Monster Hunter

[analog osprey]

Ik bulwark isn't an adjective, but it fits well

[rose bison]

for HBG i propose "the strong" cause you have to carry that whole thing

[analog osprey]

We already have "the strong" tho

[rose bison]

oh i didnt see sns

the sturdy

[icy stump]

HBG is "the dakka"

[rose bison]

wouldnt that be more like lbg

[analog osprey]

For an adjective I'd maybe choose "steady"

[rose bison]

lance the steady

[icy stump]

Depends on the game

[rose bison]

the fortified

[analog osprey]

Ooh

[icy stump]

Valor HBG my beloved

[analog osprey]

We're going w fortified

In that case
WYCEM RAIDER THE FORTIFIED

[icy stump]

HBU pivoting from siege mode was the worst design decision in modernster hunter

Pog

[analog osprey]

I mean Rise kinda has siege HBG

[icy stump]

It's ass tho

[rose bison]

that does go hard

[analog osprey]

It does

Has some kinda aura to it

[analog osprey]

I had a decent experience with it tbf
Granted I didn't play HBG in GU

[icy stump]

Valor HBG is the fucken best

Both literally

And figuratively to play

It's so fucking fun

[analog osprey]

Maybe I'll go back to GU and test it

[heady goblet]

Valor HBG is on par with some frontier weapons for sheer DPS

[icy stump]

Id wager putting valor HBG back in modern games 1-1 as it is in gu and it'd still wreck house

[analog osprey]

I only ever played Striker Lance and Valor CB in GU

[heady goblet]

It would definitely be top 1 by a significant margin

[icy stump]

Id argue it's really good but also somewhat balanced

Between getting 1 shot by a stray hit and needing to hunker down for big DPS

[rare knot]

Made it to HR100 in GU

[icy stump]

Pogerino

[hushed kelp]

As someone who started the series with Rise and has played a good bit of world, the obsession with "seemlessness" doesn't really seem necessary aside from shit just to try and wow AAA audiences into playing

[rare knot]

Only took 300+ hours

[rare knot]

I feel the same way

[analog osprey]

What kinda crossovers would y'all expect to be in Wilds on an unrelated note?
Haven't seen that question pop up a lot-
Personally, I think another MGS crossover is likely, cause Snakeeater Delta drops soon

[rare knot]

It won't happen but I want a berserk crossover so bad

[hushed kelp]

Do I want to deal with loading zones from one part of a region map to another? No, not really. However, I don't need to walk down a canyon for 5 minutes or run directly from a base onto the rest of a map to enjoy myself. Loading screens are charming and lead to creative solutions, if you aren't drowning in them

[rare knot]

Baki got one bro gimme something

[icy stump]

That's so fucken real

Same with graphics imo

Wilds running like shit to have high end graphics is a really dumb trade off imo

[analog osprey]

I watched part of a video from Dark Hero, who got to play the game early
He said that the performance in the build he played was a lot better than in the beta
Performance mode on console now actually runs a consistent 60 frames while also looking more polished

[hushed kelp]

Fallout. I don't want power armor or the same shitty vault suits every crossover gets, I want to cart endlessly to a deathclaw

[icy stump]

Low key like area transitions as like a lil breather lol

Like it's so nice to have a monster run to another area, so I can one hand the controller to hit the loading zone while my free hand gets a drink

[rose bison]

its unreasonable but i want a granblue relink crossover

[analog osprey]

That could be interesting
But I feel like the average Deathclaw is too small to actually be a separate hunt ngl

[rose bison]

theres some bosses in relink that could really lend well to monster hunter

[hushed kelp]

That's the thing

[analog osprey]

They could just size it up

[hushed kelp]

At most size it up to the size of an arzuros

I like the idea of just making a smaller monster that's as feared as lesser elder dragons

[analog osprey]

Could you provide an example?

[hushed kelp]

Since that's the pre-Fallout 4 legacy of the deathclaw

[rose bison]

i believe his name is like managyrm or something

managyrmr?

[rare knot]

I don't like fallout, but a giant deathclaw fight would be sick as hell

[rose bison]

or was it managarmr

[hushed kelp]

That's fair

[rose bison]

i dont know but it was a big ice wolf with a pointy nose that got ice armor when it was mad

kinda reminded me of velkhana almost

[analog osprey]

That's it, I actually know that term

[icy stump]

Hmm

[rare knot]

Okay how about a dark souls or bb crossover?

[icy stump]

Sounds familiar

[hushed kelp]

Relink Lunagaron?

[rose bison]

that would go hard

[analog osprey]

(From ARK tho)

[rose bison]

its less like lunagaron than youd think

[rare knot]

Ludwig hunt

[rose bison]

more like velkhana or zamtrios

[hushed kelp]

I'll look it up

[rose bison]

i dont even care

holy moonlight greatsword

[rare knot]

So true

[hushed kelp]

Sif design for the seikret

[rose bison]

that would be so sick

[rare knot]

HEAT

[rose bison]

moonlight greatsword.....

[hushed kelp]

I was gonna say palamute, but Rise is over

[rose bison]

they had amaterasu for rise so

they gotta have special outfits for the seikret too

[rare knot]

Demon of Hatred hunt

[icy stump]

I need palamute layered armor for the seikret

[analog osprey]

Give me a chocobo Seikret
I don't even play FF but chocobos are cute

[rose bison]

how are they going to fly

[icy stump]

They got lil gliders

[hushed kelp]

The kites from the meowcwnaries

[analog osprey]

Bipedal Palamute 😭

[rose bison]

an outfit for seikret needs some way to glide at least

[rose bison]

that could go hard

[hushed kelp]

They should partner with Nike and give the Seikrets Jordans

[icy stump]

Ok

[analog osprey]

Peak design actually

[hushed kelp]

Wait no

That's supposed to be a bad idea

[icy stump]

For a hot second I thought you meant the OTHER nikke

[hushed kelp]

Oh, nah lol

[icy stump]

And was like "oh no"

[rose bison]

the bad nikke

do not make the seikret an oversexualized woman please

[hushed kelp]

No, we're not putting tits on the seikrets

[icy stump]

Air Jordan seikret would go hard

Blue booby seikret

[icy stump]

https://tenor.com/view/boobys-birds-nice-pair-of-boobys-boobys-birds-gif-26373643

[hushed kelp]

Oh, yeah

Forgot about birbs

[icy stump]

Ha!

[icy stump]

Imma color my seikret like this and call it boob

[analog osprey]

I am really considering getting the deluxe edition for Wilds just because of the sick ass Seikret skin(the one in the back specifically)

[icy stump]

I would if the layered armor wasnt another samurai set

[rose bison]

wouldnt be too bad compared to my palico, cokey

[analog osprey]

My car is just my irl car

[rose bison]

ive made my irl cars way too much

i needed to switch it up and i realized i could make his face covered in cocaine

[icy stump]

YOU NAMED HIM COKEY?!?

WITH AN ALL WHITE FACE

IMPLYING HE FACE DIVED INTO A PILE OF COCAINE?!?

[analog osprey]

(Car for reference)

[icy stump]

Hm

[rose bison]

dont forget the bloodshot eyes

[icy stump]

Weird ass car there

How much horse power does it get?

[analog osprey]

She is very silly

[icy stump]

OH MY GOD I DIDNT EVEN NOTICE THAT

[analog osprey]

3

[icy stump]

[icy stump]

THREE WHOLE FUCKING HORSES

[analog osprey]

The dilated pupils too lol

[analog osprey]

Yes

[icy stump]

https://tenor.com/view/hol-horse-run-gif-26594333

[analog osprey]

She is very powerful

[icy stump]

THREE OF THESE FUCKERS?!?

[analog osprey]

She also has 3 Emperors

[rose bison]

i love it when cokey says "here comes the healing!" and injects fent into my arm

[icy stump]

That cat is too powerful

[analog osprey]

She had to be nerfed by being eepy all the time

[icy stump]

Cokey ripping a line of demon powder on your spare weapon on the seikret

[analog osprey]

Stabs you with rusty needle

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1148783063573221456/1270960444449882152/4x.gif

Cokey prepping for a hunt

[rose bison]

my spare weapon is the longsword so

[icy stump]

I'm stealing that cat idea

[rose bison]

lots of length to line it up on

[icy stump]

I'm sorry it's too perfect

[hushed kelp]

Blindsloth, your Palico is getting close to an OD holy shit

[analog osprey]

Now we're making Palicos drug addicts 😭

[rose bison]

close?

hes had 15

you have no idea how many times ive had to give him that green juice they give you when you cart

[analog osprey]

Does the coke grant him extra lives?

[hushed kelp]

What would the Meowscular Chef say to the condition of your companion?

[hushed kelp]

Just opens his airways

[rose bison]

oh nyo.....

[hushed kelp]

He'd probably ween cokey off with snorting pre-workout lmao

[rose bison]

i dont think he is alive

i think hes just a corpse piloted by cocaine

[analog osprey]

[rose bison]

theres a reason he cant die in hunts

[hushed kelp]

Everytime he's hit coke flies out like it's dust in a Hong Kong action film

[rose bison]

trueee

[analog osprey]

He bleeds white powder

He's like a sandbag, but with coke

[rose bison]

you cant see it cause theres already so much in his fur tho

[hushed kelp]

https://tenor.com/view/excuse-me-gif-18686335

https://tenor.com/view/minor-spelling-mistake-major-spelling-mistake-spelling-mistake-spelling-correction-minor-spelling-mistake-i-win-gif-6120296419664849866

[analog osprey]

K and m are next to each other, leave me alone 😭

[hushed kelp]

They are!

[rose bison]

this is the kind of character i excel at making

[icy stump]

Im gonna make mine cracky

[analog osprey]

Crack addicts?

[rose bison]

absolute crackheads that will jump you in the back alley for 5 bucks they can use to buy drugs

[hushed kelp]

*5 Guild points

[analog osprey]

That's a steal ngl...

[icy stump]

https://tenor.com/view/peter-griffin-family-guy-family-guy-memes-ironic-meme-caption-gif-25407216

[hushed kelp]

Mine is already Duck King IV, even if I wanted to give my Palico a crippling chemical dependence it is already to late

[icy stump]

When I made my beta cat I had no idea the possibility

Thank God for the full release

[analog osprey]

I mean, we have infinite vouchers in the beta

[rose bison]

its never too late to start taking drugs

ruin all his 9 lives

[hushed kelp]

And bismirch the legacy of THE KING??!?!?!!?

[winter bane]

Time to try World

[hushed kelp]

https://tenor.com/view/duck-king-breakdance-fatal-fury-king-of-fighters-kof-gif-12710090195858282245

[icy stump]

Snk ref?!?

In my Capcom franchise?!?

[hushed kelp]

The crossover has already occured

[icy stump]

Yeah yeah ik

[hushed kelp]

I'm gonna give my Seikret a Duck King Mohawk

[icy stump]

I need to make my cat some kind of drug addict

Sloth already got cokey

[analog osprey]

Make them an alcoholic

[hushed kelp]

Make them addicted to Well Done Steak

Or Dash Extract

[icy stump]

The goon cat

[hushed kelp]

Completely white paws?

[icy stump]

.....

Ah fuck

I have to do it now

[hushed kelp]

I need to get out of this chat, I can't be complicit any longer

NO

[rose bison]

that would go hard

[icy stump]

https://tenor.com/view/shinji-shinji-ikari-club-penguin-penguin-dancing-club-penguin-dance-gif-24029283

[winter bane]

Oh no

[icy stump]

Oh yeah

World was a game made for like PS4 level hardware

As opposed to rise

A switch game

[rose bison]

this is why i like rise

[winter bane]

It looks really low res

[rose bison]

it doesnt care about high end graphics

[icy stump]

True and real

[winter bane]

I can count the pixels

[icy stump]

Style over technical specs

[winter bane]

It's getting funky

I can't even navigate the option menu

bruh

[heady goblet]

Their ass is not playing World

[winter bane]

I got it to work now

[wheat nova]

now go hunter

[heady goblet]

Their ass is playing World

[hushed kelp]

Their ass is watching unskippable cutscenes

[heady goblet]

https://tenor.com/view/feel-that-that's-true-feel-that-thats-xata-xata-warframe-meme-gif-15531284589461707381

[winter bane]

https://tenor.com/view/patrick-patrick-star-sleep-sleeping-snoring-gif-5874188292414903034

Just give me the weapon and let me go ham

[heady goblet]

Your ass will watch the unskippable cutscenes and you will like it

[winter bane]

My ass is getting burned because my laptop sounds like a jet engine

[icy stump]

The worldening

[icy stump]

Hunters after eating a 3 course meal on their way to smack the monster

https://youtu.be/olqLtzS1nY0?feature=shared

[rare knot]

Just helped a newbie beat alta ka

Feelsgood

[icy stump]

So apparently||Mizu|| is our first title update mon

"were focusing on old monsters that couldn't make gen 5" my ASS

PETITION TO CALL GORE MAGALA "gogo magaga" FROM HENCEFORTH BECAUSE HE IS A STUPIDFUCKINGBABYELDERDRAGON

[sharp cedar]

https://youtu.be/a_wNFT4j6qI?si=4v_5hSGJlOvf-If6

[analog osprey]

Not gonna read what monster this is, but I assume it's one from recent games

If I see Tigrex again, I'll lose my shit

(Note that aside of the beta I know almost nothing)

[sharp cedar]

0:35 look at this beast

[analog osprey]

Aside of locales

[sharp cedar]

OH shit

look who it is

||mizutsune isn't gonna be base game but they'll do an update around spring and add them, then in summer they'll do it again||

[hushed kelp]

This shit is peak

||Arkveld style infection with that purple glowing Rathian, or frenzy renewal||

[hushed kelp]

||Gotta get the fated 4 together||

[icy stump]

Prolly the former

But the latter would be neat

[hushed kelp]

Probably

[icy stump]

Mainline team be like "ok so 4U2, got it"

[sharp cedar]

add zinogre please

[icy stump]

God if this means portable team is gonna do GU2 we may be set for the best MH to ever MH

[heady goblet]

Yo the Apex for the ice area looks fucking dope

[hushed kelp]

The most elder dragon looking probably leviathan I have ever seen

[analog osprey]

It was in the last trailer as well, for like a split second, but it was there

||It's some kinda Ice Worm||

Which I like

Just wondering if that means ||Agnaktor|| will also be back

I can see him

[heady goblet]

That's where I saw it

[hushed kelp]

From the Official Website

I can resend spoilered if anyone prefers

[analog osprey]

It looks like a stretched Radobaan

[hushed kelp]

It wears Radobaans as armor

[analog osprey]

Please don't bring Radobaan and Uragan back

I hate the wheels

[sharp cedar]

these 4 are pretty good for apex monsters

[heady goblet]

So true

[analog osprey]

So we have ||Fish, Lightning Rod Railgun, Oiled up Cephalopod and long Radobaan||

[sharp cedar]

so 20 monsters for base roster

[dire bison]

told you it would be low

[hushed kelp]

They could be keeping secrets

Buuuuuut probably not

[rose bison]

gogo magaga gogoes hard

[hushed kelp]

There'll at least be a fake out real big bad

[analog osprey]

Like in every modern Monster Hunter game?

We still eat that up regardless cause it's peak

[night ledge]

Aww I was hoping it would be more like a brachiosaur with that neck

[analog osprey]

Fingers crossed they are because 20 is kinda eh

[analog osprey]

I think smthn like that would be really impractical to fight ngl

Imagine trying for Headbreaks

Cool idea but hard to implement is what I'd say
I mean just imagine Najarala with legs

[hushed kelp]

Headbreak is instead on the kneecaps

[icy stump]

This honestly might be my favorite apex rn

[analog osprey]

We love breaking kneecaps

[night ledge]

We just gonna ignore shen long

[rose bison]

I LOVE HIM

[analog osprey]

Mine's Uth Duna
Big fish looks impressive

[analog osprey]

That guy walks with his head down all the time

And moves at a snail's pace

[rose bison]

ME TOO ME TOO ME TOO

okay well besides rey dau

him and rey dau are the goats

[night ledge]

SO COULD THIS GUY, BUT NO WE NEED ANOTHER HALF FISH

[analog osprey]

Did yall notice that all the Apex monsters share design attributes

||Like they all have some kinda yellow wave markings||

[rose bison]

where

i only see that on rey dau

[analog osprey]

||Rey Dau and the squid have yellow/green wavey complexion and Uth Duna has yellow wave shaped eye markings||

[night ledge]

I kinda see it

But honestly that just looks like a real scale pattern

[rose bison]

no?

||octopus dude is covered in oil we cant even see the color of his skin||

[analog osprey]

I watched some Gameplay by DarkHero

[night ledge]

https://tenor.com/view/oil-gif-22029798

[rose bison]

oh you cheated i see

[analog osprey]

||Squid is an emerald/yellowish color||

||With black stripes||

[rose bison]

i actually wont open those spoilers then

[analog osprey]

I only wanted a review and he just flashed me with the squid 😭

[rose bison]

id rather not see something not from a trailer or the betas

[analog osprey]

I'm pretty sure it was also visible without oil in the trailers

[rose bison]

idk

[analog osprey]

The one they released today

[rose bison]

i didnt notice

[analog osprey]

Either way, I don't think it means anything that they share the features

I just thought it was a nifty little detail

[rose bison]

we'll see what anything means in a few weeks

[hushed kelp]

Talking about monster count, even if they don't have other completely unique monsters they can still have variants and subspecies

[rose bison]

im fine with that tbh

[analog osprey]

Watch them include Emerald Conga Lala

My goat

[rose bison]

they need to kill congalala

[hushed kelp]

[rose bison]

this fart monkey doesnt need to be seen ever

[analog osprey]

https://tenor.com/view/rey-dau-monster-hunter-rey-dau-monster-hunter-wilds-monhunwilds-mhwilds-gif-17919085122880163840

[hushed kelp]

Actually, if Congalala is back Blangonga might be back too

[analog osprey]

Wait true...

Wait no
That means I'll get jumped by Blangos 😭

[rose bison]

who

[native urchin]

https://tenor.com/view/diddy-baby-oil-oil-him-up-xllcarolinellx-gif-17289803066735751001

[analog osprey]

Basically watered down Rajang if he threw snowballs at you and jumped you with his little cousins

[hushed kelp]

Also no zappy breath

[analog osprey]

He's basically just a monkey who like playing in the snow

https://tenor.com/view/monster-hunter-freedom-unite-mhfu-blangonga-capcom-gif-16140384188753691124

[rose bison]

so it basically is just snow rajan?

cause in that gif that is just a rajang move

[analog osprey]

Yes but not as insane

[hushed kelp]

Just monkey but not fart monkey

Y'know, I kinda wish they'd do something with Dragon Quest so we can gigaslash and gigagash a rathalos into oblivion

That or I just wish Dragon Quest 12 wasn't in development hell

[sharp cedar]

@heady goblet did you see the greatsword

for arkveld

[heady goblet]

I'm interested in how it looks outside during attacks because the crystaline part looks cool af

[icy stump]

OH MY GOD

[rose bison]

that is NOT sharp

[icy stump]

I NEED THAT

[rose bison]

but its absolutely sick

[heady goblet]

The chains are a good touch

[icy stump]

ITS LIKE A WHITE AKANTOR GODSWORD

AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH

[heady goblet]

Fur almost looks like a scabbard ngl

[rose bison]

i love how the octopus is just there int he background

whats the octopus' name again btw

[sharp cedar]

Like really though

this shit looked too cool

[rose bison]

oh wait no thats the monkey

but still whats the octopus' name

[sharp cedar]

https://www.reddit.com/r/MonsterHunter/comments/1io8kdv/most_of_the_new_weaponsarmor_in_the_launch_trailer/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

[acoustic walrus]

https://vxreddit.com/r/MonsterHunter/comments/1io8kdv/most_of_the_new_weaponsarmor_in_the_launch_trailer/

[heady goblet]

Oh HELL YEAH

[sharp cedar]

its doom theme

for arkveld

[heady goblet]

THAT SHIT'S FUCKING SICK

[rose bison]

HOLY PEAK

THE CRUCIBLE

[heady goblet]

I don't care how good it is, if there aren't layered weapons I'm using the Arkveld GS

[rose bison]

yeah me too this is awesome

[sharp cedar]

this tire armor is funny looking

[heady goblet]

That's Gypceros armor

I recognize that fuckass color anywhere

[sharp cedar]

also this one

[heady goblet]

Looks kinda like Gore ngl

At least the weapon does

[sharp cedar]

gore magala

[sharp cedar]

its both

[heady goblet]

Yeah

[icy stump]

Is that the GS?

[heady goblet]

I imagine so

[icy stump]

Also da head hammer

[heady goblet]

It's got the proportions

Just a little thin

Could be the LS actually

[icy stump]

I mean yeah but we don't really get GS with sheathes

[heady goblet]

Either way it looks dope

[icy stump]

So that makes me think it's the LS

[heady goblet]

Yeah

Guess we'll see in the full game

[sharp cedar]

yep

oh sorry

i thought you meant the first one

this one is the long sword

[heady goblet]

He thought he could bait us like that

This actually makes me wish the GS has a sheathe

Kinda wack if the LS gets to look that good while the GS has to hit shit with the fur

At least imo

[icy stump]

That first one is def the LS

Same hilt

[rose bison]

oh nvm i can still play longsword and have the awesome arkveld sword

[heady goblet]

Imagine the GS is one of his whip arms

That's actually funny af now that I think about it

[icy stump]

I'm honestly hoping we get some berserker kind of weapon

[rose bison]

beast cleaver

i mean

beast cutter

from bloodborne

[heady goblet]

Real

[rose bison]

love that weapon

it carried me

[heady goblet]

It did good work for my first playthrough, but there are some absurd weapons in that game

[rose bison]

i changed to holy moonlight blade after getting it ofc

also whirligig saw

bloodborne has so many cool weapons

[heady goblet]

The Rakuyo my goat

[sharp cedar]

Around 2:12 you can see it better

https://youtu.be/a_wNFT4j6qI?si=f_IEGNZ3hpFub7ul

[heady goblet]

That's the Nerscylla GS I think

[rose bison]

would have used it if i had any points in skill

i did the stupid shark well though

even though those sharks are my least favorite enemy and almost made me quit the game

[heady goblet]

Yeah, those two sharks were honestly the most vile thing to lock it behind and ngl with how good the Rakuyo is I understand why they did it

[rose bison]

i just hate e very shark

putting two in one room was just even more evil

[heady goblet]

Honestly real af

[rose bison]

and then on one end of the room you can hear winter lanterns

i know you dont actually get to them until later but like

why put all the worst enemies in the game so close together

[heady goblet]

Because that part of the dlc is designed with illiciting the most pain conceivable within a human

[rose bison]

true

[wheat nova]

that's sicc af

[heady goblet]

Yeah, makes me excited to see the actual GS and not the LS

[heady goblet]

@golden aurora We got Zerureusu in Wilds or smtn idk

[night ledge]

Oh it's so cool

[golden aurora]

means there´s a chance for peak to come

[heady goblet]

Crab...

[heady goblet]

https://tenor.com/view/monster-hunter-monster-hunter-frontier-gif-9923261715821560064

[golden aurora]

if they are doing zerureusu that means that we are getting monsters that get different movesets depending on the fight...

[heady goblet]

If it is actually Zerureusu I'm gonna blend something

I don't know what yet

But it's getting blended

[golden aurora]

welcome back azure azure rathalos

[heady goblet]

Welcome back stoner Rathalos

[golden aurora]

Imagine if they bring Unknown to wilds

[heady goblet]

Would honestly be kinda peak

Despite how shit it is

[analog osprey]

Capcom Gods
Please give me good lance designs this game

[dire bison]

watching max play the original monster hunter and its crazy how little the games changed

[winter bane]

I thought rise barroth was annoying

World barroth is even worse

All I could do is tink, tink, tink

[rose bison]

yeah i hate it

[azure fox]

I didn’t mind barrioth

I liked frostfang barrioth a lot

[heady goblet]

Barroth is the mud dino

Also

Barioth?

[azure fox]

I hate monster naming conventions

I thought he meant the icy nargacuga

[neon pecan]

If you wanna hop back on rise today I’m free for the foreseeable future

[heady goblet]

https://vxtwitter.com/pikminpreggedup/status/1889898963253469519?s=46

[icy stump]

FRENZY 2 LEGGO

[winter bane]

would this time be okay?
<t:1739466034:t>

It's automatically converted to your timezone

[neon pecan]

I think my gf will be awake by then but unless she wants to play BG3 I think I can hop on

[winter bane]

okk

[neon pecan]

shoot me the lobby id if you're there

@winter bane

[winter bane]

Ah sorry, I got a bit busy

I might be able in... 30 minutes

[heady goblet]

https://vxtwitter.com/monsterhunter/status/1890083705726615992?s=46

I think I'm tweaking, but that Rathian's textures look like the old Ps2 textures

[icy stump]

It does look kinda like em

[neon pecan]

Tell me when ur ready

Or if you are lol

[winter bane]

ok ready now

[neon pecan]

Going up stairs

You got a room set up?

Lobby*

[winter bane]

QGTH9NXdQK2dJer1

[neon pecan]

thanks crapcom

Rise Earth

[winter bane]

did you disconnect?

[neon pecan]

Yeah

[winter bane]

I am not focusing lol

[neon pecan]

I gtg for now, sorry to cut things short

Good hunts tho

[winter bane]

ah it's fine

gg

[analog osprey]

"Limited time" Event quests

[heady goblet]

Yeah

[icy stump]

Daaaaah

World events

FUCK

[heady goblet]

Hopefully by the end of the games life we just get all events permanently

[icy stump]

Mainline team L

[heady goblet]

Common mainline L ngl

[icy stump]

So real

[analog osprey]

We can just hope it's not some blink and you'll miss it kinds time frame

[icy stump]

One day

Take it or leave it

[winter bane]

1 hour

[icy stump]

A minute

[heady goblet]

Even a second would be too large a window I fear

[icy stump]

Event quests are no longer independently selectable, it's a roulette

You click event quest and randomly get thrown into a quest

And yes

Any released event quest

So you could be a fresh faced hunter going head to head with EX HR arkveld or whatever

[heady goblet]

Not the double Zenith Akura Jebia

[winter bane]

https://tenor.com/view/nah-id-win-gojo-nah-id-win-gojo-satoru-gojo-jujutsu-kaisen-gif-722934852497975468

Put me in the ring coach

Who's EX HR arkveld

[icy stump]

Arkveld is the flagship

[heady goblet]

EX is a reference to Deviant questlines in GU

[icy stump]

That and I like to call amped event monsters EXes anyways

It conveys the idea of "this fucker is hard hard" well

[heady goblet]

EX deviants were only available after you beat all the other quests in the questline and they were exponentially stronger than all other monster in the game

[icy stump]

Also were HR 100 locked

[heady goblet]

HR just means High Rank

[icy stump]

Genuinely EX deviants are the ONE time where having hard HR requirements makes sense imo

[heady goblet]

Indeed

[winter bane]

And I thought I was doing high damage to a lvl 3 magnamolo in rise

Guess it's a long way

[heady goblet]

I mean you're still in late LR early HR right?

[green plank]

is this actually true

or are you being silly

[heady goblet]

Just a joke

A funny if you will

[icy stump]

No
I'm being 100 serious

[green plank]

one hundred seriouses

[icy stump]

When have I
Ever
Been joking

[green plank]

idk, would anyone go on the internet and lie?

[green plank]

ok but jokes aside i hope you are joking because a roulette system sounds s o b a a d !

[icy stump]

Nah

Peak

[heady goblet]

Gambling

[icy stump]

Me tryna gamble my way into a cool layered set

Woe

Double rajang

[winter bane]

I wanna do this but at the same time I don't

[heady goblet]

Do it

[winter bane]

ok

[green plank]

ok just started a nwe rise playthrough, on pc this time because i cannot play on switch joycons anymore

https://tenor.com/view/hatsunemiku-triplebaka-miku-vocaloid-yes-gif-10550208

[heady goblet]

Yippee

[neon pecan]

Do you wanna play? Are you up for me using defender gear or should I make something out of what I have rq?

I have a new char

[green plank]

mm, i think some of my friends who im going to play with would rather i wait for them?

i think all im going to do is a few village quests

[neon pecan]

Alright, I’ll do some myself too

[green plank]

or wait you have a new char too fuck it lets play, its all early game stuffs

a few hunts would be nice

[neon pecan]

Oh yeah I do

[green plank]

im in player room 2

[neon pecan]

NGHG9HWFd2RCYFHK

[green plank]

im personally not a fan of defender gear, ill just be using the base equipment :3

[neon pecan]

QGTH9NXe21TeJer1

[green plank]

twas nice hunting

[neon pecan]

GH (good hunts)

[icy stump]

Damn

Must've been a fast hunt

[hushed kelp]

Mega-spoilers from a Japanese tv ad: ||https://www.reddit.com/r/MonsterHunter/comments/1iozst1/japanese_tv_add_with_a_surprise_reveal_spoiler/||

[acoustic walrus]

||https://vxreddit.com/r/MonsterHunter/comments/1iozst1/japanese_tv_add_with_a_surprise_reveal_spoiler/ ||

[hushed kelp]

It's towards the end

Well, not "mega" spoilers but weird that the reveal was just in a random ad for like a second

[icy stump]

Ah

I genuinely missed it initially lmao

||almost got da whole troupe||

[heady goblet]

I actually had the reveal spoiled for me lmao

I'm happy to see their return

[icy stump]

Bro is just kinda eh

[heady goblet]

I think they're cool regardless

[icy stump]

It's ||diet ice rajang||

Maybe this game will flip the script tho and let it escape his cousins shadow

[sharp cedar]

why was he there lol

did they forget to show him off earlier? or maybe they actually are hiding a few more monsters in the final game

[heady goblet]

You thought there would be 6 monsters in the final game?

[sharp cedar]

20 is kind of small

but like world launched with like 23 right

[heady goblet]

Roughly

[sharp cedar]

wait am i crazy

people online are saying it was like 34

[heady goblet]

Maybe if you included title updates, but I don't believe it was anywhere in the 30s

[sharp cedar]

also the beta is back up

[heady goblet]

Indeed

[dire bison]

this was a mess i tried looking up and couldnt get a definite answer. i think the 34 is right now if you were to buy the base game. the game also came out on console first then pc and i dont know what pc launched with. i attempted to look at patch notes but the patch notes i found didnt have when monsters were added. the steel wind dragon and the undead dragon and another dragon i swear to god was post lanuch but people claimed it wasnt so i dont know if that was a bearstien bears thing to me.

aand by people i mean my friends

[heady goblet]

The dragons were included in the game at launch

[sharp cedar]

i wish i played it when it came out then I could remember

but i bet they added more monsters with updates right

[dire bison]

they did

devilpickle was post launch

the dragon in that cave with the gold scales was post launch

behemoth

one of the lion things was post launch

[heady goblet]

Deviljho, Kulve, Behemoth, Lunastra

[dire bison]

and im also 90% sure the tempered versions wernt on launch

but dunno if you want to count those

[heady goblet]

Not really, since they don't function any different from the base monsters

[hushed kelp]

https://youtu.be/JzZOzC0-oMQ

With timestamps and the lot

[dire bison]

oh forgot leshen i assume that was the witcher collab?

[hushed kelp]

Yeah

Leshen and Ancient Leshen (I want to say they were distinct? Idk)

[heady goblet]

Kinda

Ancient Leshen had a few new moves and didn't have any side quest stuff

[dire bison]

i could have swore kusha, vaal and one other was post launch. maybe you needed a high MR and it took me so long to get it that i just thought it was a future update

[heady goblet]

They were base game

[hushed kelp]

Arch-Tempered versions of the Elder dragons (the balls hard ones) were a part of title updates. Might be the source of the confusion

[neon pecan]

Finally beat Arkveld

[heady goblet]

https://vxtwitter.com/quirklessstoner/status/1890398505342050638?s=46

[icy stump]

Nothing says "I love you" like a free 15% affinity boost

[heady goblet]

https://vxtwitter.com/monsterhunter/status/1890430891333238804?s=46

[neon pecan]

Anybody down for Rise/Wilds

[green plank]

i am

PYLrTKJJQAXPAY0f

[sharp cedar]

Oh I get it, cause it’s Valentine’s Day and Cupid

[night ledge]

https://tenor.com/view/american-psycho-willem-dafoe-duh-duhh-obviously-gif-16794513

[analog osprey]

I could in 2h if you're still up for it by then lol

[icy stump]

So real

[rose bison]

wrong im still using hammer

[icy stump]

Me with my 1 trillion flashes:

[winter bane]

Does it not go above 6*?

[heady goblet]

Not for Village

[winter bane]

Soo

I'm finished with the story quests?

[heady goblet]

Now you gotta do the hub quests

[icy stump]

Hahaha!
No

Huh quests

[heady goblet]

Which have their own story

[icy stump]

To continue da plot

[rare knot]

Bro really just ran into my lobby, made me fight lao, sat there for 10 minutes and then left without saying goodbye

[heady goblet]

Average turns lobby joiner

[rare knot]

Wasn't even really a turns lobby. I was open to anything but already had an old fatalis quest queued and he ran in like CAN YOU HELP ME

Fuckin hate Lao but I did it anyways

Bro was playing striker sns with no chaos oil

[heady goblet]

Average turns lobby player

[green plank]

im a SNS main now i think

[rare knot]

Based

[green plank]

i dont think ive had more fun in rise than i have with sns

its perfect

also fuck its 5am i am pulled an all nighter thanks to sns

thank you sns

[rare knot]

I love sns in GU. Rise is fun but it's a bit "light" for me. Like it doesn't have the weight to it

Wilds has a great sns tho

[green plank]

yeah it feels pretty light but hm, i like it

[rare knot]

Ya like what you like. It's still a lot of fun

[green plank]

it just never clicked for me before now

but im having lots of fun with it now

[rare knot]

The shield bash is what seals the deal for me. Giving the monsters face a lil bonk here and there lights up my dopamine receptors like a Christmas tree

[green plank]

the shield bash is literally all i use 😭

[rare knot]

It's so good

[green plank]

but thats just cause having to stand still for the lateral combo is so janky tbh

like i have my finger on the loystick anyway, and im supposed to, not touch it ! ? ! ? ! ?

[rare knot]

You get used to it lol

[green plank]

maybe

[rare knot]

Play some charge blade and then go back, itll be easy then

[green plank]

anyway just got magnamalo, time to farm him for the weapons and then farm nargacuga for the weapons + maybr armor, i need new armor im still rocking the izuchi

[green plank]

no thanks!

[rare knot]

Narga SNS is pretty fire iirc

That crit chance is great

[green plank]

i love affinity ! ! !

ok nargacuga going to beat my ass

maybe i should sleep it is

5am

[rare knot]

That's probably a good idea lol

[green plank]

or maybe i get some coffee in a bit and simply take siesta today

[rare knot]

Monster hunter will be there when you wake up

Or that lol I ain't ur boss

[green plank]

i havent had a good siesta in a whiiiile

i think i can grind a bit, i feel somwhat energetic

hopefully my izuchi armor is enough for nargacuga

is nargas tail supposed to be hard to cut

or am i just bad

i focued the tail that whole hunt . .

[rare knot]

Maybe you're just not doing enough damage to it

Also when tryna tail cut don't shield bash

Blunt damage doesn't help cut tails

[green plank]

yeah i dont think im doing enough damage

maybe my rarity one izuchi weapon is the problem

but ill just have to grind till narga sns

and then it should all speed up

[rare knot]

Yeah. Just take it slow and steady. Are you still in low rank?

Also some general narga tail cut tips. Look out for his tail slam, you can get some decent hits in there if you can see it coming and position right.

And I find he's easy to KO if you nail his face with the shield enough. Which means more time to wack at his tail

[green plank]

yea

[rare knot]

Yeah then you're doing fine. If anything a little grinding in low rank helps out later

With learning the monsters n allat

[green plank]

i have a decent understanding of most monsters, the ones i like anyway

im pretty good at dodging narga

i have played rise before, just playing it again on pc this time

[rare knot]

Ohhhh ok my bad lol

Sorry, thought you were new new or something

[green plank]

no im just regular new

started in world hehsduef

[rare knot]

Uh oh, fiver alert 💀 💀 💀

/s /s

[neon pecan]

Anyone down for either Wilds or Rise?

Shit I'm down for World too if you have a character around Velkhana

Or fuck it really, even if you have endgame in World, I already beat the game I'm just on a different save file

[green plank]

narwa wanna play some rise in a second?

[rare knot]

Anyone wanna play some GU on switch? Not for anything in particular, just wanna hunt some endgame monsters and chill out

[sharp cedar]

I can play world or wilds

[heady goblet]

No one here got all the infinity stones it's over

[sharp cedar]

https://vxtwitter.com/Shincry/status/1890776558882689505

[heady goblet]

https://vxtwitter.com/ghost_eyes23/status/1890735812368593329?s=46

[rare knot]

"start anywhere" worst answer you can give on a series like MH

[winter bane]

ok, thanks for the tip

[heady goblet]

It all works out in the end

[sharp cedar]

https://vxtwitter.com/MidnightBoshi/status/1890934063852101883

[sharp cedar]

https://vxtwitter.com/PlayStation/status/1890793190950666631

mhworld ice borne was the 2nd game in the series

[heady goblet]

There were no MH games between 2004 and 2019

[rose bison]

well known fact

[dire bison]

https://x.com/QuirklessStoner/status/1890924643034227100

[acoustic walrus]

https://fxtwitter.com/QuirklessStoner/status/1890924643034227100

[dire bison]

posted one gunlance meme from twitter and now reddit keeps recommending me gunlance reddits

[rose bison]

your fault for being on reddit

[stark locust]

BIIIGGGGG numbur

[analog osprey]

Your Seikret reacts ad well

[sharp cedar]

yeah thats a cool detail

you can see it sit when you do

[sharp cedar]

https://youtu.be/VKTEc-qb9JE?si=_8dDkTVOEItSyU9D

This is cool

More options is always better

[wide oyster]

Arkveld is a very fun fight

[icy stump]

So roll cancels, but keeping me in place

Heh, ok bet

[neon pecan]

Sorry lads I been busy with Daybreak 2

https://tenor.com/view/shizuna-rem-misurugi-shizuna-trails-series-kiseki-kuro-no-kiseki-gif-26406417

[rare knot]

I'm kinda starting to dislike rise tbh. All the wirebug skills feel like they overcomplicate things

Like I just wanna boot up the game and swing my sword but in SB you have 2 sets of a bunch of diff skills n stuff, and unless I've been playing a lot I've already forgotten what they all do

And all the weapons feel too loose. It gets button mashy real quick with anything lighter than GS

Maybe I'm just bad idk

[icy stump]

You could always just
Not use the skills you dislike

Like for LS I ignore my second scroll and essentially play valor 2.0

[rare knot]

Nah it's not that, I just constantly forget what skills do what

The descriptions dont feel like they do a good job of telling you exactly what they do. And there's so many different slots. For someone who switches weapons constantly it gets annoying

[dire bison]

thats why i liked rise but i was just a one weapon andy. there was room to grow and constantly doing cool shit cuz there was something to master. i liked world when it came out but i could never play a simplfied weapon move set after playing rise. too boring and not enough personality

[rare knot]

I think I'm the opposite. I think GU hit the perfect balance of having skills and styles but keeping it pretty simple.

Ik it's super nitpicky, and I'm gonna keep trying to play rise. I think I'm just in a constant state of mourning over classic mh

[dire bison]

i dont think its a nitpick, the biggest complaint i ever hear of rise is the wire bugs

[icy stump]

I definitely agree with South on liking the balance of GU the most, but also I think wire bugs were goated, even if we're only talking about map traversal

My general Rise playstyle is double dipping on surge slash with the only difference between my scrolls being rage and TCS and using redirection+Strongarm to be a dreadnought

Like on one hand I do like how simple GU is really

[rare knot]

I like the wirebugs for traversal 100000%, but I hate that they are linkwd to the skills

[icy stump]

But at the same time being able to micro manage you're playstyle it's goated

[rare knot]

You have to choose between mobility and using skills, and I kinda hate it

[analog osprey]

https://tenor.com/view/monkey-music-monkey-monkey-listening-to-the-music-monkey-chill-vibin-gif-24320967

Beautiful sound

[heady goblet]

True

[rose bison]

i switch weapons literally every hunt and i dont feel this at all

[rare knot]

Well, sorry

[dire bison]

https://x.com/burokkoly_01c/status/1890624278959214969

[acoustic walrus]

https://fxtwitter.com/burokkoly_01c/status/1890624278959214969

[rare knot]

Bitching aside, rise LS is a lot of fun

[rare knot]

Hard

[hushed kelp]

The broccoli giving you a broken knee

[hushed kelp]

With the addition of more hitstop it feels a whole lot more like Rise's chainsaw CB, it's very satisfying lol

[sharp cedar]

https://fxtwitter.com/monsterhunter/status/1891306649739997520

[analog osprey]

Armorspheres

Yum

[heady goblet]

https://vxtwitter.com/Xezeno1/status/1891547417947881832

[icy stump]

Da babeh

[heady goblet]

The cuga

[knotty ledge]

https://vxtwitter.com/quirklessstoner/status/1891566169137561873?s=46

I’m in this post and don’t like it 😔

[icy stump]

See this is why valor GS was the best version

[heady goblet]

Gone are the Whiffed TCS in Wilds

Thanks to Focus Mode

[icy stump]

That dash swing said "absolutely the fuck NOT" To whiffs by a hair

[sharp cedar]

The raging brachydios one was really funny

[sharp cedar]

Speaking of greatsword

https://vxtwitter.com/monsterhunter/status/1891518247708598736

[knotty ledge]

Rip whiffed TCS 💔

[icy stump]

Rest in piss

Won't be missed

Genuinely I think focus mode might actually make me like TCS

[frail crescent]

This is how GS users sound

[icy stump]

I'm sorry I'm playing the objectively coolest weapon

Heavy is the crown and all dat

Only thing heavier than this big ass crown is my big ass sword that kills shit good

[heady goblet]

Have you considered that it's simply the greatest thing ever conceived

[icy stump]

Being able to course correct mid TCS is such a godsend

And guard cancelling?

Shiiiiii

[heady goblet]

Offsets are peak too can't forget that

[icy stump]

That's not even MENTIONING the

MONSTER STOPPER 9000

Diablos charging you?
No the fuck it isn't!

Monster boutta hit you?!?
NUH UH

Hit that prehistoric pissant so hard it WISHES it was fossilized with its fuckhead founding fathers

So how's the perfect guard thing work? You time a block good and get a freebie Strong charge?

[frail crescent]

Yeah, but what if instead of that I just never touched the ground long enough to get hit

[icy stump]

Valor style is returning

Nature is healing

Me omw to bring two greatswords to every hunt

Lemme dual wield em

[heady goblet]

The oversize hitbox in the monsters back pocket:

[icy stump]

*on the monsters back for some fucking reason while it does a bite

[green plank]

sword and shield is doing irreversible things to my brain i just unlocked metsu

its so fun when you do it right,,, uppecut,,,, hehhahhehhe

[rare knot]

Bro GS is literally a mobile guillotine I don't wanna hear SHIT

[azure fox]

Factually incorrect

Nothing beats the biggest rock you can find taped onto a giant stick

[icy stump]

Bruh that is what GS basically

It's just my rock is sharper and longer

[azure fox]

I don’t need any of that

I just hit them really hard

[sharp cedar]

https://vxtwitter.com/QuirklessStoner/status/1891634233585627319

[icy stump]

UI evil snow fish

[heady goblet]

I cannot even begin to fathom how little that person had played GS at that point

[sharp cedar]

the last whiff was the funniest

the first two i know most people would probably hit

but the 3rd one i can see

[icy stump]

That's the freest lvl 3 tho

[hushed kelp]

Survey for the second beta is live until the 20th (when the COTW beta starts lol). Get you some monstie pictures

Remember, don't redistribute, alter or some other third thing these pictures without permission!

[analog osprey]

Is this post now old media?

[hushed kelp]

The number is down to 80%

[icy stump]

See real GS mastery is swinging into the air and somehow getting a hit

[dire bison]

me when i charge my gunlance for 30 seconds and the monster wakes up and moves

[analog osprey]

Me when I build monster magnets into my GS

[rose bison]

where do i find this survey

[sharp cedar]

https://event2.capcom.com/wilds_obt2

[heady goblet]

I don't mean to alarm you Rey Dau, but there's two ugly jackasses right next to you

[rose bison]

i mean

arkveld and balahara are awesome

gypceros is the only ugly guy here

[heady goblet]

Yep

[rose bison]

ugj

ugh

thats a peak feature but like

holy crap theres gonna be such brainrot

[green plank]

im glad he feature exists i cant wait to be really unfunny with it

[rose bison]

imagine

somebody carts 3 times to a monster

everyone in the lobby just spams a sticker with "keep yourself safe!"

[heady goblet]

Imagine being funny with it though

[rose bison]

it will happen

and it will be sad

[green plank]

not possible

[rose bison]

hm

im gonna make it say "behold, dog!" on one of the palico stickers

elden ring reference really

[green plank]

i cant wait to edit these stickers with inside jokes because im not gonna play with randoms, it's either solo or with friends for me

[heady goblet]

Imagine there's a turtle sticker

[green plank]

tetranadon

[heady goblet]

Terry the Tetronadon?!?!

[rose bison]

terry bogard the platypus????

spent 3 minutes scrolling in my irl server to find this thing my friend made

[analog osprey]

https://tenor.com/view/man-staring-wow-stare-staring-staring-meme-gif-939637136413014667

Oh no

[heady goblet]

More space for my Darkest Dungeon quotes

[analog osprey]

Can't wait to see 'Nice C*ck' 30 times every 5 Minutes

[icy stump]

Yknow

With how quests work now in the open world, what's stopping me from proccing fortify then going off to hunt stuff?

[hushed kelp]

There will be too much brain rot

At least I'll be able to keep up with the change in common lingo as it progresses past my aging mind

Also, I don't know why they made it so Rey Dau looks so devious in his map icon

[analog osprey]

Fortify not being in the game

[icy stump]

DAW fuck

[hushed kelp]

Apparently Fanged Beast gear gives you a fortify variant? Idk, it's just something that popped up when I was trying the Arkveld hunts (Dosha gear had the best dragon resistance)

[icy stump]

What'd it do

[analog osprey]

||Okay so apparently the roster for Wilds is near 40||

[icy stump]

Ay

DATS pretty good!

[analog osprey]

Indeed
Don't take my word for it tho, I just read it in a few articles

[sharp cedar]

wheres those ||20|| extra monsters coming from

or is it saying final roster

[hushed kelp]

||Blangonga is officially on the website now||, and Rathalos hadn't been in the 20 count tally from the website

I know that only brings it up to 22, 23 with the secret final boss, but since I'm pretty sure they have at least one more location to reveal I think it's safe to say there's just more monsters that haven't been revealed yet

It's like when they said that unlike Worldborne there wouldn't be as great a focus on elder dragons everyone assumed there wouldn't be any elder dragons, best to wait and see

Of course, this is coming from someone that is planning on buying the game on day 2 at the earliest

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I didn't go through the list of monsters tbf as I don't want to be spoiled ab anything that wasn't in trailers

||However I did see a Doshaguma subspecies||

||Or Varient||

[sharp cedar]

I forgot ||subspecies ||

That’s like 10 right there

[hushed kelp]

If shrouded Nerscylla comes back...

We're all in for it

[icy stump]

Well tbf
We know gore is in
And when a googoo magaga gets big

Well

Y'know

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He ends up in incredible torment because the emo phase, was in fact-
Not a phase

Chaotic Gore my beloved

He's way cooler than Shaggy

[heady goblet]

True

[analog osprey]

(I live for the edge)

[icy stump]

He's definitely gonna be a G rank mon

He's pretty much always a g exclusive guy

[analog osprey]

Watch him be low rank

That'd be so funny

It's not gonna happen

But it'd be funny

[icy stump]

That'd be so fucked up lol

[analog osprey]

"Here, fight the god of plagues but with period cramps"

[icy stump]

Imagine you go to fight shaggy, but they rug pull everyone and it turns out some other monster prevented it from evolving, causing chaotic

[heady goblet]

Y'all think they're gonna do the Rise thing where they have Arkveld show up during the final boss for a story thing?

[icy stump]

Eh, maybe?

[analog osprey]

Honestly I'm led to believe Arkveld might just be the big bad this time

[icy stump]

I feel like that was mostly there as a way to incorporate wyvern rides into the fight

[icy stump]

The no mix mix

Capcom finally did it

[analog osprey]

Still a mix

[heady goblet]

They changed the formula

For once

[analog osprey]

Expected an overhead but got hit with another neutral

[icy stump]

They made a game where the flagship is the actual fucking problem

....except gore

[analog osprey]

I'm led to believe it because of the whole...

[heady goblet]

He got his own special monsters so who knows

[analog osprey]

"Chained" Arkveld thing

(I couldn't find my screenshots)

[heady goblet]

You can cut his whip appendages

So I am fully convinced there's a variant

[analog osprey]

Like I said, I'm like 90% sure the chained is metaphorical

Cause in that case wouldn't the Arkveld we fought be the variant?

[heady goblet]

No

[analog osprey]

Wouldn't it just be Arkveld?

Not "Chained Arkveld"

[heady goblet]

Variants are Monsters that are changed by fighting hunters

Like some Deviants

[analog osprey]

Well, Raging Brachy

Or is Raging Brachy a rare species?

Pretty sure he was a variant

[heady goblet]

I believe it's a Rare Species

[analog osprey]

And isn't shrieking Legiana also considered a Variant

Ok so Raging Brachy is a variant

[heady goblet]

It could just be the criteria is evolution fostered by conditions outside their environment

[analog osprey]

Either or, I'm on the side of chained solely being metaphorical

[heady goblet]

Because Silver Rathalos and all that jazz is Rare Species because it's an extremely recessive genetic mutation

[analog osprey]

Monster Ecology is so damn interesting if you take a closer look

Like how Gore Magala is technically a mushroom

Or a species of fungi

[heady goblet]

True

[icy stump]

Ok but the problem is I feel like taking the whip arms from arkveld kinda kills the gimmick

They'd have to replace it with a equal or more cool concept

Like Lazer wings

[heady goblet]

You really think they can't make a new moveset that works around his lack of whips?

[analog osprey]

Yea, we've seen him absorb bio energy and/or elemental energy

[icy stump]

He absorbs elemental energy

[analog osprey]

So I think he's gonna go supercharged

[analog osprey]

Avatar Arkveld

[icy stump]

See I think yous and I are on a similar wavelength

I'm imagining the chains but they're like, pure elemental energy

[heady goblet]

I actually don't think the whips play a role in that process, since during the fight we see them working as almost vents when you get the guaranteed wounds after certain attacks

[icy stump]

As such they're less chains and more...robes? Vestments?

[analog osprey]

Ooh, that's interesting, I'm was thinking more of it storing the elemental energy in sacks it has, like monsters would have flame sacks and all

[icy stump]

I mean yeah

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Arkveld just has sacks for every element but is just unable to produce them

[icy stump]

But that's interior

[icy stump]

He needs a sippy from the elemental fountain

I feel like they could totally make a arkveld subspecies for like G rank that is oops all ailments instead of elements

[analog osprey]

I mean Balahara's mouth is literally a guaranteed wound

It's just an opening

[analog osprey]

Paralysis Arkveld

https://tenor.com/view/cat-thousand-yard-stare-thousand-yard-stare-cat-ptsd-cat-soldier-cat-war-gif-9110270742088459827

[icy stump]

Imagine espinas, but everything

[heady goblet]

Yeah, but all the guaranteed wounds are related in some level to the monsters biology

[icy stump]

The poison, para,sleep, blast, def down, elem def down fireball

[heady goblet]

Rey Dau does a similar thing, where it's face appendages rotate to vent heat after a big electric attack

[analog osprey]

I mean yea, tbf with Arkveld using its chains, below the rocky exterior it's probably just muscle, fiber and nerves

So yea it'd hurt

It's why he keeps his chains wrapped up most of the time

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https://tenor.com/view/gogeta-dbz-dragon-ball-gogeta-hollow-purple-hollow-purple-gif-3984268001698118622

What that's gonna feel like prolly

[icy stump]

Sleep and para is such a evil combo

Cause on paper

The para locks you down so you can't drink a energy drink, then the sleep hits and effectively doubles the duration of the CC

That's not even including the hypothetical blast/poison buildup

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On an unrelated note, I think we'll get one of the giant Sand Whales as our first siege battle of Wilds

There's SO much desert we see in the Windward plains we can't go to

And the sand ships are here

[icy stump]

We are 4U 2

[heady goblet]

I think it's really cool you can see the forest just north of the plains

[analog osprey]

Indeed

Wonder if they'll do that for the other locales too

[heady goblet]

Probably

[icy stump]

Most likely

[heady goblet]

Game's supposed to be open world