I got one the first time I fought him, which was super useful to get the Dios Axe+ very quickly, but never one again in the next 12 or so times that I've killed/captured him.
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I got one the first time I fought him, which was super useful to get the Dios Axe+ very quickly, but never one again in the next 12 or so times that I've killed/captured him.
I've fought/captured him over 20 times in the past few days lol.
And that's exactly what I'm trying to upgrade.
Ollie Pooch
In a perfect world, we'd all be homersexual
Me and the bf just did the urgent Lagiacrus quest in HR1 in the tavern - I went up to HR2 but he didn't - am I missing something? he has the quest available to do himself but joined mine. (Not sure if there's a difference) should he have levelled up too?
He has to host it.
Ollie Pooch
In a perfect world, we'd all be homersexual
Wow, this is awesome.
I usually just get them during normal quests where the felynes go underground and leave a shiny.
Try finding their sounds on YouTube.
Don't speak until you need pallium... Btw, I've managed to get three gems on one hunt.
I have my Stygian Tristitia at last! Stygian Zinogre is no big deal, just much harder to hit him when he's powering up due to the lightning. It's actually easier to hit him when he's firing his orbs than the regular one, and you can get inside him to hide from his balls. Er...it's not as dirty as it sounds, really.
Got kinda lucky with a Skymerald. It's funny because we were yelling at the random not to capture, and he did it anyways. But then I got it in the rewards and I was all GOOD JOB MAN GOOD JOB!
My one fear going into the fight was my -25 dragon resist, but if you eat the food which gives dragon res (L) and get felyne dragonslayer, that goes up to 8. I guess massive negative resists are no longer an issue in this version, which is nice. The anti-element buffs seem to get more potent the lower your resist is. Or maybe they just set it to a certain value? Should test it sometime.
Also needed Ivory Lagi Piels and apparently the only place to fight him is in a dual mission with a Gobul? I don't have anything past the basic HR7 quests but that's pretty dumb if true. Seems like Deviljho almost always shows up in advanced quests as well so I'm gonna start bringing felyne dungmaster for those.
Next goal is narga x gloves, which won't be easy because it requires a mantle. But I like fighting Nargacuga. The chest was easy to make and is the most important part of the set, because as far as I know it's the only thing with evade skills and handicraft. So combining it with Torso Up pieces results in some extremely good evade armor setups. Which is nice for Hunting Horns, since playing your songs often results in getting stuck in awkward places. I used most of my Tru Armor Spheres to fully upgrade it, man you need a lot of those.
PROTIP: when trying out a new hunting horn, don't sit in the equipment menu reading the song list against enraged g-rank diablos. It won't end well.
Got kinda lucky with a Skymerald. It's funny because we were yelling at the random not to capture, and he did it anyways. But then I got it in the rewards and I was all GOOD JOB MAN GOOD JOB!
My one fear going into the fight was my -25 dragon resist, but if you eat the food which gives dragon res (L) and get felyne dragonslayer, that goes up to 8. I guess massive negative resists are no longer an issue in this version, which is nice. The anti-element buffs seem to get more potent the lower your resist is. Or maybe they just set it to a certain value? Should test it sometime.
Also needed Ivory Lagi Piels and apparently the only place to fight him is in a dual mission with a Gobul? I don't have anything past the basic HR7 quests but that's pretty dumb if true. Seems like Deviljho almost always shows up in advanced quests as well so I'm gonna start bringing felyne dungmaster for those.
Next goal is narga x gloves, which won't be easy because it requires a mantle. But I like fighting Nargacuga. The chest was easy to make and is the most important part of the set, because as far as I know it's the only thing with evade skills and handicraft. So combining it with Torso Up pieces results in some extremely good evade armor setups. Which is nice for Hunting Horns, since playing your songs often results in getting stuck in awkward places. I used most of my Tru Armor Spheres to fully upgrade it, man you need a lot of those.
PROTIP: when trying out a new hunting horn, don't sit in the equipment menu reading the song list against enraged g-rank diablos. It won't end well.
Needs a version that works on OSX
Yeah, that would be great!
Hits that bounce off do damage and you can cut a tail with them. It's better to avoid bouncing hits because they reduce attacking speed and those parts are usually more heavily armoured so you do less damage.
Does anyone know if slime explosions caused by a blademaster weapon help in cutting tails?
toastyToast
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It occurred to me that I might be getting bored because I'm playing solo so in a moment of weakness... I bought a Wii U MH bundle
I'm hoping its not actually in stock and the order gets cancelled. If it is though...
I'm hoping its not actually in stock and the order gets cancelled. If it is though...
GroundCombo
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Needs a version that works on OSX
Yeah, all the applications seem to get made for Windows only. MHPedia looks like a really promising quick reference site though; I can live with that, wikia and these weapon trees.
Needs a version that works on OSX
Well, the zip file comes with a ms access database. Couldn't you open that in some other program and work with that?
Ah, ok thanks.
I'm fairly sure slime explosions don't directly help except in the case of duramboros. Probably you're better off going with an appropriate element and the destroyer skill.
Needs a version that works on OSX
Exactly.
I think in 2nd gen and earlier, any damage done to a tail counted towards cutting it off but only cutting weapons could do so. So you could bomb tails or hammer them and finish it with a boomerang.
I could be full of shit though. It's been a long time and I don't remember if I ever managed to get that to work or not.
Anyways as far as I know in this version, only cutting damage counts towards removing tails.
Last night we tried the Colored Beasts event quest, and
kept crashing the party. It would be almost okay if it was Joe who showed up, that's just what he does. But him, of all monsters? At least him and Zinogre didn't like being in the same room as each other. And I have to do this at least 4 more times to get the Sinister Saints axe? Bleh.
I then tried Bracky in HR4 solo, and that was kinda painful too. Wingus and Dingus kept getting blown to smithereens and spent half the fight comatose. Did manage to break one of his arms (never done that before) but no pounder dropped, sigh.
Ah well. Tonight will be another hunt.
Brachydios
I then tried Bracky in HR4 solo, and that was kinda painful too. Wingus and Dingus kept getting blown to smithereens and spent half the fight comatose. Did manage to break one of his arms (never done that before) but no pounder dropped, sigh.
Ah well. Tonight will be another hunt.
You don't necessarily have to do it 4 more times. I got two of the weapon plans in one run sometimes. Just ignore Brachy or dung bomb him and it's a really quick quest to finish. He has the largest health pool of all the monsters in that quest and since you don't need to kill him it's better to just ignore him.
I find it pretty interesting how certain monsters behave around one another, it can't all just be random. Some change areas immediately when Joe shows up, whereas at least in Tri Barioth would drop everything he was doing to go fight him. Crimson Peco is apparently his BFF and they follow each other around.
Funniest is seeing Volvidon go NOPE NOPE NOPE and immediately leave after he walks into an area with an enraged Black Diablos.
Also one time I watched Wroggi walk in, poison Uragaan, and leave. Thanks bro!
Hey this is relevant to my interests. Which combination gives that?
He's got quite a bit more health than the other monsters too, which are down to their multi-monster quests standards. (I actually thought brachy was part of the quest)
Drinks and...something?
It's kinda annoying because I have no idea where the last two canteen quests for drinks are. The Jhen canteen quest for drinks only gets it to 1*.
Will check it out, thanks!
toastyToast
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Is the pounder a regular drop or is it from breaking the horn?
Pounders are his fists. They're pretty tough to break but I seem to get them all the time anyways.
I always use the upgraded water long sword that the Argosy Captain gives you when facing Brachydios. I find the long sword to be good against Brachydios since it is fast, does a lot of damage, and it has reach.
When I break all of its parts and cut off its tail, I know that is when I should cap it, so that is a bonus.
When I break all of its parts and cut off its tail, I know that is when I should cap it, so that is a bonus.
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Weird question for those of you with both versions:
Can you play local co-op using the same character (save) on both your Wii U and the 3DS?
Or do I need to make a new friend-coming-over-to-play save on the 3DS ?
Can you play local co-op using the same character (save) on both your Wii U and the 3DS?
Or do I need to make a new friend-coming-over-to-play save on the 3DS ?
2 dios are scary in the same zone
The Wraith
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Weird question for those of you with both versions:
Can you play local co-op using the same character (save) on both your Wii U and the 3DS?
Or do I need to make a new friend-coming-over-to-play save on the 3DS ?
I'm pretty sure you can't play as the same character save. When you transfer a character to your ds or Wii u a message appears telling you that you need to make a new save or something like that.
Yeah, you have to be HR8+ (for the tower quests).
sammyCYBORG
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Is the Circle Pad Pro recommended for playing the game on the 3DS? I thought I heard that it is better, though I wanted to get GAF's opinion.
Did the same thing for a while, but I got it after my 6th run or so. According to the Bradygames Guide it's a 4% drop when you carve. Way I figured it, that's three times a 4% chance to carve that sucker. In addition, it's another 4% drop on his tail, so that's already four times it can possibly drop.
I didn't see the gem in the cap rewards in the guide, so there's no reason to cap except shaving a couple of minutes off your time. The normal rewards for doing the quest aren't listed, but if it's in there it's also gonna be there if I kill the guy, increasing the odds of it dropping even more compared to capping.
Hope this helps
Baller. PhD
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No it's done automatically.
Oh wow okay, I'll make sure to just kill him from now then. Thanks a lot!Did the same thing for a while, but I got it after my 6th run or so. According to the Bradygames Guide it's a 4% drop when you carve. Way I figured it, that's three times a 4% chance to carve that sucker. In addition, it's another 4% drop on his tail, so that's already four times it can possibly drop.
I didn't see the gem in the cap rewards in the guide, so there's no reason to cap except shaving a couple of minutes off your time. The normal rewards for doing the quest aren't listed, but if it's in there it's also gonna be there if I kill the guy, increasing the odds of it dropping even more compared to capping.
Hope this helps
Yeah, if you can get it then it is much better. Not unplayable without it though.Is the Circle Pad Pro recommended for playing the game on the 3DS? I thought I heard that it is better, though I wanted to get GAF's opinion.
The Wraith
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Well I'm 63 hours into this game and I'm only HR4. Thing is I could be much higher but I got 3 other friends addicted to this game and I have to teach them the ropes and help them get geared out, it's crazy because I'm new to this game and I don't know nearly as much as most of the veterans on this board. I have 4/5 brachy gear on me but I need to kick agnaktors ass at level 5 to get the last item for the chest piece for Brachy. Curse the fuckin drop rate of the Brachy gem. I need one more to upgrade my dios switch axe and it took me 3 hours for one to drop for a piece of my armor. I love this game it's my new addiction.
Depends on which particular high-rank armor. What are you wearing?
High rank Narga armor upgraded with heavy armor spheres is perfect for surviving early g-rank. Especially dual brachy. Makes Plesioth easy too. It's not so good for GS though, and iirc it's what Hoodbury uses.
I see people saying not to get used to evade+1 because you get spoiled by it but I disagree. I mean, it took some practice but I frequently roll through roars and attacks I should not be able to, which gives me more opportunities for attacks. I don't seem to have much more trouble when I'm not using it, but the only time that happens is when I'm using a hammer which is a safer weapon than HH and DS.
I see people saying not to get used to evade+1 because you get spoiled by it but I disagree. I mean, it took some practice but I frequently roll through roars and attacks I should not be able to, which gives me more opportunities for attacks. I don't seem to have much more trouble when I'm not using it, but the only time that happens is when I'm using a hammer which is a safer weapon than HH and DS.
Sammy Samusu
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I'm at HR50 and I'm still using a set that is mostly high rank g. agna pieces upgraded up to the point where I would have to start using true armor spheres for further upgrading, which I don't plan to do.
I would rather work on filling out my badges or do some quest I haven't done yet than grind some boss for rare drops needed for armor sets, though.
I would rather work on filling out my badges or do some quest I haven't done yet than grind some boss for rare drops needed for armor sets, though.
Got 2 last night from doing the dual Brachy quests.
From tail carves at that.
Just gotta finish my Urgent and I'm on my way to HR7.
Yeah, always interesting to see that. In Colored Beasts Brachy and Zinogre were in the same area, and both left to different areas, leaving us alone with some Jaggis. They must have a non-aggression pact or something.
Wroggi's a dick. Not a gigantic prick like C. Peco, but still.
I actually really want to get a GS set up and running, but I'm not sure what I'd need aside from snarf armor. I refuse to use GS without focus and crit draw. I also want whatever the King Atillart Sword is called in this game, the diablos one that looks like a big bone axe.
I also want the Uber Deathsnarfs DS because they are called Uber Deathsnarfs.
Chuckpebble
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Is the Circle Pad Pro recommended for playing the game on the 3DS? I thought I heard that it is better, though I wanted to get GAF's opinion.
I'm very happy with the way the game plays without a right stick. Target lock is amazing. The only time I use the touch camera controls is when I'm dealing with small, non-targetable monsters or dealing with that one really huge boring monster where you don't have a lot of space to maneuver around him and the target points you at the center of his body.
There are a lot of instances where the lock on is better than a right stick.
Underwater, when the monster ends up above or below and moves past vertical. You'd waste lots of time turning to face them manually where I just tap L and then push up and X to charge in at them.
Agnaktor is good too. While monster's are underground, the target icon greys and you can't use the lock, but it's pretty easy to see when it becomes available again and quickly turn to where he popped up. In Tri, I had many situations where I found out where he ended up just in time to eat a laser to the face.
With the touch screen d-pad, I wish there was an option to just make the touchscreen work like a trackpad. Then it'd be flawless.
An old school MH technique was to sprint in a circular fashion and observe when your character is not doing the panic run. Panic runs don't happen when you run directly toward the monster, but IIRC there is a cat or armor skill in Tri Ultimate that lets you panic run in any direction.
Aelucanth. Upgraded to the point before you get the G-rank armor stones.
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