I'd say keep trucking till you run into serious problems (likely to happen around the end of low rank, early high rank at the latest), upgrade your weapons instead.
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EsotericManiac
Banned
Had a HR 64 and an HR 6 randomly come in the lobby my brother and I always use (15-3). It made our HR 2 missions last 7 minutes instead of the 30-40. Absolutely amazing for ranking up and farming love of that mid level gear.
Not sure why they came in. Maybe to craft lower level weapons that would upgrade to something nice?
Either way, good stuff.
Not sure why they came in. Maybe to craft lower level weapons that would upgrade to something nice?
Either way, good stuff.
flyinpiranha
Member
Probably to help. I was an endgame tank in WoW for many moons and would randomly pug, I usually didn't require much healing so even weaker players could heal me and the run would go super fast. I didn't need anything, I just knew it was impossible to find a decent tank at the time.
There are nice people out there!
"God's Beard!"
Member
It was definitely harder. There were no companions like Cha Cha in MH1, you could only get armor skills from certain complete sets of armor and there were fewer skills, there were no decorations. There was also a larger emphasis on gathering quests like wyvern eggs and they were a lot harder because they'd fill the whole map with bullfangos and have large monsters chasing your ass everywhere, even following you up cliffs and taking potshots at you. You couldn't get multiples from combining, you couldn't use items with SnS out. There was also no felyne kitchen or farm.
That said, the game was broken and you could chain reels together until a monster died if you had a really strong lance or greatsword. I think they actually increased monster aggressiveness in MH2 after they removed that.
EsotericManiac
Banned
Seems believable, but he stuck around for like 15 fights or so. Kind of surprised is all.
Maybe I'll pay it forward...
edit : I did spank him in arm wrestling lol. STILL UNDEFEATED!
What quests are you doing?
You should try doing the port Lv 7 advanced quest called Plain Dangerous where you have to hunt a Sand Barrioth and a Black Diablos. You get 2 5% chances to get a Hardhorn in the rewards + the usual 7% chance if you break both of Black Diablos' horns (it's 5% for regular diablos).
If that quest is not available, there are 3 other Port Lv. 7 advanced quests you should do:
-Death's Embrace; 2 Black Diablos'
-Diablos Three; 3 Diablos'
-Tyrant Terror; Diablos + Black Diablos
Monsters are weaker on quests where you have to fight more than one.
If none of those quests are available, just reload the game.
I remember that you could carry some item that the Melynx will always take. I think it was felvine or something.
EsotericManiac
Banned
What are some good ways to generate resources? I've had to do regular woods runs because I used all mine on honey.
Just call me Pooh Bear
Just call me Pooh Bear
What are some good ways to generate resources? I've had to do regular woods runs because I used all mine on honey.
Just call me Pooh Bear
As you progress, you'll be able to convert more and more items to resources. For instance, I have over 100 Lava Nuggets (Uragaan, Agnaktor drops) and they convert to 1,500 resource points each. Far better better than being stuck fighting monsters in the woods.
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Deleted member 125677
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Hmm, ok. I play as a blade master (dual blades), and I see that the Jaggi armor set is pretty weak against fire, and neutral towards everything else. So maybe a good fire resistant set next then? Rathian?
Ok. Rank is based on mp missions, right? I'm about to finish the Level 4 village guild quests. :/ It's working out alright with the jaggi set so far, anyway. Though I need to bring some potions now.
Did you guys bother to finish the village guild quests before starting the "real" HR missions?
GroundCombo
Member
Hmm yeah, I forgot about those quests... probably because my subconscious is trying to bury Black Diablos and her cheap no-warning underground tricks into the deepest pits of hell. I'll give it another shot, thanks.
Chuckpebble
Member
This has been getting better and better, there are no weapon images at the moment, and it looks garbage on my mobile browser, but I go here all the time now.
http://kiranico.com/
EDIT: crud, no armor info though. You could try this calculator:
http://mhag.info/mhtriu/main.htm
You are doing low rank village quests right now. As you continue progressing, you will reach high rank village quests, the last low rank quest is
ceadeus
purple ludroth
There's a similar progression online/in mp/in port tanzia, from low rank, to high rank, but this time with the additional G rank.
Needing to bring some potions is normal. "Trouble" would be burning through most of 10pots, 10 mpots, 10 honeys, 10herbs+bshrooms, and/or getting one, two or three-shotted. More or less.
There's no rule as to when or how much to grind for armor. I just think that, if I were you, I'd keep going a little bit more before I'd bother. Especially if you can comfortably tackle quests with just a few pots.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=55688764&postcount=36
Try Athena's Armor Set Search or MHDex.
Kiranico should be updated soon to include armor sets, I imagine the site owner is getting that ready next. It is using the database that MHDex uses, so implementation isn't far away.
EsotericManiac
Banned
Any recommendations for getting my brother to stop using bows and sword + shield? Bows tend to be better in 4p lobbies but don't seem very well suited for 2p.
It would be nice to have help breaking parts for specific drops :/
It would be nice to have help breaking parts for specific drops :/
What are some good ways to generate resources? I've had to do regular woods runs because I used all mine on honey.
Just call me Pooh Bear
I do the same lol
Jinfash
needs 2 extra inches
Wow, thanks for compiling that list.
thetrin
Hail, peons, for I have come as ambassador from the great and bountiful Blueberry Butt Explosion
I'm looking for something web-based specifically. I need to be able to use it on iOS, OSX and Windows. That's why I said wiki. (Also, I don't want to clutter my gaming PC up with random exes whose function could be done entirely via a web application)
It astonishes me that MH would have such a worthless wikia. Of all the games out there, you'd think it would be actually useful.
Kiranico is damn well designed, though. That's really nice, but yet again it's missing most of the information I need. Why does no one catalog the mats for each forging? I just want to have that next to me while I play, so I know what I still need to farm.
No prob.
There's the MH3-Ultimate Wiki site, but it uses the Japanese names.
You're probably gonna have to wait for Kiranico to update to suit your needs. I love that site.
Mark of the Hero attempt #3 and #4 ended in failure again, still can't kill that damned Ivory Lagiacrus. It's driving me crazy.
There's two things that are getting me.
1. When it's in rage mode, sometimes it'll very quickly charge forward after doing an attack. This is totally my fault: if I sheathe too quickly then he might attack during that animation.
2. When it's close to death (it seems that way, anyhow) it can kill me with one enraged hipcheck. If I'm lucky, I can roll and block. If I'm not, I get hit when I try to roll to the side. I have Evade +1 but it still manages to hit me. Can't figure this move out.
There's two things that are getting me.
1. When it's in rage mode, sometimes it'll very quickly charge forward after doing an attack. This is totally my fault: if I sheathe too quickly then he might attack during that animation.
2. When it's close to death (it seems that way, anyhow) it can kill me with one enraged hipcheck. If I'm lucky, I can roll and block. If I'm not, I get hit when I try to roll to the side. I have Evade +1 but it still manages to hit me. Can't figure this move out.
thetrin
Hail, peons, for I have come as ambassador from the great and bountiful Blueberry Butt Explosion
It's aesthetically well designed, and I'm sure they'll eventually have a pretty comprehensive list eventually. I'll just remain patient!
I. Lagi isn't even the tough part in my opinion. He's pretty easy to down if you're careful. It's Brachy and Los that present the real challenge. And they make me waste a lot of Flash Bombs.
Generally, blademaster armour is geared towards defense (because you'll be hit by non-elemental melee attacks) and gunner armour is geared towards resistance (because they'll be hit by elemental ranged attacks).
I think a good early Dual Swords set is Ludroth. It lowers the stamina drain when you're in Demon mode.
However, I mainly used Jaggi sets for well over 150 hours. Not a DS user, but it's a useful set in general.
I. Lagi isn't even the tough part in my opinion. He's pretty easy to down if you're careful. It's Brachy and Los that present the real challenge. And they make me waste a lot of Flash Bombs.
Hopefully I'll get to judge that for myself. I've grinded dual Diablos for their armour in Tri without using dungbombs, so I think I'll have the two-monster tactics down. I don't expect a lot out of Los, and Brachy's not too bad once you get him down... but I can imagine getting trapped between them and the wall a lot.
That's why you bring Cha Cha and Kayamba; 2/3 chance to not get hit! You can also superman dive and hope she emerges while you are invincible.
I. Lagi isn't even the tough part in my opinion. He's pretty easy to down if you're careful. It's Brachy and Los that present the real challenge. And they make me waste a lot of Flash Bombs.
For me it was the opposite. I. Lagi was really tough and Brachy and Los went down much quicker (they seem to have really reduced health). Just let Brachy do the dirty work for you.
Out_Of_Ammo
Member
Made a room at free 3 lobby 9. Come join me GAF!
Keep your panties on, dropping by in 10 minutes.
Owlowiscious
Member
Are you a hammer user?
Yes- He should use switch axe (easy to reach cutting?) or Greatsword (draw skills, more easy to reach cutting)
No- Hammer. Exhaust and KOs help your cuts become way easier to perform.
Haunted
Member
It really depends on what you're using. If you can get tails with your weapon I don't see why Bow wouldn't work out. If you're using a hammer, then yeah bow wouldn't work out . Heck if you're using a hammer, SnS should be fine for cutting a tail. Edit: I duo G-rank all the time with a friend of mine who uses the bow. Our completion times are usually no more than 10 min on most quests.
MonHun GAF is vicious in filling up rooms. Could always open another one...
I think I was the one who filled that room. They explained the situation and I left and made another. No one has joined yet though ;_;
Thx bra, much appreciated!
Haunted
Member
Beats just had to go, so a slot opened up in the GAF Platinum room, just saying...
Not only the looks, its movement and animations are also pretty cool. One of the most fun fights in the game.
thetrin
Hail, peons, for I have come as ambassador from the great and bountiful Blueberry Butt Explosion
I'm using a fire longsword right now, but I'm tempted to build a Zinogre set for HR. Beautiful design, razor sharp and gloves off. Might build a lightning long sword just so I can enjoy the lightning attack buff. Still toying around with that.
Haunted
Member
I saw "Abnormal Statuses Negated" pop up and was all like fuck yeah.
JetBlackPanda
Member
Just grabbed this game for 3DS. Can't wait to start it up! I only dabbled with MHFU so I am pretty much new to this.
the only question I have is about the charm tables, there are cursed ones? do I need to even look out for that or just go for it?
thanks everyone.
the only question I have is about the charm tables, there are cursed ones? do I need to even look out for that or just go for it?
thanks everyone.
G-Rank Zinogre is the best. It has glowing braces.
Read up about Charm Tables here:
http://club1kjho.forumotion.com/t313-everything-about-charm-tables-with-step-by-step-video
In short, it would benefit you if you want to maximize an armor set.
im working on mine right now. Silly me sold all my small goldenfish before I knew they were used in that weapon, though, so it'll be a while.
anyways I'm glad I went online 'cause I got a moonshard off that lucent narga. I've been meaning to pick up SA and now I can make his. Gotta cook dinner and watch video game wrestling though.
Karsticles
Member
Let him use what he wants.
Maybe convince him to use a paralysis or slime SnS / bow.
JetBlackPanda
Member
thank you
Make sure you watch his 'life' video, it's pretty dang cool.