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Monster Hunter 3 Tri |OT| Animal Cruelty Made Fun
- Thread starter Luigiv
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Quite honestly I think at least half the time I've been launched by someone's attack, it has saved me from damage. And I don't think it's ever directly resulted in me taking damage either. So it's just an occasionally amusing speedbump. As an SnS user, the most I can generally do is give someone a mosquito bite, since I tend not to use my shield bash in multiplayer.
schuelma said:
Well just look at it this way, you don't die and everyone makes the full money. As long as you try to contribute in attacks nobody will care.
The thing I find difficult is finding your role on a given team, it usually takes me 1-2 quests to figure out "ok I am the guy that runs and cuts them from behind/tries to get the tail off" or "ok I am the diversion so I need to make sure I get the monster to follow me and not die"
The worst quests I have ever been on are the ones where everyone thinks they need to hack the hell out of the monster and its just mayhem
Lance Bone Path
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In theory, you can knock something out faster by using combos and non-fully charged attacks that can go immediately into combos.ramus said:
If you're attacking a stationary target that isn't going to attack you, the attack with the highest DPS is the triple pound. The only downside is that you spend a lot of time standing there right after the golf swing. The golf swing does the most damage out of the 3 attacks in that combo and does more damage than the finisher in the super pound.
The single most damaging attack in a hammer user's arsenal is the golf swing finisher following the triple spin. Timing this attack to connect is tricky and I think it was easier to do this consistently in MHFU. The spin portion of the attack doesn't do much damage, but it's useful for status effects (when you're using a paralyze hammer).
In practice it's tricky to time a charged attack that isn't either the first level charge or the last level charge. It's also tricky figuring out when to do a triple pound since the finisher leaves you vulnerable while the superpound lets you roll away immediately.
Kyoufu said:
Since I've started using paralyzing weapons more (with my status up armor) I notice this kind of stuff happens a lot, and not just from folks wielding the longsword. I'm speaking entirely general here, but many people seem to abandon the idea of a "team" as soon as the monster is vulnerable, and charge in for as much damage as possible as quickly as possible, regardless of who is in their way. The SA sword explosion thing, lance charges, spirit combos, etc. can all mess up other players pretty badly. (not to say that you aren't saying that, just something I've noticed.)
schuelma said:
Hahaha, I get like that sometimes. There have been quests where I'm in waaaay over my head.
I think last night we fought a uragaan and I had no damn clue what to do. Mostly, I ran around charging my hammer looking for an opening, all the while wasting my potions. Terrible.
After my first death, I decided I was better off just giving potions away and setting up traps : /
Eteric Rice
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Luigiv said:
Loled as well, but yeah, it seems he didn't really play it very much. He kind of missed the part where you kill huge monsters. >_>
Air Zombie Meat
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schuelma said:
Heh, I know what you mean, I was like that at first. I don't think I've ever been annoyed at someone not contributing enough damage. Just by being there and having the monster direct it's attacks at you is a help. Getting too greedy and trying to get too many hits in when its unsafe is the number one mistake people make. Patience is really a virtue in this game. Once you start watching what the monsters doing you'll naturally start learning good openings to attack. Arena/Offline quests are really good for learning the monsters too.
Also you can be a great asset to your team by learning how to use support items (bombs,traps, horns etc) well.
Yeah, it really sucks when you miss an opportunity for free hits after setting up a trap or getting a monster paralyzed or stunned.
I learned that after facing Lagiacrus (especially underwater), do not stand right next to a trap, particularly a shock trap as monsters like him have bodies long enough to still clobber you right (I think this can also be said of practically any monster that tries to do a charging ram-like attack)when they get caught in the trap. Just gotta stand a few inches a way for safety reasons.
I learned that after facing Lagiacrus (especially underwater), do not stand right next to a trap, particularly a shock trap as monsters like him have bodies long enough to still clobber you right (I think this can also be said of practically any monster that tries to do a charging ram-like attack)when they get caught in the trap. Just gotta stand a few inches a way for safety reasons.
kinggroin said:
Nope, don't give a crap either. :lol Anytime it's actually caused me damage, people have apologized anyway. It's part of the challenge... I don't think I could get that angry about it even if I tried.
In return I ask that people extend the same courtesy to the sporadic errant Crag or Clust shot
I tend to be VERY judicious with them though, and aim high. For clusts I'll usually announce I'm starting a barrage beforehand too.That was probably meschuelma said:
(Ed)http://monsterhunter.wikia.com/wiki/MH3:_Kitchen_Skills
Pretty sure exchanger gives 1.5x HR points.
Mardak said:That was probably me
http://monsterhunter.wikia.com/wiki/MH3:_Kitchen_Skills
Pretty sure exchanger gives 1.5x HR points.
Ahh so that was you. Thanks a lot for your help- sure you were pretty bored, but it was much appreciated.
Alien Manobo
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Boney said:
I've been getting the same problems earlier. If you're not coming back, let's just try and get S-Rank in the Arena some other time.
Lance Bone Path
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I realize I probably come off as an elitist that can't stand it when people don't play by some impossibly high set of standards, but I think you did fine.schuelma said:
I was surprised that you didn't comment on how long it took us to complete the quest when I decided to amuse myself by bringing low rank gunner armor and aquamatic "spark", ended up accidentally not bringing any health or stamina recovery items, and then ended up with us losing that other person to a connection error. That was pretty brutal and was the reason I recommended that we didn't chase after the quru
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ShinNL
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LS is the easiest weapon to be a douche. Mobility, immunity, range.Fistwell said:
Sorry for scaring you. As others have said, no one will really lose sleep over hits, as long as they don't end up dying because of you. You have to try really hard to achieve that.schuelma said:
It's changed in Tri. Lv1 charge combos into upswing (like the unsheathe attack) and that in turn combos further to the triple pound. After the triple pound you're allowed to go back to charging. It's much much stronger now to combo indefinitely (lv1 charge, upswing, triple pound, repeat) than to charge to superpound and roll. The superpound is actually the only thing that can't be put back to the charge. Lv2 charge also combos into side hit, then to the last 2 hits of the triple pound. After 2 normal hits of the triple pound you can cancel into charge if you know the third hit will miss.Lance Bone Path said:
Lance Bone Path said:I realize I probably come off as an elitist that can't stand it when people don't play by some impossibly high set of standards, but I think you did fine.
I was surprised that you didn't comment on how long it took us to complete the quest when I decided to amuse myself by bringing low rank gunner armor and aquamatic "spark", ended up accidentally not bringing any health or stamina recovery items, and then ended up with us losing that other person to a connection error. That was pretty brutal and was the reason I recommended that we didn't chase after the quru
Thanks. I didn't think it took too long, and it was fun to be with a gunner.
Lance Bone Path
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I found a youtube video of a S rank on the lagi arena quest: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_nDg6omtO0Boney said:
The video is notable in how well the long sword is used throughout practically the entire video.
BlackSalad
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looking for people to help with my 5* urgent quest, game name = MarkLar
Psh, I have 65 hours in MH and 1 star in Galaxy 2. It's not going anywhere.schuelma said:
Also, fuck yeah, beat Lagi offline! I went in once just to see how things would run, and without using any healing items, I died three times in 10 minutes. :lol Before my last death I discovered that the second S in SnS is actually useful underwater! Seems like it's impossible to dodge him, so blocking or auto-guarding did wonders. Ended up beating him with 3 minutes left when he thankfully ran to Area 12 to try to rest. I could have captured him a few minutes earlier but I had already used 2 shock traps, so he didn't stick in my third one long enough for me to get my aim down.
Phew!
There's a lot of awesome stuff to mine in the Volcano. Found a rustshard... and it was a Hunter Knife+. Lots of Armor Sphere+ and Adv Armor Spheres among other things.
My internet finally came back now that I'm probably going to have to take a break. I'll likely be ready to rock online later tonight
MonthOLDpickle
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I am on right now, is there a list? I am in US and HR25 atm.
Chopper Dave
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I just opened a city for Jhen+. Right now I need two more players. Look for me(Jason).