MagicWithEarvin
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What were they like
Smiles and Cries
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Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Bah, I really suck at telling when the rathian is weakened enough for tranq bombs. 
"This is my 50th Abyssal Lagi and I've never died once haha. Whoever dies to Abyssal Lagi should uninstall."
*dies*
"$@#$*@ cheap spam lightning dragon rush ##$#$"
true story
the highest rarity charms come from g-rank so you'd need to be doing tanzia port stuff.
otherwise just find a high rank quest with a ? in the monsters list thhat isn't a harvest tour quest
Just kinda get in there, before I even switch gear to something appropriate they just look at it and start shitting on all of it, cursing at me, then kicking me.
This is HR4 btw, which made it even more funny to me.
Smiles and Cries
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I use hunters a lot to farm monters I need
don't forget to go to the desk and change the area you want the hunters to focus on
you can have all of them go to tundra volcano anywhere or even monsters by taking to the little drunk guy
it takes two days or for me I just go to village sweetheart and do the kelbi horn quest twice and return to the tavern
once you return after two quests the hunter will be there I always send him or her out with a max of 4 hunters to increase my chances sometimes you will see him on the floor it means the party failed most times he is just standing and nodding for success but if they are all celebrating when you talk to him it means they got you something good
so I like farming with them even if it cost me 500z each time since the 2 kelbi horn quest gives me 600z so I can repeat this all day with 2 kelbi horns and some hunters I got from my GAF buddies
Smiles and Cries
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Right so to get your stamina bonuses you should just be able to mix and match fresh ingredients and still get health using stars. *shrug* youll get better ingredients soon anways.
ThatObviousUser
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Finally was able to put some serious time into the game today, as I'd been using most of my gaming time to clear up some other games. Beat down my first two large monsters today, figured out more about different mechanics, forged a laggi armor set and upgraded my weapon a few times. Quite a productive 7 hours...lol.
With regards to capturing, I got it done against the Arzuros for the quest but it seemed like the only way for my tranq bomb to work was to hit it in the face. Is that right, or should it work from anywhere if they are weakened enough?
With regards to capturing, I got it done against the Arzuros for the quest but it seemed like the only way for my tranq bomb to work was to hit it in the face. Is that right, or should it work from anywhere if they are weakened enough?
RobbieNick
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It's hard not to like a monster called Nibelsnarf. Awesome name.
Wolf Akela
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With an awesome DS.
Sanctuary
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Made me think of Fizgig.
Two questions:
1. Is there an offline quest to capture a Rathalos? I am trying to make the sweet Baltzenger, but I need a second marrow. I got lucky and carved one from my first hunt, but the carve rate is below 20% and quite a bit higher for a capture.
2. I get that when a monster is drooling and limping, it's about ready to be captured, but what happens when it limps off of the screen? Even if you follow it directly (and more often than not somehow end up ahead of it...???) did it somehow regen enough so that it's not longer in the capture state? It never looks like it can be captured, so I end up beating on a for a bit again.
You can capture in any quest.Made me think of Fizgig.
Two questions:
1. Is there an offline quest to capture a Rathalos? I am trying to make the sweet Baltzenger, but I need a second marrow. I got lucky and carved one from my first hunt, but the carve rate is below 20% and quite a bit higher for a capture.
2. I get that when a monster is drooling and limping, it's about ready to be captured, but what happens when it limps off of the screen? Even if you follow it directly (and more often than not somehow end up ahead of it...???) did it somehow regen enough so that it's not longer in the capture state? It never looks like it can be captured, so I end up beating on a for a bit again.
And no they don't regen health when they change screen.
There is but the only point of that is to solo cheese kill him which seems to take 2 to 3 times longer to kill him than just going at him with 4. I average about 10 minutes per kill with a group of 4.
Smiles and Cries
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anyone solo Tanzia
I stopped when I found out they were tougher but I was beating them until I found out I was not support to go alone but I was HR1 at the time
I wonder if I could have still won a few in HR3 which I have been slowly going multi for
I hate carting
I stopped when I found out they were tougher but I was beating them until I found out I was not support to go alone but I was HR1 at the time
I wonder if I could have still won a few in HR3 which I have been slowly going multi for
I hate carting
1. Any quest that says "hunt" a whatever, means that you have the option to either capture or kill that monster. So yes, you can just take the same "hunt a Rathalos" mission you already have and just capture him at the end.
2. Drooling doesn't affect capture rate at all, just so you know, that just means that the monster is low on stamina. Now, that could technically help capturing ability because it means they'll stay in the trap longer, but that's hardly necessary. When a monster limps off to another area, unless it happens to do something to severely increase its depleted health, it should still be easily capture-capable. If you have something down to limping, it's fairly rare for it to run off and regain enough that it would rise back above the tranq threshold, unless you happen to leave it completely unattended for a long stretch of time.
ThatObviousUser
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>failed Plesioth quest
I love how his hipcheck sends me flying even when we clearly don't connect. Dem hitboxes.
I love how his hipcheck sends me flying even when we clearly don't connect. Dem hitboxes.
>failed Plesioth quest
I love how his hipcheck sends me flying even when we clearly don't connect. Dem hitboxes.
I was once standing behind a Plesioth who hipchecked in the direction opposite of me.
I was facing towards him, and blocking with my lance's shield. Went flying forward and through him. Yeaaah.....
Sanctuary
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So there's no downside to capturing on a hunt quest? I thought the objective was to kill them unless specified, and the rewards are less. Maybe I'm just thinking of free hunts?
edit: Nvm, just read Doorman's reply. Thanks (both of you), I guess I've been taking too long on the capture quests, because I think I failed once by dropping a trap too early and the monster wasn't tranq ready...even though it had been limping previously. Because of that, I'd just been beating them up until they were about to die. I find it kind of odd though that drooling doesn't affect capture since I'm pretty sure they told you that it did in the tutorial.
Solo'd the HR5 quest that asks you to kill 30 sharq cause i needed a sharkskin. Killed about 15 of them with a harpoon before i got my skin and then mindlessly just killed the rest. There was also a Royal Ludroth there that i killed as i was farming for the skin. In the end i ended up with 3 skins.
Skins give you 190 resources, wonder if it wouldn't be a bad quest to farm in a group for the resource mats...
Skins give you 190 resources, wonder if it wouldn't be a bad quest to farm in a group for the resource mats...
I'd rather mine ura backs for lava nuggets. The sharqs take so much time to spawn.
Shin Kojima
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I think you're mistaken. In my experience with Explorer you'll always land in the secret area as long as it's not low rank or a harvest tour. You're right about being able to get there without Explorer though.
Forge 5 perception gems and use them in your armour to get the Capture Guru skill. If you paintball the monster it's dot will flash when it's ready for capture. I loved this, they're kinda like training wheels and you can stop using them when you get used to the tells monsters give when they're weak.
Haha, yes, exactly my thoughts! I was REALLY over-prepared for this quest because i thought a beefed up version of lagi underwater would be a nightmare.. and then he's on land only. Ended up using almost none of my items lol
Kind of disappointing for the "final" fight story-wise.
And keep in mind, this is with improved hitboxes. When Plesioth hipchecked you in first gen it was like an invisible brick building was thrown toward you alongside his own body.
toastyToast
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I'm starting to get the hang of the arrow rain distance. Went back and fought Qurupeco and completely obliterated his ass. Had him stun locked, all drooling and shit from the jump.
So this is how you play bow
So this is how you play bow
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
How do you up the level of the long sword?
Not online.
^you use normal attacks to build up your spirit gauge. That meter determines how many r attacks you can do. A full meter allows you to do a full r combo. Landing the final hit in the r combo levels your sword up one level.
Smiles and Cries
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I like the hitboxes as they are I would miss the anxiety of invisible wind blowing you off your feet from some beast that did not even touch you lol
Um wind is supposed to do that, it's wind not physical contact.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
They go down slowly. If you can't get a full combo off after awhile, your sword will go to the previous level.
Max rank is purple.
Protip fade slash (x+a) op
Proprotip landing the final r on any monster will rank up, so hitting a stray rhenoplos will still move you up a rank
toastyToast
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Arrow Rain staggers or knockbacks allies for like a billion minutes. Not very nice!
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Smiles and Cries
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well that is the way I imagine the hitboxes instead of thinking of it as poor programming glitch I think of it as the wind from a big ass monster's swing
toastyToast
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Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
So any tips on cutting rathian's tail with the long sword?
Wolf Akela
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You attack it a lot? If it's not downed, running X(?) does a vertical slash which should reach the tail. Otherwise I'd just try to knock it down by hitting its legs and then go for a spirit combo on the tall if playing solo.
There's no real secret to cutting or breaking stuff. You just need to do x amount of specific damage type to target zone, whether it be cutting or impact.
toastyToast
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Do most of your attacking from the where the tail joins the body and it should come off at some point during the fight. You don't have to hit the middle of it or anything
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Alright.
Was just having a hard time doing it with the hammer due to the huge lag time on the first hit, so I thought the LS might be better.
Was just having a hard time doing it with the hammer due to the huge lag time on the first hit, so I thought the LS might be better.
toastyToast
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Hammers don't cut
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