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Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate |OT| I Mounted It!
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Iced_Eagle
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Man, Pink Rathalos (HR4 Urgent) is a serious damage dealer.
Me and my roommate did fine up until this point, never got triple carted (except for in our own solo caravan) but we ended up getting destroyed fast. We ended up getting 2/3 shot KO'ed.
Time to try to upgrade to high rank armor it seems like.
Me and my roommate did fine up until this point, never got triple carted (except for in our own solo caravan) but we ended up getting destroyed fast. We ended up getting 2/3 shot KO'ed.
Time to try to upgrade to high rank armor it seems like.
Yep. If you want friends to join you, you have to make it "exclude friends".
JohnOfMars
Banned
I just finished Caravan 4* Quests and haven't done any Guild stuff. Where does Low Rank / High Rank Figure in? Is that Guild Hall stuff only? I'm running Tetsu armor set that I crafted form Carvan 3*. Is it a Low Rank set? Will I have to reforge it again if I go to the Guild? and again for High Rank? And G rank?
Basically, I'm confused about all the LR, HR, G stuff I keep seeing.
Basically, I'm confused about all the LR, HR, G stuff I keep seeing.
Caravan 1-6 is LR, 7-9 is HR and some quests in 10 are G but not all. You also unlock some HR stuff in 6 later on.
Guild 1-3 is LR, 4-7 is HR and 8-10 is G1/2/3.
A progression that makes sense would be Caravan LR -> Guild LR -> Caravan HR -> Guild HR -> G
Is azure rathalos a decent set for a GS user? I remember using it in mh3u and liking it but I'm not sure if they changed it.
I don't want to give up my sharpness in this low rank gore/cenataur/tetsu set but I think I'm going to have to soon. High rank is right around the corner
I don't want to give up my sharpness in this low rank gore/cenataur/tetsu set but I think I'm going to have to soon. High rank is right around the corner
Chance Hale
Member
Is there a good link for an armor/skill guide? Just not sure what I should be going for as a horn user going into HR4 quests. Bone armor isn't going to cut it.
Not Spaceghost
Spaceghost
Rath Soul set is one of my favorites in MH3U because it is extremely versatile and accommodates a lot of different weapon types but it's not as versatile (still good though) in MH4U considering how you can get much better skills way earlier on now.
I would use it with a great sword ONLY if the greatsword you plan on using is the seregios GS because razor sharp gives you a lot more wiggle room with how often you need to roll to sharpen (also it doesn't get benefit from sharp+1) and you have the ability to gem in either quick sheath.
I don't think you can gem in fast charge without a good talisman but if you can I would suggest doing that instead.
The high affinity from the expert +3 the set gives you lets you sort of get away with not having crit draw.
Honestly the LR diablos set has let me blast through village solo quests, I am half way through village 9 star and HR5 in guild and I haven't had a single issue.
Keeping your weapon current and having relevant armor skills matters a lot more.
250 defense should be sufficient for anything in high rank.
I'd like to know if over forging is in this game though, because that would let you bring lowrank sets up to High rank tiers of defense if that's a concern.
Freaking Limit
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Sharpness stops thing from deflecting. Doesn't really make sense, but its a mechanic, so sharpen your hammer and it will gain back its power/stop deflecting.
Not Spaceghost
Spaceghost
Sharpness also is your damage modifier. It doesnt matter if it's a hammer or a sword sharpness impacts 2 major things.
Damage modifier
Bouncing / piercing
At red sharpness your attacks do 50% damage
At orange they do 75% damage
At yellow they do 100% damage
At green they do 105% damage
At blue they do 120% damage
At white they do 132% damage
At purple they do 144% damage.
Also certain monsters require a certain sharpness level for your attack to penetrate their hide on certain body parts. If they don't meet that sharpness level then they bounce, bouncing deteriorates the weapon sharpness twice as fast and won't let you chain your attacks together.
To recover sharpness use a whetstone.
Alternatively weapons built from seregios parts have a trait in which if you roll 5 times with the weapon draw it self sharpens a bit.
AmethystEnd
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We abandoned. Waiting for you.
well ideally you'd get focus and crit draw but that stuff is rare in high rank and all the skills on rath soul are good for GS. Earplugs especially, since it's a free charge. I'd say it's more of a hammer set but it works great for anybody.
Sharpness is the single most important thing as any blademaster class. It has a significant effect on weapon damage and whether or not your attacks will bounce off of monsters.
You restore it by sharpening with a whetstone. Yes, I know that doesn't make sense on blunt weapons, it's video games. It's always worth it to stay at your max sharpness. Hammers do have some moves that will NEVER bounce off of monsters, most notable the charged-up super pound. But that doesn't mean it'll do full damage.
Thank you both. I was sharpening my LS, but when I switched mains (thanks to someone else here for that newbie tip) to hammer, I stopped sharpening, as it didn't make sense to me. Doh! Back to sharpening, I suppose.
names2hard4you
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Man all this time I have been using Pings MH4G dex on my laptop, for some reason it won't work anymore 
nicoga3000
Saint Nic
Where do you get abrasives? Also, is it worth trading Tiny Spalls with the guy at the end of expedition runs? Do you get anything good out of him?
Not Spaceghost
Spaceghost
I get all my abrasives for doing guild quests I unlock from expeditions.
While you guys are worrying about hunting monsters and stuff, I'll be here working on my tan with my poogie and 2 palicoes...
Nice. How do you take screenshots???
Not Spaceghost
Spaceghost
The kiranico armor set building is pretty solid
http://kiranico.com/en/mh4u/armor
Lets you mix and match armors from the list and even lets you decide how you want to gem them. Also it tells you what abilities you get and what materials you need.
The downside is you cant pick talismans, but for that you can look for and download Athena's ASS (armor set searcher, would not recommend googling this at work though lmao)
I'm working on an English version of my favorite Japanese skill sim (masax' GANSIMU). If somebody is fluent in Java and wants to help, maybe shoot me a PM just in case I run into any problems.
Apart from that, see the previous responses though I guess Athena's ASS is what you're looking for.
Huh, you're not the first person I hear this from. I wonder what's the issue. I've been using the 4G Dex for months now and this has never happened to me. Any antivirus that might be blocking it?Man all this time I have been using Pings MH4G dex on my laptop, for some reason it won't work anymore
Immaculate
Banned
new 3ds only. you press home and go to miiverse and upload it
I'm working on an English version of my favorite Japanese skill sim (masax' GANSIMU). If somebody is fluent in Java and wants to help, maybe shoot me a PM just in case I run into any problems.
Apart from that, see the previous responses though I guess Athena's ASS is what you're looking for.
Huh, you're not the first person I hear this from. I wonder what's the issue. I've been using the 4G Dex for months now and this has never happened to me. Any antivirus that might be blocking it?
Thanks! I'll check them when I get home.
Enigmatic Rainbow
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So I was able to beat Dalamadur on my first try solo without carting. Thought might as well since I was going to be stuck in a hospital for a couple hours.
Now to try the Ukanlos urgent.
Thanks to diablos991 for the tips!
Now to try the Ukanlos urgent.
Thanks to diablos991 for the tips!
yay HR4. thanks
looks like I have to get to HR6 for my weapon upgrades -_- I'll get a room for HR5 later
got it, thank you
looks like I have to get to HR6 for my weapon upgrades -_- I'll get a room for HR5 later
got it, thank you
AmethystEnd
Member
That has evade+1, right? If so, then yes. Evade is awesome on charge blade.
Well the maestro skill will be useful. Buffs last 50% longer.
Immaculate
Banned
anyone wanna do HR7 key quests?
I will be....around tonight at 9pm est lol
TatteredHat
Member
Rathian / Rathalos are so un-fun as melee, way too much airtime. Was a lot more manageable with a Bow back in MH3U.
Immaculate
Banned
i'll probably still be around lol im snowed in today
names2hard4you
Member
Nope, I tried disabling it and nothing... I even tried to dl his MH4 one, and that worked fine. So strange, it worked perfectly up until the other day
VanillaCakeIsBurning
Member
I feel like Cephadrome and Cephalos were contracted out to people who hate the game and when they were finished absolutely no one in the development team bothered to play test it to see if it was actually fun or interesting to fight.
Really feels like the game is wasting my time with that fight. If I didn't win that quest I was going to put the game away for a long while.
Really feels like the game is wasting my time with that fight. If I didn't win that quest I was going to put the game away for a long while.
haha great, you seem to be my guild quest buddy xD we always at the same HR and doing the same quests!
Chance Hale
Member
I know that and I've been able to craft 3 sonorous decorations since my last post but only two armors have it by default so I need to branch into a new set and just get it via decorations right? I'm just completely lost as to what armor set to go for.
Also, what is the point where it no longer has any benefit? Ie, one gem adds +2 to the skill and the bone armor vembraces have +3 on their own
QisTopTier
XisBannedTier
Once I learned how to trap monsters I don't think I've killed one more than a few time since. It's so much more satisfying also all dem items
Devilgunman
Member
Flash Bomb those asshats down and smack it in the head.
Trying to farm Gypceros head for Barroth set and went 0/10 so far. Then I checked the Wiki and found out the drop rate is 5% or so. Oii!
bennywhatever
Member
Man all this time I have been using Pings MH4G dex on my laptop, for some reason it won't work anymore
It might have something to do with a computer's Unicode settings. I've had that issue before with a program that used multiple languages. It just... crashed. It can be fixed if that's the issue, but you have to go deep into Windows settings.
We'll I either super buff a sets abilities to 20 or skill set up based off of the quest and create equip sets to save that I can jump into depending on what I'm fighting.
Once I learned how to trap monsters I don't think I've killed one more than a few time since. It's so much more satisfying also all dem items
It's easier too, beat the monster til it flees to sleep. Set up trap on its face, tranq, profit.
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