Give them the more fish item to be more certain of the table you got, you get it automatically from the fish lady. You can send the boat whenever after doing the monster guts quest.
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Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate |OT| If at first you don't succeed, try Tri again!
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Do I need to wait for it to start limping to capture it? I've tried when it tires, but it ran away after I trapped it and tossed 1 tranq bomb.
cheers mate! the advice I needed.
MagicWithEarvin
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Not necessarily but that's the safest sign. You need to throw more than 1 tranq bomb at it though so it may have been capturable when you let it go.
Alien Manobo
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I'll take a stab at answering this.
Lance: awesome solo and party weapon as you can constantly keep hitting the monster while providing superb defense for yourself, albeit you must have the specific skills to be able to guard against certain attacks. Learning curve is a bit high since you'll need to know when to parry/counter-attack the monster you're dealing with. Your survivability is high when facing tough monsters.
Gun Lance: less mobile version of the lance with no parrying tricks, but can deal a lot more burst damage.
Sword and shield: great for dealing status effects, pretty useful in a party. You can probably use a different weapon type when soloing as it deals lousy damage.
Dual swords: more offensive than the SnS, not much of a hindrance to your party in terms of tripping/launching. Okay in Solo & coop.
Greatswords: slow and wieldy but can deal a lot of damage, great for cutting tails. Nice to have in a party, can be a bit tricky in solo play.
Longswords: nice weapon to take down monsters fast in solo mode, the ability to make your teammates trip can be annoying in multiplayer.
Hammer: slow yet powerful smashing weapon, great for exhausting and knocking out (stun) your opponent. Pretty much my weapon of choice in solo or coop. Will be a bit annoying in a party if you keep on making your teammates fly with the super pound attack. Your main focus of attack will almost always be the head, so you'll need to do a lot of footwork.
Hunting Horn: you're playing as a Battle Priest. Awesome in all modes of play.
Bows, HBG, LBG: don't play much of ranged weapons so I can't comment.
@Lanze B, Dragon Girl & Remfin: here's our warm up vid taking on 1* Lagombi http://youtu.be/ADhAnj1d-p0
If you want a guide of how far you have to get to do the monster guts quest, check my post history, I posted a quick one from gamefaqs yesterday. Also, when sending boats, dont use the other item that reduces the time to get fish because you get less fish, and that gives you more options regarding which table you got, so in the end youll have to send them off a.few more time to narrow down the result.
GayForMaster
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I don't know if I want to buy this game on 3DS. 3DS is already hurting the shit out of my hands playing fire emblem for a long period of time. Might just wait until I buy a we you.
Oh man they finally put this in? Thank god
Two tranqs. No more no less. Unless you have status atk down, then you need three.
Kill a few to get a feel for when he's weak. Watching for limping is the surest sign but after a while you just 'know'.
Remember to bring extra traps and tranqs. Always.
UncleSporky
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How much should I worry about elemental stuff?
Partway through the upgrade path, I can make a couple types of hammers. One of them is ice. I don't want to craft it and then find out that the next 2 big monsters I have to fight resist ice and I'll be doing half damage.
Partway through the upgrade path, I can make a couple types of hammers. One of them is ice. I don't want to craft it and then find out that the next 2 big monsters I have to fight resist ice and I'll be doing half damage.
How much should I worry about elemental stuff?
Partway through the upgrade path, I can make a couple types of hammers. One of them is ice. I don't want to craft it and then find out that the next 2 big monsters I have to fight resist ice and I'll be doing half damage.
There are no 'resist'. Take Lagiacrus for instance. It doesn't take additional damage from Ice and Electric, but it doesn't 'resist' them in the traditional sense. You will still be doing your base weapon damage.
So the main concern when upgrading weapon is settling on a specific weapon path. Crafting an Ice hammer won't hurt you. Fire is probably the most useful element early on though.
Samurai_Heart
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Whoop Euro players can finally join the fun today =D
If you can still find the 3DS version then get it. Sans the control options for extended periods of play, it's a much better version in every way over the Wii U with the added bonus of mobility should the opportunity to take it with you arises.
Also ugh @ the P3rd-esque weapon tree. I'm glad they at least kept the weapon dmg, but the modifiers are nowhere close to the original Tri.
How much should I worry about elemental stuff?
Partway through the upgrade path, I can make a couple types of hammers. One of them is ice. I don't want to craft it and then find out that the next 2 big monsters I have to fight resist ice and I'll be doing half damage.
No. When you look at your crafted weapon, you will see raw damage and elemental damage. If monster is resisted to that element then only the elemental damage get reduced. Raw damage will still be applied per usual.
Since you already crafted yours, I'd say only pay attention to the elemental stuff when you get stuck. Sure getting the right element to use on the right monster helps a lot but it's not a game breaking problem.
Your armor on the other hand is something you should worry about unless you can dodge the attack with confident.
The official release date is tomorrow but Amazon ship it 2 days before so you get it day -1 or day 0.
My pre order's status is "completed" but the game isn't here yet... :'(
Samurai_Heart
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I already got mine =)
nicoga3000
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Anyone else have trouble putting their Club Nintendo code in for this? I kept getting "Game is not released" errors.
Samurai_Heart
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NA or EU? Cause if it's EU it hasn't officially come out so wait till tomorrow.
kuroneko0509
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Must patiently wait for tomorrow.
GayForMaster
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Noted. Still on edge a bit just because the 3ds is a bit uncomfortable.
Upgrade to an XL.
nicoga3000
Saint Nic
I'm in NA. I'll give it a shot again today and see if it works. It was making me angry, haha.
It depends on the weapon. "Faster" weapons, or weapons that you can connect with often benefit from Elemental attack and Status Attack more than slower weapons. So an elemental attack would be more useful for a weapon like dual swords than great sword. Plus what others have said already.
Samurai_Heart
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Oh wow those faces XD, good thing they never zoom it into that close XD
bequietdrive
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I ordered with Amazon Prime and it was dispatched at 8 this morning, do you think I'll get it later today then or tomorrow?
Should be tomorrow. I never order from Amazon. Very unreliable in the London area.
grimshawish
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Amazon order has been dispatched. I have an essay to do so don't see much play time this weekend sadly :/
Samurai_Heart
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Especially with delivery services like *shudders* Yodel
Elemental damage is kinda odd in this series, but one thing to keep in mind is that if a monster isn't weak to that element, it won't take any damage from it. However your raw damage will always work. So a 200 raw 500 fire weapon will wreck Gigginox but would be pretty worthless against Agnaktor. Bears mentioning that elemental weaknesses are specific to a part of a monster as well - lightning works on Duramboros' horns but not so good on the rest of him.
From what I understand, since P3rd the slower/faster weapons got modifiers for elemental attacks to even out the traditional concept of fast = get elemental and slow = get high raw dmg. But it's still heavily favored for fast weapons. I need to do some more research on this stuff before I start making absolute statements though. For a new player I'd advise either looking up damage zones (brady guide has em!), or just focus on highest raw damage and use some Pokemon Logic. If it spits electricity don't hit it with thunder, so on.
Come to think of it I guess hunting horn qualifies as a faster weapon so I suppose I should get out of my hammering mindset. It seems like HHs don't get much element on them though.
From what I understand, since P3rd the slower/faster weapons got modifiers for elemental attacks to even out the traditional concept of fast = get elemental and slow = get high raw dmg. But it's still heavily favored for fast weapons. I need to do some more research on this stuff before I start making absolute statements though. For a new player I'd advise either looking up damage zones (brady guide has em!), or just focus on highest raw damage and use some Pokemon Logic. If it spits electricity don't hit it with thunder, so on.
Come to think of it I guess hunting horn qualifies as a faster weapon so I suppose I should get out of my hammering mindset. It seems like HHs don't get much element on them though.
bequietdrive
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Ahh man. I'm also in greater London, haven't had too many problems but never used prime before so we shall see! Is your copy on the way?
Yup. They also did localization for Monster Hunter Tri as well.
Sammy Samusu
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3DS? Either remove your SD Card or buy a Class 10.
Comparison:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MB0XD_LpXf0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_N45hK_k2c
I didn't bother trying to get table 10 or anything else- just gave it a whirl and checked my fishing haul.
Table 4- perfect for a lancer like me.
It was fated from above.
Samurai_Heart
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Think he's got the cart not the download.
hardcastlemccormick
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I think the cart still saves to the SD card.
Thanks OrigiNull! Much appreciated. I guess I will play with my friends online then.
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