I had to go back to Hunting Horn. While the long sword is very nimble in attacking and dodging, swinging a giant hammer was more satisfying and the fact that my buffs allowed me to run faster while wielding and never bounce off of enemies sealed the deal.
We need to find a better method for earning crossover gear than doing the same arena quest 5-7 times in a row. Dante’s charge blade is pretty cool, though. I also like how the head armor doesn’t change your face into Dante but just gives you his hair.
Can’t wait for this stuff to get to PC, though. I’d much rather be playing it there.
No. I think misunderstood. There’s no lock, if that is what you call it, when you’re on the ground. I usually wait until I am sure the beastie is stationary for a little bit to initiate that.
The new mouse controls are great!
There’s two versions of that Switch Axe attack. The non-amped version doesn’t lock, the amped version locks and mounts (but isn’t a mount for mechanic purposes). I’ve noticed the amped version is vulnerable at the beginning as well, and monsters can definitely send you flying before you’re braced and discharging.
I’m working my way through the game rather slowly, because I’m not wanting to fully outpace friends… just get far enough ahead so that all the “you can’t join your friend until they’ve watched the cutscene!” doesn’t become overbearing. Is there any way to get around this when you’re just wanting to coop through the game with a friend or two? Had a really frustrating session last night where my friend was trying to find the camp in Coral Highlands and was struggling. I really just wanted to join his expedition and lead him there, but I couldn’t until he saw the cutscenes. And he doesn’t get the final cutscene until he finds the camp. He only had an hour or so to play and most of it was wasted on that, so he’s understandably a little frustrated with the game at the moment.
Anyway, I had just recently switched to Gunlance to give that a try and while I like it, I really struggled against Diablos. Bad luck that he was one of my first encounters with a new weapon, but I also fought him once more a little bit later when I at least had passing familiarity with the weapon and still really struggled. When he tunnels/charges you, what is the solution for lance weapons? The shield doesn’t seem to help (understandably) but I don’t find I can hop-step out of the way fast enough. I also don’t have enough time to sheathe and roll.
I’m still learning the ropes of the weapon and going from Insect Glaive to the lance has been a rather dramatic adjustment, so I realize I just suck. I’m just asking for help not-sucking so much on Diablos with this particular weapon. I’m curious how much is my skill level vs a bad matchup for that particular weapon.
There’s really not, but the cut-scenes lessen by quite a lot later. When you start first playing, it feels like cut-scene city, and then you’re like dear god, it happens all the time… but later you spend more time “farming” or as some call it “grinding” and there aren’t any cutscenes then. I find the grinding to be fun, but yeah the cut-scene coop problem is my number one grip with the game because of the way it destroys the coop experience. Number two is the way they do the dang sessions in the first place.
I haven’t used the Gunlance myself so no advice there, but I doubt you actually suck if you’ve made it to Diablos mostly on your own you’ve got to have some skillset there. For the low rank stuff, I’d say Diablos is kind high up there in the ability to take people out. I mean it can happen with any monster but there are certain ones that challenge, and in my PS4 run through, Diablos took out several, me included, at least once.
Now I am no expert, and I am sure the ones claiming MHW is too easy would just, well they want what they want, but there are several that I rarely see anyone fall and Diablos is not one of them, low rank.
My fastest solo cap yet. Was using my standard shrooms build with Bazelhawk Rookslayer dual blades, so nothing special dps wise. I did have some help from Bazel himself though lol.
Sadly I do not. Have zero experience with evade extender.
Still creeping along. I made it to the pink rathian and it… did not go well for me.
The bad news: Monster Hunter is acting up again for me after the latest update, and I’m finding myself getting disconnected in the middle of quests, barely finding any SOS flares, etc.
The good news: I dropped the Pink Rathian, and due to the above I solo’d it (I primarily play this as a MP experience). It took me a few tries, but it was pretty satisfying figuring its moves out and finally being able to take it down.
I plan to play some this weekend. I hope I don’t run into this. I prefer the game MP!
Yeah, me too! The game really shines in multiplayer. Such a fun coop experience!
Opposite for me :(. While I greatly enjoyed cooping for tempered elders a while ago I’m finding it much easier to speedily run through tempered t2 investigations solo. Groups easily double the time it takes to finish most runs (from 3-4 to 6-7 minutes), not to mention increased KO thresholds and monsters jumping from target, which makes it very annoying to unload the combos. Double so if you rely on them, like the Longsword. Odogaron is particularly annoying for this, his default speed is squirrel on 10 cups of coffee and in group that is amplified times 5, easily.
I’m not really looking for maximizing efficiency or speed runs. Playing with a friend and some randoms is fun for me for some of the reasons you mentioned! I find it makes things even less predictable and more dynamic.
I switched from charge blade to insect glaive, and it honestly feels like cheating. Being able to jump all over the battlefield lets me dodge everything easily. I can send my kinsect out for free hits that sometimes just put the monster to sleep. I can mount monsters all day long. It’s a blast.
Haha, yeah. Switching from the Insect Glaive to Gunlance was, uh… a bit of an adjustment for me. :)
Absolutely hated the Gunlance at first, but I love the shield now.
I’m also simultaneously playing Generations Ultimate on the Switch. Trying to play charge blade on both was a nightmare when switching back and forth, so I made an effort to always be playing different weapons on each.
The problem is that now I want to play insect glaive on MHGU too!
I’ve thought about picking up MHGU on the Switch but I’ve been worried about it completely screwing up my muscle memory in Monster Hunter World. I don’t do a lot of gaming on gamepads so I struggle with the controls already, I don’t know if I can handle something else screwing up my brain (not to mention how X/Y A/B are swapped between the Xbox controller and the Switch).
I don’t understand the appeal of Glaive, I really don’t. I tried really hard to like because I read how it’s a very responsive and mobile weapon but I found it super clunky to use, and that’s without even factoring in the kinsect buffs. The moveset is just…ugh. The first time I used it it took me nearly 30s before I zeroed in on the range to kill a single Gajalaka, the spacing felt completely off and at odds with the other weapons I’ve tried.