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Post by alastair on Feb 17, 2023 11:20:07 GMT
I still don't really understand what Rampages are about ? Are they supposed to be for mat farming or what ? Because I'm usually far more successful just going for what I need (although I've always dissected monsters ensuring parts are broken in succession etc) so if I wanted Basarios wings for example, I'm only going for those, and you earn enough other bits as extra already. Hit 7* after that new Raka-spider-thing, and that was fun, proper new monster imo, with differing mechanics and a new behaviour pattern to learn. All the new ones up to now have felt a little lifted from previous species, and haven't proven much of a challenge. I'm presuming Elders will be showing up shortly to give some reflective consideration to that... Also, a couple of imported friends showed up for my work keys.   Nice! Where did you order those from?? I liked Rakna, as you say a new monster. Narwa and Ibushi felt new as well. |
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Post by oldschoolsavant on Feb 17, 2023 14:54:13 GMT
Only pair I've seen, from some eBay store in the States. Stops me losing my keys if there's some daft face looking back at me !
Ibushi I barely saw, thanks to the camera/boulder blocking bullshit. Only fought it in the rampage Urgent, so I'll see what it brings in a normal locale (assuming I fight it in one). Haven't seen Narwa yet, so something to look forward to ?
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Post by alastair on Feb 17, 2023 20:59:44 GMT
They appear in a different area/arena.
Be a good fight to do together...
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Post by oldschoolsavant on Mar 11, 2023 10:19:53 GMT
Well, we've managed one Barioth so far. It's funny that I've not even tried much MP, but the restrictive lobbies of four really do impact on quick play - tried joining a few randoms and it's usually one person on a solo quest, one or two sleeping at the canteen, and when the active player returns, they're away on a break ! It's PSP Ad-Hoc all over again.
MHW has spoiled us with the lobby size/freedom. Decorations too were handed out like candy before, and now the crafting/required grind just puts me off completely - think I have four in total when I was working out the crafting.
Anyway, 28th April for Sunbreak on the store this morning, £40 for the deluxe edition. No sign of an upgrade option yet, but will that be an option ala Iceborne ?
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Post by alastair on Mar 14, 2023 12:11:23 GMT
I should be around for play tonight if you're about.
When I bought Sunbreak on Switch I think there wasn't an option to just upgrade. It came as a cartridge with the base game too.
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Post by oldschoolsavant on Mar 14, 2023 12:58:58 GMT
Boo. I'll see if anything else appears nearer the time, hoping for some business creativity on Sony's part then.
I know, I know.
Tonight ? Possible. Last day of hols, heading home at the mo and not an early start Wed, so just throw us a message.
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Post by oldschoolsavant on Mar 14, 2023 22:04:12 GMT
Well that was fun, and the stand out moment ? Running up the hill between the two Tobi quest, around the pillar, just to see your Palico digging in a pile of shit while you were starting on No2. Priorities cat, goddamn it ! |
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Post by alastair on Mar 15, 2023 9:47:17 GMT
Made a start on Teostra this morning - weak to water and blast.
The Tetranodon lance I crafted doesn't feel remotely powerful enough! Possibly something to do with the green sharpness!!
Pretty sure I'll get through it, but maybe the Magna lance would do better.
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Post by oldschoolsavant on Mar 15, 2023 15:40:08 GMT
I ended up making the Barioth lance during our stint, probably the best of the ice choices with 40% aff - the Garang ruled out with negative affinity, and the Kush means farming Kush... nehhh. The Barioth will do.
I was using the Tetra lance purely for the water attack, and the huge green is quite handy so long as you won't bounce off specific areas, but yeah, anything tough/armoured it's no use. Dunno if it'd even be worth pairing with Mind's Eye tbh.
And I just remembered about Teo's heat effect, and a Fextra comment about 4pc Kush armour negating it. Ugh. I'll see what he's like and take it from there.
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Post by alastair on Mar 15, 2023 16:08:11 GMT
I quickly made up 3 Fire Res gems and put them in my existing armour set to get fire resistance above 20.
I had 2 faints and switched to the pukei lance for the final push. Got loads of materials at the end, and then remembered the joys of Masters Touch. Slightly nerfed from World. But 80% chance to not lose sharpness on crits with the Felyne Claws DB would be awesome!
I used a stinkmink to lure in Rajang, and later had Magna turn up for a turf war. Between the two of them they probably did as much damage as I did!!
I have a new found love for stinkmink now. And puppet spider is also fairly handy. Some people don't like wyvern riding, but it's a decent way to do extra damage at no risk to yourself.
I'll be doing more Teo hunts in the near future, after I've crafted the Magna lance. But not tonight as I'm going out.
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Post by oldschoolsavant on Mar 15, 2023 16:35:18 GMT
25mins, one feint, didn't even see Rajang. Finished off with a very satisfying charge poke as he lay sleeping, and the feint was stupid greed going for a tail carve while he focused on Palico - of course he switched mid attack and plunged on me. His heat cloak is so far nerfed compared to World I didn't even care, lots of Palico health plants and horns kept me topped up, and only in his worst rage mode was the chip damage really an issue. Found it a lot more difficult to stay in the armpit/neck area that was the sweetspot in World - used to get caught there by his foreleg and you'd avoid a lot of the blast/flame attacks -but the good ol' leaping triple poke/block combo head-on was no problem. I've already killed a few Chameleos via events (love that silly looking bugger) and at least it's changed up a bit from the early days, but Teo is still Teo, up with Rathian in the "y'know what you're getting" stalwart monsters. I think our next hunt should be that Crimson Valtrex whatever the hell it is. I've avoided that thus far, but my curiosity keeps drawing me back ! Can't be too bad, can it ? |
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Post by alastair on Mar 15, 2023 20:08:44 GMT
I think our next hunt should be that Crimson Valtrex whatever the hell it is. I've avoided that thus far, but my curiosity keeps drawing me back ! Can't be too bad, can it ? Memory tells me that's one for an optimised Lance build - Guard Up for example. I don't think it was too bad though. |
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Post by oldschoolsavant on Mar 15, 2023 22:39:56 GMT
Eh, where's my two slot full Guard Up deco from World ?! Think it's on weird monsters in Rise, Jyur and Bazel ? Dunno if I can even form a decent skill set around those pieces, but I'll have a look. |
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Post by alastair on Mar 15, 2023 23:04:24 GMT
I think Valstrax shows up at HR100..
We have some way to go!
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Post by alastair on Mar 15, 2023 23:05:42 GMT
HR50 is Allmother Narwa.
Harder fight than Valstrax imo
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Post by Danno on Mar 16, 2023 0:26:07 GMT
Lance cowards! One of you needs to get your Switch Axe ultra aggressive build together, it's obscene.
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Post by oldschoolsavant on Mar 16, 2023 1:20:38 GMT
I think Valstrax shows up at HR100.. We have some way to go! Oh, I'd seen one in the event quests, that's why I was curious. Wondered where it fit in or if it was something special. And Danno, have you seen my lance ? It's really sharp and pokey.  I play a mean constant offence, rip and tear piece by piece, and someone has to stay up and lifepowder Alastair. |
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Post by alastair on Mar 16, 2023 13:18:05 GMT
... and someone has to stay up and lifepowder Alastair. Oi!! |
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Post by alastair on Mar 22, 2023 9:33:29 GMT
I have the Allmother Narwa quest waiting..
Currently farming Teostra to make Master's Touch deco. And I've done a couple of the event quests that have guaranteed crowns. Fighting 2 Bishaten in the arena is kind of annoying but also fun.
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Post by oldschoolsavant on Mar 22, 2023 15:48:10 GMT
That's the monkeys, right ?
Haven't actually played that much, sidelined by Mechwarrior for now. Think the Mangnamolo (purple critter) event quest annoyed me with how hard he hits, and I'm wary of the grind to that Valstrax. Also waiting to see if there's any offers in the pipeline for the expansion, or straight up new purchase.
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Post by alastair on Apr 1, 2023 7:15:04 GMT
I managed the Allmother last night on the third attempt.
It's a good fight. The attack it does with the dragonators isn't as bad as I remember.
Next stop HR100 and Valstrax.
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Post by oldschoolsavant on Apr 4, 2023 4:02:29 GMT
I'll be honest, haven't touched it in weeks. Busy hunting in another style, looking for MAD-4A/5A and other rarities in MW5 lol. I think my MH itch has been scratched for now, and the whole crafting decos system requires too much grind to really get into playing with builds (World might've been too generous, but it allowed far easier experimentation).
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Post by alastair on Apr 18, 2023 15:08:27 GMT
New Monster Hunter game announced - Monster Hunter Now. Capcom in partnership with Niantic. Likely to be like Pokemon Go. Coming in Sept, there's a closed Beta running soon. monsterhunternow.com/ |
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Post by Ulythium on Apr 19, 2023 12:20:08 GMT
With Sunbreak due out on PS and Xbox a week on Friday, I'm a bit surprised Capcom hasn't announced a pre-release livestream event - I'm pretty sure they mooted one back when the DLC was officially unveiled.
Still, there's time yet.
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Post by alastair on Apr 20, 2023 7:22:10 GMT
Too many releases coming at once..
My MHR play has tailed off slightly, but I will definitely be back for Sunbreak.
Had anything been announced about purchase options/pricing?
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Post by Ulythium on Apr 20, 2023 7:41:10 GMT
It's available to order on the PlayStation Store in both standard (£32.99) and 'Deluxe' (£39.99) editions:
Personally, I'm still holding out for a retail edition containing both the base game and the DLC - nothing has been announced in this regard, but I fail to see why they *wouldn't* release one at some point.
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Post by alastair on Apr 20, 2023 8:46:58 GMT
Personally, I'm still holding out for a retail edition containing both the base game and the DLC - nothing has been announced in this regard, but I fail to see why they *wouldn't* release one at some point.
That's what I got with the Switch version. I bought the MHR themed Switch which had the game pre-installed. Then with Sunbreak I got a cartridge with base game and DLC all together. Any likelihood of a disc based version of just Sunbreak? |
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Post by Ulythium on Apr 20, 2023 9:01:18 GMT
My guess - and it really *is* just a guess! - is that they'll either put out a retail edition of Rise + Sunbreak on PS and Xbox, or keep the whole shebang digital-only. (Iceborne didn't come out in physical form in its own right, to the best of my knowledge; it was bundled with World on disc, or downloadable as a standalone product.)
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Post by Ulythium on May 31, 2023 12:46:48 GMT
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Post by Ulythium on Jun 7, 2023 17:07:39 GMT
Still no sign of a retail PlayStation version of Rise, and I'm starting to think there never will be 
What gives, Capcom? You've already released physical editions of Resident Evil 4 and Street Fighter 6 this year alone, with Exoprimal set to follow suit next month; I know we're heading inexorably towards an all-digital future, but we ain't there yet!
And frankly, if PowerWash Simulator can come to retail on PS5, I'm pretty sure the latest Monster Hunter game can.
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I play a mean constant offence, rip and tear piece by piece, and someone has to stay up and lifepowder Alastair.
