Man this game is easy so far. I killed a few of the boss monsters and barely even had to use any of the supply first aid medicines, let alone my own mega potions. Freedom Unite kicked my ass from the get-go with that giant boar. Maybe I should go armorless for now.
I used the starting Leather armor un-upgraded for the entirety of LR, and then an un-upgraded LR armor of Diablos for the entirety of HR. Then G Rank kicked me so hard that I had to get a G Rank armor upgraded to max before even getting to HR7.
That said, I liked the difficulty with the armor choices I had during LR and HR. For LR I also restricted myself to potions instead of mega potions, and it was pretty fun. The monster parts it saved me meant I had lots of weapons across lots of classes.
Well, my Lambent armor is done, now I'm starting to learn the switchaxe. Mind to share some info about the thing? I don't wanna hit other hunters but it looks like a dangerous weapon in that regard...
Focus on cutting tails because that's kind of the only area where the Switchaxe is better than most weapons. You don't have any reason to use moves other than the overhead chop in axe mode and vertical one-two in sword mode, except for when you want to switch modes mid-combo, or the monster is extremely weak to your element + phial so you can go for the burst.
I'd recommend to hit the arenas that have a switch axe and some other weapon you're good with. Generally, switchaxes are really overpowered in the arena and they can get close to if not the best times easily, so comparing your SA time to your preferred weapon time is a good indication of satisfactory DPS.
