noonespecial
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Wow. There is just no game like Monster Hunter in the existence of gaming. Guess I finally had a "Monster Hunter moment".
I was fighting Plesioth for the first time in the village quest line. I'm a great sword user so of course I have to get in close. The only preparation I did for the fight (besides bringing traps, tranqs, whetstones, etc.) was to bring some frogs.
After getting to where Plesioth is swimming around in the large ocean area of deserted island, I decided to fish Plessy out with the frog. Worked well and then the fight begins! After close to 45 minutes of going back and forth between the three sea areas and on land a few times, the timer is ticking and I have just a few minutes left, I'm down to 2 mega potions, have been carted once, and I'm really starting to lose hope that I am going to win. I mean - its tired and drooling but not even limping yet!
So we're fighting on land and I feel like I've got it close to at least limping but then it dives back underwater! I know I can't go in after it as it will just tear me up so I knew I had to get the fight back on land somehow. Then I remember the frogs.
I raced over to the spot where you can use the frog to fish Plessy out and it worked! So here comes Plesioth right over to where I was. I just barely managed to pull the frog out and dodge out of the way just as its reaching me. I guess it was hungry and pissed that I took its frog.
After another last battle on land that lasted a good couple of minutes I was getting desperate but finally I made it limp! I hit it one more good time with a GS overhead swing and Plessy fell down on its side! Quickly thinking, I set my shock trap right next to it and got around on the other side of the trap so that it was between me and Plessy.
With probably a minute or less left on the clock and knowing this was my one and only chance, I got damn lucky and it decided to charge me head on and ran straight into the trap!
Well two tranqs later and that's one caught Plesioth. I hate to sound corny or cheesy but my heart was racing those last few minutes.
What an experience!
I was fighting Plesioth for the first time in the village quest line. I'm a great sword user so of course I have to get in close. The only preparation I did for the fight (besides bringing traps, tranqs, whetstones, etc.) was to bring some frogs.
After getting to where Plesioth is swimming around in the large ocean area of deserted island, I decided to fish Plessy out with the frog. Worked well and then the fight begins! After close to 45 minutes of going back and forth between the three sea areas and on land a few times, the timer is ticking and I have just a few minutes left, I'm down to 2 mega potions, have been carted once, and I'm really starting to lose hope that I am going to win. I mean - its tired and drooling but not even limping yet!
So we're fighting on land and I feel like I've got it close to at least limping but then it dives back underwater! I know I can't go in after it as it will just tear me up so I knew I had to get the fight back on land somehow. Then I remember the frogs.
I raced over to the spot where you can use the frog to fish Plessy out and it worked! So here comes Plesioth right over to where I was. I just barely managed to pull the frog out and dodge out of the way just as its reaching me. I guess it was hungry and pissed that I took its frog.
After another last battle on land that lasted a good couple of minutes I was getting desperate but finally I made it limp! I hit it one more good time with a GS overhead swing and Plessy fell down on its side! Quickly thinking, I set my shock trap right next to it and got around on the other side of the trap so that it was between me and Plessy.
With probably a minute or less left on the clock and knowing this was my one and only chance, I got damn lucky and it decided to charge me head on and ran straight into the trap!
Well two tranqs later and that's one caught Plesioth. I hate to sound corny or cheesy but my heart was racing those last few minutes.
What an experience!
