I've tried Adept style a few times but I still can't make much use out of it. I usually roll away from attacks too early and miss the Adept dodge altogether, which means I rarely get a chance to make use of the power reload or power run. So I go crawling back to Striker style where I can pile on the Absolute Evasion and Absolute Readiness arts instead. They recharge fast and being able to trigger them at any time whenever they're ready is a better fit for how I do things. Like if the monster starts running out of the room (again), I can forego a slow sheathing animation and just use the evasion art to sheathe and pursue at the same time.
Makes sense - I've been running LBG lately and I get less mileage out of the Adept dodge than HBG. I have to intentionally put myself in harm's way to get power reloads and on some monsters that's not smart. But in the case of LBG I don't really need absolute evade either, and the only art I like is Full House 3.
I've been an evade+2 player for a long time. I don't view it as a crutch, so much as a way to relentlessly stick to the monster. For example in 3U I was mostly a hunting horn user and evade+2 lets you safely use recitals as attacks in more situations than you normally would. It's amazing on sidestepping close range weapons like DB, SA, Lance.
Adept is really ideal for my playstyle and I'm incredibly aggressive with it on both my bowguns and SA. For example I'll happily put myself right in Glavenus' face while he's biting his tail because it's an easy dodge/power reload and I enjoy learning the timings for roars. But I wonder if this is going to make me worse at the game if styles aren't in the next one.
I was originally planning to go Striker HBG because I've never liked siege mode much. But using Adept style with its ability to roll in and out of it has led to me using it more. I still like the 'limiter off' playstyle, between that and the dearth of options for evade extender I've been experimenting with LBG instead. But limiter off pierce HBG is still my favorite thing.
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