AmethystEnd
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Sounds like it wouldn't be that cold. ;D
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Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate |OT2| I'm Felyne Eggs-tatic!
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Sounds like it wouldn't be that cold. ;D
Jeff Vader
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Anybody feel like a late Cham run?
19-5679-6870-1940
*full
19-5679-6870-1940
*full
Jeff Vader
Member
Spot open for ya.
Edit: forgot i removed the pw. i'll need to boot somebody after we get back.
*edit 2: try now.
Jeff Vader
Member
It's all good, got you in for a quest at least. Though it sucks that everybody DC'd one at a time. Guess it's the games way of saying it's time to sleep.
Just let me know when you're on and I can help you get it
Is this an open offer?
That sinking feeling when you see a monster start to turn towards a member of the group with barely a sliver of health - and you've run out of Lifepowders.
I think I might switch up my armour again. With Evasion +3, there's not really much of a need for HG Earplugs, since it's easy to dodge straight through a roar. I think I'll try to aim for Challenger +2 to replace it (at this stage of the game I may as well...don't have any more offline quests to complete, and I'm just doing G rank quests to unlock scrolls anyway).
I think I might switch up my armour again. With Evasion +3, there's not really much of a need for HG Earplugs, since it's easy to dodge straight through a roar. I think I'll try to aim for Challenger +2 to replace it (at this stage of the game I may as well...don't have any more offline quests to complete, and I'm just doing G rank quests to unlock scrolls anyway).
Herb Alpert
Banned
anybody hunting?
I am doing G3 things but I can also help.
I am doing G3 things but I can also help.
I need some Azure Rathalos cortex if you want to help.
Herb Alpert
Banned
with pleasure, do you have a room up?
Herb Alpert
Banned
Ho snap, I was doing shaggy with randoms (guess what? We got rekt) and my kids just woke up from their nap... I won't be able to hunt anything until this evening... Sorry...
Glitchesarecool
Member
Guard Up is useful if you're not evade lancing, Constitution lowers stamina drain on your blocks, and Quick Sheath can be great too if you're in a large area since your mobility is limited with the weapon out. If evade lancing, you absolutely need Evade Extender or Evade+3 (it's sometimes hard to get both). Evade Extender is my preferred choice because you can cover so much more distance.
AmethystEnd
Member
Guard boost if you want to be able to block even things that are normally unblockable. Evade is godlike because of the way the animation works on lance, but if you already have guard+1 or +2, evade is kinda overkill.
I just can't find any decent set with Lance that has either Evade +3 or Guard +2. If I choose Evade/S+1 or Guard/S+1 I get 5 billion hits, anything else I add and it all goes to hell.
I'm settling for full Nargacuga X and it's so painful to make. I need to carry out a Zinogre genocide.
I'm settling for full Nargacuga X and it's so painful to make. I need to carry out a Zinogre genocide.
Pila
Member
Evade lancing looks awesome on yt videos but I think I'm gonna try it later, after some training with the thing. Maybe stamina is my first priority, blocking is consuming. Thanks for your reply people.
I've always been a gunlance kid but I must say the vanilla model has its moments ^^ I must say that I love being able to jump on monsters anytime, countering attacks is nice too.
I've always been a gunlance kid but I must say the vanilla model has its moments ^^ I must say that I love being able to jump on monsters anytime, countering attacks is nice too.
AmethystEnd
Member
The above set is perfect for evade lancing, though earplugs are kinda superfluous in that case.
Edit: Also, obviously you'd need to take a different weapon and its slots into account.
Glitchesarecool
Member
The crimson fatalis lance would be perfect.
I thought that Empress X set is godly because you can easily gem in Guard+2 and Guard Up while having another very useful offensive skill. But afeter numerous occasion, I always feel that full guard lancing worsening my performance. I always found myself locked in one spot since the recovery took so long that monster's attack would likely to follow up before I can do anything. So I came back to my old lancing style: using guard as emergency mean of protection, and relying more on unsheathing with Quick Sheath for mobility (I just can't backhopping as a mean of traverse smh). Still guard lancing is viable, but against slower monster like Gravios or Shah Dalamadur. You can't just stick around in one place against more agile one like Brachy.
Also why the hell they make Lightbreak Press obviously a worse weapon objectively than Hellruin Omen beside the sharpness? Capcom, better balancing pls
Kushala should be good for Evade Lancing... if its not for the Focus skill. If I used it, unused skill will bug me to no end.
Also I can help with Zinogre. An extra Skymerald would be nice.
Also why the hell they make Lightbreak Press obviously a worse weapon objectively than Hellruin Omen beside the sharpness? Capcom, better balancing pls
Kushala should be good for Evade Lancing... if its not for the Focus skill. If I used it, unused skill will bug me to no end.
Also I can help with Zinogre. An extra Skymerald would be nice.
Glitchesarecool
Member
I like that Lightbreak better for solo runs, especially if I'm using a set that doesn't have Sharpness+1 on it. Given how much you attack with IG, you're hitting blue pretty quickly with Hellruin if you're not careful.
Shengar said:
Welcome!
A set that I'm thinking of aiming for (with a +6 Evade Distance OOO talisman) that would also be good for evade lancing is the following:
Gore Helm X
Kushala Cista X
Star Knight Vambraces
Grand God's Peer Belt
Nargacuga Greaves X
With the right decorations this gives:
- Evasion +3
- Challenger +2
- Sharpness +1
- Evade Extender
It does require a weapon with 3 slots though, as well as that charm in particular.
I'm also not that keen on how it looks TBH. >_>
Well, with Handicraft+7 charm, I can gem in Sharpness+1 as long as the armor set have at least one triple gem socket. I'm planning to use it with my Brachydium set, which will make a matching pair with Lightbreak Press, but Hellruin Omen is much better weapon overall. It's either Immortal Reactor or Large Elder Dragon Gem, a very difficult choice.
Glitchesarecool
Member
Wow, that's nice. Best I have is a handicraft+3 charm (with constitution+4 and one or two slots, I don't remember).
AmethystEnd
Member
Welcome!
A set that I'm thinking of aiming for (with a +6 Evade Distance OOO talisman) that would also be good for evade lancing is the following:
Gore Helm X
Kushala Cista X
Star Knight Vambraces
Grand God's Peer Belt
Nargacuga Greaves X
With the right decorations this gives:
- Evasion +3
- Challenger +2
- Sharpness +1
- Evade Extender
It does require a weapon with 3 slots though, as well as that charm in particular.However, there are numerous variations with different talismans that yield the same set of skills.I'm also not that keen on how it looks TBH. >_>
Honestly, I don't put much stock in evade extender if I have even Evade+1. I'd rather backhop through everything (evade+1 lets you safely backhop directly through Jho's breath, for example) than away.
Could probably get a much better looking set with just:
Evade+3
Challenger+2
Sharpness+1
Possibly something else.
Yeah. Sheng has a godlike Handicraft charm and he still begs for my
+9 Expert/+5 guard up with 3 slots charm.
Side note: Just looked through my charms and I have a +7 Guard/+5 Evade 3 slots. Wish that was guard up instead.
Evade Extender is good for moving around with backhopping, only if your stamina and skill allows it that is.
Oh I forgot to say I'm only in the middle of G2. Still in G2 I already have amazing options for all my other weapons and Lance is getting the shaft, if I allow G3 on athena it jumps to like 3000 hits, back to G2 and I get 24 (most of them with that ugly Monodevil head). It's really ridiculous.
About Zinogre I'll let you know if I get the time this week
AmethystEnd
Member
So it seems that all guard/evade charms were hoarded by you. It would make a great build for Regios Lance you know D:
Related on guard up charms, I have a Stalwart+4 Guard Up+5 charm, which is as redundant as it can get
AmethystEnd
Member
Hahahaha, that charm is amazing.
Warrior_Keoni
Member
Anyone up for hunts in a bit later? Say 20-30 minutes. Mainly working towards the next aged text, but will happily do Ukanlos or anything in the upper G-rank.
Jeff Vader
Member
Helruin glaive + razor sharp + edge master = GG
Glitchesarecool
Member
Yep, I'll join in. Won't dare host any more. =P
I'm slowly building the artifact armor to get there. If I use my Skull Visage I can get a bunch of those double skills easily, and then it's just figuring out what to do with the arms, legs, and waist.
Jeff Vader
Member
What relics have you been going after?
Stalwart supposed to have Guard Up included though, unless that's what you mean
I remember that I also have another redundant charm but it seems that I can't find it >__>
That's easily achievable for me once White Fatalis hit
AmethystEnd
Member
Glitchesarecool
Member
At the moment I'm just going after anything that's at least a +5 to one of the dual skills. I don't really know what I'm doing tbh, picking things that have a base armor of at least 85 or so. It's weird that the relic stuff doesn't have skill points if it doesn't have the locked in charms, it kinda feels like those three empty slots are useless.
Warrior_Keoni
Member
G-rank fun!
We'll do a rotating order of quests as usual.
Hall ID: 42-8509-8654-0070
P/w: 9099
We'll do a rotating order of quests as usual.
Hall ID: 42-8509-8654-0070
P/w: 9099
Yeah, I'm laughing at it
I was hyped as fuck until I saw at Kiranico what Stalwart skill does. Capcom should've prevent this from happening.
Jeff Vader
Member
I think a few mixes are going to look better with Fatalis parts vs the current look we got.
I tried maxing out a lower tier relic the other day just to see how high the def got and if I remember right it was 135? And it's weird too when some relic 8 armor needs zenith gems while a rare 9 I got doesn't.
Glitchesarecool
Member
Have to run, good fun guys!
Warrior_Keoni
Member
Thanks Glitch! There's a spot open here in my room. See above post somewhere up there.
Just joined.~
TatteredHat
Member
So many randoms seem to either be playing IG or LS and as a lancer it pretty much means I'm constantly being tripped over, it's starting to become tiresome.