#Monster Hunter
cursive plover
cursive plover
my death with be painful and there will be nothing left to bury
hollow comet
uh oh
cursive plover
why would he say this
cursive plover
AAAAAAA I LOVE
cursive plover
RATHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
this game is fucking insane omg
okay so like
in games like this, I've never been in love with the idea of being saddled to a single creature / companion the whole time. It's always felt weird to me that a game built around team-construction would not only give you one piece that you always have to bring along, but is also a lot stronger than other options at the same level...
But Stories ends up doing such a good freakin' job making me give a damn about Ratha tbh
best game ever.
desert light
Other way around
willow charm
charge at you with undodgeable full body hitbox every two seconds, sometimes does a janky projectile
desert light
Barioth came in 3rd Gen and acts as a mid point between Nargacuga and Tigrex, who were Gen 2 flagships
willow charm
2 in the sense of "slightly stronger version of the same concept", though you're right that out did exist first
halcyon fractal
Tbf tigrex does have a few tricks thar barioth doesn't
Like charging repeatedly
And having a damaging roar
And charging. Repeatedly.
willow charm
idk barioth does do a lot of charging
weak gulch
Trigrex's rock shotgun is really nasty combined with it's other moves.
willow charm
oh yeah, is there an explanation for that?
usually they avoid anything overtly magical/supernatural outside of elder dragons
so why is Tigrex able to create infinite matter with its mind to throw at you
mystic cape
Despite what the graphics show what it does it shove boulders out of the ground at you
cursive plover
Yo, uh, anyone with experience in Wilds got a minute? I might need some help.
Game's crashing on shader compile, already tried verifying file integrity and restarting my PC but nothing's helped so far
mystic cape
Is it the latest version?
night prairie
have you tried going into the local files and deleting shader.cache?
cursive plover
Shader cache? No, i havent, sjould i do that?
night prairie
yeah that makes the game redownload your shaders (or recompile them, idk which) and helped my end out
cursive plover
Ahhh, gotcha. Will do.
hrrrm
did not work
maybe i'll just reinstall rise, instead.
balmy swan
I feel like I've asked and/or Googled this question multiple times before but Rise does not have crossplay, right?
balmy swan
Oh hell yes
I'm having the urge but was wondering if I could play it on PC with my partner on Switch
balmy swan
Lol fair
night prairie
rise does not unfortunately
it would've probably used something like a capcom account setup to do that
willow charm
halcyon fractal
COMBO
potent kraken
Although this a game to fight in this is not a fighting game
wanton scroll
1st try
wanton scroll
This is hell
wanton scroll
1st try Blackveil
lethal mirage
wanton scroll
outer heron
congratulations, hunter
now no one will ever have to listen to shara ishvalda's mixtape ever again
mystic cape
It sucked anyway
dark juniperBOT
"Why didn't you help us?"
topple ↩️
outer heron
terminalmontage my beloved
dark juniperBOT
That was our first interaction with Monster Hunter, completely spoiled iceborne fwiw but it didn't matter
outer heron
eh, monhun plots have never been what we're here for lol
it's about the world and beating the shit out of all the beautiful things in it
and the plots exist solely to make the world feel a bit more lived in and the environments that much grander
wanton scroll
NGL, really feeling like quitting world rn
Guiding Lands make no sense and I've only been running around aimlessly
mystic cape
You need to focus on hunting monsters in one specific region to increase that region's level and unlock new monsters (eventually culminating in unique monsters which you can capture to unloc their arena quests for later) and also upping your MR to unlock some new cool stuff
cursive plover
are you fucking kidding me
tardy grotto
are you fucking kidding me
||Fatty!!!!!!!!!!||
hollow comet
Guiding Lands make no sense and I've only been running around aimlessly
yeah, it wasn’t my favourite endgame
It helped to level up the regions I needed for lifesteal augments, since those were my main post-game goals, while mixing in normal quests for armour/new monsters/fun as a break from it
still need to get about 9 more MRs for 100, then it’s off to fatty… though I’m a little burnt out (and also playing Lies of P lately)
tardy grotto
Bro has a neckbeard
naive elk
They did mans diabolical 😭
wanton scroll
willow charm
i think
i am not going to finish iceborne
most assignments in the DLC i've beaten first try within ~30 minutes with no faints
after preparing and building for it as much as i could, i had two attemts in a row against velkhana where i spent 40 minutes of my life, then ran out of continues and got absolutely nothing
i wish that if you dodged the attacks you wouldn't get hit by the attacks
wanton scroll
what was your gear for Velkhana?
willow charm
instead of there being random ice afterexplosions on everything that deal half your health and knock you down to get comboed into something else
willow charm
max ice resist, weakness exploit, and divine blessing
wanton scroll
our loadout, took a good moment of farming to get all the gear
willow charm
and max health boost
wanton scroll
what weapon?
willow charm
heavy bowgun
wanton scroll
Sorry, what specific bowgun
willow charm
the fulgur anjanath one, with normal 3
it has very good damage and evasiveness, but that just doesn't matter when there are 1 mile radius ice explosions every five seconds
wanton scroll
yeah but negative affinity
willow charm
ok?
affinity is a lot less consequential than the game makes it out to be. -20% affinity means -5% damage.
wanton scroll
also why not flaming ammo?
wanton scroll
oh
willow charm
in exchange for like 20% faster firerate
wanton scroll
Got Iceproof Mantle+?
willow charm
i have iceproof mantle
i know upgrading it is a scam, since you don't actually get the effects of the decorations
willow charm
it really doesn't seem to make much of a difference when i already have max ice resist
if i really want to continue i know the two options are spend a hundred hours grinding hoping the game will deign to give me good decorations, or keep banging my head against velkhana until i just memorize everything it does and can dodge all the 30 foot ice explosions
but i'd rather just
not
mystic cape
What platform are you on?
willow charm
steam deck?
halcyon fractal
I had a dream where capcom revealed ahtal ka for wilds during the game awards
and it was in... the iceshard cliffs?
hollow comet
2 sentence horror
tardy grotto
Ahtal ka?
cursive plover
Okay but imagine riding your seikret up and out of the chasms and onto solid ground, almost like a reverse of the jin dahaad routine
cursive plover
Ahtal ka?
Ahtal Ka is a Neopteran fhat resembles a golden mantis. It appears unremarkable, at first, and seems like a strange choice for an end-game fight...
Until ||it uses unseen threads to dredge old machines out of the desert sand, constructing what amounts to a dragon mech that hunters have to scale and dismantle...||
tardy grotto
Ahtal Ka is a Neopteran fhat resembles a golden mantis. It appears unremarkable,...
Oh, that's cool
What game is it in?
cursive plover
Mightve been in previous games, I wouldnt know. Im fairly new to mh
tardy grotto
Samesise
hollow comet
i think it's just in GU
tardy grotto
Was GU the one that combined all the first three games?
full sage
Not quite, it was basically "monster hunter's greatest hits" and had monsters from a bunch of previous games and brought back a couple of specific villages from previous games
but it had its own series of quests, progression, and mechanics distinct from the other games, so it wasn't a compilation in that sense
halcyon fractal
Yeah
It did have a lotta older monstwrs
But yeah it was in the old pre-world era of monhun games
So a bunch of QoL is missing
full sage
it has some of the greatest fights in the series that I still think haven't been topped (and also one of them got utterly butchered when they brought it back, which made me very sad) and I still occasionally go back to my old G rank save to just... hunt things, which is more than I can say about world
...I don't think I'd particularly want to go through the whole game from the beginning again though, unless I was dragging someone else through it for the first time.
...it also really wants you to play with a quest list open.
tardy grotto
it has some of the greatest fights in the series that I still think haven't been...
Which one got butchered?
full sage
glavenus
tardy grotto
Oh, how so?
full sage
i was vague and didn't mention the specific monster originally because i don't like talking about games i don't like in front of people who like them in extended detail, it feels kind of rude
tardy grotto
Ah, right, sorry
mystic cape
steam deck?
I ask cause it might be possible to mod in deco crafting
stiff dust
excited to see if the performance improvements mentioned in the patch notes work out
elder tusk
the optimizations seem promising, especially since they've actually acknowledged just about everything wrong with the game's current optimization
round one should be noticeably impactful for everyone on every system if they've done it right, and it already sounds like they have
I really hope they release a comprehensive overview of what they're fixing, because it's actually kind of fascinating how the game wastes processing power sometimes
stiff dust
i haven't played in a while but i heard they also fixed input lag on some LS moves some patches ago?
stiff dust
wahooo
elder tusk
now please buff Rapid Morph
stiff dust
what was broken about swaxe?
elder tusk
its optimal damage cycle was probably the most "chase the big attack as singlemindedly as possible or you're doing less damage than like 14 other weapons" it's ever been in the franchise, and a ton of its regular attacks felt like they'd been specifically tooled to be ineffectual
axe mode is just Not Great in general
night prairie
insect glaive also got reworked to be closer to older insect glaive
elder tusk
People were mad about Insect Glaive
also YIPPEE GOGMAZIOS
It's been so long that I barely remember the original hunt
mystic cape
Wilds really is the 4U sequel
mystic cape
Tar usually binds the wings
desert light
I did not know Gog could fly
Iconically, it's rage mode is launching into the air and then doing a massive oil nuke
void narwhal
I was expecting even goopier but still quite good
elder tusk
I'm sure he's gonna be plenty goopy
elder tusk
Also this pretty much guarantees that we're gonna get Julius along with Shagaru, I'd be confused if we didn't
Welcome back again, Monster Hunter 4
teal halo
shagaru for wildlight
elder tusk
🙏
hollow comet
hopeful for the optimization :)
elder tusk
also hey Tokuda if we're getting MH4U-2, can we have Tetsucabra and Seltas Queen
maybe some Najarala action if we're good
frank epoch
God I'd love Najarala
elder tusk
I'm really hoping for Agnaktor
Perfect for Wilds
also Qurupeco, as a treat
please
frank epoch
It's a new monster but pie in the sky wish would be Namielle with an updated fight
teal halo
namielle in the scarlet forest
elder tusk
Namielle in- yeah exactly
it's such an obvious pick
also I hate that wet fuck and I'm gonna kill it for my goth splatoon cosplay
void narwhal
I miss Agnaktor's beaksnapping, such a charmer
void narwhal
I have a very fond memory of learning of it the first time
In full butterfly gunner armor in 3u
elder tusk
Wait no, fuck, Great Jaggi's roar is a sound cue
void narwhal
Bein oneshot
"Awh, what's he doin-"
Still wild they were like 'gunners don't need defense' like things don't fly and shoot godzilla beams
desert light
I miss Agnaktor's beaksnapping, such a charmer
I loved that clack so much
elder tusk
my absolutely delusional wish is that we get Great Jaggi back to maximize the pack mechanics, and it's just a fucking Master Rank hunt where you get your shit juggled by dinosaurs with multiple alphas
desert light
Wait no, fuck, Great Jaggi's roar is a sound cue
Once in tri low rank I killed my quest target, and then I'm the 60s remaining, killed the great jaggi
Poor dude
elder tusk
Great Jaggi was my test dummy for so long
elder tusk
Bring him back and buff the fuck out of him, make him smart and agile 🙏
hollow comet
i kinda want to offset or power clash with great maccao's charges
my bouncy lil guy
elder tusk
boingy boy :)
honestly I'm not sure if they've made a more cohesive tutorial monster than Maccao
hollow comet
right? it teaches a lot and will knock your socks off, and has a theme to boot
elder tusk
Actually wait no what I really want most is literally any carapaceon
desert light
honestly I'm not sure if they've made a more cohesive tutorial monster than Macc...
Maccao was great
elder tusk
I love it so much
cursive plover
excited to see if the performance improvements mentioned in the patch notes work...
God i hope it works out...
outer heron
axe mode is just Not Great in general
i'm deeply sad that none of the big buffs were to axe mode
but i'm glad that it's going to have some actual moves they exist again
snow helm
Yeah, frustratingly the console team (if it can still be called that) seems to see Swaxe as essentially faster, flashier GS with axe mode just being intended as downtime between charged sword mode combos
It's funny, I mained Swaxe in World and then again in Rise but then when I went back for another playthrough of world I just couldn't imagine going back to the non rapid-morph SwAxe gameplay
full sage
"slash axe" vs "switch axe" I guess
elder tusk
It feels a lot like they've mixed up Switch Axe and Charge Blade gameplay-wise
"why would you ever want to be in axe mode" type behavior
mystic cape
IIRC the point of axe mode, at least originally, on Swaxe was to build up guage to spend on openings for sword mode
elder tusk
That's what it's becoming, just a temporary step on the way to a stronger 50% of the weapon, but that's not what it's historically been
axe mode has always been way more versatile
faster, longer reach, better mobility
and that's been dwindling
morph chaining itself has also been dwindling, leading to a playstyle where you treat axe mode the same way you treat wood and stone tools in Minecraft - a necessary lesser version of what you want to be using, whose only purpose is to get you there as fast as possible
but they've also been overtuning Switch Axe finishers so severely that it turns that whole thing into its own loop where you do nothing but chase explosions, instead of actually utilizing the weapon's moveset in any meaningful way
Like TooClose said, Sword mode has basically just become Anime Greatsword, and Axe mode is treated as downtime during which you're not Allowed To Access The Good Half Of The Weapon
which just isn't an engaging gameplay loop
you can still stubbornly play it the old way, but it's been so mistuned that you can feel what a disadvantage it is
teal halo
oh so thats why my zoh shia fight was down to the fucking wire
i was using axe mode for like 10 minutes
dark juniperBOT
willow charm
You know what game announcement I would want more than anything
a Generations mod that adds damage numbers, makes gathering instant, makes map traversal faster, improves ranged aiming controls, and makes monster tracking less of a pain
it's ok if the map is broken into pieces as long as it doesn't take seven minutes to get from one end to the other
hollow comet
ranged aiming controls would be berry nice.,.,
night prairie
mrrhrr...
elder tusk
Gog's a motherfucker but he's a good time once you get the hang of it
twin ibex
Does anyone have any insight on how monster ideas, abilities and gimmicks are made up?
elder tusk
it varies a lot, but the devs have done a number of interviews
Oceaniz has translated a few
they seem to tend to originate about how you'd expect - some are high concept, some are "hey guys this sounds like it would be cool", some are mechanical necessity, and some are just "okay we've got this concept art, let's brainstorm"
iirc they shifted design priorities somewhat with World but I'm not aware of any good examples
They still do a massive amount of ecological and physiological worldbuilding behind the scenes, which makes the design books a gold mine
brave hazel
How good does Gog's gear look
elder tusk
Here's the preview they gave of it with the announcement
I feel like it looked better in 4U but I'd need to check
It's a lot more blue than I remember
void narwhal
Does have that sort of 'oil on concrete' kind of halo to it
elder tusk
Hopefully we can get something like this in master rank
balmy swan
weird question
i've got 250+ hrs in game and i don't even know how many hundreds of decorations dropped
i have never gotten a Blast Attack 3
am i experiencing a weird quirk of statistics or is there just no Blast Attack 3 in game for some reason
elder tusk
am i experiencing a weird quirk of statistics or is there just no Blast Attack 3...
Ancient Orb - Sword, 1.33%
you must become zen and abandon your want, or the desire sensor will forbid it
the most fucked up thing about that joke is that it genuinely works for me every single time
desert light
They *still* do a massive amount of ecological and physiological worldbuilding b...
They also do a lot of dedicated real life research, like going to other countries just to look at the architechture of various cultures
which is part of why the worlds tend to feel so well, real
hollow comet
red gazelle
Chat how is gogmazios treatingg y’all
red gazelle
Hopefully we can get something like this in master rank
Love the female one
rich valve
Chat how is gogmazios treatingg y’all
It's fun although I need to learn to balance "aiming slinger in first person while riding my horse" and "looking at where I am standing"
red gazelle
First person?!?
red gazelle
Here's the preview they gave of it with the announcement
What is this 
rich valve
First person?!?
Or at least the focused third person of slinger aiming
I don't really love how the armour looks either but bits of it are nice
red gazelle
I don't really love how the armour looks either but bits of it are nice
But the original ones look so much better
brave hazel
https://youtu.be/zB6Ma1G8Eq0
Huge
hollow comet
yeah, i want to give ig a try now
brave hazel
You lot reckon this is going to be event armor or more cosmetic DLC
The stuff on the right, anyway, I know the stuff on the left is the event armor
elder tusk
everything in this screenshot should be craftable
calm hearth
https://www.reddit.com/r/MHWilds/comments/1posijw/psa_for_gogmazios_fight/
The tip in all bold about delaying the laser is really terrible advice. Gog's health is gated such that he can't leave phase 2 with any less than 43% health. Delaying the laser only wastes time and adds unnecessary risk
outer heron
The tip in all bold about delaying the laser is really terrible advice. Gog's he...
yeah that was crossed out
the post was already edited to reflect that when it got posted here
and imo the "you don't have to panic shoot" part is still relevant
they also need to cross out the "switch to dragon in p2" bit
because dragon's only consistently better in p3
calm hearth
yeah that was crossed out
Damn, mobile Reddit strikes again 😔
outer heron
verbal copper
brave hazel
...you know what I wish got brought back
Surge Slash combo
I miss the FUCK out of Surge Slash
hollow comet
i still have to give it a tryyyyyy
hollow comet
you know what, I'm gonna give it a shot later
i'm working on making a lance build in rise, and i need to make some guard decos anyways
good enough time to try out a new playstyle
balmy swan
went out to hunt some Bulaqchi for the daily and found Chata sunbathing
potent kraken
Chatacabra, yippie
hollow comet
surge slash time 
teal halo
went out to hunt some Bulaqchi for the daily and found Chata sunbathing
i don't blame him, you ever tried doing that? i normally hate the sun but damn if it doesnt feel good on my skin sometimes
balmy swan
i am kind of enjoying this event quest where you can beat up a lagi and rath in the arena for a bunch of armor spheres
especially bc i'm farming for a rath ruby anyway to transcend my rath armor
night prairie
Surge Slash combo
mh rise supremacy
hollow comet
surge slash is pretty fun, definitely relying on power sheathe to get me out of sticky situations lol
got a lance build together and will poke a few things next session
not sure if I have the perfect guard cross slash switch skill...
might be behind one of the early hub quests
elder tusk
update to the Wilds TU4 Switch Axe news, courtesy of Bloody Wyverian (YouTube Switch Axe Guy)
hollow comet
👀
stiff dust
yippeeee
outer heron
update to the Wilds TU4 Switch Axe news, courtesy of Bloody Wyverian (YouTube Sw...
now all they have to do is make the axe half relevant again
bleak halo
When was the last time the axe half was relevant and it wasn’t because of rapid morph
full sage
mmmmaybe 4u?
I know absolutely not generations/generations ultimate, in those games you just clicked Demon Riot/Energy Charge and stayed in Sword More literally forever
...Well, theoretically, you could use the extra reach/mobility of axe mode in GU, and there were options that specifically favored it, but Striker Demon Riot was The Main Way To Play back then
elder tusk
GU was the first time it was really geared toward "you live in sword mode", and Striker Loop was fucking scary
Well, G
They played basically the same between the two afaik
4U definitely feels like the last time axe mode was really 50% of the weapon
full sage
they nerfed energy charge in GU (compared to Gen) so that it was harder to keep up the infinite sword mode
it wasn't enough, people just either used deviant weapons or swapped to energy charge II rather than III
elder tusk
yeah infinite sword mode was a fucking PROBLEM in G
"oh yeah sure I can sub-5 a Deviant Glavenus"
elder tusk
technical switch axe update analysis from the person who's responsible for maintaining the primary community resource for technical switch axe analysis (the documentation speedrunners use)
balmy swan
god, the gogma dps check is frustrating
not meeting the check itself, but keeping track of where the hell Fabius is
just ate the last cart on a hunt because i was standing next to him during the final dps rush during the windup, and then suddenly he was halfway across the arena for some reason
mystic cape
And the top LS set uses Gore set bonus now
amber frost
not meeting the check itself, but keeping track of where the hell Fabius is
im very lucky i run charge blade cause i can just guard for myself if need be
hollow comet
might run a shielded weapon on my seikret for that
amber frost
Iunno if you need guard/guard up but i have those since i tend to be my team's tank
hollow comet
potent kraken
might run a shielded weapon on my seikret for that
Jin dahaad gunlance
Mainly has innate guard 3
balmy swan
honestly? pretty happy with this roll
getting the Steve bonus on my first swaxe pull was incredibly lucky
real zodiac
Does dualsense in wilds on pc still cause bsods?
candid perch
Amatsu.. defeated..
Only took me playing solo and getting the most optimized build possible for the time
Gods it feels good though
elder tusk
Does dualsense in wilds on pc still cause bsods?
apparently it was a problem on Steam's end and it was patched in April
at least that's all I can find about the subject
I have a friend who plays with a dualsense controller without issue
real zodiac
Oh excellent, thanks!
hollow comet
Amatsu.. defeated..
Only took me playing solo and getting the most optimized bui...
congrats!!!
hollow comet
oh my goodness 😭
elder tusk
Can't get this anywhere else, I love this shit
time for another Gypceros with randos let's go
hollow comet
Amatsu.. defeated..
Only took me playing solo and getting the most optimized bui...
btw till, if you ever want to do some rise hunts I'm down!
pro of playing world and rise so long after release: so much stuff to do, complete game + expansion 
cons: most of my mh friends aren't playing them much anymore, and the 2 others who do are on xbox 😭
elder tusk
😭
Hopefully crossplay is a permanent standard for the franchise now
carved 3 bird wyvern gems off the same gypceros 🥴
elder tusk
shout-out to the player I just encountered in random co-op named "Big Papi", the very first person I've ever heard use public voice chat in this game, who was definitely high, definitely still competent, shouted his own name at the end of the quest, and then used the guitar solo emote in front of the Rathalos's carcass
teal halo
i think you met a god
elder tusk
Fascinating
Basically: The new update turned on deferred shader compilation, making the game attempt to compile some shaders in real-time instead of at launch (this may also be what's causing the shader comp screen to act erratically). Simply letting the game cook while idle in-game solved stutter issues.
Some people have identified a new addition to the game's config file called "EcoShaderCache". Setting it to True causes this new behavior, which also comes with the game's pre-comp behaving super erratically on some systems (usually harmless but some users have reported instability and instant CTDs).
Turning it off reverts the game to total shader compilation on launch, but it's still being experimented with to make sure turning it off doesn't somehow turn anything else off unintentionally.
candid perch
btw till, if you ever want to do some rise hunts I'm down!
Oh we'd be happy to, when we get to the Risens
Then we'll actually be able to get our build together :b
hollow comet
shout-out to the player I just encountered in random co-op named **"Big Papi"**,...
peak
hollow comet
Oh we'd be happy to, when we get to the Risens
anytime
my build is also not fully together
elder tusk
god I still don't have a coherent build for Wilds
candid perch
Wilds is harder to build for
I really appreciate being able to craft decos in RiseBreak, even if there's still grinding involved with that
mystic cape
imo the only RNG that should exist in MonHun is monster drops, everything else should be a matter of crafting
elder tusk
facts
can't stand gear rng
the gameplay loop should begin and end with "I hope I get the drops I need to make the thing I want"
also, entirely unrelated (but also related) but can we please get negative skills back in some capacity
they're good! they're fun! they're interesting! they're a built-in means of balancing stronger skills! they would help curb the ever-compounding skill bloat that the games are suffering from!
mystic cape
Funny thing is the way the skills were changed would actually make the negative skills work out as a bigger deal due to not being able to go just short of the threshold
elder tusk
🙏
twin ibex
I wish Gog used the glock.
elder tusk
AT Gog sees us knock it off his back, picks it the fuck back up, and uses it on us
elder tusk
god damn alright
candid perch
getting into wilds again..
remind us, did we have a squad for this server?
I'm in the pinned one, but it appears to be named "Squad" now so I was wondering if there was a secret new one or something-
dark juniperBOT
elder tusk
there now you can all pat dodogama
wanton scroll
tardy grotto
gentle knoll
look, play that at the venue, and pay attention to who starts to duck for cover, go to them and exchange contact info, you now have a hunting buddy
(assuming your wife still allows you to hunt after the stunt)
elder tusk
doing this with deviljho's theme (and doing it again when I approach the buffet)
brave hazel
...bit of an odd request
Would it be possible for one of you lot to like
Log into my Steam account temporarily and nab me some tickets from the current event
I wanna make that fancy plate armor but I can't play video games on my computer currently
Or would that not work
brave hazel
Zog
candid perch
welp
Wilds managed to run nice for 2 days
and now suddenly refuses to and crashes all the time
sigh
I suppose we await the optimization patch like everyone else
hollow comet
candid perch
On the bright side, I have an excuse to bully my friends into finishing Rise
hollow comet
elder tusk
It's so frustrating that Wilds is such a nonsensically temperamental beast
I'd love to learn about every fucked up edge case that spontaneously prevents people from playing it, but it just keeps breaking in weird ways
candid perch
From our understanding, it's probably something to do with our AMD setup
full sage
my brother picked it up, after fiddling with some settings worked fine
husband borrowed it via family sharing, crashed during opening cutscene
tried again, adjusted some graphical settings, made it through, got through character customization
crashed immediately after
...well, my brother's at least Mostly having fun
elder tusk
I actually found a super confusing problem myself the other day while trying to revert the new update's shader compilation behavior
for some reason, the shader compilation setting's string is both case-sensitive and seemingly non-functional
ie: changing it from True to False does nothing, but changing it from True to false causes an instant GPU crash on launch
candid perch
Excellent
This game is truly an enigma
In all fairness, I've been running it on a tiny laptop and barely avoiding framedrops until recently...
So..
I guess I got what I was due 
elder tusk
karmic buildup 😔
brave hazel
Question regarding the older games, how did Prowler Mode work
Was it just like, an alternative to playing as a Hunter
hollow comet
yea
brave hazel
Or was it its own separate gamemode entirely
hollow comet
i haven't done it as a hunt, only for gathering or prowler-only quests
but you can access normal quests
you pilot one of your palicos
hollow comet
i believe so? not 100% sure
you build up meter over time that can be used on your palico's learned support moves
like health horns, flashes, whatever
brave hazel
That sounds fun
hollow comet
it's quite whimsical
the melee combat doesn't have as much depth from the little I played (especially in the game with Hunter Styles), and it's only 1 moveset, but that's fine
elder tusk
oh prowler was great
potent kraken
night prairie
lmao
void narwhal
Two DPS checks, the monsters
candid perch
POV: fighting PrimMalzeno for the first time and he's just sat up in the air
(I fainted in one hit)
hollow comet
full sage
he's really, really cool...
the steadily increasing aggression, the way it fights like a knight wielding shield and lance, only to grow more and more erratic as it falls to the influence of the qurio...
hollow comet
jesus this guy is hard qwq
yeah :((
i’m down to try it co-op in a week, I’ve only gotten it down twice
elder tusk
man I love a hunt that tells a story
I've also finally managed to start finding my flow again with Switch Axe after a really long time of just keeping my brain turned off and playing full efficiency 🙏
feels good to only ever roll to gap close
elder tusk
candid perch
oh that's what was supposed to happen
god that fight was wild
weirdly, I was fainting before because I was playing far too cautiously
Prim just takes advantage of that
elder tusk
Started introducing two friends to Rise earlier, and I forgot how charming Kamura is
I also forgot how to navigate every map
hollow comet
yeah kamura is a great town
elder tusk
YEAAA
also wild to me that Elgado basically confirms that this setting has trains (either that or they invented miniature locomotives specifically for this use case)
candid perch
Elgado seems to be rather advanced compared to a lot of other monhuns
Like
Afaik they have some of the first examples of steamships in games
and projectile dragonators
elder tusk
oh god that's right
Wilds also suggests some SIGNIFICANT tech advancement within the Guild's awareness, particularly with the Gogmazios story
||they have some concept and understanding of how a railgun works, and someone mentions that "similar weapons exist" in a way that I don't think is referring to, like, Artian weapons or the Rey Dau LBG||
dark juniperBOT
World Artian Palico armor makes them float like a ufo
TillCounterPunch (They/Them) ↩️
brave hazel
||they have some concept and understanding of how a railgun works, and someone m...
That and the literal radio in your tent
Which is a staggering leap forward in tech
elder tusk
🥴
There is of course some amount of leeway with whimsy, and the series is a little bit at odds with "everything should be immersive" vs "sometimes we just add goofy shit for fun and we don't want it to reflect on the overall setting"
Which is part of why I think it's kind of a mistake for them to defer so aggressively to immersion without putting any emphasis on when something is meant to be silly bullshit (though it's safe to say that if it's the result of an event quest it's not meant to reflect canon)
and Artian equipment has always been one degree away from an easter egg so it's inherited a bit of Silly Privilege
but also the setting definitely has like. electronic speakers.
the fashion show implies that microphones exist
Some of their material science and fabrication capabilities are modern bordering on futuristic in ways that aren't fully justified by them living within ecological systems containing hundreds or thousands of times more energy than our own
elder tusk
But ultimately this comes down to a difference in storytelling and what constitutes narrative
candid perch
World Artian Palico armor makes them float like a ufo
True, there are actually many floating palicos
sharp gull
I want there to be uranium
Not because it’s radioactive
But because it’s a great material for armor piercing ammunition
elder tusk
depleted uranium dragonator is the powerscaling inevitability
elder tusk
very good explanation of what to currently expect from wilds
hollow comet
I like the hub in Sunbreak too
mhmm!
it’s very cozy and everything is nice and close together
loses a bit of the charm of running around town but it’s really nice for endgame
dark juniperBOT
Think it's time to uninstall world
kinda bored of it
and yeah we haven't faced fatty but eh
hollow comet
it feels really good but I think I burnt myself out on Alatreon
the lack of variety really hurt me, but I didn’t find guiding lands too exciting either
dark juniperBOT
we had thoughts of modding it for hilarity but idk
not worth if we're extra burnt out
maybe this is a good chance to try LS/Hammer/GL
idk tho
balmy swan
Nothing wrong with stepping away if you need a break tbh
Even if it's a long break, or if you're done playing altogether
dark juniperBOT
our issue is space limiting our choices
Aquaesque ↩️
as much as we have two drives in our laptop we don't have infinite space
elder tusk
get in on the ground floor of what seems like a promising new monster hunter channel
starting off strong
(with an objectively correct observation)
outer heron
tri my beloved
elder tusk
I love Tri so much
Moga, The Island, Lagi as a flagship, literally everything about Ceadeus and what it means to the game's narrative and themes, Loc Lac still being the most characterful and vibrant online hub they've achieved so far, the fact that they actually made darkness and torchlight an interesting strategic mechanic
swimming :)
hollow comet
was tri on wii?
elder tusk
Yep
hollow comet
how were the controls?
and was it 3U (or however it was called) that was on wii u and 3DS?
elder tusk
they released a version of it that was bundled with a Pro Controller if that explains how the controls were
hollow comet
ah 😭
elder tusk
and was it 3U (or however it was called) that was on wii u and 3DS?
Correct again
hollow comet
elder tusk
Expansion games were always labeled G in Japan, and they were localized as "Ultimate" for international release
tiny wind
You hav won internet i will try MHGU
elder tusk
GU <3
hollow comet
GU 🙂↕️
astalos gives me 2 mantles instead of hyper amped shells 😔
i want to try SnS, making the Boltreaver one
elder tusk
desire sensor's fucking with you, I see
tiny wind
( I still will be a filthy LS user)
elder tusk
longsword gets too much hate that should be aimed at people who insist on using it without learning the slightest bit of multiplayer etiquette 😔
tiny wind
i do put the decoration of not fucking up the temmate in wilds
hollow comet
i should check if I have one of those
I’m very much a solo hunter but will probably play more with others with AT Jin and gog being out
teal halo
longsword gets too much hate that should be aimed at people who insist on using ...
and the people who hate the most are the hammer mains who, upon meeting eachother, begin a circlejerk of how "it's the best weapon" and all that bullshit
elder tusk
the hammer mains are a simple folk. they know nothing else.
also imo the meme-stereotype of "it's the weapon you can play without thinking a lot" has been kind of disastrous to the development of its recent play culture
teal halo
they unfortunately live up to it
elder tusk
it's all unga and bunga until you give an entire group of people implicit permission to pretend they lack critical thinking skills as a bit
that said, I love you hammer bros, but maybe help the new players dial it back a little
near bane
god am i bad at making builds in wilds, i just cant get my head around it and i cant find builds to fight arch tempered jin because all i find have the arch tempered version of the armor
wanton scroll
Nothing wrong with stepping away if you need a break tbh
We're going to RISE
hollow comet
!!
have fun :D
wish i could play rise or wilds but I’m traveling
they’ll be there when I get back but I really wanna give Primordial another shot
candid perch
I'll be there if ya need a friend :3
hollow comet
balmy swan
god am i bad at making builds in wilds, i just cant get my head around it and i ...
Tbh regular Jin armor might be the move, it's got bind resist, the armor set bonus triggers when you break out of being frozen, and it's good good ice resistance
Spent a chunk of time getting my face kicked in with my friends last night, so I'm gonna give it a look and a whirl here and see if it helps
cursive plover
just bullied the absolute shit out of a tempered guardian rathalos with a longsword
poor guy :(
final time 6'40", I just kept countering and countering and he kept falling out of the sky :(((
elder tusk
Guardian Los is so bullyable
meanwhile I needed a Rathian Ruby last night during my chore check so I just went and beat the fucking brakes off of a Tempered Rathain
hollow comet
big bonks!
elder tusk
Hell yeah
hollow comet
valor LS is as fun as always, I'm glad Tempered Spirit Blade and Serene Pose can somewhat recreate it + Critical Juncture in Rise
candid perch
Gods the skills in GU are so cool..
cursive plover
have been experimenting with layered armors instead of doing quests...
balmy swan
Oh excellent
That's a good look
When I'm on my computer I should drop the fit I've been going with lately
elder tusk
oh I gotta fitpost later too
cursive plover
That's a good look
thanks you :)
elder tusk
incidental screenshot of a fit I threw together last night while messing around with the talisman lotto (and a talisman I was showing a friend)
elder tusk
another one I use a lot
betraying the high metal set by not having the world's thickest thighs on my armor
cursive plover
another one I use a lot
very nice!
elder tusk
I'm currently in the process of making every set in the game for the sake of layered armor selection (typically the fem alpha and the masc beta, but I've fucked up a few times or made preferential picks to assemble sets; I'm selling and redoing them all when I reach them)
elder tusk
incidental screenshot of a fit I threw together last night while messing around ...
after taking this one I also noticed that the metal colors were mismatched between the shoulders, arms, and legs, and spent way too long getting them all identical 😔
I love the way this game handles armor, with the only exception being that I want there to be more variety in pigment zones
like there's genuinely no way to color the leather belt on this version of the Balahara waist piece
balmy swan
this has been my go-to fit lately
put it together a while back, but fortuitously it's a pretty good match for pretty much all of the weapons i like using regularly (Gog & Zoh swaxes, Ark GS, G.Ark GL)
void narwhal
I mean this very positively as I have a similar outfit they look ready to beat up the ninja turtles
Something about that waist and color just makes my brain see Shredder
balmy swan
and here's the build for AT Jin
gonna take another crack at it with my friends on Saturday and see how it goes
decided to forego Binding Counter in favor of running Scorcher II; stacked with Whiteflame Torrent it was doing ~100 damage per pop to AT Jin last time i tried fighting it, and frequently enough for that to be pretty significant
elder tusk
😳
brave hazel
Do y'all happen to know what greatsword this is in the screencap?
I think it's a Frontier weapon, if that helps
elder tusk
I've run into an interesting question I'm at a loss to answer
I joined some friends on their playthrough of World, and we eventually got to a point in Iceborne where they wanted to start on Rise
but one of them has run into an issue where they're finding Rise difficult because they relied so heavily and fundamentally on the Clutch Claw during their time in World, and they're struggling to find a gameplay alternative in Rise that I guess offers the same level of accessibility in relieving the pressure
which is leading to them being far more hesitant to play Rise in general
so I'm trying to figure out what kind of play style solution can offer something similar
but I have no experience with the clutch claw because I resent its existence, and my first playthrough of Rise happened with my brain turned off
so it's not really feasible for me to intuit a decent solution if it even exists, beyond "maybe try spamming mounts and wyvern riding?"
mystic cape
Have they tried zipping around with the wire bugs?
elder tusk
also I'm resisting the urge to start saying Immortan Joe shit about the clutch claw
mystic cape
Also what weapon did they main in World?
elder tusk
they're still getting the hang of the bugs
uhhhhhhhhhhhh hammer and dual blades primarily iirc
mystic cape
Well only thing I can think of is to ask them to practice with the Wire Bugs in the practice area since they'll serve as the survival crutch here.
What with being able to go into the air and Wire Dodge off the ground
elder tusk
yee
mystic cape
Once they have a feel for the buttons it should help
That or they play like Lance and go full turtle, which is also valid
elder tusk
I'd imagine Insect Glaive might also be good for the sake of mounting
mystic cape
True, though asking them to learn a new weapon at the same time may be slightly daunting
elder tusk
they've got some experience with it as well, and I know they're curious about it
candid perch
Rise good
Wirebugs are really really good survival tools once you learn how to use em
Some of the wirebug abilities are also uhhh
insane
elder tusk
god yeah
I didn't get super deep into them since I settled on my Switch Axe Win Buttons and just blasted through everything on instinct, but they seem like they're at least as ridiculous as Hunter Arts
(that's another reason why I'm revisiting the game from scratch)
mystic cape
A lot of them are basically just Hunter Arts
candid perch
Noteworthy: Swaxe is widely considered at its most fun in Rise from what I hear
mystic cape
In stark contrast to Hunting Horn
elder tusk
consider also: hunting horn can breakdance in rise
mystic cape
From what I understand that was of little comfort to the HH mains
candid perch
And then HH made the transition to wilds and all was good in the world again
Rise LS is also crazy
Counter the world
Anyways
RE: reliance on clutch claw
How exactly were they relying on it? (I have not used clutch claw before)
mystic cape
I'm guessing they used it to stunlock monsters with the launch
night prairie
nah HH was great in rise imo
i don't like slower HH, prefer actually hitting vs. sitting there playing songs on the side
more movement helped positioning too
candid perch
Sunbreak switch skills for it are pretty cool
I'm unfortunately not too educated on Horning in Rise so I'm mostly repeating what I've heard :b
night prairie
HH is what i mained in Rise because its not old HH
but i am a filthy Dual Blades user so that may influence my opinion greatly
candid perch
I think the thing that convinced me to play Sunbreak was actually seeing an endgame DB build that was physically unable to die
And then I played charge blade
hollow comet
Rise LS is also crazy
it issss
night prairie
my biggest gripe with LS is that the basic combo to generate spirit is really bad (i know you're not supposed to use it often), and i ended up really liking it in Wilds because it upgrades it
Rise is still my favorite game tho
candid perch
We patiently await Wilds PC optimization so we can play it again..
graceful snow
Some has already happened.
void narwhal
Y'know, I wouldn't mind if Bleed stopped coming back
weak gulch
Rise HH is essentially it's own variant/fork of normal Hunting Horn.
elder tusk
update: they love rise hunting horn and also khezu
tiny wind
Should i stay with the LS in wilds or change for a bit ?
hollow comet
playing different weapons is fun if you want to experiment! you might want to start with easier monsters as a warm up though
what are you thinking of trying?
tiny wind
Picking DB or CB back or trying GL
candid perch
GL in wilds is fun
So is DB
I don't like that Savage axe is the best way to play CB in wilds though..
Feels wrong
hollow comet
I want to play CB in rise, my build is very mediocre and I have trouble keeping up with the monsters, but it's such a cool weapon
full sage
I've been really tempted to go back to rise and work more on my secondaries but the couple minute time gap between my db times and my sns times are a bit disheartening.
... it's probably also partially because I've been using almost entirely aggro skills on db and actually bothered taking guard skills on sns though
tiny wind
i'll probazbly just farm gore and make a version of the weapon i find cool
night prairie
Some has already happened.
some, but i still get a full 10 seconds worth of the game freezing midhunt
they just did not make this game well
hollow comet
fighting jin is better than before, gog is a little shaky but I can tell it's a bit better now
still hurts to look at after a hunt or two 😔
tiny wind
i forfor how fun the CB is
candid perch
I want to play CB in rise, my build is very mediocre and I have trouble keeping ...
It's even more "wait for your opening to swing big" than GS if you're going for SAED, but you can also play Savage Axe and stay fairly mobile with the wirebug skills
I'm sure your build can get up to par, it's using a lot of the same stuff as other kit if I remember right
Actually Este, how far are you into Sunbreak?
hollow comet
fairly postgame, I think I'm done all of the MR10 urgents
around MR 150-160 and ~AR 200? but I've only started putting together meta builds in the past 10-15 hours lol
candid perch
Ah okay, just have to farm and fight Risens then
Which is..
Hard
I've heard
That's where I am too! (Though lower MR and AR)
candid perch
Oh yeah I can do a couple :3
hollow comet
and yeah risens are a goal,.,. just working on making the armour and weapons I can access atm, and doing anomaly 🙂↕️
hollow comet
Oh yeah I can do a couple :3
awesome!
i do love anomaly for having endgame variety 🥹 it's great
candid perch
I will happily do some anomaly stuff since I've gotta get my rank up
hollow comet
😌
candid perch
might hop on in around 30-40 minutes if you're available to hunt? <@487018462170...
hey hi hello
it's uh
been a bit longer and we haven't heard anything..
we're actually gonna head to bed now if that's okay .-.
hollow comet
sorry, i got sidetracked and just got out of the shower, I really should have said something before I stepped in
no problem
candid perch
another time!
hollow comet
mhm! sorry again 🙇
candid perch
Is all good
tiny wind
Finding a new fun weapon is good and all but i kinda need to redo my build
elder tusk
fucked around
elder tusk
Here's the template, and here's where I got the icons (resizing them to 35% makes them fit cleanly, if you don't want to resize the entire image)
https://fanonmonsterhunter.fandom.com/wiki/Post_5th_and_6th_Gen_Icon_Compendium
elder tusk
I didn't see a thing
halcyon fractal
gog gog gog gog gog gog gog gog gog gog gog gog gog gog gog gog
twin ibex
I think this is a cool break down of not just Gog, but also the gameplay themes of Wilds.
near bane
fucked around
no please no
teal halo
*no please no*
YES PLEASE YES
brave hazel
I'm hoping for Bazel myself
And I hope they do what they did with Rise and just completely shadowdrop him again
balmy swan
you don't even know he's in the game until the strings start up
brave hazel
You're in the middle of a Seregios hunt or something and then you hear it
That old violin sting
teal halo
Hunter who started with wilds: “Hey, what’s that noise?”
Veteran hunter: “…oh stars NOT AGAI-“
kaboom
hollow comet
elder tusk
As much as I appreciate The Goose, the only jumpscare violin sting that exists in my heart is Jho's 🙏
teal halo
Hunter who started with wilds: “Hey, what’s that noise?”
Veteran hunter: “…oh st...
though what would be really funny is something in the opposite direction
party crasher who digs instead of flying
potent kraken
It’s the B52 again
elder tusk
party crasher who digs instead of flying
Deviljho used to do exactly this 😔
Though it was much more common for him to just walk, but sometimes he'd spawn by digging in
elder tusk
we could always get a new crab who's also an invader :)
balmy swan
i've been keeping an eye out for a used copy of MHGU as a gift for my partner (not without ulterior motive, as i'll be sharing her Switch when we move in together). tonight i not only broke lucky, but broke luckier than i was expecting
hollow comet
balmy swan
i already had 4U so this kinda completes the trifecta of 3DS era games
elder tusk
yesssssss
desert light
Nice!
elder tusk
elder tusk
I'll confess that I'm biased because a lot of the old community culture before World was strengthened by people bonding over mutual suffering, but I think there's something positive about there being one or two dogshit hunts that suck and are awful
Everyone bonds over hating Cephadrome's fucking existence
Everyone bonds over dreading Plesioth's truthful hips
naive elk
Plesioth my beloathed
elder tusk
I'm an unironic Wilds Expansion Plesioth Truther
naive elk
The brought back Gogmazios already so this is genuinely my only ask
elder tusk
I loved grinding Dalamadur with the gang tbh
we got it down to really fast completely mindless runs and just ground through it and kitted everyone out
naive elk
I still can't play Wilds i don't think so honestly i have no stake in this
elder tusk
I really hope they clean it up so more people can play
naive elk
I'm running a 2060 dawg it was like 10-15 fps or less at absolute minimum potato graphic when i tried the game demos
I had pre-puechased it actually but i ended up refunding cause i knew it was gonna be straight unplayable
elder tusk
I also really hope they learn that they don't need to keep chasing graphical fidelity that they're clearly incapable of competently delivering on
naive elk
It doesn't even look better than World imo
naive elk
They hit devastating diminishing returns on that one
elder tusk
It does, but only if you have a supercomputer. The fidelity is so fragile that anything but max graphics and perfectly configured gamma just completely fucks it.
candid perch
They hit devastating diminishing returns on that one
That's how going for graphics works, sadly
candid perch
You don't really need to get any better than that yeah
If anything I'd appreciate going lower like Rise did
elder tusk
I'd honestly say that something between Rise and World would be the perfect happy medium for the rest of the franchise's existence
naive elk
If you can't make a game look good withthat level if graphics that is a pure fucking skill issue
Get better art direction
elder tusk
also like
Wilds technical investments are just really really poorly planned and allocated
naive elk
If anything I'd appreciate going lower like Rise did
I honestly don't fw Rise art style so much but it might just be cause i don't really fw Rise way of doing world design
elder tusk
it's not so much a failure of optimization as it is Yandere Dev levels of processing waste
naive elk
The maps really killed it for me a bit
Mostly cause of World
If i had to put it into words, every hunt in Rise felt like doing an arena hunt in World
elder tusk
you don't need two hundred fuckbillion tris on a destructible setpiece that disappears into shitty looking transparency dithering when the camera gets close enough to see the detail
jesus christ
naive elk
Not necessarily a fault of the game cause Rise wasn't trynna be so worldbuildy and ecological like World
But i'm fucking spoiled after having played World
Everything felt so believable in that game
You could fr just hunt monsters by looking at the map and thinking where their habitat might be
elder tusk
I'd really love to see the portable and mainline series swap themes for one generation. Gritty mainline zero-to-godkiller story about some upstart from a village in the middle of nowhere. Flashy portable story about an accomplished badass joining a special ecological guild commission.
naive elk
Rise i think had more dynamic and fun moment to moment gameplay but the believable environment aspect of World just hits different
candid perch
I honestly don't fw Rise art style so much but it might just be cause i don't re...
Eh, fair.
Rise is designed to be picked up and put right back down whereas world is designed to be the peak immersive monster hunter experience for the time
They both have their appeals
naive elk
Rise feels like it's missing the hunting part so you're just kinda doing a boss fight
Which again, not bad in any way
candid perch
World and Wilds are admittedly the ones that differ from that the most out of all the monster hunter games
Those two broke that traditional more arcady gameplay loop
naive elk
I just fw the focus on worldbuilding and ecology in World
elder tusk
I've been picking up Rise again lately and it does lean a bit too hard in the arcade direction for my liking, even for a portable title
naive elk
World and Wilds are admittedly the ones that differ from that the most out of al...
Yeah i'm kind of aware of that
naive elk
I've been picking up Rise again lately and it does lean a bit too hard in the ar...
Yeah that was my feel
I still need to go kill Primordial
elder tusk
Wilds seems like it's Fucking Terrified of making the player wait for anything ever
candid perch
Yeah i'm kind of aware of that
That's kinda why they're popular though, I can't ever fault it
candid perch
Wilds seems like it's Fucking Terrified of making the player wait for anything e...
Oh uh
Unless it's progressing low rank story
naive elk
I'm kinda done with World entirely now which is a bit sad
elder tusk
The gratification of the gameplay loop is super broken, at least in my experience
naive elk
But i got my hours out of it
elder tusk
god the state of low rank in that game
naive elk
Me and my friends did a run of the whole game
elder tusk
I understand why it's the way that it is, I understand and respect the rationale of turning the story into a tutorial, but like
elder tusk
can the monsters fight back before the credits roll please
naive elk
Fatalis was such a cool and scary monster to fight
candid perch
iceborne had such good elders
naive elk
We had to like
candid perch
Alas..
I feel it unfair to expect that from the inevitable next MR expansion
I'm keeping my expectations of wilds at a modest "I hope the game runs"
elder tusk
I'm super curious how Wilds is going to handle elders
naive elk
Prep to the max, gear up with the best armor and weapons we could get, and have game plans and shit for what parts to target to beat Fatalis
candid perch
Gog has always been a siege, so I'm not surprised it became one again
naive elk
Killing it felt like a proper accomplishment
We had to learn it properly and target specific parts and know what attacks were instakills and shit
candid perch
I doubt the others will be sieges?
I'd love to fight a big sand whale near the start of MR though
That'd be cool
candid perch
It would fit so well.
And you already have models for sandships ready to go
elder tusk
and I'm biased and a little brainrotten from my hours upon hours of grinding it with randos in Tri
candid perch
They might drop in Shagaru, given Gore is in the game already
candid perch
As if we don't know
I wonder what the wilds experience is like for someone who's never played MonHun before and does like
No research
They focused a lot on that, I feel
elder tusk
character looks directly into the camera: I wonder if there's a stronger source of Frenzy that could more conclusively destabilize the Dragontorch
candid perch
(I never actually got to fight gore because the fight before it crashed the game constantly)
elder tusk
Something I'm really hoping for with Wilds is that Elders actually become local ecological threats who need to be driven off in order to restore the regular functions of a given biome
candid perch
That'd be a neat way to use the weather system
elder tusk
Like hey, a Teostra is just living in your Windward Plains now. Stuff isn't spawning, gathering and farming are worse, the weather sucks. It's going to stay there until you scare it off or kill it.
naive elk
I really wanna see how IG and DB feel properly in Wilds
I played like 10-15 mins of the demo with DB i think but i didn't get a real feel for it
elder tusk
iirc the weapons have all been adjusted a good amount since the demo
elder tusk
I haven't touched either in Wilds 😔
candid perch
At the start I don't think IG could jump anymore
They changed that back, thankfully
naive elk
Also used hammer and switch axe a fair bit but i don't like Switch Axe in World
candid perch
DB got some cool perfect dodge stuff though
naive elk
I used it for like a third of my groups world run and i did not like it for about all od that time
elder tusk
as someone who's maining Switch Axe in World: yeah.
candid perch
As someone who's used it in Wilds: I'm sorry
naive elk
Tbf i also am a bit of a movement enjoyer so it was just too stationary for me
Whiffing like 70% of my big moves
naive elk
Also i'm a bit of a brainlet so DB having like two buttons i need to press and no complex combos went hard
Reminds me
My friend beat Rise by dodge spamming with bow
elder tusk
I enter a fugue state driven by muscle memory and hitbox visualization
naive elk
I have never once visualized a hitbox
I dln't even know the moves of like any monster except fatalis
I fight on pure instinct
elder tusk
oh it's mainly just "is that actually going to hit me where I'm standing or can I keep attacking"
hollow comet
a bit late to the discussion, but yeah, World looks great enough even on lower settings
one thing wilds does really well imo is when the sunrise hits (especially in the Scarlet Forest), it's a stunning burst of colour
but it's a bit tough to appreciate when everything else looks grainy and rotating the camera hurts
naive elk
I don't even do that lol
elder tusk
I also started messing with a 1st person mod with Wilds, as well as turning off the camera proximity culling, and god damn the environments in that game are actually really pretty if you have any reason to look at them from any perspective that isn't Optimal Gameplay Camera Angle
naive elk
oh it's mainly just "is that actually going to hit me where I'm standing or can ...
I'm a persistance hunter ngl
Out of my friends i was by far the least efficient and skilled hunter and boasted the slowest kill times
I tend to run a lot of healing skills to make up for it
Speed eating, vitality, divine blessing, that sorta thing
elder tusk
fun is the most important part, I fucked around and got my ass handed to me for thousands of hours before I started tightening my gameplay at all
And I still prefer to just go full comfort
elder tusk
speed eating is actually excellent for sustained damage if you know when to heal and how fast it'll be, and you can just heal in the monster's face during the telegraph of an attack that you know will miss
naive elk
The drip was absolutely immaculate tho
elder tusk
sublime
naive elk
Couldn't have cooked harder if i tried
elder tusk
I've gotta get my friends back into World to clean up the last handful of challenges
I wanna farm Raging Brachy stuff :)
elder tusk
oh shit that's right I need to pick up Buff Body and Buffer Body
naive elk
I do like buff body
elder tusk
Wilds you know you want to give us Buff Body.
naive elk
Gonna have fun remaking Hemmia for the second time in Wilds when i eventually get around to playing it
Unless i can still port my data from the demo or whatever
Or world
I can't remember how that worked exactly
Might do a 4U run with my friends so she's getting backported to that also prolly
candid perch
Unless i can still port my data from the demo or whatever
You should be able to!
naive elk
Cool
I made Hemmia for World originally but i became rather fond of her so i decided she'd be my Hunter proxy
elder tusk
Wilds has a really solid character creator
naive elk
Yeah i did see that in the Demo
Alas i will be recreating Hemmia exactly as she was
Or at least as close as i can get
Rise didn't have her tattoos so i had to improvise
tiny wind
da boi
teal halo
MY WIFE HAS BEEN MENTIONED
lapis juniper
Getting into Wilds With A Friend
tiny wind
do you think CB can take advantage of elemental weakness ?
elder tusk
da boi
"turns out dodogama can eat wylk and they've just been chowing the fuck down on the wyrmway"
"they're not even guardians or anything, just regular natural creatures, but they were outcompeted for minerals by Gravios, so they realized they could eat wylk uncontested, and it's starting to become a problem"
tiny wind
"the Zoh Shi is in a corner, malnourished because of it"
elder tusk
I wonder how many Dodogama it would take to clean up Zoh Shia before it can regenerate
tiny wind
dodogama will give diabetes to the arkveld
elder tusk
Finally
tiny wind
https://youtube.com/shorts/3JKpcLUuRJw?si=1Pin-0DkhU2mcjQy dodogama be like
tiny wind
why this nerscylla has lazer beams ?
fuck she got me
i'll return to more sensible fight like the railgun dragon or the explosive monkey
a lazer spider pfft
mystic cape
Were you doing the Omega quest?
elder tusk
laser spider + laser spider
me fighting the fake nerscylla: hey I think there's something wrong with this dog
☝️ 🤓 Um, actually, Rey Dau wouldn't be considered a railgun, as it doesn't propel a solid projectile via electromagnetic force. In actuality, it more closely resembles a plasma cannon, or a directed energy weapon.
tiny wind
Were you doing the Omega quest?
I wen to speak ro my guy ronin and went to fight a Nerscylla with a Lascanon (probally yes. Was just fighting the nercylla)
I'll come back to it with the Sergio CB
I run gore armor for the Fury boost
naive elk
This was my endgame build on my first run
went and checked what skills Korria had compared to Hemmia for the end of her run and yeah
her armor is way more optimized
pretty much as many offensive and defensive skills i could fit on
armor doesn't look half bad either
balmy swan
i do gotta go back and finish Iceborne at some point
maybe now that Wilds is nearing the end of the base game cycle and we've got a few months of content lull there
adjusting to the differences in the Switch Axe is going to be weird tho
naive elk
helped someone do Raging Brachy
was nice
they carted twice but we locked in for the final phase and managed to kill it
it's prolly the armor doing most of the work but i'm happy i didn't cart
hollow comet
o7
elder tusk
🙏
tardy grotto
I should get back into World
elder tusk
I finally got back onto the Iceborne grind the other night and took care of Kirin and Rajang, thinking about grinding Raging Brachy for gear
Sadly I'll have to make a new build just for him since I'm running Blast
lapis juniper
Wilds is so fun lmao
lapis juniper
hehehe Sword Dancer Killing Things
balmy swan
A+ drip
lapis juniper
Thank you!