The Grenade Launcher is an upgrade to the Cross Bowgun+, so you might've gone past it already. Try going to the weapon shop and buying the starter Cross Bowgun and have The Man upgrade it. The Jaggid Fire should be one of the upgrade paths.
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Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate |OT| I Mounted It!
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Night Angel
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One thing that annoys me about the IG (my new favorite weapon): terrible sharpness. You don't get blue sharpness for quite a while, and then it only lasts for 4 hits. Maybe it's time to make a sharpness armor.
I'm about to make the Seregios IG, but I bet that will run from white to yellow in no time flat.
I'm about to make the Seregios IG, but I bet that will run from white to yellow in no time flat.
ferixdacat
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That's really weird, I never had a single issue with the online play, which territory are you playing from? Sure very rarely other players' charcters bounce around a little, but it didn't really affect the gameplay.
Not Spaceghost
Spaceghost
So what is the easiest way to farm for higher level guild quests?
Is it literally just keep doing expeditions?
Is it literally just keep doing expeditions?
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Killed my first Tetsukabura! That was great fun! Is it worth getting the armor set? (jaggi armor now)
How do I get Paddock Oil btw?
How do I get Paddock Oil btw?
GS is the best worst newbie weapon. I swear it's the main reason for all the 'clunky' complaints over the years - new players are all HELL YEAH BIG SWORD. But then they realize it plays like a big sword would.
If you do learn GS you'll definitely have a solid grasp on important mechanics like draw attacks, prediction and sheathing. And nothing drives home the feeling of MH like landing a level 3 charge on something's face. This game in particular gives you so many opportunities for gigantic openings, mount knockdowns give you just enough time to do L3 charge -> slap -> super charge -> big ass swing. I pity the monsters when I finally get Focus on my armor.
ferixdacat
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WAIT... there's blue sharpness level?! I've been using switch-axe and i thought green was the top sharpness level... lol
ill join,
VanillaCakeIsBurning
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What does the Gloves Off skill do? The description doesn't tell me anything about how to activate it.
It's actually purple > white > blue and so on.
Not Spaceghost
Spaceghost
It goes even higher past blue, it goes to white and then purple.
Typically though you don't see blue and white sharpness until you're using high rank weapons (with a few exceptions) and purple for g rank stuff.
Ahh! That must be it. Didn't realize you could lock out other options by upgrading. Thanks!
edit: woah, i'm a member now, how did that happen?
Happens when you hit HR3. GAF membership reward. G Rank for GAF gold status
Congrats
After green there is blue, then white, then purple.
How do you go about targeting different parts of monsters, especially in melee? Do you wait until the monster is knocked down, then just try to swing at that particular part? Do you need to mount them?
Can you get particular pieces by capturing them?
Also, are there other ways to mount monsters other than running off a ledge and doing an unsheath-attack?
Can you get particular pieces by capturing them?
Also, are there other ways to mount monsters other than running off a ledge and doing an unsheath-attack?
1. Learn the patterns and realise when they're most vulnerable for that particular part you wish to target. Also like you said, when they're knocked down is good.
2. Capturing them in the past had specific loot tables. I'm not sure if that's still the same in MH4U
3. Running and jumping off is the only way I know of unless you use lance or Insect glaive
Good to know about breaking the tail. That jerk's going to be the next monster I fight 2 or 3 times to learn his patterns.
And I'm working on upgrading the horn! Somehow, I completely missed fighting a Basarios in 3*. Apparently if you don't do the Kecha Wacha hunt you don't unlock the Basarios fight. I kept waiting and waiting for one to appear somewhere so I could start getting it's shell for an upgrade.
Go to the board in the back of your house and set him to deploy.
Go to the signboard at the back of your house.
When an attack makes your HP below a certain threshold (40% in this case), there is a chance that you will granted a bonus attack and defense for a period of time.
bennywhatever
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Hey, I just went through this same thing last night!
Go to the weapons shop and buy a Cross Bowgun.
The Man can upgrade it into Jaggi Fire (which is "meh") and then the Bandit Fire (which has rapid fire Pierce, which is awesome). I just got the Bandit Fire - the hardest ingredient was the King's Frill, which you get by breaking the G. Jaggi's face.
Happens when you hit HR3. GAF membership reward. G Rank for GAF gold status
Congrats
oh. i always assumed i had to prove my worth against another junior in a no-rules cage fight.
"two juniors enter one member leaves"
robotzombie
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So what are some good Charge Blades to focus on trying to get and upgrade early on?
What should you be looking for in a good Charge Blade?
What should you be looking for in a good Charge Blade?
You should join my room XD
1. Depends on the part I guess. For Rathalos talons I don't just go for them since you bounce off and since they are in front of the monster that would get you killed. I actually need a bunch of them right now so I'm thinking I'll bomb them off, or bring a hammer (since super pound won't bounce).
For tails and such you COULD hang out behind the monster but it's faster to incapacitate it somehow first. KO, mounting or shock traps all work great. A couple solid greatsword charge combos will take any tail off.
You don't need to knockdown though. After fighting for a while you just get used to the monster's movements. Like for example I know I can get a free shot on a monster's tail if it's busy spitting fireballs at my cats.
2. Capture rewards tend to give you a better chance at certain rare parts. You give up your body carves but it can be worth it. The only way to know for sure is to look up drop tables, but generally if you need gems or tails or whatever, capturing will give you a better chance.
3. Insect glaive can jump, and you can actually jump off of any climbable wall. Ledges are by far the most reliable though.
If you're in multiplayer, another player can send you flying and lead into a jump attack.
Toronto, but I was having some issues with my wifi. I don't know if a bad connection would straight up ruin the framerate but it was really bad. I'll need to try it locally or find some other option. Maybe set up another access point.
That sounds good, I might try it. Though this mean that I won't have steady flow of material for anything else.
Well, I'm currently focused on weapon too, Lance at that. I'm still using and upgrading the original Iron Lance, with some additional lances here and there but not much. My currently is at 40k Z, but it makes me uncomfortable after seeing 100k in my account.
I shouldn't have trying that Bnahabra S set in the first place D:
I want to join, but man, I have an assignment D:
One now! I'm in.
gameoverbro
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Just got to HR3 woohoo! Had a blast last night, and I'm having a hard time putting this game down.
Testsucabra Armor isn't bad, I just finished the set myself. It'll give you Health+20 and Def Up(S) (and Gathering -1)
Pop in one Vitality Jewel and you'll have Health+50, and if you can get the needed Bumblepumpkins you can negate the Gathering -1 with another Jewel.
Paddock Oil is from the Tetsucabra. Do some quests for it and you should end up with enough.
Thanks!
Is there a reliable way to get monsters to fall, other than just beating on them? An item, maybe?
Also, how do you mount with a lance or insect glaive (I haven't tried either of those weapons)
If you use a flash bomb on a monster while it is in midair it will fall to the ground.
And my 3ds went into sleep mode.
I have a feeling that it's me pressing the power button but it's hard to subconsciously hold it in another way :X
Those two weapons have jumps so you don't need terrain to jump off from. With the insect glaive it's R+b to jump. With the lance, during a charge press forward+b to jump.
ivanthebearable
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Why does hunting for Bnahabra materials have to be so annoying?
Plus there's that awful squeal they make after a few seconds of poison bombing them eurgh
Plus there's that awful squeal they make after a few seconds of poison bombing them eurgh
bennywhatever
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I believe there is also a skill you can get via eating before a quest. Can't remember what it's called. It's description is something like "Increases the chance of stunning large monsters."
The Wraith
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I cannot for the life of me get a Gore plate. I need one to complete my armor set and that stingy son of a bitch one drop one for me. Downed him about ten times and knocked his tail off all of those times. Plus I capped at least five times.
The best way to think of the upgrade paths is as trees, so once you choose a weapon that's down one branch, you have by definition locked out any 'sideways' upgrades' and are now doing down that path.
MH Wikia has the trees listed out nicely, so if you look you'll see that once you had the Cross Bowgun, your choices for upgrades were the CB+ and Jaggid Fire, and by going CB+ then Grenade Launcher you had chosen a separate path from the Jaggid Fire.
I do wish the trees were accessible in the game. It feels like a legacy aspect to just have a list of available upgrades. Putting up the trees like in Far Cry-style upgrade menus would really help.
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