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Monster Hunter 3 Tri |OT| Animal Cruelty Made Fun
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kafka rock opera
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Yep it can. Only thing that cant is the Hammer if i am not mistaken.sillymonkey321 said:
Can someone talk a bit about cutting off tails?
I haven't done it in single player, and haven't been online yet. I use a GS. Will I be able to do it? How? On what monsters? What are the benefits? Can I do it to a boss' (like great jaggi) corpse before it disappears?
Sorry, I'm a noob to the series, and have a pretty good grasp on the game, I think, but haven't done that yet, and have no idea what exactly the point is (besides presumably damaging the monster a great deal)
I haven't done it in single player, and haven't been online yet. I use a GS. Will I be able to do it? How? On what monsters? What are the benefits? Can I do it to a boss' (like great jaggi) corpse before it disappears?
Sorry, I'm a noob to the series, and have a pretty good grasp on the game, I think, but haven't done that yet, and have no idea what exactly the point is (besides presumably damaging the monster a great deal)
To cut tails, just keep attacking the tail of the monster. I don't think it works for all monsters, but it definately works against big monster like the Great Jaggi. Just focus on the tail and make charge slashes.
You can carve the tail for an extra loot and complete subquests. Also if it attacks with the tail, the attack will be hindered. (right?)
You can carve the tail for an extra loot and complete subquests. Also if it attacks with the tail, the attack will be hindered. (right?)
Nicktals said:
I think you have to cut it off before the boss dies and for a lot of bosses cutting off tails or other parts are part of the Subquests, also when you cut off a tail you can carve it for a loot item. You should be able to do it with a great sword ( especially if it works for sword/shield). go by the tail, charge that great sword up, and CHOMP.
Lance Bone Path
Member
I don't think Jaggi's tail can be cut off.Boney said:
When you cut off a tail, their tail based attacks have less range and that's very helpful when dealing with bosses like rathian and rathalos. Also, there are materials that can only be carved from the tail.
Nicktals said:
It can be tough in single-player to get at some of the tails, the swords work great. There's usually two areas (tip and base) to hit at ---- and keep in mind many sections of the beasts work like this. You can bust up the face, knock the claws of wings, scar up chests, etc. depending on what you've busted up is going to give you some rarer carves.
One of the reasons why MH is so stimulating, getting good at this kind of fight. Need that rare piece? Well, if you have an idea of what part it breaks off of get to farming that monster :]
sotodefonk
Member
Lance Bone Path said:
Wait what? you can trade mats with people? This is new to me.... Need to get the game
BertramCooper
Banned
According to UPS, my MHTri bundle is arriving today (a day early). Hooray!
I'm not sure how soon I'll be getting online, though. I was totally lost during the demo, so it might take a while before I'm confident enough to play with my fellow GAFers. Also, I'm hoping that the Wii Speak issue gets fixed soon.
I'm not sure how soon I'll be getting online, though. I was totally lost during the demo, so it might take a while before I'm confident enough to play with my fellow GAFers. Also, I'm hoping that the Wii Speak issue gets fixed soon.
Lance Bone Path
Member
Warm pelts are a material you can trade with the Argosy captain (i.e. Captain Keikaku) in offline mode.sotodefonk said:Wait what? you can trade mats with people? This is new to me.... Need to get the game
Not sure if you can really spoil a game like this but, just to be on the safe side.
Just killed a ceadues last night, gotta say kinda disappointed with him, all he is, is lao, but underwater. His armor is alright looking, but it seems to require a rare drop for the chest, which kinda sucks. Also, can you fight him online or is he kinda like monoblos?
I'm online, for the first time...trying to get a hang of it. Might take on a great jaggi hunt in a minute, after a quick break. I think I'm in the right place, but not totally sure.
EDIT: "our" location is Recruiting > Wisdom 1 > Gate 40, right?
EDIT 2: Well, i'm not totally sure I'm doing this right...but after selecting gate 40, I created "City 1", and am hanging out at the quest board while i take a break a minute.
EDIT 3!: Even if you can't play right now, can someone tell me if I'm doing the online stuff right?
EDIT: "our" location is Recruiting > Wisdom 1 > Gate 40, right?
EDIT 2: Well, i'm not totally sure I'm doing this right...but after selecting gate 40, I created "City 1", and am hanging out at the quest board while i take a break a minute.
EDIT 3!: Even if you can't play right now, can someone tell me if I'm doing the online stuff right?
slaughterking
Member
Nope.Nicktals said:
Nope.Nicktals said:
However, you can always just do a resource gathering quest because even those are more fun than running in circles around town.
Edit: I think there's an option somewhere to turn on the city chat while in a mission. That would let you know when anyone joins the room.
1) I'm not 100% that's true.
2) I have no idea what it does to connection performance.
kafka rock opera
Member
We need 1 more for Barroth urgent on city 2 of our regular spot. Look for kafka, thorlis, and Drkirby.
fistwell_old
Member
Went on two more barroth hunts tonight. First one was intense. Was out of stamina surprisingly quickly. Thankfully, kozy shared some rations. Went down to the wire, barroth only started limping around 48, 49 minutes in.
On our second run, we ended up finishing him up with a trap + large barrel bombs. Good times.
Thanks for the help, kozy, eric and fred and ozoko !
On our second run, we ended up finishing him up with a trap + large barrel bombs. Good times.
Thanks for the help, kozy, eric and fred and ozoko !
Johnlenham
Member
Fistwell said:
My connection keeps dropping which is pissing me off immensely,so im still stuck needing to kill that asshole. Beat him 4 times in offline mode easy but online ugh..
fistwell_old
Member
I'm supposed to help eric tackle it tomorrow. Let's all do it together (yet again) if you're around tomorrow night (and if your connection holds!).Johnlenham said:
Buggy Loop
Member
How do carves for big monsters work online?
fistwell_old
Member
Everyone gets 3.Buggy Loop said:
Remfin's newbie tips:
Abuse the crap out of single player. Your farm and fishing fleet should always be working on something--you're gonna need those herbs and blue mushrooms for the rest of your career, so that's a good thing to harvest if you don't have anything else in mind. Also, when the ship captain is in port consumables at the item shop are half-off; Trap tools, Tranquilizers, and resource-gathering tools are things to stock up on! You can speed up time (for your farm and fleet) by sleeping through the nights, so what I've done is things like go free-hunt a Great Jaggi or two then return to village during the day, and then sleep...plenty of resource points to fuel my farming, and I get "double" time credit.
Use the online Trade Lady (Fishmongress model in the first city screen). I think the other day I was able to trade 1 Sharpened Fang for 10 Blue Mushrooms each; I had a gazillion of those fangs and I don't think they really have a use besides some ammo.
Capture EVERYTHING. OK, maybe not Great Jaggi and Quru, but for everything else this will save you tons of time and should give you extra items. Capturing counts as kills for the "Hunt" quests so it's perfectly fine there. Everyone should always be carrying at least traps and tranqs, and maybe even the stuff to make more traps.
Anything from a supply box not marked (Supply Item) stays with you. When you start doing those desert quests grab those Hot and Cool Drinks regardless of whether you need them for that quest, because you're going to want them later in your career.
Abuse the crap out of single player. Your farm and fishing fleet should always be working on something--you're gonna need those herbs and blue mushrooms for the rest of your career, so that's a good thing to harvest if you don't have anything else in mind. Also, when the ship captain is in port consumables at the item shop are half-off; Trap tools, Tranquilizers, and resource-gathering tools are things to stock up on! You can speed up time (for your farm and fleet) by sleeping through the nights, so what I've done is things like go free-hunt a Great Jaggi or two then return to village during the day, and then sleep...plenty of resource points to fuel my farming, and I get "double" time credit.
Use the online Trade Lady (Fishmongress model in the first city screen). I think the other day I was able to trade 1 Sharpened Fang for 10 Blue Mushrooms each; I had a gazillion of those fangs and I don't think they really have a use besides some ammo.
Capture EVERYTHING. OK, maybe not Great Jaggi and Quru, but for everything else this will save you tons of time and should give you extra items. Capturing counts as kills for the "Hunt" quests so it's perfectly fine there. Everyone should always be carrying at least traps and tranqs, and maybe even the stuff to make more traps.
Anything from a supply box not marked (Supply Item) stays with you. When you start doing those desert quests grab those Hot and Cool Drinks regardless of whether you need them for that quest, because you're going to want them later in your career.
Funky Functionality
Member
Finally decided to go take on a Great Jaggi, turned out to be pretty easy!
Killed another one on a trip into the woods right after. Those two kills gave me everything I needed for all the Jaggi armor (blade) save for the helmet... I need two more Great Jaggi claws and I'll have the helmet... and wouldn't you know it, tomorrow's forecast? Great Jaggi spotted!
I am digging this game so much.
Killed another one on a trip into the woods right after. Those two kills gave me everything I needed for all the Jaggi armor (blade) save for the helmet... I need two more Great Jaggi claws and I'll have the helmet... and wouldn't you know it, tomorrow's forecast? Great Jaggi spotted!
I am digging this game so much.