JonB wrote:

I'm up to HR 7, so not that far ahead. Have opened up new areas now though.

Finding it a little too repetitive TBH. Track monster, bludgeon it to bits over the course of 15 minutes. Upgrade. Repeat. Haven't really had to think about different tactics or using a wide range of items yet. I'd expect some of their attacks to do a lot more damage, to make you be more careful and have to work openings. It's a good job the monsters themselves are such magnificent beasts.

Also, am I supposed to know how to capture a monster? It's been mentioned a few times but no real indication of how it works.

I think the main failing of the game is that it simultaneously both under and over tutorialises. By over tutorialise I mean, the difficulty ramp up is quite slight, with a roadblock here or there, so you don’t have to start really preparing for fights until many hours in. This can leave people feeling like you do, above.

By undertutorialise...you’re not the first person to ask about capturing. There’s a lot of systems and weapon sets and the game seems really weird about which things it chooses to teach you. There’s a lot that can get missed and while it’s cool the game doesn’t feel the need to hold your hand with everything, I do think it slightly missed the mark there.

Basically, for a MH game that’s supposed to bring in newcomers, it took it a bit too easy with environmental / status / item requirements early on, but didn’t do enough to make sure newcomers felt like they knew what they needed to know.

My advice, plough through into the high ranks and start joining some of our fights. I promise they’re a step up and you will need to think and strategise more.

On an unrelated note - yesterday evening’s MoHan session was all done with a lance. Started light with it, and by the end of the evening had done a bazel and 2 elders. Woo mama, the lance is super fun.

Repetition aside, truth is I could quite happily play this all day. It's scarily absorbing.

Made myself a cup of tea and put it on again at 10pm last night. Switched it off just before midnight and only then noticed that I'd completely forgotten to drink the tea.

What platform?

JonB wrote:

Settling in for a few hours on this now.

Year - saw you responding to SoS jobbies. If you ever wanna coop, just throw me a message - I don’t mind doing lower level quests at all.

Childintime wrote:

JonB wrote:

Settling in for a few hours on this now.

Year - saw you responding to SoS jobbies. If you ever wanna coop, just throw me a message - I don’t mind doing lower level quests at all.

I'm going back again now. About to go after this Legiana.

Yes. Good to finally sort it out.

Maybe about an hour, around 8.30 UK time.

Sorry, Nick, other things ran late. Just gone on now but probably only for a quick half hour and chat not really an option due to lateness here and small house.

I've done that bit. Thought I may as well get it out the way. Straightforward again, even if it confuses you by telling you do a million different things.

So, high ranking hunts are now on the menu.

Some great hunts this morning capped off by an absolutely epic final fight with Curtis. A race against the clock which all went to shit at the end and yet, somehow, we ended up victorious. Curtis said it best at the end: This is why we play Monster Hunter.

Yeah - same one. I decided I had to grab that bastard or I’d end up sulking. We still had a cart, I think, and were very close to another cart or two especially near the end, but we just about got there.

Thanks for the games, Nina. Some good hunts there.

Would love a Tigrex - such fond memories of him from MH Freedom 2 (I think). And yeah - more weird dragon cats / giant baboons / sea monsters pls.

Was finding this a bit of a slog with the insect glaive solo, so changed to bow last night.

And well, let’s just say I can do more than one hunt an evening now.

Hammer looks like such fun.

That bow though. Thought it looked a bit basic in previous games, and couldn’t see it sticking in training, but when on an actual hunt it really shines. I love dodging more than blocking, and being at a safer distance makes everything less ‘mashy’ for me. I would just be clipping through the big bastard, flying all over the place and hoping for the best.

Great sword always felt good as well as you had to plan your hits in advanced, but played that so much in the first couple.