Everyone recommends Kiranico, and I guess it probably has the most comprehensive database, I personally can't really stamd its layout and interface, especially on mobile. There are actually some really nice apps on the Google Play Store, I got one called "MHGen Guide" that is quite slick. It shows you the weapon upgrade branches, groups all armor into their respective matching sets, and you can quickly see which quests are key and how you can most efficiently farm items you need.
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Monster Hunter Generations |OT| Generation X
- Thread starter Beats
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Maybe I'll get the game tomorrow. Gonna be a long week at work anyways so the sooner the better.
I'd join you but Purolator things.
I'd join you but Purolator things.
I hope so too man. need more of my bros playing
When you do a Dash Attack, the Dash Attack Finisher move is what you should be using and not the prior flurry of hits before it. The finisher has a motion value of 70 for Striker, and 50 motion for the other styles. I've seen extremely quick speed runs for striker Lance + absolute evasion and absolute readiness Hunter Arts for chasing down the monster or just as safety nets where the player mainly just spams the dash attack finisher (In generations, the recovery animation of the finisher can be cancelled out of into a side/backstep, which allows you to then, immediately go into a dash attack into another finisher).
On the other hand, the flurry of hits of the Dash Attack burns through sharpness for fairly weak hits (16 motion value for each) and for it to be worth it, in terms of DPS, you need very big openings. The few times I've seen it been used efficiently though, is against the damage sponge-like elder dragons that let you just wail on them for long periods of time or in two player arena speed runs where the monster goes down so fast maintaining high sharpness for long periods of time doesn't matter much.
Nice hunting session man.
PokéKong;210369723 said:
MHGen Database
Welcome to Monster Hunter!
For low rank, weapons - just get the highest damage/sharpness that you have access to. For armors you can stick to the beginning armor and upgrade it when you need to. If you want, get the Tetsucabra armor and upgrade it - should last you to village 5-6 rank and HR 2-3 or do the Bullfango/Jaggi mixed set.
You guys started without me.
whaaaa. we take like 3 mins a quest >_>
Nice hunting session man.
MHGen Database
Welcome to Monster Hunter!
For low rank, weapons - just get the highest damage/sharpness that you have access to. For armors you can stick to the beginning armor and upgrade it when you need to. If you want, get the Tetsucabra armor and upgrade it - should last you to village 5-6 rank and HR 2-3 or do the Bullfango/Jaggi mixed set.
Ya, it was a lot of fun!
I just killed a Misutzune so I've now fought all of the fated four! In terms of difficulty I'd rate them Gammoth > Glavenus > Astalos > Misutzune and in terms of fun factor I'd rate them Glavenus > Astalos = Misutzune >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Gammoth.
I can't wait to actually get far enough into the game to unlock their quests so they don;t take 30+ minutes apiece.
I can't wait to actually get far enough into the game to unlock their quests so they don;t take 30+ minutes apiece.
Stratosphere
Member
Best aerial weapon(s) anyone?
Sucks that I have to be bail early but family business ;__;
HAMMMMAH
You lose the super slam, and that sucks. I live for the super slam. But the whole moveset pulls together to be highly fluid. Being able to continue your aerial attack and turn it into a triple swing on-ground, or starting a charge in the air to uppercut once you land is really rewarding.
I am running off of some hype right now though. Killed a Gammoth with my Mafumofu/Jaggi/Bulldrome armor hybrid in the Popo Tongue mission. Just wanted to see if I could or not. 35 minutes later and me and my Aerial Hammer stood victorious. Very enjoyable weapon/style for the fight! =D
It will be really cool unlocking the missions later and fighting them "for the first time", just to see how much faster they do go down!
Sammy Samusu
Member
Aerial IG is surprisingly fun and viable.
lucablight
Member
So what is the definitive monster hunter title. This or 4U?
SpiceMelange
Member
They both have their pro and cons imo, no definitive superior. Prefered the maps, monsters, single player and grank content of mh4u but arts and styles are amazing too.
Switch Axe is sort of insane. Even the roll is an attack which adds mounts, so it's one of the best mounting weapons in the game. And you lose nothing significant for it.
It's very early, but so far I'm liking Generations more then 4U.
Hunter arts and style are really neat.
Also I'm happy to see some of the older cool zones return from past games.
IT's also nice there is a lot less verticality in those, I got pretty sick of all the tiny ledges everywhere in 4U.
Though those levels are still in.
Aerial Switch Axe has arguably the best aerial style in the game (with Energy Charge Hunter Art to stay in Sword Mode throughout the majority of the hunt).
Your aerial attack, in Sword Mode, consists of two separate hits: one on the way up (38 motion value) and the other on the way down (27 motion value). Not only are these aerial attacks quite powerful but the attacks themselves are fast allowing you to spam them quickly and rack up a high damage output. This also contributes by allowing you to mount the monster quite regularly.
SpiceMelange
Member
I hope for mh5 they redesign / rebalance the switch axe and the phials, atm it might as well be called the big sword instead of SA
Man, I definitely want to jump in but I put "only" 20 hours into MH4U.
More importantly money's tight, my living situation is still fucked, and 7th Dragon III is FINALLY a chance to get a localized entry in a series I had been wanting outside of Japan and so I got that and am busy with it. Been booting MH4U up every so often for a game though.
More importantly money's tight, my living situation is still fucked, and 7th Dragon III is FINALLY a chance to get a localized entry in a series I had been wanting outside of Japan and so I got that and am busy with it. Been booting MH4U up every so often for a game though.
They actually achieved a good balance between having to switch between the Axe mode and Sword Mode in MH4U. However, like you said, for this game they scrapped all of that and made it so you never even have to SEE the axe mode or want to. Not to mention the fact that two out of three of the hunter arts for SA are for powering up sword mode exclusively.
It's really annoying because I like the mobility of axe mode better than sword mode but sword mode just does so much more damage it isn't even funny. They really need to patch in some balance there or at least make sure they fix it for 5.
dragonlife
Member
There's still plenty of game left in MH4U. Don't feel obligated to jump to this just because it's the newest one. Just play as much as you can of 4U if you enjoyed it in the slightest.
I don't feel like using SA this time round cause of all the sword focus. I just want a big axe man.
Same.
Axe mode is the main reason I loved the SA since MH3.
I was hoping the Stryker style would have taken away more of the swords moves and buffed axe mode, and there was at least one HA that was focused on the Axe.
Maybe a HA that would have worked similar to the CB, where you transfer all the swords phial power into the Axe mode.
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This makes one feel a bit of a god to know. You didn't just kill them when you weren't expected to, you did it three times over!
I think they could probably double every monsters' health in this game though. Things die seriously fast.
Stuff like this kinda makes me wish they'd switch the names around of the ChargeBlade and SwitchAxe (to ChargeAxe and SwitchBlade or something).
Gosh what a feeling it is to go to Pokke village again. Yeah, played Monster Hunter Freedom Unite on iOS... but soooo many hours spent in that village on PSP.
Same with Yukumo village with Portable 3rd.
Visiting both places brings much nostalgia.
I am LOVING this release. As someone who has played every form of MH, I'm actually feeling a bit overwhelmed with some of the new systems in place. But really liking the visual flair of combat and the different styles.
Same with Yukumo village with Portable 3rd.
Visiting both places brings much nostalgia.
I am LOVING this release. As someone who has played every form of MH, I'm actually feeling a bit overwhelmed with some of the new systems in place. But really liking the visual flair of combat and the different styles.
Gamer @ Heart
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Just did near 5 hours with 2 peeps. Went from start of HR4 all the way to 6. It was amazing.
And I still haven't settled on my first real high rank armor. I really need to settle at this point.
And I still haven't settled on my first real high rank armor. I really need to settle at this point.
Huh, so the endgame armors have a interesting upgrade mechanic. When you first have access to them, their most valuable unique skill is latent and you need to upgrade them to level 6 before the skill becomes active. The key mats required to get them to each level is a special correspondingly numbered ticket that drops from successively harder quests featuring the monster the armor is made from.
I don't know about that in particular, or even what Yowamushi is, but I remember hearing that we got more crossover stuff like Star Fox and Strider outfits in place of stuff they couldn't bring outside of Japan due to rights issues. So that might be one of the things they had to take out.
Oh yeah, though it's more of a "let's play while online is hot!" Thing.
Although I guess it's still warm for MH4U and I won't be keeping up anyway.
I've finished every single 3* quest. Time to finally fight Malfestio! I really hope 4* doesn't have so many gathering quests.
The demo monsters ion multiplayer were balanced for three to four players. In the full game they are balanced for two so they have much lower health.
The demo monsters ion multiplayer were balanced for three to four players. In the full game they are balanced for two so they have much lower health.
The monsters in the multiplayer demo took us much longer to kill than in the actual game for whatever reason. Try the demo in single player, you'll probably kill it much faster.
The demo was a total drag for me and my friend.I definitely felt like we weren't doing any damage to the monsters or the monsters had way too much HP;even when we played with a full room. It was pretty jarring, felt like my first go at Ceadeus from 3U. That wont be the case when you get the game though.
I feel like people don't notice the "Capture" part of the Nargacuga Hr 2 quest. And if they do they waste the trap (or in the 1 I just did literally 8 traps) and don't remember to capture him.
Edit: Also I've killed the HR 2 urgent like 10 times and I don't even have it unlocked, ugh.
Edit: Also I've killed the HR 2 urgent like 10 times and I don't even have it unlocked, ugh.
I always bring extras... just in case or it's just people really having fun pummeling monsters into goo.