UncleSporky
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Whoa, what was it like before? Water only or something?
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Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate |OT| If at first you don't succeed, try Tri again!
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Whoa, what was it like before? Water only or something?
Most GAFers look for gaf rooms in Free play 3. I'm at work atm too otherwise I'd join.
IceDoesntHelp
Banned
They changed the world names :/
Wha wha what??? That's weird. Time to update the OP then I guess.
You couldn't farm Thunderbugs. Just randomly gather them (and I remember getting fewer before), trade with the Argosy, and online sandstorm sales.
On the other hand, it was easy to get nets and spiderwebs. While I feel like I have infinite Shock traps now, I sorely miss having infinite Pitfalls. Why can't we have both?
Edit:
This video rocks. It reminds me of the solo Small BG Ala video I watched last week. Spoilers for the new guys: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fx3rro1650A
Out_Of_Ammo
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I kind of liked the HR lvling in Tri more. Sure, it was a bit of a grind but I feel like you lvl up to fast now. I'm already at the high rank quests after only a couple of hours and haven't even crafted a single complete armor set... I feel that at this rate the low lvl armors aren't even worth going after for.
IceDoesntHelp
Banned
Ya, it's kinda weird to me too. It does go back to the old way though once you get into the G-rank. So then you level up HR just by questing and it goes up to 999 again.
As soon as I finish up a few more quests in either Moga or the Tavern, I'm going to be at high rank having only made a Chainmail set for my Bows, a Bone set for my Hunting Horn, and an Alloy set for my LS that I never used.
ThatObviousUser
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So is Great Sword! A very actiony chess.
Gets Nets and Pickaxes. Mine and collect everything you see! Skin the world!
You will need to grind various monsters to get enough items for a full armor/weapon set.
You have all the starter weapons in your hut, so try them all and see which one suits you and go from there.
IceDoesntHelp
Banned
Anyway changed the server to 03 Free C > Lobby 9 > GAF!! > pass:
Ahh right, I forgot EU and NA are on seperate servers.
nicoga3000
Saint Nic
I really need to learn GS at some point, because I know people who swear by it.
I'M slowly working on doing the quests/solo play currently.
i just unlocked the 1 star quests- after my son, when i was away from the game helping my other son reinstall minecraft- just ended the game and then started playing COD on me.
i got knocked back to the fish spear chief quest.
i have yet to upgrade my weapons- currently using dual blades.
NNID is Lenardo for whenever i get online.
my Son- who is the one that shut off my game- is doing 3 Star quests so far.
the boy goes hunting with no slots avail, no potions, no herbs,
and wins-i think he is currently using dual blades as well but i know from tri he liked the hammer.
i just unlocked the 1 star quests- after my son, when i was away from the game helping my other son reinstall minecraft- just ended the game and then started playing COD on me.
i got knocked back to the fish spear chief quest.
i have yet to upgrade my weapons- currently using dual blades.
NNID is Lenardo for whenever i get online.
my Son- who is the one that shut off my game- is doing 3 Star quests so far.
the boy goes hunting with no slots avail, no potions, no herbs,
and wins-i think he is currently using dual blades as well but i know from tri he liked the hammer.
nicoga3000
Saint Nic
One thing to remember is that the game is animation based combat. You will get discouraged because you will hit walls and you will fail missions. Stick with it.
Sammy Samusu
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I was checking the official guide and I have to farm Pawprint and Bnahabra Spine. Oh man. Para weapons are always a pain in the ass. INB4LANTERN+
The portable games were all about bum rushing through every key quest and urgent and grinding forever on 2% drops to make the endgame equipment sets. All armor is basically about looks once you're at endgame grinding anyway.
The Technomancer
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So generally speaking how long am I looking at to take one weapon down a full upgrade path?
You never said which monster... Guessing you're talking about the bear though right?
RiderKairuu
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Varies from weapon to weapon and where you are in the game, you'll more often than not hit a wall during a path because the materials needed aren't available until much later.
Sammy Samusu
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It's a long journey, from Low Rank to G Rank mats.
Right now I'm High Rank and I need some G Rank mats to upgrade my gunlance.
Ok purple ludroth was a pushover just with a lot of health. Fun fight though since he doesn't go in the water.
Pink Rathian is awesome. Love the new moves. I ended up failing because I was in a hurry to go to work and I kept pushing it. Does she have a ton of health too? Wouldn't have had a problem after the first death if I had the time to be more patient.
Pink Rathian is awesome. Love the new moves. I ended up failing because I was in a hurry to go to work and I kept pushing it. Does she have a ton of health too? Wouldn't have had a problem after the first death if I had the time to be more patient.
flyinpiranha
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There is an official guide? Care to link?
I have the game on Wii U, and I'm considering buying the 3DS version as well for on-the-go play. I got a question though: would my boyfriend be able to start a save file on the 3DS, and play multiplayer with me on the Wii U - while keeping my transferred save file in tact? I heard some conflicting things about this (something about hardlocking the 3DS game if you transferred to Wii U and vice versa?). I'd like to make sure before I double dip.
Also, not sure if this has been mentioned before, but Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate made 7th in the UK charts! This makes me so happy!
Also, not sure if this has been mentioned before, but Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate made 7th in the UK charts!
This makes me so happy!MiniBossBattle
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Depends on what you want. You may very well upgrade your lowly bone/metal weapon to an elemental weapon or have enough materials to make a weapon negating the need upgrade from a starter weapon. Then you will start having a weapon's case full of weapons with different status and elemental properties tailored for whatever monster you are going to face on your next hunt.
That sounds boring. You have so many monsters in this game, and you barely have to spend any time with them until you hit an artificial wall made by percentage chance.
Then again, Japan has what? Double the Monster Hunter games we have? A lot of these monsters are probably boring for them already.
I still think I'd prefer HR grinding to some degree though. Just tone it down a bit from what it was in Tri.
So I was looking at the upgrade path of my Ratholos firesword in-game and I can upgrade it to the Dios Blade which uses basic Brachi parts but no Brachi gem. Or I can forge the Dios Blade from scratch but it requires a Brachi gem. Brachi gems are pretty rare I believe so seems like a pretty good deal to me to just upgrade my Ratholos firesword.
RiderKairuu
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I was super hesitant on facing Barroth until I realized that I've taken him down many times. I try to treat every Monster Hunter as my first so I don't get cocky and fuck up, that helps especially when I fight new monsters. Now I'm at Gobul, the bane of my existence in Tri. It took me forever to take him down but I know if I want some para weapons I'll have to farm him.
Which reminds me of another pet peeve. Both in multiplayer and offline, I have to go to another screen just to change my armor/weapons. They could have done something about that by now.
The only thing I've noticed is that they always want you to do the changes while in your own instance. Still, maybe they can fix this for MH4.
I decided to slow things down and take my time in HR. I bet I could clear to g-rank still using low rank Volvidon, but I think I'll pick up bowguns again and such. I'm stuck offline for a week starting today so I'll clear the village stuff and save g-rank for online.
it's so much easier being able to pop online and just join a farming team when I need an item but I do enjoy soloing. I was pretty good at Jhen in Tri and P3rd but man I am just the master of him now, hah. I'm gonna be a superhero of dragonating, gongs and ballista binders when I finally fight him online again. Until I fight the purple one and need to relearn it.
flyinpiranha
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Awesome. An eguide ... do you know what format this is in? Can it load on an iPad or just web browser?
EDIT: NVM, PDF format ... thanks again!
MagicWithEarvin
Member
The upgrade for Dios Blade requires a Brachy gem. I say stick with the Rathalos GS and just make the Brachy GS from scratch. You'll get a gem eventually.
Yeah I loaded it on my ipad from my computer to goodreader. It is an ok guide for skills, weapons, drop rates and stuff.
Dragoshi1
Member
Well, my brother and I(him on Wii U, me on 3DS) took on the HR1 urgent Lagiacrus.
I had full Piscine armor, with Jaggi armor for the chest and arms, and using the War Hammer.
My Brother had full Renoplos armor with some Lance with green sharpness.
I went in confident, and we dominated the Lagi! I only died once after I was hit by a Spiral(aimed at my brother), only for the Lagi to quickly transition into an electrified hip-check.
My brother was one-shotted by Lagi's stronger underwater electric release/explosion/shock/thingy(when it roars in place while giving off electricity).
So I am now HR2, but we have to go again for him to be HR2 too.
Grinding Lagi back during Tri all came back to me, it's like I never left.
I had full Piscine armor, with Jaggi armor for the chest and arms, and using the War Hammer.
My Brother had full Renoplos armor with some Lance with green sharpness.
I went in confident, and we dominated the Lagi! I only died once after I was hit by a Spiral(aimed at my brother), only for the Lagi to quickly transition into an electrified hip-check.
My brother was one-shotted by Lagi's stronger underwater electric release/explosion/shock/thingy(when it roars in place while giving off electricity).
So I am now HR2, but we have to go again for him to be HR2 too.
Grinding Lagi back during Tri all came back to me, it's like I never left.
ThatObviousUser
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I have the game on Wii U, and I'm considering buying the 3DS version as well for on-the-go play. I got a question though: would my boyfriend be able to start a save file on the 3DS, and play multiplayer with me on the Wii U - while keeping my transferred save file in tact? I heard some conflicting things about this (something about hardlocking the 3DS game if you transferred to Wii U and vice versa?). I'd like to make sure before I double dip.
Also, not sure if this has been mentioned before, but Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate made 7th in the UK charts!
Additional local players on Wii U will need to play on their 3DS using their own copy of the game, so he wouldn't be able to transfer I don't think.
Bioshock Infinite is out today and I can't even care when I have monsters to kill.
God damn this game. I'm hovering over the Zombi U Wii U deluxe bundle now to upgrade from my 3DS version...to spend all that dough for this one game...frak!
God damn this game. I'm hovering over the Zombi U Wii U deluxe bundle now to upgrade from my 3DS version...to spend all that dough for this one game...frak!
Thanks. I've typically ran hammer, GS, switchaxe, and a bit of gun lance, but I'm really looking to branch out now and so many bows look amazing, plus a new play style will really breathe life into a lot of these encounters that I'm alrrwdy well versed in from previous entries.
I only bought a WiiU because of this game and it was totally worth it.
We were talking about this a while back but I'm not sure what came of it. Can you have multiple 3DS saves if you use a different Mii or whatever?
Gotta love the return of the classic "monster hunter moments." A friend and I were hunting Rathalos online yesterday and we both wanted to get his tail out of the picture early. Him with a greatsword and I with a switch axe closed in on 'Los after an attack and started to land a few attacks on his tail. Somehow it got timed that we both did upswing attacks at the exact same time and hit each other through the tail. Simultaneously sent each other flying away, so much laughter was had.
Worth it, though; in the end I walked away with a nice new Red Rook gunlance, it just might be my new main weapon until I can upgrade some of my hunting horns.
Worth it, though; in the end I walked away with a nice new Red Rook gunlance, it just might be my new main weapon until I can upgrade some of my hunting horns.
Setvan2734
Member
Anyone in North America want to do some HR 1 or 2 quests online? Ill be on for a few hours.
Usual world/room etc listed in OP
Usual world/room etc listed in OP
ThatObviousUser
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Just bought this after realizing that MH Wiki is really quite inadequate. So hard to tell if something is for one of the earlier games, or if it's what you're looking for it's in Japanese, and there's few pics, etc.
Sunk $115+ into this game (before tax) so far.
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