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[toastyToast]

Brachydios means trouble my butt, I was expecting a fight and instead I got a free win. Kept running away and shit and at the end he killed himself punching one of those little mounds in area 6 lol

I'm guessing I'm gonna have to start farming him for OP Slime weapons? It was an easy fight but man did it take long

 

[Ken]

Lagombi, but it just has evade dist up, cold res, and item effect up (still good for bows)

Narga armor at high rank and higher fits your bill perfectly if you want something to shoot for at high rank

What does your site have as top ranking HH armor?

 

[soxinthebox]

Lagombi, but it just has evade dist up, cold res, and item effect up (still good for bows)

Might have to farm him to get a gunner set to play around with. Cheers for the tip.

 

[ramyeon]

Brachydios means trouble my butt, I was expecting a fight and instead I got a free win. Kept running away and shit and at the end he killed himself punching one of those little mounds in area 6 lol

I'm guessing I'm gonna have to start farming him for OP Slime weapons? It was an easy fight but man did it take long

Try G Rank two Brachy in the Tundra. Our team kept getting hammered, G Rank is another beast and I'd farmed Brachy and killed him well over 20 times before, so I knew his attacks.

Managed to complete my Helios Z armour! Looks awesome, just wish I had an idea of what to gem into it. Need to get rid of this Blunt Edge for starters.

 

[MagicWithEarvin]

Almost got the Guild X armor set complete. Just need one more Pinnacle coin and two more Hunter King coins. The Charmer skill will help a lot in my charm hunting.

 

[Ken]

Almost got the Guild X armor set complete. Just need one more Pinnacle coin and two more Hunter King coins. The Charmer skill will help a lot in my charm hunting.

I use Arzuros X for charm hunting, but kind of reliant on a good charm ...charm.

 

[perorist]

What does your site have as top ranking HH armor?

I've got these, which ones do you want the details for

1. razor sharp, sharpness+1, torso up, evade+1, flute master
2. fast eating+2, fury (guts + adrenaline), sharpness+1, trapmaster, flute master
3. weakness exploit, KO, exhaust, bomber, flute master
4. mind's eye, trapmaster, wide area +2, flute master, expert +1

 

[perorist]

Try G Rank two Brachy in the Tundra. Our team kept getting hammered, G Rank is another beast and I'd farmed Brachy and killed him well over 20 times before, so I knew his attacks.

Managed to complete my Helios Z armour! Looks awesome, just wish I had an idea of what to gem into it. Need to get rid of this Blunt Edge for starters.

You're going to need a talisman for that lol, it's hard to gem out because sharpness gems decrease handicraft

 

[Ken]

I've got these, which ones do you want the details for

1. razor sharp, sharpness+1, torso up, evade+1, flute master
2. fast eating+2, fury (guts + adrenaline), sharpness+1, trapmaster, flute master
3. weakness exploit, KO, exhaust, bomber, flute master
4. mind's eye, trapmaster, wide area +2, flute master, expert +1

3 sounds good.

Now that I think of it, my +10 Maestro talisman can go into anything zzz.

 

[perorist]

I hope you're ready to farm more hardhorns, and a flutemaster talisman

diablos z helm /tenderizer O
silver soul mail /KO O, bombardier O,O
diablos z arm /exhaust O
diablos z coil /bombardier O,O
diablos z greaves /bombardier O, flutemaster O
talisman: flutemaster +8

You could probably substitute the talisman with any 3-slot one and gem in +6 flutemaster and the rest on a slotted weapon though

I think flutemaster might be called maestro in the us ver

edit- nvm you're set I guess lol

 

[vareon]

Goddamit Uragaan, you weren't supposed to be THAT hard. Why do I have to die two times now :[ And stop rolling around, Volvidon.

 

[Ken]

I hope you're ready to farm more hardhorns, and a flutemaster talisman

diablos z helm /tenderizer O
silver soul mail /KO O, bombardier O,O
diablos z arm /exhaust O
diablos z coil /bombardier O,O
diablos z greaves /bombardier O, flutemaster O
talisman: flutemaster +8

You could probably substitute the talisman with any 3-slot one and gem in +6 flutemaster and the rest on a slotted weapon though

I think flutemaster might be called maestro in the us ver

edit- nvm you're set I guess lol

Man, I already have a Blos X outfit so I kind of wanted a different set aesthetically. D:

I also have one Hardhorn kept just incase I wanted to make Miralis set in the future. Hmm!

 

[ramyeon]

You're going to need a talisman for that lol, it's hard to gem out because sharpness gems decrease handicraft

Yeah that's a pain, but it's not too bad. I guess I'll just remember to carry more Whetstones and maybe gem in speed sharpener or something.

 

[perorist]

Man, I already have a Blos X outfit so I kind of wanted a different set aesthetically. D:

I also have one Hardhorn kept just incase I wanted to make Miralis set in the future. Hmm!

Well like you said then, that +10 maestro charm pretty much lets you use anything you want. Most of the armors on the wiki are mix and matched for skills, not aesthetics, so I think it'd be better just picking a full set that you like the looks of and dropping in the talisman.

 

[Hattori]

Finally solve my selene z dilemma by just switching out the waist with a vangis coil x)

 

[Ken]

Well like you said then, that +10 maestro charm pretty much lets you use anything you want. Most of the armors on the wiki are mix and matched for skills, not aesthetics, so I think it'd be better just picking a full set that you like the looks of and dropping in the talisman.

I'm just going to be a nun with full Giggi X set lol.

hunting horn is hard D:

 

[MagicWithEarvin]

Guild X armor set complete! Time to go charm hunting.

 

[toastyToast]

I've been noticing during my last 4 or 5 hunts that the monsters are moving around all over the place and I have to chase them down if I have any hope of getting any damage in. If I had to guess about 40% of each fight is me chasing down enemies and not really doing anything otherwise. Is that just how they behave or are they targeting the shakalakas?

 

[Zornica]

are there any good brachydios parties atm? every random party I joined kinda sucked

 

[Rize_21]

I've been noticing during my last 4 or 5 hunts that the monsters are moving around all over the place and I have to chase them down if I have any hope of getting in damage in. If I had to guess about 40% of each fight is me chasing down enemies and not really doing anything otherwise. Is that just how they behave or are they targeting the shakalakas?

They're targeting the shakalakas,when it happens too often,use the signals button to call them back.

 

[Qurupeke]

I need to create Brachy X...

 

[Phanatic8390]

How can you tell what materials are for High Rank and G Rank armors? Like what makes the armor high or g rank?

Not that I'm anywhere close to getting anything like that I'm just confused and those seem to be topics of discussion over the last few pages.

 

[Mupod]

How can you tell what materials are for High Rank and G Rank armors? Like what makes the armor high or g rank?

Not that I'm anywhere close to getting anything like that I'm just confused and those seem to be topics of discussion over the last few pages.

High rank is a set of quests and tier of armor/weapons above low rank. G rank is the same, but above high rank. G rank armors also look different.

For monsters with versions in all three ranks, the sets will look like this:

Qurupeco
Qurupeco S (high rank)
Qurupeco X (g-rank)

For monster subpecies, they will look like this:

Qurupeco U (high rank crimson qurupeco)
Qurupeco Z (g-rank crimson qurupeco)

edit: some monsters don't have low rank versions, like Deviljho. In his case his high rank armor is just called Vangis. Brachydios armor is just called Brachydios etc.

Each rank of monster has its own set of drops. For example Peco at low rank drops strange beaks, at high rank wonderful beaks, and at g-rank I have no idea. But it has its own drops like Fellwings etc you need to make its armor.

If you're only doing Village quests, those stop at high rank. G-rank can only be accessed through the port, and you of course need to clear low and high rank port quests first. G-rank is HR6 and above.

 

[Ken]

How can you tell what materials are for High Rank and G Rank armors? Like what makes the armor high or g rank?

Not that I'm anywhere close to getting anything like that I'm just confused and those seem to be topics of discussion over the last few pages.

S and U means high rank normal species and high rank subspecies, respectively.

X and Z mean G rank normal species and G rank subspecies, respectively.

Material is a little harder to nail down a specific guide besides looking at the rarity. The rarer stuff is gems, rubies, and plates can be found in high rank, while mantles and palliums are G rank. + material is minimum high rank. It gets a little ambiguous with stuff like Poison Sac vs Toxic Sac, so in the end it would be easier to just look up a drop guide.

 

[RuneFactoryFanboy]

Can anyone tell me if the Stamina Taker skill works with bows? It would be great if it would compound with exhaust coating arrow rains.

 

[Lucid07]

Anyone from EuroGAF online?

 

[NeoRausch]

Anyone from EuroGAF online?

not me...

I'm still crying in the corner because of yesterday.

maybe on later today.

 

[Xater]

Anyone from EuroGAF online?

I am. What rank are you?

 

[Phanatic8390]

So subspecies give you different materials for separate armors with different skills and stats?

 

[Santiako]

I hope you're ready to farm more hardhorns, and a flutemaster talisman

diablos z helm /tenderizer O
silver soul mail /KO O, bombardier O,O
diablos z arm /exhaust O
diablos z coil /bombardier O,O
diablos z greaves /bombardier O, flutemaster O
talisman: flutemaster +8

You could probably substitute the talisman with any 3-slot one and gem in +6 flutemaster and the rest on a slotted weapon though

I think flutemaster might be called maestro in the us ver

edit- nvm you're set I guess lol

Where are you seeing all these sets? I want to know the "best" sets for Swax, high rank and G rank.

 

[Ken]

So subspecies give you different materials for separate armors with different skills and stats?

Yup.

 

[Fewr]

How manageable is it to solo these subspecies you speak of? easy? hard?

(I killed barioth for the first time yesterday, but have had no problems so far apart from lagiacrus)

 

[Lucid07]

I am. What rank are you?

HR4 Got the Urgent to go to HR5

 

[ramyeon]

How manageable is it to solo these subspecies you speak of? easy? hard?

(I killed barioth for the first time yesterday, but have had no problems so far apart from lagiacrus)

They just have different elements and some different moves usually.

 

[perorist]

Where are you seeing all these sets? I want to know the "best" sets for Swax, high rank and G rank.

http://game-cap.com/mh3g/data/makelist1.html

about to head to work so you'll need to ask someone else to translate, here's a switch axe list http://game-cap.com/mh3g/data/makelist2_1_sur.html though most of them are general armors suitable for various melee weapons

also just requested a month long ban so I probably won't be around later either lol

 

[Phanatic8390]

Yup.

Every time I think I understand whats going on in this game, I find out I know nothing.

It just gets deeper and deeper.

 

[Ken]

How manageable is it to solo these subspecies you speak of? easy? hard?

(I killed barioth for the first time yesterday, but have had no problems so far apart from lagiacrus)

Subspecies tend to just have new tricks but you fight mostly the same way. Baleful Gigginox = Gigginox with the poison replaced by paralysis and some new ranged attacks.

Only exception is the rare subspecies (Silver Los, Gold Ian, Lucent Narga) who feel designed to be harder. Gold Rathian can spam moves in ways the lesser Rathians cannot, so that can be deadly.

^ Just think of them as totally different monsters as far as armor is concerned because the skills on normal and subspecies usually go two different ways with little overlap aside from sharing the same armor model.

 

[Fistwell]

Only exception is the rare subspecies (Silver Los, Gold Ian, Lucent Narga) who feel designed to be harder. Gold Rathian can spam moves in ways the lesser Rathians cannot, so that can be deadly.

Honestly, even pink ian (or, for the initiated, Oinkian) feels like a significant step up from old boring ian, to me anyways. But yeah, by far and large, subspecies generally are (at most) only marginaly more difficult than the "normal" monster.

 

[Mondriaan]

So, apparently you're awarded the sword saint earring and the barrage earring for clearing all weapons on all arena quests and have at least A rank on all of the quests. I'm glad that the game isn't tracking weapon clearing for no reason at all.

 

[Kouriozan]

Oinkian

Oinkian is awesome! :lol
Also, I will be online shortly.

 

[Mupod]

Pink Rathian is less predictable but I don't see why people hate her so much. Gold was annoying even in the past games where Rathian was a total joke though, and it looks like she's way worse now. My whole strategy for the Raths was 'apply hammer to forehead' but gold/silver ruin that!

Azure Rathalos Blue Male Rathian is just a slightly faster Rathalos. His thing used to be that he hung out in the air more often than regular but they're both assholes in this game so who knows.

Crimson Peco has some nasty tricks the original doesn't but as long as you've got earplugs and felyne dungmaster he's about the same.

Steel Uragaan honestly seems easier than regular to me. Dunno, just seems like he curves his rolls in a more predictable manner. And I don't get hit by gas either way but poop is not as bad as sleep.

Sand Barioth is harder than the regular, but he's fun.

Black Diablos is my old nemesis. Regular Diablos is already basically the fastest, angriest thing on two legs. Black Diablos is a female Diablos during 'that time of the month' to give you an idea what it's like.

Green Plesioth is exactly the fucking same. I have not noticed any differences at all except he's a dick when it comes to fishing, and just notices me/jumps out right before biting. I don't know if I'm just unlucky.

Glacial Agnaktor is a jerk, just like regular Agnaktor. I think I hate being set on fire more than iceblight though.

Ivory Lagi is easier than regular Lagi. Haven't fought abyssal.

goldbeard is just as boring as regular.

haven't fought Stygian Zinogre or Hungry Joe.

did I miss anybody?

 

[Kyzon]

Yeah, really talisman based though


Edit: nebula is gigginox in the US version

Ah, thank you. I'm thinking the first one would be best for me since I'm not really into using slime weapons that much, and the other two seem primed for the kelbi stingshot

 

[Deleted member 125677]

So someone on the Reddit MH community posted this video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=VNqiCDR3v74

Is this kind of "cheese" common in mp?

 

[Xater]

GAF room is open: Free Play 3 Lobby 9.

 

[Mupod]

So someone on the Reddit MH community posted this video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=VNqiCDR3v74

Is this kind of "cheese" common in mp?

hahaha I knew it was this video before I clicked it.

no, that 'cheese' would likely not even work on most g-rank monsters (the ones in that quest probably have lowered hp) and it takes an incredible amount of coordination and practice. You will never, ever, ever see a random group doing that.

 

[Lucid07]

GAF room is open: Free Play 3 Lobby 9.

What HR?

 

[rugioh]

Sorry if this has been asked, but I tried googling with no luck. Where is the best place to farm Hercudrones? I need them to finish my Wroggi S armor. Also, is it possible to create any weapon from scratch without upgrading it or are there certain weapons that can't be forged from scratch if you have the mats?

 

[Xater]

What HR?

I am HR6.

 

[Fistwell]

Pink Rathian is less predictable but I don't see why people hate her so much.

Oh I don't hate her! I do get caught by her side-bite breath more than I should (I tend to underestimate its reach), and she catches me now and then on her corkscrew twist backflip. She's a little more annoying for me as a sword user also because I don't get as many freebies on her tail after her normal backflip (which she doesn't do as often), and she seems inordately more agressive and prone to raging to me.

But hey, I dig it.

 

[Mupod]

Oh I don't hate her! I do get caught by her side-bite breath more than I should (I tend to underestimate its reach), and she catches me now and then on her corkscrew twist backflip. She's a little more annoying for me as a sword also because I don't get as many freebies on her tail after her normal backflip (which she doesn't do as often), and she seems inordately more agressive and prone to raging to me.

But hey, I dig it.

Oh that fire bite has a HUUUUGE hitbox. But once you know that (you'll definitely learn after being hit like 10 times by it) it's not a big deal.