After taking a break of about a month I hit MHW hard last week. Got up to about HL 14 or 15 I believe. I’m on the quests where you track down the 3 elder dragons and have taken out the first one (the wind guy.) I’ve been sticking almost entirely with dual blades, with occasional forays into greatsword and the horn.
I’ve been mostly just doing SOS flares, helping out when I see an interesting one in the list. But yesterday I started trying to figure out what equipment I should be gearing towards. I have the highest water & thunder DBs now, with some progress towards the Fire & Ice model as well. Putting together a few Nerg armor pieces also which seems to be wise from what I read online.
So basically looks like I need to kill Nergigante about 5 or 6 more times then work on the other 2 elder dragons to progress the main quest. This game is such a time suck though - can’t believe I’ve played so many hours but the SOS flares are just too damn fun to keep cycling through.