for you during fights

[late merlin]

And even when she does say something it feels more natural because she is usually close by. Follows you out to the field but ducks out if combat starts.

[simple marlin]

Reminds you to carve tails, and lets you know when supplies restock

[late merlin]

I never managed to cut off a tail in the demo. Hard to do with a bow.

Not demo. Beta.

[simple marlin]

Puts potions and rations into your bird bag when hunts start

The real question is where she pulls it out from

[late merlin]

I do like the ability to go into the settings and change whether you want actual players or AI to respond to your SOS flare. But there was also the option to just have the ai Hunters with you from the start.

[simple marlin]

HUH?

I didn't see that part

[late merlin]

Like they won't explore with you but would head out with you if you start a quest from town, or show up the moment a real quest started.

The AI Hunters actually did a good job. The ones in Rise were fine but not as helpful.

I am not expecting Alma to ever pick up a weapon but since she follows you around anyway it would be cool if she did. Even if it was just at the start of an actual quest.

[simple marlin]

She pulls out a glock when you're in need

[late merlin]

I am pretty hyped for the full game.

I am both hoping we can customize our seikret but would also feel bad for doing so unless we were somehow customizing the seikret that likes us rather than getting a new one.

Want a horse bird as goth as my hunter and their cat.

[meager quartz]

I forgot to test the ai hunters

[late merlin]

I like having the ai Hunters around but if I do end up using them I will probably cap my hunts at 2 players so I can still keep my palico around.

Hauki will get his chance to shine.

[leaden karma]

Basically the same reason I hate human voices on palicos in wilds, at least to use for me

Trying to tell me stuff constantly in meows=cute

Trying to tell me stuff constantly actual words is annoying

[leaden karma]

Also pretty sure even with 4 people in wilds they still all get palicos

[late merlin]

My palico left whenever there was more than one other person.

[leaden karma]

Wait really? I've been LIED to

[late merlin]

Wow, cannot pause world even when playing solo.

This Tzitzi-ya-ku just walked up and punted my cat without ever technically being aggroed

[rough cipher]

I mean... if I was a dinosaur and saw a little floofy creature I'd be tempted too

[dusky vale]

man, thats what games these days are lacking

personality between npc

like how in wind waker, if a weapon was on the ground the enemies would bolt for them to fight with

let the dino punt small animals

[rough cipher]

Yea game wouldn't lose out if you made the animals have occational attitude/playful fun, it shouldn't be like everytime they see fluffy animal they punt it but just randomly it goes like: It's time!

[raw marlin]

Sick a random animal near poly, poly immediately tells it to fuck off

[rough cipher]

[raw marlin]

ngl i thought that was the space chat when i typed that

but hey, that'd be cool if poly told other animals to fuck off lmao

[jovial badge]

Mill Bots in Metal Arm: Glitch in The System when one "backfires" (farts) and the other nearby ones give him shit.

[acoustic abyss]

@raw marlin @leaden karma @jovial badge @junior atlas @meager quartz @rough cipher

The whole squad gotta see this

[junior atlas]

[rough cipher]

Pffft xD

[leaden karma]

That's some style right there

[late merlin]

It is sad that I had to learn of the existence of Thousand Dragons by playing the Wilds Beta. There should be some kind of clutch claw tutorial in World. That I actually did

There is one but I have not done it

[simple marlin]

In world tbf, you dont even use dragon piercer

Its just mid

[late merlin]

I use dragon piercer. Would rather have fun than just chase the meta.

Am I just not chasing the meta because I am way too lazy to make five elemental builds? Maybe

[raw marlin]

@dusky vale

[worn harbor]

Dear lord

He hit em with the parabolic arc and everything

[late merlin]

I wish there was a Bazelguese bow. Seething Bazelguese is one of my favorite fights

Favorite monster doesn't even have a weapon for me

[worn harbor]

Honestly, I thought the same thing back when I played World, innate bazelgeuse bomb arrows sound awesome

[late merlin]

Right? Could make arrowheads out of the scales, surely they would keep the boom properties

Also pinecones are cool

[worn harbor]

pinecone arrows

[simple marlin]

https://tenor.com/view/seregios-monster-hunter-monster-hunter4ultimate-apex-seregios-gif-25676360

Pinecone?

[turbid gate]

Seregios was pretty cool

[simple marlin]

I called it steve in the gif searcher and was wondering why it wasnt working

[simple marlin]

Tfw the HH puts out their super dps buff the moment the monster falls over

[raw marlin]

i read that as super doots

https://tenor.com/view/skeleton-trumpet-gif-4622525

[simple marlin]

Tbf it is a super doot

It needs to recharge like wyvern blast

[late merlin]

I love evade extender so much.

Very slide. Much charge

[late merlin]

Got that early game swag where you don't even have decorations yet so you need to wear armor from five different sets to not even come close to maxing out a skill

Got two points of constitution tho. Cannot make too much progress because I am playing through with a buddy. I can only hope that Wilds won't have any missions that force you to watch a cutscene or three before you can join/invite others

[acoustic abyss]

The early game mismatch drippage

[late merlin]

A shame Chameleos isn't in Monster Hunter World. I really like the bow aesthetically.

[simple marlin]

https://tenor.com/view/chameleos-dissapear-gif-23323011

[simple marlin]

Pretty sure chameleos is in rise

[late merlin]

It is, and I use the chameleos bow as a layered weapon in Rise

[simple marlin]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtHbjZW9u0o

I've never seen someone so entranced at a cat making bread

[leaden karma]

Now anytime someone tells me gamers doesnt care about small world details i have a perfect example

[late merlin]

Another thing I like about Wilds is that you can pick the ingredients and those are actually what is used in cooking. So you could do a vegetarian roleplay challenge.

Even in the beta I found myself using the fish instead of the red meat even tho I didn't need the defense and would have benefited more from the attack bonus of the red meat. Simply because IRL I prefer fish. No getting around rations and well done steak besides not using them.

I wonder if bow mains canonically have heart problems because of all of the dash juice.

[junior atlas]

the dash juice shakes while trying to do the dragon piercer

[late merlin]

I crave progress but I am playing through the game with a friend.

[jovial badge]

Y'know this is half true in World/Iceborne. It doesn't affect the animation but changes what dish looks like when it comes out.

[late merlin]

Even the vegetable meals include a ton of meat

[raw marlin]

I respect the protein, however sometimes ya need a big salad

[late merlin]

My housemate rage quit World after the Radobaan it asks you to hunt during the expedition to the rotten veil left just before he could kill it.

So probably won't be getting Wilds, but as a vegetarian irl I am sure he would appreciate the cooking system in Wilds

[jovial badge]

The... Radobaan...?

Oh no... That's... I don't think they stood a chance of finishing world if they rage quit on Radobaan.

[late merlin]

It was a DPS check, and he failed.

[late merlin]

I wonder if I shouldn't play through Monster Hunter World with charge blade. Since I will be using a lot of bow in WIlds, but also plan to use the charge blade more.

I do like the charge blade.

[late merlin]

With my friend using long sword it might also be a bad Idea to go melee tho.

[leaden karma]

thats what got me into bowguns

[raw marlin]

you cvan only take being harassed by massive arc swings for so long

[late merlin]

I am hoping he either gets better with the long sword or picks a new weapon soon. But if world has some version of flinch free I will try to get it.

Wilds hopefully will.

I am also using a defender weapon because I want to get through the base game as quickly as possible, but I also have a ton of experience with Monster Hunter. I am worried that my friend using a defender long sword is going to make Iceborne a challenge once we finally get there.

You can get commendations early if you do the event quest to hunt two Kirins. Not that early and this is only important if you cannot make story progress too quickly because you are going through it all with someone else. But I already have a Defender Bow 3 and we are only HR 9 or 10. I think 10.

[humble pumice]

id drop down with you guys and bonk with doots

[late merlin]

We are on PS4 unfortunately. Well, he has a PS5. Would consider getting one as well if we got a Bloodborne sequel or even just a remaster.

I do have the game on PC but haven't been playing it on there. Might get as far as iceborne on PC for the palico layered armor in Wilds.

[humble pumice]

oh... im solely on pc

[late merlin]

I am hoping we get access to all armor as layered like in Rise even if not until High Rank.

World is a fun game but its layered armor game is lacking. Which is fine because you do get the Brigade armor which I used as layered in Rise until late in the DLC.

[late merlin]

Charge blade is pretty good for cutting tails.

[worn harbor]

https://youtube.com/shorts/cVaEKW7BBAQ?si=4y235SbwqLuyW0br

"So tasty" is gone in Wilds

Why even live

[late merlin]

It isn't gone. Watched a whole video on someone trying to find it and for some reason it only played outside of the one safe camp underground

[jovial badge]

The "So Tasty!" lady is trapped underground.

[worn harbor]

Damn

[worn harbor]

That's relieving

[jovial badge]

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/9lLYb5nY_1I

[late merlin]

I really like the coral horn offering buffs in World but the plunderblade is too good not to use.

But free buffs are nothing to scoff at.

[leaden karma]

Always got my palico on the drums

[meager quartz]

I've been using Vigorwasp for so long that I forgot there were other options.

[turbid gate]

Same. That vigor wasp heal comes in clutch way too often.

[jovial badge]

Plunderblade for life cuzz I loved mounting the monster with my Palico

[late merlin]

Does the arrow you loose after a bow clutch claw attack count towards mounting damage? I don't think it does but it is also fired after you dismount and and it possible to miss.

[late merlin]

Playing through Iceborne for the first time and it is so nice ||having a different Handler||

[raw marlin]

[simple marlin]

https://youtu.be/0XiFiYPxEQY?t=52&si=_ViFZ1waafrCtuhQ

Time stamped

[late merlin]

Iceborne is actually giving me some trouble. I should do literally any of the optional content that makes the game easier. I didn't even unlock any Palico gadgets besides the plunderblade on this save. Canteen? Haven't unlocked more than 5% of the ingredients

I still cannot even get more than one type of item from the big tree.

It really does seem like I ran through the base game and literally nothing else on this save and then for some reason stopped before even going to to Seliana for some reason.

Was also using the insect glaive instead of the bow so if this wasn't clearly my character and on the PS4 I would assume I somehow downloaded someone else's save.

Actually failed a quest for the first time in World. Hunting a Barioth and my gear is just not good enough. Also keep running out of stamina. While I do only have one level of Constitution I am also very dumb.

[turbid gate]

Iceborne gets really fucking hard after you finish it's story

[simple marlin]

Yeah its a rough but great time

[late merlin]

I am very used to Rise, which is more arcady.

Evade Extender 3 is much more fun in Rise, but I still cannot imagine not having it again in World now that I do

[late merlin]

Need to spend more time in sword and board mode. Game keeps telling me I can block, which is only partially true. If I am using the sword mode of the Charge Blade it is to get back into whirligig saw mode.

Rip and tear and all that

[simple marlin]

The correct and only way to play is whirlygig mode

[simple marlin]

What level of CBT Hell

2 Alatreons

Why would you subject yourself to that

[jovial badge]

"What CBT" it's not just the Alatreons but Safi'Jiva is in there????

[simple marlin]

Safi'jivas not That bad

Alatreon is the bigger concern

[jovial badge]

No, but they always have Health as if there was 4 hunters, and Safi'Jiva has a lot of health.

[simple marlin]

Yeaaaah

But Safi is just mostly tedium

[jovial badge]

That's what I mean

Like that's a lot of health to try and get through that fast.

[turbid gate]

Should the 55min rule still apply after completing high rank? I feel like it shouldn't anymore

I personally hated it in late iceborne hunts

[simple marlin]

Imo the timer really doesn't feel necessary on most ocassions

The timer makes sense in Wilds for some monsters

The Ray Dau leaves when the weather is no longer stormy since its a lightning aspected monster

Makes perfect sense

[turbid gate]

When it says 5mins remaining and I know I, a solo hunter, will not achieve that goal it just ruins the momentum of the hunt.

[simple marlin]

For me, when we see that, its really just an indicator to leave and come back and get good

My friends and I I mean

What I have noticed with Wilds in particular during the Beta is that the monster tends to flee like

ALOT

[turbid gate]

Idk if I liked wilds yet. That opening hunt in the beta was so overwhelming with everything happening at once.

[late merlin]

I wish Chameleos was in World. What is the point of having layered weapons but not having the Chameleos bow? Haha.

[worn harbor]

I wish Worlds weapons were nicer tbh

[late merlin]

With a few notable exceptions, World seems to be trying to take itself a lot more seriously than GenU did.

[worn harbor]

I did enjoy Gen U a lot tho

Nicer weapons for one

also a lot more monsters

[late merlin]

After hitting HR4, which didn't take long, one of my Palicos was basically never not Isabelle from Animal Crossing. The other one ended up being toon link.

And while super limited in what you could actually do, the Prowler mode was a lot of fun, especially when goofing around with a friend who was also a prowler.

[worn harbor]

Tho GenU featured Dante from Devil May Cry

[late merlin]

I am liking the Dante Charge Blade

In World

[worn harbor]

Same

[jovial badge]

https://fxtwitter.com/QuirklessStoner/status/1857591597610971300

[late merlin]

Bazelguese is a very different fight with a charge blade than it is with a bow.

[meager quartz]

lol, I hate fighting Bazel.

[raw marlin]

https://tenor.com/view/monster-hunter-world-bazelgeuse-bazel-monster-hunter-crash-gif-633371113836952440

[simple marlin]

https://tenor.com/view/bazelgeuse-mysterygii-gif-26640472

[late merlin]

Bazelguese is my favorite nephew. A joke I have been making since before I had a nephew but I do have one now, making it funnier.

[simple marlin]

https://tenor.com/view/seregios-monster-hunter-monster-hunter4ultimate-gif-25676359

[raw marlin]

I'd say I hate to love him and love to hate him

but this thing

is the only one i hate with all my being

[late merlin]

I like Bazelguese and the fight with Bazelguese but I do not like the gear you can get from him. There isn't even a Bazelguese bow. Or charge blade, the two weapons I use the most.

Definitely main the bow, however.

[late merlin]

I cannot seem to find my GenU cartridge anywhere. Now I need to stop myself from just buying it digitally because realistically I am not going to play more than five hours of it.

[late merlin]

I hope Bazelgeuse is in Wilds. Just because. Odds of us getting Nerscylla are very slim since there is already a spider monster shown off in the trailers.

[turbid gate]

I want my beeg crabs back

https://tenor.com/view/monster-hunter-crab-rave-monster-hunter-crab-dance-mh-crab-dance-mh-crab-rave-gif-26774770

[jovial badge]

Spoder

[late merlin]

Not enough legs.

[late merlin]

Hate when someone tries to call Gunner builds "Monster Hunter's easy mode." If it was really that easy more people would be using them.

[jovial badge]

Swaxe mains be like:

[late merlin]

Switch axe is fun. Manage to do a lot of damage with it despite not knowing what I am doing.

I think it is better that way. I do know how to use the charge blade but miss a lot anyway, I miss the focus mode from Wilds

[jovial badge]

I was joking about how Swaxe mains think every other weapon is braindead easy and they're use the braindeadest weapon.

[late merlin]

All weapons can be used by any player early game. But late game really makes you learn a weapon or two otherwise you will hit a wall

[turbid gate]

The amount of menuing that gunner builds require while avoiding danger makes them one of the hardest right under the lances imo

[late merlin]

Just did the Leshen fight for the first time. Didn't like it.

Too much nonsense. Would be more fun with my cat.

[simple marlin]

I think weapon haters just dont know how to use any other weapon other than their main

Like i main db and gunlance but that didnt stop me from diverdifying and trying out other weapons

I can tell you now, my least favorite was lance cause it just wasnt calling to me

But i know lance mains are terrifying

[late merlin]

Rat Baby finally fits his nam

name

[turbid gate]

I've hunted with every weapon and they're all fun and for different types of hunters. I just like challenging myself by only using one weapon type for a playthrough

[late merlin]

I have used every weapon once or twice since I like doing the arena quests with every weapon available. But I always end up back with the bow.

I do think that Focus Mode in Wilds will be the thing that makes me like the charge blade as much as the bow.

Just being able to direct my attacks instead of getting stuck in an animation just to the left of where I would like to be aiming will be a game changer.

I do think you need to do a perfect block to enter savage axe mode as well so maybe I will remember I have a shield.

Have perfect blocked a few things by accident. Mostly at the end of an attack that leaves me in a block position.

[meager quartz]

The auto block frames are quite nice sometimes.
I was trying to figure out what was triggering savage the entire time I was playing. I couldn't see a pattern while I was fighting.

[late merlin]

Would be cool if you could trigger it after a power struggle. Just push a monster down, swing around it, then cut its tail off with a spinning saw.

I didn't try but surely the charge blade can trigger a power struggle. Any weapon that can block is able to.

[sterile cobalt]

ye all it takes is a perfect guard on certain attacks

[late merlin]

Perfect guard is also how you activate savage axe mode. So maybe my vision is a reality.

Unless the power struggle prevents it.

I am also probably going to use bow for the most part. Maybe mix it up. Use the charge blade every third hunt or if I need a tail.

I have cut off many a tail with arrows but not usually on purpose.

Just aim for the face with a dragon piercer that can hit the tail more than once if it passes all of the way through.

Although since arrows are perfectly capable of cutting tails I suppose it would be easier to do than ever if I get a tracer arrow up in there.

[sterile cobalt]

With how fast dragon piercer can come out now as well, i dont think bow is gonna struggle nearly as much with severs

[late merlin]

I think it would only work in offline for obvious reasons but it would be sweet if we could make custom ai Hunter mods. So we can mod each other's hunters into the game to help out.

Surely someone will figure out how to do it. But it won't be easy to do.

I would be willing to fully voice a second me to go hunting with. Can name them "Evil Satu"

[meager quartz]

I did a power struggle on the lion a couple times. It triggered on a block for a specific attack animation.

I do recall the savage icon was lit up after those 2 events.

[late merlin]

Hell yeah!

Focus mode is going to make charge blade so much more fun.

I love charge blade but I do miss a lot.

Attacks I feel like should totally land always hitting a bit to the left. Too far to the left.

I do wonder how builds are going to look with the option to quickly switch between weapons. Unless the weapons themselves have enough skills to be a build on their own, people are realistically going to have one weapon they are built for and one they are not.

Unless you use two of the same. I would be willing to keep a status bow for when I am on my Seikret and a damage bow for when I am in the thick of battle.

[meager quartz]

I plan on having a status bow with my charge blade main.

[late merlin]

Heavy bowgun would probably be better for status if you could be bothered to manage the ammo. Which I cannot.

[meager quartz]

I cannot lol

[late merlin]

Wild that I need to hit HR 50 to unlock some layered armor. You make it to the DLC at around HR 16.

[late merlin]

Trying to make some armor

Might end up making the leather pants purple as well. Wish I could make the vest black and keep just the coat purple. Would look better.

[jovial badge]

I have a Pocketcat costume as well.

[junior atlas]

you wouldnt catch me putting on the pedo costume @jovial badge

[turbid gate]

https://tenor.com/view/what-did-he-say-meme-gif-23373334

CATCH? meaning you do it secretly?!?!

[simple marlin]

https://tenor.com/view/get-real-among-us-sus-amogus-imposter-gif-25987674

[junior atlas]

im saying i would never put that on

[turbid gate]

[meager quartz]

I just mod in layered armor. I really don't care to grind for cosmetics.

esp after this many years

[jovial badge]

I like Pocketcat as an antagonist. ||Tries to kill a child to stop the birth of The God of Fear and Hunger.|| Fails. ||Then tries to interfere in the Festival of Termina to stop the birth of Logic and the awakening of The Sulfur God.|| Fails?

He's a really neat mechanic in that he makes the game easier but locks you out of the "better" endings if you work with him.

Anyways, more on topic.

I hope they bring some heat with the OST for Wilds. And by Heat I mean stuff like Crimson Fatalis' theme. World felt too upbeat for the vast majority of the boss themes honestly.

I think the only themes I really liked are Velkhana (which worked out cuzz I love Velkhana), Kulve Taroth, and Brachydios' theme.

Like most Monster Hunter music ironically makes me think of what I wish a Mobile Suit gundam game would feel like. lmao

[meager quartz]

I had to replace my music with FalKKonE's stuff. So much better.

[late merlin]

I have been listening to violin covers of some of the monster themes.

Cannot remember the channel but it is good stuff.

[meager quartz]

FalKKonE does awesome symphonic metal of a lot of music.

[late merlin]

The Brigade layered armor already having a sword makes me want to make a wide range support build with the Witcher sword and shield. Just have three swords.

I probably won't ever get around to doing that tho. Having too much fun with the Dante Charge Blade. Cannot wait to be able to make layered weapons.

[late merlin]

Oh, no. I am really enjoying the hammer. It is almost like very weapon in this game is good.

[leaden karma]

That'd be crazy

[late merlin]

I was using the hammer a bunch to get the king hunter coins I needed to craft this layered armor.

Only needed five. For a bit there I had four and only needed one more. Didn't get one two arena quests in a row, and then I got three of them from one quest.

I am hoping the brigade armor makes it into Wilds. But I am also curious as to how that will work with gender locked armor being a thing of the past. So I have heard. Will you have both options of the Brigade armor or just the more interesting "male" version? Time will tell.

Perhaps it just means it is called something else. If there was an option to pick body type I didn't see it. Haha

I am sure there was an option and I just actually missed it.

[sterile cobalt]

ye there was an option for it. iirc you can piecemeal each part as the male or female design at will

[meager quartz]

I don't use most weapons due to being used to certain animation speeds. Anything faster or slower and I get thrown off.

[simple marlin]

https://tenor.com/view/dual-blades-at-its-finest-gif-14886322

[late merlin]

Oh, hey. I was just saying a few hours ago that I have not seen a single one of these in World so far

[leaden karma]

I have a few hundred hours in world and I just recently got some of the skill gems

They do not like giving you what you're missing or need

[late merlin]

I do miss the ability to just craft decorations.

Hopefully you can just craft them in Wilds. Monster Hunter is all about the grind but this level of RNG is just not fun.

[leaden karma]

Yeah then there's the safi and kulve rng grind

Just too much

[late merlin]

I have never hunted Kulve. If I tried I would probably need to use an SOS Flare but I prefer to play where no one can see me. They might know I don't have a single defense or attack boosting skill.

I am all evasion all of the time. And some stamina management.

I probably should make a better build but decoration RNG continues to make it hard to make a good build.

[late merlin]

Just got four tails from a single hunt. One from a carve and then three more as a bonus reward. And the people want to know, where are all of these tails coming from?! Haha

[late merlin]

I love my totally not cursed son

[jovial badge]

[late merlin]

My son, Rat Baby, who has every disease.

[late merlin]

Oh, hey. Just earlier today I was talking about hoping the Fun Fright event starts soon and it started today

[sterile cobalt]

spoke it into existence

[late merlin]

I know there is a new event every two weeks or so but I didn't think we would get this one again since it was the last event as well. But it does kind of make sense as well since it is still November

[late merlin]

It is bi bi weekly. Two weeks on, two weeks off.

[late merlin]

Quality freeze frame

[late merlin]

Hmmm. I seem to be missing something. Despite following a guide and cross referencing optional quests I am missing some 6 and 7 star HR quests. Despite doing all of them.

I have even gone through and caught one of every single high rank monster just to be safe and nothing.

[raw marlin]

Anyone around that needs talked to? I was missing a few then I realized I still needed to talk to some people

[late merlin]

If there are, they are hiding very well. I even checked the research base

[raw marlin]

damn

[turbid gate]

Might have to go on an expedition. Sometimes they're out in the field.

[late merlin]

Are bow mains only responding to SOS flares set off by other bow users?

I don't usually use the SOS flare system because I can more easily finish a hunt alone, even if it takes a little longer.

But if I do use an SOS flare while using the bow it feels like two or all three of the people who respond are also using the bow

Had one person join me only to cart three times

[late merlin]

I will need to check the quests more carefully. No Idea where to even get it but I was able to join a quest named Waist Deep on Waste which was the 6 star quest I was missing.

Alternatively I can just keep getting lucky with responding to SOS flares.

Sorry, it was called Up to your waist in waste

Oh, no. One option quest requires I do a special assignment first. Which apparently I cannot do without the handler. I was hoping to go as long as possible without getting her back.

[late merlin]

Good news, I managed to do that quest without needing to do the special assignment. Bad news, all of the remain quests require I actually track monsters and level up the research

[raw marlin]

I feel that

[late merlin]

I managed to get the optional quest I needed done.

[raw marlin]

nice!

[late merlin]

Now I just need someone on PS4 who has the last few optional quests I need so I don't need to actually get 15 different monsters to research level 6

Not going to lie, I do not remember ever using a light bowgun.

[raw marlin]

ya used it once must have been one of those "just gonna experiement" runs

did one and done lmao

[late merlin]

I have used it before in other games. Not bad but not as fluid as the bow.

[late merlin]

The ancient forest is so pretty in the rain

[raw marlin]

it is

[late merlin]

I already miss the Serious Handler. Got the original handler back. Haha

[late merlin]

This 50 Shades of White quest is giving me a lot of trouble. Barioth seems to be giving me trouble in general in World and this one is big.

Need the Guild Palace bow, however.

[simple marlin]

Its cause nargacuga plus cold

[late merlin]

It is because World's maxed out Evade Extender is not nearly as absurd as in Rise.

I did manage to max out Constitution which helps a lot but I might need Stamina Surge as well.

[leaden karma]

Yeah evade extender with the light blowgun dodge reloads is like a whole different game

Can just roll and reload through most attacks pretty easily

Its iframes even without evade extender is pretty absurd

[late merlin]

If you want more i-frames you can also go with evade window. I am sure extender offers more i-frames but I use it for the slide.

My entire bow strategy is to just never stop moving

[late merlin]

Imagine Rise levels of absurd evade extender paired with adept hunter style perfect dodge.

Could probably clear a football field.

[late merlin]

Earplugs is a very useful skill to have but you would think the hunter would just wear earplugs.

No way they aren't going to be nearly or totally deaf by 30.

[late merlin]

Why did no one warn me that Arch Temperd Vaal Hazak was a hard fight?! Haha

[raw marlin]

Hey uhhhhh AT Vaal is a rough fight. Better prepare!

[turbid gate]

You mean their status effect isn't easy? Ridiculous.

I like losing all of my HP

[raw marlin]

I managed to do the fight with no mantles. Ran out of nullberries though. Depleted my entire stock with that fight lmao

[late merlin]

My build is pretty awful. Basically all of my skills are for evasion and stamina. Nothing towards defense, health, or even attack.

All gas, no brakes and all that.

What I need to do but haven't because I am lazy is make five different elemental builds. Since I am a bow main.

I take down master rank monsters with massive health pools by chipping away at their health in tiny amounts like the world's most persistent mosquito.

Honestly the only thing I want from AT Vaal Hazak is the ability to craft the Death Stench layered armor.

[turbid gate]

Abusing the monster weaknesses is pretty OP as is in world

[late merlin]

I am still hunting solo but I plan on switching back to charge blade as soon as I am hunting with my friend again.

Get some charge blade practice in before Wilds.

Have considerably better gear now than I did when the 50 Shades of White Barioth was kicking my butt. Maybe I can try that again when I wake up tonight.

A Guild Palace bow would be better than what I have been using.

[simple marlin]

The mosquito is insect glaive

[late merlin]

Insect glaive flies around a lot, sure, but arrows are closer to a mosquito's bite.

[late merlin]

I have made my first elemental bow. Only managed to get it up to Gigacles+

There is another upgrade but I need another Uragaan Jaw + and I am currently sick of hunting Uragaan. Haha

[late merlin]

Someone using the switch axe carted three times, so I am not sure why they even responded to an SOS flare. But I did get this good freeze frame screenshot out of it.

[late merlin]

I am sure I will still get my money's worth but I have no Idea why I preordered the premium deluxe edition of Monster Hunter Wilds

[meager quartz]

I did that the day it was available on Steam lol

[simple marlin]

@late merlin Genuine question

Would you have liked a more mystical base camp theme

Or the current one

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pwtocVva8Q

[late merlin]

I never paid too much attention to the music in Astera since I spend very little time there. Of anything what it needs is more dock noises. Just chatter and people at work moving stuff around.

Whatever the Monster Hunter equivalent of a seagull would be.

[simple marlin]

https://tenor.com/view/screaming-bird-alarm-clock-wake-up-gif-11858070275565777857

[late merlin]

Monster Hunter Generations is fun but I keep trying to do things added in 5th Gen.

But Alchemy Style is fun. Just running around shaking a barrel.

[sterile cobalt]

adept style my beloved
barrel is a good time, is true. we love free earplugs

[late merlin]

I usually play Adept Bow

[sterile cobalt]

Adept lbg was my main throughout GenU, but swapping to alchemy funlance every now and again kept things interesting

[late merlin]

I keep trying to charge my sword with the chargeblade but that was added in World.

[leaden karma]

Apparently they heard our complaints and MH wilds is getting hit stop back

[simple marlin]

You mean the frame of our weapon stopping when it meets the monster?

I noticed that but chalked it up to db being fast

[leaden karma]

Yeah, article I read basically said that there were complaints about it in world, probably by new players not used to it, and it was tuned wayyyy down for the beta earlier

But now people wanted it back so it's back, at least from what I read

[simple marlin]

DB remains my favorite wound ability

[meager quartz]

Nice, I missed it.

[sterile cobalt]

it was for sure jarring at first, but it makes big hits feel GOOD
we win \o/

[dusky vale]

i dunno why they ever thought to remove that. in tri, i would have a full second of that action stop when wailing on jhen mohran

which i am definitely hoping makes it into wilds

[leaden karma]

MHW brought a ton of new people which complained about it

but by the time wilds came around there were a bunch of people vocal about missing it

[meager quartz]

Weird take to hate it.

[leaden karma]

i mean if you havent played a game that had heavy hitstop before it could feel weird

but also it feels great so def not in that camp

[dusky vale]

the only people who bitched were dumbasses screaming about "muh frames!"

people who literally do not understand aesthetic

[leaden karma]

Basically

[meager quartz]

Yeah, they equated the effect to frame loss.

[worn harbor]

I didn't like World as much as I hoped I would so personally I hope it stays in Wilds

I like when big ol axe or big ol sword actually sticks into the monster for a sec, gives the weapon a sort of weight to it

[late merlin]

I wish I had tried more weapons in the beta. Despite having played for 15 hours I only used the bow.

[worn harbor]

I like how they changed Hammers hitbox to be more manageable personally, it's not tiny anymore though I think they did that starting in World. I mostly only play Charge Blade and Switch Axe tho, I really like what they did with those two in Wilds.

Gonna try going back to Insect Glaive, haven't used that since 4U

Where it was awesome

[late merlin]

4U was my first Monster Hunter game. I started with the IG but the game didn't click for me until a bit after I switched to bow.

[late merlin]

I am glad that Wilds is going to be cross platform.

[sterile cobalt]

saaame, took em long enough to implement

[jovial badge]

That is an insane amount of petty on both of your parts. lmao

[sterile cobalt]

HE KEPT DOING IT

[late merlin]

Who wants to play GenU with me sometime? I am not very far yet because I am starting over with charge blade.

Solo alchemy charge blade is plenty of fun but I am sure I would have more fun if I had a group to buff.

At the moment I am just using the health boosters and whetstones. Sometimes use the alchemy food as well.

[meager quartz]

I'm going to have to pass. I only have it on the 3DS.

[late merlin]

Just hunted Nerscylla in GenU with a charge blade and it was a ton of fun. Please, Capcom, give me my favorite monster in Wilds.

[worn harbor]

You getting different spider

[late merlin]

You can have multiple spiders

[sterile cobalt]

||if the leaks are anything to go by, youll be getting your spider||

[worn harbor]

||There were leaks???||

[jovial badge]

||You clicked on this spoiler. :)||

[turbid gate]

||I sure did ||

[jovial badge]

[jovial badge]

[sterile cobalt]

||twas datamining more than anything, but theres a list of returning monsters pulled from the demo's code, including nerscylla, lagiacrus and gravios among others||

[worn harbor]

||underwater fighting confirmed??? 👀||

[late merlin]

||Swimming is back, you could swim and even dive in the beta. But Capcom themselves have said that underwater combat is not back. It is just something you can use to find secrets.||

[worn harbor]

||Maybe you'll have to find Lagiacrus' lair by swimming underwater, like it's in a cave like last time, or that there's a phase change where you just dodge water shots for a while? Idk how bringing Lagiacrus back without underwater combat will work out personally.||

[late merlin]

||Isn't Lagiacrus in GenU or am I thinking of another big water monster? The fight without swimming is a pain since it keeps running away to the water and all you can do is dodge its ranged attacks until it comes back onto land||

||Anyway, I am not going to let myself get excited about the leaks until I am in game hunting Nerscylla||

[worn harbor]

||Ye that's what I'm fearing honestly, I hope it's not annoying and I hope they keep Lagiacrus at its roots because having a projectile phase for a monster you just wanna smack is kinda annoying||

[raw marlin]

||Made ya look ||

[raw marlin]

||Oh no I’ve been rattled ||

[late merlin]

This is going to sound weird but I think I am having more fun with charge blade in GenU than in World.

Like it is less fluid in its controls but the hunter arts are a lot of fun to use.

[simple marlin]

Tbf world had less player specific abilities and focused more on encouraging using your environment

Ie clutch claw charing monsters into walls or off cliffs

I take it as less personal in terms of gameplay for people who miss stuff like arts

[late merlin]

I use the clutch claw but it is fair to say I hate it. I am so glad the clutch claw isn't coming to Wilds

[simple marlin]

It is in wilds, just not people remember it

Which is great

I love how its used for DB Wounds

[late merlin]

Using it to tenderize monsters and send them into walls isn't coming back.

I don't mind the slinger itself.

[simple marlin]

God i hate tenderizing

Literally have to tenderize every 30 seconds

And it breaks the flow so I modded it to make it like 1 minute long

Which is usually how long encounters are

Before fleeing

[late merlin]

You have to push an extra button to switch to clutch claw with bow, and then the range sucks and you need to do it twice to tenderize unless you have a specific skill. It is way too distracting from the hunt

[simple marlin]

Clutchclaw probably the best thing about bow being thousand dragons

[late merlin]

Thousand dragons is back in Wilds and easier to use.

You use it the same way you would usually use dragon piercer, but without an arrow drawn kind of like a power shot. If you have an arrow drawn you use draogn piercer, and using it in the middle of a combo makes the dragon piercer come out faster.

Wilds bow is great, it is why I plan on still using it a lot even tho I am going to try to main the Charge Blade

[simple marlin]

HOMING ARROWS

[worn harbor]

Yeah, I share the same feelings

I LOVE Rise's Switch Axe tho

Rise Switch Axe is (chef's kiss)

Tho I loved slamming a monster into a wall every 5 seconds, especially ones that won't stop moving...

Lookin at you, Tigrex.

[raw marlin]

https://tenor.com/view/mhw-gif-10904642811316432477

I like to bonk

[turbid gate]

Amen

[meager quartz]

I'm quite glad the clagger is not coming back. I love the mod in World that just removes the monster's tenderizer bar.

I would also agree that the arts in 4u and genu made the charge blade more fun.

[leaden karma]

they outdid themselves with all the ranged weapons, both bowguns and the bow are so much fun to play

[late merlin]

Bows have always been fun to play, even before they were in the series.

I am going to mod bows into Monster Hunter 2 and play that, let's go.

[late merlin]

Hey, Capcom, what the hell? How are you going to give us a fight like Ahtal-Ka at the end of GenU but not give us a fight quite like that since?

Wilds has a big ol' desert. I don't think it would realistically happen but I would probably sell one or both of my kidneys to fight Ahtal-Ka in 6th gen HD.

[turbid gate]

Is that the crazy scrap monster fight?

[late merlin]

It pulls a fecking mech out of the sand, yeah.

Me beating GenU six years after everyone else: "Have you seen this? We need to tell everyone about this"

[sterile cobalt]

ahtal ka is an amazing fight, but i have doubts itll ever show up again
i wouldnt be surprised if jhen moran shows up though

[simple marlin]

Yeen

Where's the Yeen Monster

[sterile cobalt]

THATS WHAT IM SAYIN
give us a bone cruncher

[dusky vale]

Why would you want that? You’d have to kill it

[sterile cobalt]

didnt stop me from having 0 nargacuga kills in genu despite having the full set/weapon
traps exist :)

[simple marlin]

I mean, Odagaron are bone munchers

[dusky vale]

Nargacuga deserves it

The lil shit

I want more birds

Because birds are turds

https://tenor.com/view/qurupeco-jaggi-monster-hunter-monster-hunter-portable3rd-fish-gif-24492251

I miss doing everything to stop the lil fucker from summoning the pickle

Return and learn to summon Bagle goose

[meager quartz]

oh yea, forgot he does that lol

[meager quartz]

Bringing home a new JO crystal

[dusky vale]

Nothin like hunting say, barioth, and quarpecko shows up and screams for deviljo

Just cause

[raw marlin]

https://tenor.com/view/bird-bird-up-terminal-montage-monster-hunter-gif-16266096

[late merlin]

I really like the Malfestio fight/gear.

Love my little goth jester Palicos.

[turbid gate]

https://tenor.com/view/spongebob-drooling-tongue-lick-gif-5640314

[jovial badge]

MODS, MAKE HIM STOP.

[meager quartz]

I saw the thumbnail but forgot to lookup who Daisy was.

[jovial badge]

It was more or less that Tigrex was in the thumbnail.

[simple marlin]

Hammer Bros reeling

[turbid gate]

[simple marlin]

They addressed monsters running afte r30 seconds of fighting

Insect Glaives can now be mosquitoes again

[worn harbor]

Where can I find that full change list 😮

[simple marlin]

Its on Steam

[worn harbor]

WAW

[worn harbor]

Wait, where?

[worn harbor]

Ah, see i clicked that an i didnt see anything

Oh nvm wrong one

That's my man

[late merlin]

Bow has already been nerfed and the game isn't even out yet. Which is fair.

I plan on maining charge blade anyway.

Or at least going 50/50 bow and charge blade depending on my mood

[late merlin]

Going to make my cat look more like my hunter, then my Seikret look like my cat.

Just imagine the seikret guy seeing a hunter and their cat and being like "you are never going to believe this but we have a bird in your color palette."

[leaden karma]

Bows are not allowed to have fun

[late merlin]

I have been a bow main since 2015, bows are always fun. But melee weapon users hate when the ranged weapons are actually good.

[turbid gate]

I never liked the bow until world made it fun.

[late merlin]

Bow is certainly a little weird in 4U and Gen/GenU. But I liked it.

[late merlin]

Rathalos can be pretty annoying when you are using a blade weapon. Get your scaly ass down here so I can cut it off.

[turbid gate]

https://tenor.com/view/flashbang-flash-閃光-閃光彈-scream-gif-15667015

Rath when I hunt them

[raw marlin]

I used to never use flash shit, until I needed to religiously hunt rath for some reason. Then I learned to love them

Also trolling @leaden karma with them too

We need to hunt sometime soon

[leaden karma]

Yeah we do

Can't wait for wilds, I'm going to be so lost in the sauce

[raw marlin]

Dude I can’t wait

I’m eyeballing rise while I’m on my switch right now. Something to keep me busy here lmao

[late merlin]

I should pick Rise back up. Not even 100% sure why I stopped playing but I am only MR 124. So there is more to see.

[late merlin]

I am now playing through Rise on Steam since a friend gifted it to me.

Guess Rise and Sunbreak were/are on sale

[raw marlin]

it's been going on and off sale for a while now. good game 👍

[simple marlin]

Very fun game

Some people didnt like it cause they thought it was too casual

[late merlin]

I am Master Rank 124 on the Switch. So I have played it before. But I am once again playing through with the charge blade. Have been using the bow since 2015 but if I can help it I will be good at the charge blade by the time Wilds comes out.

It is wild when people complain about quality of life stuff. Like being able to restock at camp. Just don't do that. I don't.

[late merlin]

I may just be tired but Khezu is the first monster so far to give me trouble with charge blade

[simple marlin]

Pretty sure the penis monster gives everybody a hard time

Cause it just tells melee users to fuck off for 5 seconds whenever it wants

[late merlin]

Hard to work on my guard points when the Khezu is wildly flailing around its flaccid everything. Haha

[turbid gate]

Also it has weird hard points

[late merlin]

It is just happy to see you

[sterile cobalt]

https://youtu.be/aX0wxnX6WDI?si=8uWu8o9AgudnHKYa

[worn harbor]

good lird they ajakakan that thang

[late merlin]

Is it February 28th yet?

I will need the file my taxes early. If I wait until after February 28th I will simply forget to do it before April 12th or 15th. Cannot remember which is the deadline.

I usually file in late January/early February anyway.

[raw marlin]

15th

I always recommend filing as soon as you’re able to. Sooner you do it sooner you (hopefully) get a return before the rush hits them

[turbid gate]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2ZoThIkV8A

[late merlin]

Anyone here playing the second beta?

Arkveld is kicking my arse. Stopped carrying after switching from Charge Blade to Bow but still timed out.

[meager quartz]

I was going to pass.

[late merlin]

I see a lot of folks wanting to wait until the game comes out. But there are cosmetic rewards in the full game for playing the betas.

Not wanting/caring about that is also fair. I do not remember the reward for the first one but the second is a palico charm. Whatever that is. Weapon charms being back, maybe?

[meager quartz]

What

I did not know this

I have just enough hdd space to dl it

[simple marlin]

21 gb

Need to do the first hunt and reach base camp

[late merlin]

No Idea what the pendant is. I think it is the weapon decorations. But you have to at least play the beta enough to get that 10 raw meat. Haha

[simple marlin]

Its like a phone charm

It dangles at the hilt of your weapon

[dusky vale]

mantles spotted. im not buying in until i know that vitality mantle isnt in the game

if vitality mantle shows up, fuck wilds

[acoustic abyss]

its defo gonna have it

[meager quartz]

No doubt

[junior atlas]

Cmon vitality mantle wasnt that bad :^)

[dusky vale]

every monster in the game after its addition was balanced around that fucking thing

capcom even made mention of it

[simple marlin]

Meanwhile me

Using auto dodge mantle

[dusky vale]

so if that particular mantle comes back, i see it no different than the birds in rise

im not buying a poorly balanced game from a AAA studio

[meager quartz]

The birds balance was pretty dumb

That was 1 of the many reasons I don't play it.

[dusky vale]

the mantle is even worse

at least with the birds, you could mod the max bird into the start and nothing was impacted. no collection needed. mantle? theres no balance for it

[meager quartz]

That would explain some things since I never used it. I don't like to play with those kinds of mechanics.

[jovial badge]

The only mantle I ever used was Rocksteady so I could box the monster with my high defense.

But yeah, no, fuckin' Fatalis was balanced around Vitality and Temporal mantle.

Oh, I lied, I also used the FORBIDDEN TECHNIQUE with the Glider Mantle cuzz Hammer could abuse it for mounting.

[turbid gate]

Ghili mantle for lyfe

[simple marlin]

We died

[late merlin]

I never used mantles in World. They were too annoying to keep track of.

I do like when games add tools for optimization but later-game Iceborne seemed to be built with the Idea that you would definitely be using the vitality mantle. And as someone who wasn't it became less fun.

[turbid gate]

It became a huge grind in late iceborn

[late merlin]

I never finished Iceborne. I got to the Guiding Lands and if I remember correctly even grinded enough to unlock Zinogre. But while I love Monster Hunter which is 40% grind 30% skill 30% fashion, the Guiding Lands was too much.

I actually don't know if the Guiding Lands would have somehow been more fun if I was still using the bow. I was playing through with the Charge Blade in preparation for Wilds. But I have also been using the charge blade this time around in the beta and they are really different beasts.

For one thing SAED spam is a tiny bit harder. They added a whole extra step.

[jovial badge]

Guiding Lands would have been better if they didn't soft cap the areas' levels and it was bigger. Guiding Lands felt far too cramped for what it was implied to be and consequently made itself very unfun to play in when you're looking at the same 3 areas for hours when you're trying to level it.

The amount of grind in Guiding Lands felt too much like it was trying to be a MMORPG.

[late merlin]

The cat pendant is cuter than I thought it would be

[jovial badge]

Oh duuuuuuuuh, I was thinking pendants were some new name for Decos or something. No, they are and always were the little weapon chotchkes dangly doos from World.

[late merlin]

I figured that is what they were. I didn't use the weapon charms in World because they were mostly annoying or not noticeable. So I probably won't use the stuffed cat one either but I am glad to have it

[jovial badge]

They weren't super noticeable unless they were on a big weapon, but I always imagined them banging into my hands and how much that would hurt IRL so it made me not use them.

[late merlin]

I used the big robot jellygish a bit because it was funny but it was super distracting. Haha

Oh, shoot! Just watched the newest trailer for the first time and my favorite monster is in it!

[jovial badge]

The only I liked was the big pretty wispy one you get for doing everything

[simple marlin]

@dusky vale if its any consolation, so far the only mantle that exists is ghillie and they dont even point it out

And the gameplay doesnt seem to revolve around mantle use

Most of the gameplay is geared towards the open world and using your bird

The handler reminding you to carve,gathers for you while youre fighting, and refills your supplies mid quest

[dusky vale]

Mantle spotted, I will check wiki after release. If either of the meta breaking mantles are spotted, fuck wilds

I don’t care what Capcoms excuse is, that’s an indie dev sort of move

[turbid gate]

I never used the mantles beyong ghilli because they felt like cheat codes

[dusky vale]

Exactly, and the devs adjusted monster attacks to compensate. I won’t support that behavior

[late merlin]

I am probably just going to play on high. My computer can handle ultra but the difference is barely noticable to me and ultra does visibly drop a lot of frames.

Played Minecraft between 10-15 FPS for years so the lost frames don't actually bother me too much. Running the benchmark again on Normal just for fun.

[meager quartz]

lol, I should actually do some settings comparing too. I also got used to low frames, though Skyrim and it was weirdly ok until like 12.

[late merlin]

On medium settings I only got 52 average FPS which obviously better but still only good.

[late merlin]

It is always wild watching someone do the same thing I am doing but so much better. I think the issue isn't that I am not learning the monsters moves and openings, bur that I simply do not have an attention span

[late merlin]

It is easy to say you are actually keeping on top of tracer arrows and coatings when you know you should be doing that. But then you aren;t because you are silly.

[turbid gate]

I never really used coatings in my bow playthrough. They didnt feel super impactful for the micromanaging and farming they demanded

[late merlin]

I mostly just used poison coatings to collect enough bnahabra parts to make the armor. As silly as it sounds I have always liked the asymmetrical look of the gunner armor. And the bmahabra gunner set was very clean.

Also it was a shiny butterfly coat. Who couldn't like that? Haha.

[simple marlin]

For me i just foeger

I get so caught up using the bow i forget coating is a thing

In wilds is a bar rather than a consumable so it has theoretically infinite vials

But you still need to attach the coating

[late merlin]

This is game changing.

Stranger I was playing with pointed out that I need to press and then press and hold the attack button to get good damage out of powere axe mod.

Power and mode* not sure how I did that

Super quick "how is everyone doing more damage than me" to "oh, that is how everyone is doing so much damage."

[meager quartz]

Looks like you can start preloading if that's your kind of thing.

[leaden karma]

ohshit it comes out tommorow i didnt realise

[turbid gate]

https://tenor.com/view/monster-hunter-insect-glaive-kinsect-mh-wilds-whatever-go-my-scarab-gif-13714675391602271338

[simple marlin]

Should be released at midnight

Its midnight est for me

[late merlin]

It will become playable at 21:00 my time but I will be at work. Until 04:00 on the 28th anyway. Big sad.

But then I am taking a week of paid vacation from the 1st through the 8th. So I will be playing enough Wilds.

[meager quartz]

I had to move my vacation to the second week

[leaden karma]

im probably just going to download it today/tommorow and actually play it this weekend

or i could quit my job

either works

[sterile cobalt]

23.5 hours remain

[turbid gate]

4.5 hours

[meager quartz]

<t:1740718800:R>

[meager quartz]

https://tenor.com/view/huntingwabbits-huntingbuggs-wabbitseason-elmerfudd-bugsbunny-gif-10650481046099326843

[simple marlin]

@dusky vale So far it seems like only the ghillie mantle exists

[dusky vale]

yeah, thats what im hearing

[meager quartz]

Hunter ID
FU9SP53Y

[acoustic abyss]

game just released lmao

[meager quartz]

lol

Capcom's style

Most of that was in the pre-order too

[acoustic abyss]

performance seems to be still dogshit so ima hold off

[meager quartz]

It's been perfect for me

[acoustic abyss]

i dont have a god computer so

[meager quartz]

maxed setting 3080

[acoustic abyss]

im on a 20 80 and most of the reviews agree sadly

[meager quartz]

Yeah, I can see anything even slightly lower would not do well.

[acoustic abyss]

kind of a disgrace

[meager quartz]

lol, don't know why they are selling edit vouchers

[acoustic abyss]

https://tenor.com/view/xrd-exrd-crypto-btc-eth-gif-23801255

[meager quartz]

like you can edit for free already

you don't need vouchers

[acoustic abyss]

wait what??

[meager quartz]

[simple marlin]

Vouchers are used to edit indepth such as facial structure and stuff

You can freely make basic adjustments to hair, color, clothes, and voice ptch

[acoustic abyss]

ah

[junior atlas]

got myself wilds wont play till tomorrow tho

[hazy meteor]

Anyone's going to create a Honk Squad squad?

[simple marlin]

So close to perfection

[leaden karma]

Damn, game is getting thrashed with user reviews

Somewhat rightfully though, given most of the complaints are the awful performance

[simple marlin]

I'm happy I have a monster of a PC

But its funny cause my friend has a lower end 2060 laptop and played with us without any complaints last night

But I'm genuinely having a blast

[acoustic abyss]

its called cope

[dusky vale]

it apparently had absolutely nothing to do with PC build, its simply a poorly optimized game

people with identical stock PC builds getting very different experiences

[spare abyss]

Many such cases

[dusky vale]

right away they botched the preload

[spare abyss]

Hopefully they can fix it but i dont have high hopes tbh

[dusky vale]

Capcom doesnt want one of their cash cows suffering that review stat, im sure they will figure something out given they want at least 2 years of revenue out of it

[simple marlin]

Meanwhile me

Having the time of my life

[late merlin]

Made it to high rank, now is a good time to get some sleep. Been playing for about 12 hours.

[leaden karma]

Idk, even mhw is hardly optimized all these years later

I have basically zero hope it'll run much better as it goes on. At least I'm planning on upgrading my GPU

[late merlin]

I am sure this game could be optimized better but this one is probably just going to require beefier parts.

[leaden karma]

Fair, but my 3070 shouldn't be having a stroke trying to run it on medium

[acoustic abyss]

true

[junior atlas]

i got a 3060ti ill see if it runs smoothly tomorrow, after this nightshift

https://tenor.com/view/the-night-shift-icydog-night-shift-night-team-gif-14025589

[turbid gate]

Yeah thats kind of like when Todd Howard told his gamers to get better parts. MHWilds should not need a 4080 to run 60fps on 1080p

Especially with how shit the facial animations are during the dialogue that i skip

[leaden karma]

Yeah like it looks good, but it isn't pushing the graphics boundaries at all

And shouldn't be acting like it is

[dusky vale]

honestly i believe its purely the absurd amount of particle effects they threw everywhere

[simple marlin]

Ray Dau LBG

This shit looks so good

FOR NO REASON

[leaden karma]

LBG my beloved

[simple marlin]

They did so good

Its no longer just an elemental only weapon

[leaden karma]

Like i said during beta, bowguns in general are so good, and feel good

both of which are crazy

Having burst shots and such being built in really helps, along with all the dash-shoot mobility stuff you can do

Can just unload on them and dodge while keeping it going

HBG did amazing too, having shields just be a part of them was a good move

[simple marlin]

I miss the ability to modify recoil though

[leaden karma]

Hm, i scored a good on the benchmark somehow today

maybe theres hope

[meager quartz]

Not sure I like flinch free with charge blade. Makes me complacent with blocking

[dusky vale]

flinch free is definitely something i intend to be part of my kit later on when im done with the story

[meager quartz]

Also can't tell if my Dodge rolls are working

[dusky vale]

but thats only because post story i play with others and any and all bowgunners and longswordsman can go jump off a cliff

[meager quartz]

That makes a ton of sense

[late merlin]

I am a bit sad that I am 12 hours into the game and still don't have a charge blade I think looks very cool. Would usually have one by now. But I am just picky. Haha

[meager quartz]

I like the spider one

[dusky vale]

i mean, i have jack shit for options with SnS

i also havent gotten very far in yet, still low rank

[meager quartz]

I fell asleep at 10 hours lol

[late merlin]

The Lala Barina charge blade kind of reminds me of the one in World. The one designed by a fan that won a contest. Something Eagle?

Not as cool but it does have a similar vibe. Just needs feathers.

I may be playing Monster Hunter Wilds wrong. Made it all of the way to high rank and while I have used a few armor spheres I never did craft new armor. Still rocking the hope set.

[meager quartz]

The story seems to be set to easy mode so more people can play it.

[late merlin]

True. I am an idiot and the only time I failed a quest even not upgrading my gear was the Black Flame.

[meager quartz]

I only just finished Rai and fainted once so far from not blocking

[late merlin]

It was actually the same attack that carted me all three times. The big fire breath that goes just a little further than you think it does.

You can block it but not in chainsaw mode.

I am waiting for a monster that was shown off in one of the trailers. Because I already know I like its gear. Bit on the edgier side tho.

[simple marlin]

Black flame wasnt bad for me

I died cause my controlel ran out of batteries LMAO

[late merlin]

My controller has stick drift but I don't think it has killed me at all yet. Does make the forge menu a pain to navigate sometimes tho.

[simple marlin]

I noticed people complaining about the amount of loops you go through just to get friends

And I don't really see any issues

[late merlin]

I actually haven't done any multiplayer yet. But did add a friend or two during the beta and it is a bit of a pain.

Menus and sub-menus oh my!

[junior atlas]

Black Eagle?

The Blue Gold one

[late merlin]

Yeah. They don't look alike but they have the same aesthetic.

[simple marlin]

Side note I actually crafted armor

I'm running balahara cause evade extender

Makes gunlance hop like crazy

[late merlin]

Evade Extender is my favorite skill. But I usually use bow.

I am not saying I do not dodge while using charge blade but I am trying to block more consistently.

[meager quartz]

I like that you can see when the shield for the charge blade is considered blocking. I don't know if there is an option to turn it off. I have not looked specifically for that yet. I am starting to get annoyed by my constant red and yellow glow.

[late merlin]

Just spent four and a half minutes blocking a Lala Barina. It just kept doing those super weak swipe attacks and I just kept blocking them. Neither of us escalated. I think this windchime I put on at the start of the game and haven't taken off yet is getting to me

[meager quartz]

It's like a subconscious melody.

[late merlin]

It would not be fair to say it is driving me a tiny bit mad. SInce I have to have already been a tiny bit mad to not take it off in these 14 or so hours.

Spoiler warning for late-early-game gear.

Bunch of weirdos, my team is.

[leaden karma]

the pink fuzzy bowgun slaps

[turbid gate]

the pink fuzzy horn is fun too

also being able to eat a meal mid-hunt is amazing

[meager quartz]

2nd Mantle

[late merlin]

There is thankfully no temporal mantle as of yet.

Not that I have used a single mantle so the game is pretty balanced even if you don't. Mantles would make things too easy if anything but I am also only Hunter Rank 23
.

[junior atlas]

looks like olrox

https://tenor.com/view/olrox-gif-8844964891605919357

[turbid gate]

ONLY???

https://tenor.com/view/damn-shookt-shocked-gif-5580082

[meager quartz]

Beeg

[junior atlas]

hunts are so much shorter in wilds

compared to world

[leaden karma]

Yeah, not sure how much I like that personally

I liked the longer hunts but maybe we'll get a bit longer of hunts for master rank or w.e if we get it later down the road

[turbid gate]

I think theres just a lot less chasing now especially with dinobird mount

Also low rank is EZ PZ

[junior atlas]

no hunt in low rank took longer than 10minutes

[leaden karma]

also part of it is weapons are just more mobile imo

can hit while repositioning on the monster so theres much less having to run them down

[simple marlin]

Aiming during melee helps so much

Theres so much less whiffs

[leaden karma]

I wouldnt know, im too busy slideshoting with the lbg

[late merlin]

Aiming during combat has me holding the controller in a weird claw grip where I am moving the right analog stick with my left thumb.

Despite being 80% just tapping/holding B, I am having a lot of fun with the charge blade.

[dusky vale]

ive had a long hunt, so its not off the table with herds

and a chunk of mantles were shown to be shoved off to various endemic life, which is good

vitality mantle is infact dead

rock steady also does have a good place because of herd hunts

[leaden karma]

so whats the difference here

are group skills like for the whole party?

[late merlin]

Fighting two Ajarakan at the same time in the arena when I got a pop up saying someone would like to offer me a meal. I will totally take that offer but I am a little busy at the moment. Haha

Alright, that was kind of funny. The "meal" was raw tomatoes, whole roasted garlic, and berries.

Also, fecking finally. Have been stuck on "raise your HR" for 200 years. But HR 31 or 32 unlocks the next quest.

Wow, it wasn't even a quest. I unlocked a cutscene. And now I am back to the HR grind. Haha

[leaden karma]

Hm yes, bowgun

[junior atlas]

chonky

[leaden karma]

something has gone wrong in rendering

[junior atlas]

yep

[simple marlin]

Mon hun 1 weapons

[junior atlas]

did we make a squad yet?

[turbid gate]

Having 2 hunting horns means god-like abilities. The amount of buffs you can put out is silly now

[junior atlas]

as hunting horn main i love it

[turbid gate]

Does Azuz look like trash to anyone else on high settings?

[junior atlas]

it doesnt load textures properly on high for some reason

Azuz i mean

[turbid gate]

The cities run like trash but out on a hunt the game runs smoothly for the most part.

[turbid gate]

ive had some consistant exploding polygons

very crazy from a $70 game

[leaden karma]

Not very cash money that's for sure

[junior atlas]

chilla game kinda face

[late merlin]

Weirdly enough my game is running better after installing the HD texture pack. But it is 70gb by itself so I need to figure out how to remove it later. Haha

[leaden karma]

that felt short

[late merlin]

Felt short? I assume you mean low rank. High Rank is taking a lot longer because the game keeps asking me to actually hunt monsters to raide my HR.

Game has to try to keep us busy until we can get some title updates up in here,

[leaden karma]

Yeah thats what i meant, HR will be fun to get into

[turbid gate]

LR feels well paced so long as you dont blast straight through it

I think im on the cusp of HR, just fought that || flagship wyvern ||

Also that || Rath fight || is definitely a noob stomper.

[meager quartz]

Pretty hard going into that with a ||fire|| weapon lol

https://www.nexusmods.com/monsterhunterwilds/mods/141

also fixes my issue with the game

[simple marlin]

I have killed every monster

For now

[late merlin]

I wish I had the attention span for just grinding up HR. There are still monsters for me to see but I need to level up my HR to see them

[simple marlin]

It wasn't that bad imo

I was more focused on hunting monsters I need for gear

[junior atlas]

I feel like Physical is king again

[simple marlin]

Dont forget the entire village of muscle women

[leaden karma]

And the elf that's three times taller than you

[simple marlin]

Side note i did actually like the writing this time

Its wasnt "things are weird because of this monster" shallow

[leaden karma]

This being a one level skill is so nice and game changing for me

[simple marlin]

I'm about to grindout a max rank evade extender for my gore set

[dusky vale]

I’ve been getting nearly every armor set with a single hunt

Wounds is so fucking good to farm

[simple marlin]

I unlocked more mantles but none of them are too crazy or game breaking

Like rocksteady and healing mantle

[dusky vale]

The broken mantles got shoved into bugs across the map

[leaden karma]

I'll say that the mending mantle seems a bit bonkers

For fast hitting or multihit weapons

[simple marlin]

To be fair thats expected with a leech type mantle and fast weapons

[jovial badge]

IMO Life steal is either worthless or broken in games. So we'll see where it goes.

[dusky vale]

There’s a broken life steal armor

I’ve been using it

75 hp return on destroyed wound

[turbid gate]

Some of the horn auras are nuts

The Rey Dau horn has passive healing too. So, as long as you dodge the big hits, you can out heal any small dmg and add rocksteady to be basically immortal

[jovial badge]

Uh oh. I can already see the old heads bitching about how easy the game is.

[turbid gate]

They definitely made the entry level lower for new players but you can still get your cheeks clapped if youre careless even in LR

[dusky vale]

i mean, low rank is designed to be easy

and that trio of flap clappers definitely tried their best to kill me and its the first thing you fight in high rank

they did try to shut people down instantly upon reaching HR. i rarely consider poop bombs but that trio got me to poop

[simple marlin]

You can clear monsters pretty quickly but I have no qualms imo

I really didn't like chasing a monster half way across the map in world

I think thats what really slowed down fights

[junior atlas]

i just got to hr 20-22 with romayne

very fun so far

@dusky vale Flayer feels busted

the thing that makes it easier to cause wounds and makes you deal additional non elemental damage

[dusky vale]

I was HR 12 3 days ago

I haven’t been on much since

Most I’ve done is help snake in like, 2 fights

[junior atlas]

games real fun

i have my nitpicks tho

[dusky vale]

Otherwise I’ve been solo

Rath SnS is pretty awesome with its passive stuff

I might build a crit set for it

[junior atlas]

ive been using the Rathian hunting horn , has the big heal song attack buff large and recovery speed large

[simple marlin]

God preserve me if they add the chaotic magala

[junior atlas]

maaan spoiler !

[simple marlin]

I got excited

[junior atlas]

not saying it cause of me cause i saw someone run around with the armor

maybe other people dont want to know whats in the game

like rathian has been in every game so thats no suprise

[leaden karma]

SnS is so fun to use

setup has been lbg+sns

[dusky vale]

Yes, it’s nice being someone with better taste in weapons than everyone else

https://fixupx.com/monsterhunter/status/1894099980647809300?t=MGkpBRk3c0K_lGlWDU1QNQ&s=19

[leaden karma]

I have one of his makeship goblins

[simple marlin]

I have a gunlance longsword going on

Also wanna do insect glaive

[turbid gate]

Dang yall are far

[leaden karma]

Ive been wanting a new monster hunter to play

So now I'm gonna play the hell outta it

[turbid gate]

I've been too busy to pour hours into it

[turbid gate]

|| that Odo and Xu Wu were a joke ||

[leaden karma]

Clashing is a fun mechanic

Feels amazing being able to use my sns and hbg to just push them over

[simple marlin]

Gunlance you clash and reload the lance and blast everything you have in its face

[late merlin]

I think this quest is bugged. Or I suppose random hunt.

Twice now Alma has said ||a cocoon was about to hatch at the slightest provocation.|| So I provoked the shit out of it and nothing happened. Even started an investigation hunt and it wouldn't ||hatch||

[leaden karma]

I'm at work and wish I wasn't, the hunts call for me

[late merlin]

I regret using SOS flares. There is always a bow user stealing my precious wounds. I need those to enter power axe mode because two of the three alternative methods require I actually block. Which isn't my scene. Haha.

But when you get an 8 star tempered Arkveld with guaranteed gems you must share it.

[late merlin]

I took the whole week off. Plan to play games other than Monster Hunter but so far have really only played Monster Hunter. But I am HR 60.

[junior atlas]

im at hr 38

[leaden karma]

I made it to hr32

[late merlin]

I will be so ready by the time we get event quests and the title updates.

[junior atlas]

i just now started planning armor and decorations

[late merlin]

This outfit is so much prettier with ||Frenzy Virus||

I would honestly rather decorations be craftable and talismans be random chance. Since you need more decorations. And random chance talismans usually also have decoration slots. Which may be why that method works better for the mobile games.

Not like mobile phones. I mean portable.

I need Ballistics and Stamina Surge, mostly.

[junior atlas]

i have yet to get a single sonorous gem

so no horn maestro yet

[late merlin]

Once I have made the full death stench set I can start using my ancient coins on gold melding tickets.

Probably a good Idea to stop wasting my coins on sinister cloth anyway as I am not likely to use the set even as layered.

[junior atlas]

i have yet to use my coins

where do you get the melding tickets

[late merlin]

It is a trade item.

I am away from my computer at the moment or I would tell you from whom. I want to say one of the Wudwuds?

[junior atlas]

rove maybe

[late merlin]

All of Rove's trades are for the under water plants for something else.

[leaden karma]

Still have no idea what I'm going to run, haven't settled on if I'm using LBG or HBG, or what monsters

[late merlin]

Rove is actually where I get most of my ancient coins because I have a ton of the underwater plants.

[junior atlas]

@leaden karma by the way one of the wudwuds , the tall elf lady and another npc i think were basicly "garden" replacements

Plumpeach is the wudwuds name

[late merlin]

I am not 100% sure how the farms work this time. Used to be that depending on what you were farming you would get a bit after every hunt. But it feels like no one collects shite until after five hunts.

Once more of y'all are HR 31+ we should hunt together. Better than hunting with strangers.

[leaden karma]

We still need to make a squad or w.e they are called

[late merlin]

They are called squads, yeah. How many can you be in?

Definitely more than one and I am only in one squad currently.

[leaden karma]

Not sure if there's a limit to how many you can be in

[junior atlas]

i mean im not getting any sonorous gems but i got 2 flayer 3 gems

[leaden karma]

Wtf share

I keep getting dogwater gems

[late merlin]

I wonder what kind of crossover events we will get for Wilds. If CapCom wanted to bring back the Dante charge blade exactly how it was I would not complain.

Would need a single new animation for the quick shield charge from phial charging.

[simple marlin]

God the witcher sns was peak design

[late merlin]

I liked it even though I don't use SnS

[leaden karma]

Wonder what crossovers we will even get this time

[junior atlas]

The icon had to be poogie

[simple marlin]

Btw Gemma when she was a baby

[leaden karma]

Some of the memes being made send me

[late merlin]

I am excited for more story content. I am having fun grinding HR and decorations but will need more content soon. Lest I start biting CapCom.

[junior atlas]

now this is bothering me more than it should

that rarity seven is not in the right spot

https://i.redd.it/k7z5ykxn0bme1.jpeg @leaden karma

[raw marlin]

Got another clown I just found lmao

I also found handsome squidward

[junior atlas]

[raw marlin]

Found a page dedicated to wilds character creations. It’s great lmao

[junior atlas]

honestly the story of mh wilds basicly starts as "The hunter is HIM/Her/Them" and every cutscene is your character being "I am HIM/her/them"

some titles i have seen are wild tho @raw marlin

https://i.redd.it/vbuhq939kgme1.jpeg

@leaden karma https://i.redd.it/6ojqn4c1s8me1.png

[raw marlin]

Saving this for the next time I need to inform admins in other servers of a bot

[simple marlin]

https://fxbsky.app/profile/thomal9.bsky.social/post/3ljh2tqq2hs2h

@raw marlin

[junior atlas]

no food for you

[raw marlin]

I love watching those vids lmao

[dusky vale]

My luck it would be Gene interrupting my delicious meal

[raw marlin]

I love that clip

My personal favorite ngl

He just zeroed in the minute the spit came it lmao

[junior atlas]

man i love the customizable emotes

[raw marlin]

[raw marlin]

I need a new gpu so I can enjoy all this lmao

Might try benchmark on my lappy and see if it’ll even launch lmao

[leaden karma]

Tbh it's a weird spot you are crashing at, shouldn't be crashing when compiling shaders like that

[raw marlin]

Sometimes it doesn’t even get to start compiling before it crashes lmao

[simple marlin]

https://x.com/_SaltySerpent/status/1896608233122619518

SaltySerpent 🐍(Commissions closed) (@_SaltySerpent) on X

Lala barina for someone on discord ;)
#MHWilds

X · Mar 3, 2025, 5:06 PM

[turbid gate]

Surprising noone

[leaden karma]

Would have been disappointed otherwise

[leaden karma]

Request sent

The ||rath|| set kinda goes hard

[leaden karma]

Everyone should join, we can just hop in eachothers quests whenever it looks like through the quest menu if you are in the squad

[worn harbor]

There's a Rival out there somewhere