Bagged a Teostra at the first time of asking. Surprised, as I didn't know what to expect going in and got wiped out twice in the first half of the fight. Then I wasn't even sure it was close to death. Pleased with the way it ended too:

Nice Teostra win there, Jon! What's the easiest way to record videos? Pushing the share button brings up that menu and I don't want to die because of that.

Update soon, they announced a DMC armour set and charge blade, the live stream (I think) should start in a couple hours. Deviljho is known, curious what else they will announce.

@fullspec, good job on getting to the credits, might be worth to stick around for at least the spring DLC. I always enjoy the end game, you've got some more freedom and goals to work to. Want to finish all optional quests? Unlock canteen ingredients? Make some fun weapons and armour sets? Grind for that decoration you want? I've definitely cut down a bit on my play time (hello again, full night of sleep!) but am enjoying every fight. Even if it's tempered Bazel.

And of course thanks for the hunts again CiT and Ayns, not jealous of that protective polish at all. At least now I know tier 2 / hr30 quests give them.

The grind for decorations and hero streamstones is pretty punishing.  I have three or four hero stones for ranged weapons but zero for hammer/horn.

Here are numbers.  Threat level 2 gives 26% of a warped feystone, which has an 18% chance of being Rarity 7, of which there are 22 different decorations so that works out at...a low number, plus a small chance of getting one in the quest rewards.  I'm still yet to find some of the Rarity 8 decorations but I have what I need to make everything work.  Most of the time the decoration just allows me to switch to the Attack charm rather than whatever specific one I was using, though I was glad to get Free Element so I could ditch the Dober hat.

Deviljho in the house on the 22nd. One of my faves.

Just watched the gaijin video about the update, sounds all very solid.
Just must of the things mentioned in the stream there, I'm happy. Seems they really listened to complaints from people, which is nice.

M0stly harm13ss wrote:

I love how I’ve got about three quarters through the story, and I have no idea what everyone is talking about in the endgame.  Mohan is deep!

Yeah, game is incredibly generous. New features will unlock after 60 hours, then 100 or so hours, then 200 hours (depending on how you play). There’s things I haven’t yet seen (due to poor luck / RNG) and I’m 260 hours deep. Insane.

Are the gunlance changes confirmed as a buff then?  It seems backwards and I thought we were assuming it was a fudged translation.  Horn buffs are always welcome but I would've preferred stun over damage, or just a lowering of the KO thresholds in multiplayer.

Anyway, I'm thinking of going back to 4U and cleaning up the end of G-rank now I've hit the wall.  I need to get revenge on Crimson Fatalis, the cheap bastard.  Maybe I'll fall into relic hunting for those multicoloured conch shell horns.  I do love World but the endgame just isn't there yet, hopefully the DLC plans have expanded given its commercial success.

Wistful nostalgia alert: the lobby system on the 3DS games also generated a much friendlier atmosphere.  World feels very impersonal by comparison and the only times it's felt like the MH MP I love is when doing arena quests with randoms.  Adding "return to gathering hub" is a step in the right direction but I'd really want an option of 4-player lobbies with the ability to enforce turn-taking.  SOS is great but I feel like it's come at the cost of traditional lobbies.  Maybe it'll settle into that once everyone reaches the endgame stuff.

I'll still play Jho of course but there's no horn to make.  Need Nibelsnarf but I suspect he's pretty low on the wishlist for most.  I predict Zinogre, Tigrex, Rajang and maybe Gore Mag, place your bets.

Dubs wrote:

Wistful nostalgia alert: the lobby system on the 3DS games also generated a much friendlier atmosphere.  World feels very impersonal by comparison and the only times it's felt like the MH MP I love is when doing arena quests with randoms.  Adding "return to gathering hub" is a step in the right direction but I'd really want an option of 4-player lobbies with the ability to enforce turn-taking.  SOS is great but I feel like it's come at the cost of traditional lobbies.

Agreed, me & my eldest lad were talking about the same thing the other day. Just feels a little.... strange returning on your jack jones & it was a little easier to bang out your guild card & have a beer whilst waiting for a quest post.

No good against Elders though.  Is the stun really that bad?  It looks ok on paper but I still usually use Slugger+3 for multiplayer so my experience may be skewed.  I pretty much exclusively attack the head unless there's a hammer there.

@Nina:  Well over 300 hours I think, so hardly surprising I've burned out, not wishing to sound down on the game as I obviously find it quite compelling.  I did a lot of tempered elder dragons then went crown hunting, interspersed with the building of new loadouts/weapons when I got good decorations.

I just assumed no Jho horn because there wasn't one before, I'll still grab the greatsword because it looks daft.

Absolutely, reducing the KO thresholds in multiplayer would be my preferred solution.  Main horn loadout is Bazel horn with Handicraft+3, weakness exploit+3, earplugs+5 then I think I have health boost and maximum might+1 to fill out the rest of the slots.

I like the arena hammer but Diablos with handicraft (enough for a sliver of white), protective polish (to protect said sliver) and non-elemental boost is just too good.  Augment for affinity and attack, fill it out with weakness exploit and whatever other affinity boosting stuff you have, speed-sharpening for reapplication of polish.  Apply this to all Diablos weapons to win the game.

Dubs wrote:

No good against Elders though.

Ahhh had a niggling feeling they didn't get tired. More fool me for farming Vaal with my Jagras SA for the exhaust phial last night.

Credits rolling. Final boss was a good one. Took me down to my last life before I finally finished it off.

The only one I didn't really like of the elders was the rotten vale thing. Had one go and failed then just joined someone else's effort and did it in a group of 4. I dunno, it didn't seem suited to a close range fighter.

So, question is what now. Will certainly play on a bit more, but not sure if I'm up for a long grind.

You are, so far, the only person to like the final boss

mrsmr2 wrote:

You are, so far, the only person to like the final boss

Really? I just thought it was a good challenge in terms of positioning, blocking and timing attacks. And suitably epic for the finale. (That effluvium poisoning thing on the one before was much more irritating for me.)

Although that also means I can't see myself wanting to repeat it over and over for crafting bits. Might be OK in MP I suppose, but then failure's always more likely.

Xeno's arena is way too big imo. Also little niggles like he's unmountable and unflashable.