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Crowbear posted:Some monsters have tails you can cut off with a sharp weapon and you can get extra carves off them when they're severed. Also, some of the really gigantic monsters have multiple spots on their bodies that are carvable, so you can get 4 from the head and 4 from the body on some, or 3 head, 3 upper body, 3 lower body on others. Ah I guess I just haven't come across one of those yet. Thanks!
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Frenzied Brachydios sounds like a squeaky toy and I'd have a hard time taking him seriously if he didn't hit like a freight train.
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Mar 3, 2015 09:51
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Ape Has Killed Ape posted:Frenzied Brachydios sounds like a squeaky toy and I'd have a hard time taking him seriously if he didn't hit like a freight train. I found frenzied Brachy easier than regular for some reason.
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Mar 3, 2015 10:41
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"I have a great idea for a monster. It causes a status effect you can only get rid of by running somewhere and not moving for awhile, either because you're crouching or eating. Now we're gonna give the monster Freedom Unite hitboxes and make it never leave you alone. What? That'll triple cart people constantly? Good!" And thus Seregios was born and made everyone miserable. The end. E: And this isn't even Apex. For some reason, fighting that thing was super simple. That seems to be the way this rear end in a top hat is. Either you have no problems at all and beat him in 7 minutes, or you can't hit him and he won't target your cats and triple carts you. There's no midway point.
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Mar 3, 2015 10:59
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Seregios's hitboxes are actually really sharp
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Mar 3, 2015 11:01
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Seregios has convinced me to finally make that bow set I've been putting off making for 70 hours.
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Mar 3, 2015 11:13
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Zinogre still has the best music, no question.
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Mar 3, 2015 11:14
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ChibiSoma posted:"I have a great idea for a monster. It causes a status effect you can only get rid of by running somewhere and not moving for awhile, either because you're crouching or eating. Now we're gonna give the monster Freedom Unite hitboxes and make it never leave you alone. What? That'll triple cart people constantly? Good!" Learn to use the all-curing smoke thing from the virus research center place and git gud 
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Mar 3, 2015 11:34
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So, I just got to Daimyo Hermitaur, and I was thinking of tying a dragon's head to a stick to beat it to death with. Which dragon would I be better off taking the head from, Gore or Ratholos, or would it be better to forget about dragons and tie Zinogre's head to the stick instead, or would I be fine with my Charge Blade? I did a high rank expedition and got my poo poo wrecked by Velocidromes, so I'm trying to make sure that the fight goes as smoothly as possible.
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Mar 3, 2015 11:34
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Elysiume posted:Trying to get the later urgent quests done is awful. I've probably spent close to an hour just trying to get a second person for Ukanlos. I've just soloed all the urgents since Dalamadur. Between not having to wait around for someone to join and not having to help them with their urgent afterwards it's actually a lot faster.
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Mar 3, 2015 11:43
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Colapops posted:Zinogre still has the best music, no question. Definitely, but Deviljho's initial "foreboding bass instruments" is always a good "oh god drat it" moment
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Mar 3, 2015 11:49
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ZeButler posted:So, I just got to Daimyo Hermitaur, and I was thinking of tying a dragon's head to a stick to beat it to death with. Which dragon would I be better off taking the head from, Gore or Ratholos, or would it be better to forget about dragons and tie Zinogre's head to the stick instead, or would I be fine with my Charge Blade? I did a high rank expedition and got my poo poo wrecked by Velocidromes, so I'm trying to make sure that the fight goes as smoothly as possible.
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Mar 3, 2015 11:53
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Pierson posted:He's weak to lightning so mount that Zinogre head on a pole. Also this may be confirmation bias but Daimyo just seemed so much easier with a hammer than a blade. He moves predictably, he's not that fast and he has gigantic areas you can smack around (back, claws, face). That monoblos skull is hard to break without a hammer, too.
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Mar 3, 2015 12:22
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it isn't even a real Monoblos skull Monoblos don't grow that fuckin' big he probably made it out of sand and paper-mache
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Mar 3, 2015 12:55
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Night Blade posted:I managed to beat him by using my GrimmKatze Switch Axe and abusing it's dodge step. A good rule of thumb for the fight is that when he goes airborne you just stay the hell away from him and use the switch axe's upslash from a distance. I really like the look of that switch axe, but its stats kinda suck compared to others. What is this about its dodge step? Is there some gimmic to the weapon?
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Mar 3, 2015 14:05
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Did some multiplayer hunts finally. Seemed to be keeping up on damage. Finished my Velociprey set and decided to work on the Hi-Metal set to finish out LR decorated for attack. I was really careful about blowing people around with my shelling and didnt seem to hit anyone. Finally making progress through single player again now that I switched back to gunlance.
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Mar 3, 2015 15:21
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What does it mean when the element for a weapon is greyed out?
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Sultan Tarquin posted:What does it mean when the element for a weapon is greyed out?
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Is the low rank caravan Tigrex fight really easy or did I get lucky or am I finally getting good at this dumb game? I went in blind and took my trusty gore hammer to him and the only restorative item I used the entire fight was a single first aid. I haven't had a hard time with anything low rank, and breezed Shagaru Magala too, but it's rare that I don't gently caress up or get careless and need something more substantial than that.
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Mar 3, 2015 16:12
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Meldonox posted:Is the low rank caravan Tigrex fight really easy or did I get lucky or am I finally getting good at this dumb game? Tigrex didn't give me any real trouble with my insect glaive either, but like you I'm not sure if it's because he was easy or just because I'm getting better/just had the right weapon for the job. I think the monster I've had the most problems with so far is the drat Glypceros. Stupid loving poison bird. I need a bunch of Lightcrystals, too.
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Mar 3, 2015 16:19
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Got to Monoblos in Caravan. Monoblos? More like...Easyblos  Really though it just seemed like a super easy urgent compared to how big they were talking him up. "Oh no, it's a Monoblos! Good luck hunter, I think you'll need it!" *kills him in 10 minutes with no cards and barely using heals* "OH MY GOD WE CAN'T BELIEVE YOU DID IT!" I'm looking at new sets to make, right now I've got Tetsucabra S, but I'd like something with Sharpness+, or maybe I'll make that Nerscylla armor since they're easy enough to farm in the Hunt-A-Thon.
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Mar 3, 2015 16:26
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Sprite141 posted:I really like the look of that switch axe, but its stats kinda suck compared to others. What is this about its dodge step? Is there some gimmic to the weapon? Somebody more knowledgeable than me should probably elaborate on this, but essentially it builds up charge in Axe form, which it then discharges in the form of either elemental damage or boosted raw damage (depending on the model) in Sword form. It has a giant, charge-up burst attack in Sword mode that's a bit like Gunlance's Wyvern Fire, where you unload it after somebody knocks the monster over and it uses a ton of the weapon's charge to hit multiple times and really gently caress the monster up, and is probably pretty good for getting breaks. Probably its listed stats don't fully reflect the damage from the phial/sword mode, but an actual Switch Axe user can give you a more thorough answer.
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Mar 3, 2015 16:28
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The cats in this game are too cute, never gonna skip the animation for the chef cat
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Mar 3, 2015 16:28
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So i've got my hammer set, and I'm working on a few other blademaster sets... but I could use some help with making a bowgun set (and what bowguns are good) I've got the Teostra bow and making a set with evade / the appropriate shot + (i forget atm). Power shot + blast seems to be legit. any other advice? I use LBG primarily, though i kinda wanna make a guard set for HBG
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Depths posted:The cats in this game are too cute, never gonna skip the animation for the chef cat I hope you never release a palico
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Mar 3, 2015 16:29
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Bread Set Jettison posted:Definitely, but Deviljho's initial "foreboding bass instruments" is always a good "oh god drat it" moment We need a  for Deviljo.HEY GUYS  Aw 'jo get out, nobody wants you here.
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Mar 3, 2015 16:30
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Pierson posted:it isn't even a real Monoblos skull Monoblos don't grow that fuckin' big he probably made it out of sand and paper-mache When you break it you get wyvern scalp or something like that so it's totes a monoblos.
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Mar 3, 2015 16:31
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Zaphod42 posted:We need a Jho pops in and then the text can be "Sooo tasty!"
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Mar 3, 2015 16:32
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Bread Set Jettison posted:Jho pops in and then the text can be "Sooo tasty!" Oddly appropriate considering how many times savage / apex jho wants to eat you. I went through like 8 dung bombs because I suck Also bread I miss you
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Mar 3, 2015 16:35
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Bread Set Jettison posted:Definitely, but Deviljho's initial "foreboding bass instruments" is always a good "oh god drat it" moment Yea, Deviljho was the first monster whose music I noticed was completely unique. I knew I was in for a bad time. Didn't even really get a good chance to learn his nuances before I failed the quest.
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enojy posted:Yea, Deviljho was the first monster whose music I noticed was completely unique. I knew I was in for a bad time. Didn't even really get a good chance to learn his nuances before I failed the quest. Maybe it's because I've played way too long but I think most of the music is really distinctive for each creature. Gogmazios is one of my favorite though, especially when the MONHUN theme plays... it's like an instant  moment SO HYPE
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Glowku posted:Oddly appropriate considering how many times savage / apex jho wants to eat you. I went through like 8 dung bombs because I suck Same, but i've been far to busy to get to G Rank. We're both early High rank right now because our schedules are ramping up a lot.
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Mar 3, 2015 17:14
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Glowku posted:So i've got my hammer set, and I'm working on a few other blademaster sets... but I could use some help with making a bowgun set (and what bowguns are good) I'm using the Seregios LBG with the Nargacuga X set gemmed up for normal up and evade +3. It's basically a non stop torrent of bullets as you dash around the monster being mostly invincible. Super fun, amazingly survivable and loads of raw damage which is unusual for a LBG set.
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Glowku posted:So i've got my hammer set, and I'm working on a few other blademaster sets... but I could use some help with making a bowgun set (and what bowguns are good) I'm in upper High Rank and I've been using the Seregios LBG along with Evasion+3 and it has been working pretty well. The gun rapid fires Normal 2 and it reloads every dodge so you never have to stop to reload and on monsters that aren't moving you just side hop twice to reload the clip without having to reposition. Evasion+3 makes you pretty much untouchable while side hopping so you can just do two in a row at the last minute and dodge pretty much anything. ^^^ 
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Sprite141 posted:I really like the look of that switch axe, but its stats kinda suck compared to others. What is this about its dodge step? Is there some gimmic to the weapon? Its all that I had, and it has an element he's weak to. I mean the step that certain weapons have where your character doesnt quite role, but just side steps after an attack if you press the roll button.
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Night Blade posted:Its all that I had, and it has an element he's weak to. Also, you can generally side-step and then continue attacking without interrupting your combo.
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Stealthed Zombie posted:Got to Monoblos in Caravan. Monoblos? More like...Easyblos Fighting him for the urgent was the same for me, but when I went back to capture him for a later quest it took me 30 minutes and most of my mega potions because I had to keep running away to sharpen.
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Man I went through the entirety of MH3U with a hammer and it was great! But I'm just not feeling it at all in MH4U. The monsters in this game have way too many point-blank AoE attacks that just knock you on your rear end the moment you try to get in with the hammer. The greatsword works fine for the whole hit-and-run thing because it's got good range for a melee weapon, which is unfortunately something the hammer is lacking. Maybe I'll have more fun with it once I get Evasion+2/3 but for now I'm just going to have to find something else to get me through the slogfest that is High Rank.
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Sprite141 posted:I really like the look of that switch axe, but its stats kinda suck compared to others. What is this about its dodge step? Is there some gimmic to the weapon? The less obvious SA gimmicks are that it can evade step after nearly every attack, and you have a long window to do it so they are easy to time correctly instead of just spamming it. Its second less obvious gimmick is that all the attacks execute faster once you are in a combo - the first attack however is always a bit slow. SA is good, lots of people suck with it. A lot of SA players were just using it cause it was OP in the previous game.
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Sprite141 posted:I really like the look of that switch axe, but its stats kinda suck compared to others. What is this about its dodge step? Is there some gimmic to the weapon?  What? Where are you getting that? No they don't.SA is a GS that lets you attack lots of times really fast and combo forever. GS is really all about slow charge attacks; SA is a similar weapon with the opposite usage. (Other than the big wyvern fire explosion which is pretty satisfying)
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