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I'm using all Gobul gunning armor, save for a Zinogre Vest S. Gives me Normal Up, Evasion 1, and Critical Eye +2, plus dyed right it makes me look like the ultimate massive gay emperor Zhang Handflip Haaaaaaaaaaaay.
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Feb 23, 2015 21:41
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I can't believe I never used the Switch Axe before 4. It's such a fun weapon to use. Conveniently it also cuts through Velocidromes like butter.
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Feb 23, 2015 21:48
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MH virgin here. I ordered this and it'll be here in a week. Should I dick around on the demo, or wait until I get the game proper? From some begging guides I see I should do all the weapons missions to see what works for me best. I will be primarily single player in if that matters.
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Feb 23, 2015 21:58
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Bombadilillo posted:MH virgin here. I ordered this and it'll be here in a week. Should I dick around on the demo, or wait until I get the game proper? From some begging guides I see I should do all the weapons missions to see what works for me best. Demo is probably worth it if you want to get a feel for the weapons ahead of time, but don't spend too much time on it, as the fights in the demo are fights that you'll need to do repeatedly in the real game in order to gear up, and it's not really worth burning out by fighting demo Tetsucabra 20 times.
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Feb 23, 2015 22:00
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Haquer posted:MH4U has ~2 second loading times between zones now, so this is mitigated a lot compared to older games (5+ seconds easily) That's true, segregating the zones is a gameplay mechanic even if it is wonky. Still, I'd like to see more buffer room in that case. Saigyouji posted:I can't believe I never used the Switch Axe before 4. It's such a fun weapon to use. Conveniently it also cuts through Velocidromes like butter. Yeah its a great weapon. The best weapon 
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Feb 23, 2015 22:00
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Bombadilillo posted:MH virgin here. I ordered this and it'll be here in a week. Should I dick around on the demo, or wait until I get the game proper? From some begging guides I see I should do all the weapons missions to see what works for me best. The demo will chuck you right into a hunt with minimal instructions and a set of pretty high-level equipment, which may be a bit confounding for a first look at the game but it'll quickly show you what the meat of the series is rather than easing you in with a bunch of gathering quests and upgrading before you can start looking like a badass. Unrelatedly, are there any good low-rank places to get Felvine? I have a couple pieces but need a lot more, and the Wycoon is so drat slow. Apparently areas 4 and 8 in the Frozen Seaway have good drop rates, but I never find plant gathering points in either of those spots.
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Feb 23, 2015 22:07
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Saigyouji posted:I just wish that monsters would actually stay in their starting position until you've found them. It's not so bad the first time you do a quest, since they stay put, but having to run laps around the map because you keep barely missing them is annoying. Trade for Vivid Feathers, get Psychic jewels?
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Feb 23, 2015 22:07
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Bombadilillo posted:MH virgin here. I ordered this and it'll be here in a week. Should I dick around on the demo, or wait until I get the game proper? From some begging guides I see I should do all the weapons missions to see what works for me best. I'd just watch the tutorial videos a lot about the weapons. There's a lot to take in.
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Feb 23, 2015 22:14
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Bombadilillo posted:MH virgin here. I ordered this and it'll be here in a week. Should I dick around on the demo, or wait until I get the game proper? From some begging guides I see I should do all the weapons missions to see what works for me best. You should play the demo if only to find out what weapon type you like best. Then when you get the game proper you can jump in already knowing what to use and craft. There are so many different weapon styles and they all play very different (3 are 3rd person shooters, 2 are first person shooters, and the rest are 3rd person melee dodgeroll shenanigans, SUPER different playstyles) and different ones appeal to different people. Good newbie weapons are Dual Sword, Sword N Shield, and Hammer. Sword and Shield is easy but feels a little boring; Charge blade is the same thing but more badass, although also far more complicated. Long Sword and Great Sword hit really hard but are much much harder to use right. Lance plays completely different than the rest of the melee, all about blocking and tanking instead of rolling out of the way. Gunlance is just  as gently caress. Switch Axe is brilliant as is Insect Glaive.On the other hand I have a friend who likes light bowgun and heavy bowgun but the rest of the game doesn't appeal to him.  Try out at least one hunt as each weapon type, and see what you like. Start with the Great Jaggi fight. When you find one you like, then try that against Tetsucabra for more challenge, to see if it really works for you. As others mentioned the demo starts you off with fairly high level equipment which could be a little confusing, but its also kinda nice. The real game has a much slower and more gentle learning curve that teaches you game mechanics, but it also can take hours to really get to the fun stuff. The demo just drops you right in to a good solid boss fight wearing good armor and using a good weapon.
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Thanks for the responses guys. I think I'll just wait for the game proper. Getting pretty excited.
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Feb 23, 2015 22:20
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Zaphod42 posted:
I feel bad because it's so powerful. Even with the lowered damage from 3U it absolutely destroys monsters.
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Feb 23, 2015 22:26
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I love the Switch Axe too but I feel the Charge Blade has replaced it due to how incredibly satisfying it is to land a red-charged ultra-burst. It looks and sounds like it could crack the planet in half.
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Feb 23, 2015 22:28
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Potsticker posted:I feel bad because it's so powerful. Even with the lowered damage from 3U it absolutely destroys monsters. Its usually not too bad, plenty of other weapons can destroy monsters too. I mean, that's why we use them!  But every now and then I'll start an infinite combo, manage to stagger them right as they're about to move/attack, just keep comboing, then they get back up, still comboing, then they move a little bit and I roll and keep the combo going on and on, and then get them to where they're limping away after a single combo and I think drat, it feels good to be a gangster.
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Feb 23, 2015 22:35
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Right, right. Less self loathing and more pride in being a switchaxe gangster.
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Feb 23, 2015 22:40
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Pierson posted:I love the Switch Axe too but I feel the Charge Blade has replaced it due to how incredibly satisfying it is to land a red-charged ultra-burst. It looks and sounds like it could crack the planet in half. I've been maining hammers since Freedom 2, and even I've fallen in love with the charge blade. With impact phials you have a weapon that can dish out bladed and blunt damage at the same time for both cuts and KO's, has a shield, and it seems a lot less unwieldy than the hammer to boot. Feels like the love child of SnS and a greatsword. I did also notice the new A-X-X combo for hammers which is also great, but I think I've found a new main.
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Feb 23, 2015 22:42
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Potsticker posted:Right, right. Less self loathing and more pride in being a switchaxe gangster.  I could do this all day 
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Feb 23, 2015 22:47
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My only dislike of the charge blade is that new ones seem to come rarely in the early game. I hope it picks up. Seeing like 5 new SnS weapons and DB weapons and still no new charge blades is kind of a bummer. Also I am complete garbage at getting guard points to work reliably.
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Feb 23, 2015 22:47
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Rascyc posted:My only dislike of the charge blade is that new ones seem to come rarely in the early game. I hope it picks up. Seeing like 5 new SnS weapons and DB weapons and still no new charge blades is kind of a bummer. Glaives have this same issue. Three glaives in all of Low Rank, four if you count Kirin. The new weapons don't have many Low Rank entries. It gets better over time, though.
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Feb 23, 2015 22:50
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Rascyc posted:My only dislike of the charge blade is that new ones seem to come rarely in the early game. I hope it picks up. Seeing like 5 new SnS weapons and DB weapons and still no new charge blades is kind of a bummer. Yeah, new weapons get shafted in their intro generation. Believe it or not, there are more Charge Blades and Insect Glaives in LR than there were in MH4 basic. They really start opening up in High Rank though.
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Feb 23, 2015 22:51
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How do you actually unlock LR Kirin, anyway? Just do the 6* quests?
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Since I decided to heavily invest in SnS as my main now that I'm in HR, I think I'm going to embrace the batman aspect of being able to use items while unsheathed. What are some good poo poo to bring along? I know how flash bombs work, but what do sonic bombs do? Are boomerangs worth using for hitting poo poo like khezu while they're lightninginging around themselves?
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alarumklok posted:Since I decided to heavily invest in SnS as my main now that I'm in HR, I think I'm going to embrace the batman aspect of being able to use items while unsheathed. What are some good poo poo to bring along? I know how flash bombs work, but what do sonic bombs do? Are boomerangs worth using for hitting poo poo like khezu while they're lightninginging around themselves? Sonic bombs and flash bombs are the same thing, but some work on monsters that the others don't. Sonic bombs are good at forcing monsters that burrow underground to come to the surface, for instance.
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Feb 23, 2015 22:56
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Zaphod42 posted:
I had a hunting horn player give me the no stamina drain song and this is basically how that hunt went.
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Feb 23, 2015 22:58
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I'm farming Teostra mats, does anyone see anything wrong with this plan: Damage him until he limps off and goes to sleep. Just wait out the rest of the time limit so he gets repelled. Then come back again and finish him off quickly. Two reward screens for very little extra effort! (I know the repel rewards are lower than the kill rewards)Saigyouji posted:How do you actually unlock LR Kirin, anyway? Just do the 6* quests? Yeah, that will unlock an urgent to fight him. The urgent goes away once you beat him but then you can get him as a guild quest.
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In the HR caravan quests Seregios has really perfected the art of turning up precisely when he's not wanted. I'm about to go to town on a tripped azure rathalos? HI SEREGIOS! I've just knocked Brachy out of his frenzy after much pain and suffering ? HOWDY SARGE! Seriously, whenever I'm about to get the upper hand on a monster temporarily he turns up and cockblocks me. And next up is a frenzied Deviljho 
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Potsticker posted:I had a hunting horn player give me the no stamina drain song and this is basically how that hunt went. That song is so sick, in MH3U my friends and I formed a team of one HH and 3 DS, and we'd all go demon when he played the song and just tore poo poo up. SA rules though. Its got so much versatility and still looks loving metal as hell.
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Feb 23, 2015 23:09
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Can't quite put my finger on it, but something is telling me Zaphod has a massive boner for Switch Axes.
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Feb 23, 2015 23:13
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swAxe is good poo poo. Wildly swing your axe then turn it into a sword and wildly swing your sword and sometimes explosions
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Feb 23, 2015 23:15
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switch axe just seems like a half assed greatsword to me
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Feb 23, 2015 23:15
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in 3u you werent even supposed to use the axe mode at all did they change that
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Feb 23, 2015 23:16
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Awesome! posted:in 3u you werent even supposed to use the axe mode at all did they change that Yeah, see that gif? That's the amazing axe mode attack they added. So now it's like you only use Sword mode 80% of the time.
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Feb 23, 2015 23:18
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Awesome! posted:switch axe just seems like a half assed greatsword to me Its the opposite, GS is a half-assed SA  Really GS is all about charge attacks. SA is a GS that can still do a charge attack but in general is more about fast hitting combos. It just feels better and it doesn't punish you as hard on certain really fast bosses the way that GS does. Awesome! posted:in 3u you werent even supposed to use the axe mode at all did they change that Nah but nobody cares. There's a couple axe mode moves that are super useful, there's an uppercut with more reach than any other attack in the game and there's an infinite combo that hits really hard and really fast but burns through your stamina like nothing else (amazing for when the monster gets downed) In general though sword form is way better and it charges so fast (and its painless to 'reload') so why not use that most of the time? 
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Potsticker posted:Yeah, see that gif? That's the amazing axe mode attack they added. So now it's like you only use Sword mode 80% of the time. that was in 3u
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Awesome! posted:switch axe just seems like a half assed greatsword to me Honestly I keep trying switch axe and besides the odd times where mind's eye is helpful I just think "Why am I not using Charge Blade" 
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If they really wanted to force people to use axe they'd remove the ability to "reload" and they'd make it charge slower, and then maybe make sword hit harder to compensate. But its cool, that's not really what SA is about. That's what CB is all about; changing between forms as you build up phases. SA is more just flexibility.
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Feb 23, 2015 23:21
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I like beating poo poo up with hammers. Hammers are cool.
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Feb 23, 2015 23:21
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Is there a list somewhere of what the excavated weapons are? I found the old Nibelsnarf greatsword from MH3U and man, if the Nibel HBG is available, I'd spend all the time it took to get a good one.
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Feb 23, 2015 23:24
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Hammers have never really clicked with me, to be honest. Dunno why. Ran with lances for most of 3, then picked up DBs for 4 until I murdered Shagaru, at which point I decided to give the axes a try.
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Awesome! posted:that was in 3u Was it? I never used it. Or axe mode at all, charging was either reload or sheathe.
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