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Fuzz posted:Does 1 extra phial really make that much difference? How much extra duration does it give you on a charged shield? Each phial gives you ~30 seconds, and you can store up to 6 minutes of shield boost time (10 phials). With Load Up you get 1 extra phial and I guess an extra minute on the maximum time.
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Fuzz posted:Start button guard trick? Edit: Disregard, my explanation of this is poo poo and half-wrong. You can use the X+A attack to get a HUGE opening for Guard Points (where you auto-block while attacking, because your shield's in front of you anyway). However, you can also map Kick/Weapon Special to the Start button, and that's the same as hitting X+A. So any time you're mid-combo, you can just hit start and get like a 0.5 second window where you're blocking and winding up an attack. G-Prime fucked around with this message at 17:19 on Feb 20, 2015 |
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As cute as Meownster Hunter is, it's kind of annoying that you can only do it once every three quests. I'm assuming that leveling up your cattes makes them better at the minigame?
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Fuzz posted:Start button guard trick? Normally doing a guard point from neutral is super risky because if you hold down R at any point before pressing R+X to morph, you don't hold the shield out in front of you and thus lose the guard point. Mapping kick to the start button puts morph on the start button which means you remove that execution barrier.
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Feb 20, 2015 17:14
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dragon enthusiast posted:Normally doing a guard point from neutral is super risky because if you hold down R at any point before pressing R+X to morph, you don't hold the shield out in front of you and thus lose the guard point. Mapping kick to the start button puts morph on the start button which means you remove that execution barrier. gently caress that's handy. My R button is slowly dying from all the abuse I've put it through and this should make that way more manageable.
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Feb 20, 2015 17:16
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I'm making the gore Charging Blade specifically to murder Tigrex with (gently caress him) but S.Magala isn't in my quest lists at all, what the gently caress. Anyone know how I can get it other than getting to HR6? Apparently killing his urgent quest didn't give me a normal quest of it 
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Feb 20, 2015 17:21
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Haquer posted:I'm making the gore Charging Blade specifically to murder Tigrex with (gently caress him) but S.Magala isn't in my quest lists at all, what the gently caress. It's an Advanced quest so it only shows up randomly. You can go do the 1* deliver meat quest to quickly reroll. Somebody finally made an English version of how to get specific expedition/guild quest monsters. Now if only the RNG would stop messing with me so I could make Basarios Rock! Internet Friend fucked around with this message at 17:25 on Feb 20, 2015 |
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Feb 20, 2015 17:22
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Haquer posted:I'm making the gore Charging Blade specifically to murder Tigrex with (gently caress him) but S.Magala isn't in my quest lists at all, what the gently caress. It's an advanced quest so it's on a rotation system. Do another quest and it might appear.
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Feb 20, 2015 17:22
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ThePhenomenalBaby posted:It's an advanced quest so it's on a rotation system. Do another quest and it might appear. Haha that is the dumbest poo poo. Thanks.
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Feb 20, 2015 17:25
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Pretty sure advanced quests rotate when you abandon, so just do that. Either that or start an expedition and immediately return to town.
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Feb 20, 2015 17:31
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Continuing the elemental questions... my lance choices right now are one with 299 raw, and one with 253 raw 220 water. Unless the monster is outright weak to water, the raw one is better for damage, right? (this is me acknowledging that this poo poo doesn't matter in LR)
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Feb 20, 2015 17:36
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gigawhite posted:Pretty sure advanced quests rotate when you abandon, so just do that. Either that or start an expedition and immediately return to town. But what if there's a poogie I have to save him 
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Zo posted:sleepbombing level 140 Kirin/Kirin sub is the easiest and fastest one for random pubbing since it's almost impossible to gently caress up. skills are special atk+2, bomber, minds eye, and razor sharp and snowman immune if you can, weapon is ples sns or ds. What if you just want the high level charms / armor spheres that are locked into Grank everwood - could you get those from 130-+ Velocidrones?
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Ciaphas posted:Continuing the elemental questions... my lance choices right now are one with 299 raw, and one with 253 raw 220 water. Unless the monster is outright weak to water, the raw one is better for damage, right? Normally yeah, but running through the calculator with those numbers, those two lances are going to be pretty much the same for most monsters. For a monster outright weak to water the water one will be better. For a monster that's immune to water or close to it the raw one will be better. For everything in between they'll be about the same.
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Genpei Turtle posted:Normally yeah, but running through the calculator with those numbers, those two lances are going to be pretty much the same for most monsters. For a monster outright weak to water the water one will be better. For a monster that's immune to water or close to it the raw one will be better. For everything in between they'll be about the same. Yep, and thing is you can really guess which monsters are going to be completely immune to water; there shouldn't be a ton and it'll be stuff like Zamtrios or whatever. I haven't seen the numbers and I can pretty safely guess that Rathalos is going to have at least a 1.0 water mod if not more like 1.5 or 2.0. Both weapons are fine, so pick whichever you like. Or better yet, why not both? Then bring the water one when you think it'll be okay (most of the time) and swap to raw if you fight somebody really water. With no swimming though it doesn't seem like there's much real water element. Zamtrios is more ice, but I figure he has water resists too. Who else would? I guess a couple of the monsters that have the waterblight spit? Still, not many in this MH.
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Ciaphas posted:Continuing the elemental questions... my lance choices right now are one with 299 raw, and one with 253 raw 220 water. Unless the monster is outright weak to water, the raw one is better for damage, right? My hard and fast rules for this is that 10 points of raw damage for lance is 1 point of real damage, using a upstab and rathalos head for reference. Elemental is a tenth of the value, then a third of that for best performance. This allows you to quickly compare lances without dragging out a calculator.
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Feb 20, 2015 19:12
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Jumping on monsters with a Lance is more fun than it has any right being.
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Feb 20, 2015 19:54
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For those looking for a grip for their New XL: http://www.eachmall.com/goods-43600-51876.html Worth a shot, for me it ended up being just over $7 for shipping to NJ, so I'm gonna try it out and see if it's a flimsy piece of poo poo or actually pretty good. We'll see!
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Feb 20, 2015 20:06
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If you don't have 6+ different types of your chosen weapon representing all the elements then you're playing wrong. Or you have a CB/IG.
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Do monsters seem to drop more stuff, or armor cost less to make in this game compared to FU/3/3U? Because I feel like making equipment is way less grindy, but I might just be getting lucky.
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Lexorin posted:If you don't have 6+ different types of your chosen weapon representing all the elements then you're playing wrong. Or you have a CB/IG. If I can make it and it'll take me to the end of a tree, I make it. I mostly just play dual blades though. I guess it would be annoying having that many of every weapon type
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Lexorin posted:If you don't have 6+ different types of your chosen weapon representing all the elements then you're playing wrong. Or you have a CB/IG. Repping the SnS. This is my life. I have enough swords to outfit a small army.
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Lexorin posted:If you don't have 6+ different types of your chosen weapon representing all the elements then you're playing wrong. Or you have a CB/IG. Or a greatsword. Who needs elemental damage when you can make a big raw damage sword.
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Are there any skills useful speciffically for insect glaive users? A lot of weapons seem to have a few skills designed for their specific mechanic, but there doesn't appear to be one for the glaive. I'm not counting the rodeo improving skills, since everyone can do those if there's a ledge nearby. 
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Focacciasaurus_Rex posted:Are there any skills useful speciffically for insect glaive users? A lot of weapons seem to have a few skills designed for their specific mechanic, but there doesn't appear to be one for the glaive. Yeah but they're uniquely good for IG. That's like saying you can't say felyne bombardier is good for gunlance because everyone can lay barrel bombs
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Bread Set Jettison posted:Or a greatsword. Who needs elemental damage when you can make a big raw damage sword. I decided to rekindle my GS love and made a Pincer Sword for expeditions and other things I don't feel like gunning. I forgot how great it was to hit a monster so hard it flinches with the very first attack.
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Focacciasaurus_Rex posted:Are there any skills useful speciffically for insect glaive users? A lot of weapons seem to have a few skills designed for their specific mechanic, but there doesn't appear to be one for the glaive. Evade 1/2/3, HG earplugs, S+1 are all valid for glaives, much like anything else. The only real other buff you want is the end-of-Grank bug effect that doubles essence time.
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Maybe I should use the dual swords? They seem fun enough and all the sharpening issues can probably be solved with speed sharpening and sharpness+1 or something. Hmm...
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i used brachy ds in 3u for awhile they are pretty cool
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Dual Swords got a big improvement this game with a really cool whirlwind spinny dash attack. They also still have the demon dance 11 hit wonder and are overall a pretty twitchy weapon. Sharpness is a pain but they can be sweet.
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Actually, I remember my specific beef with the DS - it felt like if I wasn't in Demon Mode 100% of the time, I was being a subpar hunter. So I had to synth lots of Mega Dash Juice. But now I see there's some sort of better status where you only need to do a set number of damage in Demon Mode? Or maybe that was always there. Basically I am bad at Monster Hunter.
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LordHippoman posted:Do monsters seem to drop more stuff, or armor cost less to make in this game compared to FU/3/3U? Because I feel like making equipment is way less grindy, but I might just be getting lucky. It feels pretty much the same to me. My 12 HR monoblos kills can attest to that
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Dual blades is awesome. The sharpness issues really aren't that bad in rooms with other people. I only find it a little annoying on monsters where bouncing is a serious issue. Even then you learn to work around it pretty fastVolt Catfish posted:Actually, I remember my specific beef with the DS - it felt like if I wasn't in Demon Mode 100% of the time, I was being a subpar hunter. So I had to synth lots of Mega Dash Juice. But now I see there's some sort of better status where you only need to do a set number of damage in Demon Mode? Or maybe that was always there. You just need to hit the end of the meter in demon mode and then keep some juice in the meter and you're good. Two or three demon dance attacks in demon mode will do it for you. Online it isn't that hard to find an opening for it if you know the monster's attacks.
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Rodeo God is particularly good for IG, and you should be doing the mounts in a group if you get it unforch there's no better or interesting ones for IG, it looks like most of your note-worthy perks are on some of the later endgame kinsects
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gigawhite posted:It feels pretty much the same to me. My 12 HR monoblos kills can attest to that  He just refused to drop his heart. On the bright side, I got 10 Wyvern Gems and a lot of Hunting Horn practice, and the Monoblos set is rad, especially with a 3-slot talisman on top of it.
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Crown Face posted:
Monobros Between that and the Stygian set, I've been pretty set for HR so far
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Good Citizen posted:Dual blades is awesome. The sharpness issues really aren't that bad in rooms with other people. I only find it a little annoying on monsters where bouncing is a serious issue. Even then you learn to work around it pretty fast It seems like the A,A combo spinning jump attack adds a ton to the meter. I use it to fill the bar and just use it once every now and then to top it off.
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For the Charge Blade, with the start button trick, is hitting start the same as hitting X+A in any mode, or is it its own slightly different thing?
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Thoom posted:For the Charge Blade, with the start button trick, is hitting start the same as hitting X+A in any mode, or is it its own slightly different thing? Usually the special/kick button does the same thing as X+A but it seems like the Sword->Axe special button treats the move as though it's mid-combo (e.g., you get a Guard Point during the transform) so it's marginally better if you're idle.
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Pseudoscorpion posted:Usually the special/kick button does the same thing as X+A but it seems like the Sword->Axe special button treats the move as though it's mid-combo (e.g., you get a Guard Point during the transform) so it's marginally better if you're idle. To be clear, you can do the guard point morph from neutral with R+X, but it's so easy to hit R a split second early and wreck yourself that most people recommend you to do it mid-combo instead.
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