I've still got a lot to learn, but I'm making some progress with the Switch Axe in the practice runs I've made. A lot of hunts with it go a much faster than I expect, which is a good sign.
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Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate |OT2| "OT" means Official Thread!
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ummm... so is the GS L3 upward swing stronger than a normal GS L3? Sure you can't use CD with it, but it can happen if your GS has affinity. But is it stronger than a regular GS L3?
EDIT: Also is Quick Sheath more beneficial to SA? so its faster when you sheath/unsheath/transform?
EDIT: Also is Quick Sheath more beneficial to SA? so its faster when you sheath/unsheath/transform?
I'm not much help with Great Swords, but I like putting Quick Sheath on my Switch Axe sets so I can use it like a hit-and-run weapon. It makes sheathing speed about twice as fast which is helpful for weapons that sheath really slowly, but doesn't affect unsheathing or transform speeds at all.
Though I'm the opposite of a Switch Axe expert so I can't say if that's optimal or not. But it seems to work.
Yeah it is but it's also harder to chain into. You absolutely should use it if you get the chance but you shouldn't base a strategy on it.
As Tuffy said it will only effect sheathing. It's never a bad idea if you can get it as an extra "why not?" type skill but it tends to be pretty hard to gem on with mixes and isn't really needed for SA at all
I'm now a Switch Axe hunter, i've kill some Rathalos and a Jade Barroth.
I'll keep this weapon for some more time.
ohblahitsme
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Getting back into MH after a long period of off and on play (just in time for summer!). Trying out using the sword and shield for the first time. I can't really get the hang of blocking yet though, seems easier to just dodge.
I seriously can't wait for MH4! Also I'm having trouble keeping myself spoiler free. This is like the only game where I want to keep some surprises.
I seriously can't wait for MH4! Also I'm having trouble keeping myself spoiler free. This is like the only game where I want to keep some surprises.
Wolfe
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Not having a WiiU (I don't even know if Tri on the Wii had online) I'm looking forward to being able to play online.
Pila
Member
Yeah Tri on Wii had online play.
OC I'm pretty excited too about MH4. I'd rather play on a home console (don't care which one) but I'm ready to buy a 3DS for it.
I want to get better at the hammer. Any recommendations on what to forge? I see people using Grongigas all the time, is it the absolute best?
Wolfe
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It has pretty massive damage with awaken and I find to be pretty great with a set like Ceadeus X which also has HGE and part breaker. I don't remember it being all that hard to make either. As for it being the best I'm not honestly sure, been a while since I've keep up with what's what in this game since I kind of lost my motivation to play solo.
It's the best especially with awaken
If anyone is feeling up for some HR Alatreon runs on the WiiU let me know via PM so we can set up a time. Maybe this weekend?
I've tried to solo the village one and it's pretty tedious. Hope this can help some others who want to grab some parts. I'm aiming for talons and tails especially.
I've tried to solo the village one and it's pretty tedious. Hope this can help some others who want to grab some parts. I'm aiming for talons and tails especially.
Pila
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Lol I already have the Grongigas, I forged it like last year and I couldn't remember about it ^^ I'm having fun with it, I never aimed for the head before and it's pretty fun. This game can change drastically if you start to learn a new weapon, it's really good. HR100 is not that far away, I'm like 93.
ohblahitsme
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So any tips on capturing Lagiacrus? I've been stuck on this quest for months. Killing him is no problem, but it's just a chore to capture him. Apparently shock trap + tranq bombs when he's drooling is not good enough? How much do I wait in between drooling and dying?
A monster that's drooling is not necessarily weak enough to be captured. Drooling and standing around just means that its stamina has been exhausted. Sometimes it'll go eat something at that point but it'll soon be back to normal. When it limps away from the room and/or goes to sleep, that means its health has been lowered enough to be trapped and tranquilized for a capture.
If you're having trouble capturing, try to forge 5 Perception Jwl 1 decorations and attach them to your armor/weapon/charm. This will activate the Capture Guru skill which makes a painted monster's pink dot start to flash on the map when it's weak enough to be captured.
They really need to explain drooling more... Or heck all of what was said above. Every newcomer makes that same mistake and I can't blame them
ohblahitsme
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Ah, okay. Thank you! Gonna try again today.
Only works for a select few monsters... Off the top of my head it works on Great Jaggi, Tigrex and Deviljho
OldAsUrSock
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I was pleasantly surprised that this game actually has a playable framerate in 2D. I was expecting it to be like other Monster Hunters. Good on Capcom for this.
Indeed, "limping" is the key feature. Once you know to look for that, capturing isn't scary.
ok, but how do you use it, you just drop it and will you fight the monster stop to eat?
Or you put the meat in a zone you know he will go eat when exhaust?
Deviljho in particular will just stop and gobble up any meat lying around in the room whenever he's hungry. Dropping tainted meat when first encountering him for a free paralysis is standard operating procedure.
Thanks, i remember reading in the Deviljho description that he's always looking for food or something like that.
He will even eat other captured monsters alive
I might as well... I haven't been on in a while
Yeah probably!
ahh man. Had to flake for some unforseen errands. I always miss out D:
I recently started getting back into MonHun after not playing for a while and I decided I'm gonna stick with switch axes. The only problem is that I only have the starter switch axe so I'm gonna have to grind for items to forge a better one. I wanna forge a Ground Dasher so I'm gonna have to hunt a Gobul (an underwater monster, ugh) and hope it drops a Gobul Spike. I think I remember why I quit.
That sounds terrible.
Anyway, I found out I can't forge a Ground Dasher anyway because I haven't reached any quests that drop Monster Bone+ which is another ingredient I'd need.
Lol really? That's awesone. Never seen that happen across ~1200 hours in tri/ultimate.
Wolfe
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Yeah, I made it because I thought "oh this looks like an amusing weapon". Took it on one quest and quickly threw it back into the box. It's like constantly fighting in that part of the deserted island map with all the cats in the shallow water, except you can't kill the cats and be rid of them, they're haunting your weapon.
Can other players hear it when playing multiplayer? If so, that's gotta be even worse than getting hit by someone's great sword.
In my ~2500 hours in tri/tri ultimate I think I have only seen it about 3 times and usually in the double deviljho quest
Nice man, I'm getting the itch to play again now that I'm more or less done with dark souls 2. I still have to kill 1000 jhos anyway... so maybe I'll see it lol.
Wolfe
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Yeah I'm looking forward to having cat companions in 4, the shakas are alright but they don't really do anything for me.
Now that sounds rather amusing.
In 4 you have a cat buddy that you start with and you can customize his look slightly and even his "meow" sounds a bit