Yeah, it's been a while since I failed a quest
Every quest I tried in Village 8* and 9* plus Port 3*, 4*, 5* were won first try, with one death max (rare but generally due to locking me in place without any chances to heal up) and crazy fast too.
I think it's the first time in a MH where I feel like I'm actually pretty strong. Of course I only played a bit of MHFU, almost all solo of MH3 plus some in the port, almost all solo of MHP3rd(HD) plus a bit of the guild and now MH3G so I'm hardly a veteran.
I was always scared of double (or more) monster quests, but I'm here in high rank thinking that a lot of this is easy. Pretty scary if you ask me. However I love to see that I'm getting way better at MH than before
Now I'm in HR5 and already did all key quests except one, Deviljho in the Tundra...if I can pull it off I'll be able to fight Ceadeus Sub for a chance to go G rank. This'll be the first time I'll get so high up the ladder.
Deviljho is really the next stop for me both in Village quests and Port quests the only variable in this is the location of the fight, volcano or tundra.
edit : Yeah, G rank GET! I defeated Ceadeus Sub on the first try, in 23:08 after breaking his tail, but only one of his horns...though on the first carve I got his (rare 9) jewel! Something like Emperor Dragon Ball of the Abyss I guess (深淵の皇龍玉
, and that's a very very good news.
edit 2 : holy sh*t, G rank is hard >_< Pink Rathian blew 3/4 of my life bar in one breath (during bite) attack...among other things
I managed to capture and kill the two Aoashira but I think they got some moves changed so they surprised me a little. One was extra large (100% gold crown) and could attack much farther than the other.
So yeah, the new rule in G rank : you can't get hit or your lifebar is almost already gone >< I think I'll try to craft Selene X or Selene Z armor depending on my luck on G rank charms.
edit 3, on 02/14 : well I'm still at the same point in G rank, but I did almost all village quests, I'm just stuck on the arena quest because they hit like G rank monsters and thus I bite the dust in minutes. I'm still nowhere near my ideal Selene X/Z armor set because I'm focusing on getting Bracchidios jewels to upgrade the two weapons I have left (bow and hammer, total of 3 jewels to get)...however I'm getting tired of fighting him over and over again... -_-;
edit 4, a bit later than the previous one : omg I defeated Pink Rathian in G rank with a light bowgun, with 4:27 left on the clock, 2 deaths, and with a horrible "light left/right" deviation added because of the food (bullets can go either way...so irritating). So considering it's my first real fight with a LBG and the bad effect on my gun, I'm pretty pleased.
edit 5, the next day : bah, Rathian G rank is a joke compared to the subspecies, it's really the fire bite attack that makes all the difference for me.