bangobango said:

---

You get tired of answering these, just let me know. I have tons more questions and I really appreciate your answers.

Next question(ish) - I do not get investigations. Selected one to hunt a great jagtas. Killed great jagras. Investigation is still there.

---

I never get tired of answering questions about my favorite game series of all time!

Investigations are repeatable, there will be a number on the right side of the list next to the investigation showing how many times that investigation can be completed. The reason you want to do investigations is that they give bonus rewards. You'll see at the bottom of the description of the investigation a number of colored reward spaces, either bronze, silver, or gold. Those have varying chances of giving you rare materials. Whenever you are grinding for materials to make armor or weapons, you always want to do investigations instead of optional quests because they will give more and better rewards.

Investigations also give higher money rewards and usually come with different restrictions. You might be limited to 2 players instead of 4, you might only be able to cart once instead of 3 times, it might have a 15 minute timer instead of 50, etc.

bangobango said:

---

Also, how do vouchers work?

---

There are 2 types of vouchers. Lucky Vouchers you get as your daily login bonus. You have the option to use one whenever you sign up for a quest and they will double the money reward you get at completion.

The other kind, just plain Vouchers, are used at the canteen and will make all the ingredients in a meal fresh (green shimmer around the icon). Fresh ingredients increase the amount of health bonus you get from the meal. Thats why when you look at the different meal options some will say Health +30 or +20 and some might not have any bonus at all. I believe they also increase the chance of activating the felyne skills you can get from eating (those are listed at the bottom of the meal menu).

What weapon ya'all using? Usually I pick up long sword but that seems to be everyone's pick in this game. Been trying to learn the hammer, bow, and heavy bow gun.

Dagger

One kid is using the lance with Kinsey



The other is using the duel wield blades.

I've played about 95% hammer. At some point I'm going to try to pick up great sword again.

Charge blade. starting to get bored doing the same combos, so I'm going to try the longsword

Pass.

After a solid 35 hours, finally got into high rank.

The game really opens up then! Any resources out there for basically what all the gems, decorations, and other things that you could either ignore or weren't present in low rank are meant for and how to get the most out of them?

Tex117 said:

---

After a solid 35 hours, finally got into high rank.

The game really opens up then! Any resources out there for basically what all the gems, decorations, and other things that you could either ignore or weren't present in low rank are meant for and how to get the most out of them?

---

https://mhworld.kiranico.com is the go-to MH database. It's still being updated, usually we don't get the game until like a year after Japan does so the data has already been mined. Since they did a simultaneous release this time everyone is still working it all out.

Tried to take out Nergigante last night and that did not go well for me. He's absolutely brutal. Anyone else fight this ******* yet?

Having said that, here's a video of someone killing him in less than a minute.

I'm so addicted. I'm an L9 bow hunter. I can solo Legiana fairly easy but after that. Yeah. I use SoS. Working on my dragon bow.

I've heard the horror stories and I'm gonna wait until I complete all my side quests before fighting him. I'll probably shoot off some sos flares when I do.

My buddy and I both got the quest unlocked to fight Nerg but have yet to attempt. I hear he's a pretty fierce SOB.

So what HR are you guys?

Only Hr 13 and I feel like I've put at least 80 hours in this game.

Trying to finish all my optional quests before moving on, while occasionally grinding for parts

Drake aTm said:

---

Only Hr 13 and I feel like I've put at least 80 hours in this game.

Trying to finish all my optional quests before moving on, while occasionally grinding for parts

---

Exact same here

~70ish hours in, still HR 13 or maybe just bumped up to 14. Finally took out Nergigante this weekend. I think I've got him figured out now but man, he is just so powerful at this gear level that any mistakes are absolutely punishing. I was able to kill him several times but even then I got triple carted once in between 2 other successful runs.

So now I'm trying to farm him for weapons before I try to take on the other elder dragons. Need 2 tails for both the hammer and greatsword, and I have 0. Only place to get them is from a tail carve AFAIK, so I forsee many runs in my future

I have a friend who's HR 74. I asked about how he leveled so quick. Of course he's been playing this series since it's inception on the old playstation. But he said focus on the Optional quests. Pretty generic I know but that's what he said. I'll keep fishing for info.

So I got my hands on a spreadsheet that has all of the weapon, armor, slots, defense, charm and decoration info, bonus skills...you name it. I'll list the skills just so it's on record here. For the rest you'll need to ask cause it's a lot of data.

Quote:

---

Skill
Cap
Description
______________________________________________________________
Adrenaline
1
Temporarily reduces stamina depletion when health is at 40% or lower.

Affinity Sliding
1
Increases affinity by 30% for a short time after sliding.

Agitator
5
Increases attack power and affinity when large monsters become enraged.

Airborne
1
Jumping attack power +10%.

Aquatic Expert
3
Improves mobility in water.

Artillery
3
Strengthens explosive attacks like gunlance shells, Wyvern's Fire, charge blade phial attacks, and sticky ammo.

Attack Boost
7
Increases attack power. Also improves affinity at higher levels.

BBQ Master
1
Improves your skill at cooking meat.

Blast Attack
3
Increases the rate of blast buildup. (Elemental buildup has a maximum limit.)

Blast Resistance
3
Grants protection against blastblight.

Bleeding Resistance
3
Grants protection against bleeding.

Blight Resistance
3
Grants protection against all elemental blights.

Blindsider
1
Improves the effectiveness of flash attacks and items.

Bludgeoner
1
Raises attack as your weapon loses sharpnees. Also boosts ranged weapon melee attacks and odds of stunning.

Bombardier
3
Increases the damage of explosive items.

Botanist
4
Increases the quantity of herbs and other consumable items you gather.

Bow Charge Plus
1
Increases max bow charge level by one.

Capacity Boost
1
Increases the gunlance's shell capacity and charge blade's phial capacity.

Capture Master
1
High chance of increased capture rewards. (No effect when joining mid-quest.)

Carving Pro
1
Prevents knockback while carving.

Cliffhanger
1
Reduces stamina depletion while climbing by 25%.

Constitution
5
Reduces stamina depletion when performing stamina-draining moves such as evading, etc.

Critical Boost
3
Increases the damage of critical hits.

Critical Draw
3
Increases affinity when performing draw attacks.

Critical Element
1
Increases elemental damage (fire, water, thunder, ice, dragon) when landing critical hits.

Critical Eye
7
Increases affinity.

Critical Status
1
Increases abnormal status effect damage (paralysis, poison, sleep, blast) when landing critical hits.

Defense Boost
7
Increases Defense. Level up to Improve resistances as well.

Detector
1
Shows rare gathering points on the Wildlife Map.

Divine Blessing
3
Has a predetermined chance of reducing the damage you take.

Dragon Attack
5
Increases dragon element attack power. (Elemental attack power has a maximum limit.)

Dragon Resistance
3
Increases dragon resistance. Also improves defense at higher levels.

Dungmaster
1
Makes monsters hit with slinger dung pods more likely to run.

Earplugs
5
Grants protection from large monsters' roars.

Effluvia Resistance
3
Gain a resistance to effluvial buildup.

Effluvial Expert
1
Nullifies damage from effluvia and reduces damage from acids.

Entomologist
3
Decreases the chances of destroying the bodies of small insect monsters, allowing them to be carved.

Evade Extender
3
Increases evade distance.

Evade Window
5
Extends the invulnerability period when evading.

Fire Attack
5
Increases fire element attack power. (Elemental attack power has a maximum limit.)

Fire Resistance
3
Increases fire resistance. Also improves defense at higher levels.

Flinch Free
3
Prevents knockbacks and other reactions to small damage.

Focus
3
Increases the fill rate for weapons with gauges and the charge rate for weapons with charge attacks.

Forager's Luck
1
Increases the chance of finding rare gathering points.

Fortify
1
Increases your attack and defense every time you fall in battle. (This effect can stack twice.)

Free Elem/Ammo Up
3
Unlocks your weapon's hidden element. Also increases bowgun loading capacity. (There is a cap to loading capacity.)

Free Meal
1
Gives you a predetermined chance of consuming a food or drink item ffor free.

Geologist
3
Increases the number of times you can use a gathering point.

Good Luck
1
Good chance of increased quest rewards. (No effect when joining mid-quest.)

Guard
5
Reduces knockbacks and stamina depletion when guarding.

Guard Up
1
Allows you to guard against ordinarily unblockable attacks.

Guts
1
Above a certain health threshold, you can withstand an attack that would normally cart you (once only).

Handicraft
5
Extends the weapon sharpnees guage. However, it will not increase the guage past its maximum.

Hasten Recovery
1
Regenerates your health as you continually attack a monster. Recovery varies by weapon.

Health Boost
3
Increases health.

Heat Guard
1
Nullifies damage from heat.

Heavy Artillery
2
Increases the firepower of ballistae and cannons.

Heroics
5
Increases attack power and defense when health drops to 35% or lower.

Honey Hunter
1
Increases the quantity of honey you receive when gathering in the field.

Horn Maestro
1
Increases the effect duration of hunting horn melodies.

Hunger Resistance
3
Reduces maximum stamina depletion over time.

Ice Attack
5
Increases ice element attack power. (Elemental attack power has a maximum limit.)

Ice Resistance
3
Increases ice resistance. Also improves defense at higher levels.

Intimidator
3
Reduces the chances small monsters will attack after spotting you. (No effect on certain monsters.)

Iron Skin
3
Grants protection against Defense Down.

Item Prolonger
3
Extends the duration of some item effects.

Jump Master
1
Prevents attacks from knocking you back during a jump.

Latent Power
5
Temporarily increases affinity and reduces stamina depletion when certain conditions are met.

Leap of Faith
1
Allows you to do a dive-evade when facing towards large monsters, and extends the dive-evade distance.

Marathon Runner
3
Slows down stamina depletion for actions which continuously drain stamina (such as dashing)

Master Fisher
1
Improves your skill at fishing.

Master Gatherer
1
Speeds up gathering and prevents knockbacks while gathering.

Master Mounter
1
Makes it easier to mount monsters.

Master's Touch
1
Prevents your weapon from losing sharpness during critical hits.

Maximum Might
3
Increases affinity when stamina is full.

Mind's Eye/Ballistics
1
Prevents attacks from being deflected. Also shortens the distance before ammo and arrows reach maximum power.

Muck Resistance
1
Reduces impairments to mobility while stuck in monster muck.

Mushroomancer
3
Lets you digest mushrooms that would otherwise be inedible and gain their advantageous effects.

Non-Elemental Boost
1
Powers up non-elemental weapons you have equipped.

Normal Shots
1
Increases the attack power of normal ammo and normal arrows.

Nullify Wind Pressue
1
Negates all wind pressure.

Palico Rally
5
Increases Palico attack power and defense.

Paralysis Attack
3
Increases the rate of paralysis buildup. (Elemental buildup has a maximum limit.)

Paralysis Resistance
3
Reduces the duration of paralysis.

Partbreaker
3
Makes it easier to break or sever parts of large monsters.

Peak Performance
3
Increases attack when your health is full.

Piercing Shots
1
Increases the power of piercing ammo and Dragon Piercer.

Poison Attack
3
Increases the rate of poison buildup. (Elemental buildup has a maximum limit.)

Poison Duration Up
1
Extends the duration of your poison's effect on monsters.

Poison Resistance
3
Grants protection against the effects of poison.

Power Prolonger
3
Allows long swords, dual blades, insect glaives, switch axes, and charge blades to stay powered up longer.

Pro Transporter
1
Increases your speed while transporting items and decreases the likelihood of dropping item.

Protective Polish
1
Weapon sharpness does not decrease for a set time after sharpening.

Punishing Draw
1
Adds a stun effect to draww attacks and slightly increases attack power.

Quick Sheath
3
Speeds up weapon sheathing.

Razor Sharp/Spare Shot
1
Halves sharpness loss. For bows and bowguns, shots have a chance not to expend coatings or ammo.

Recovery Speed
3
Speeds heaing of recoverable damage (the red portion of the health guage).

Recovery Up
3
Increases the amount recovered when restoring health.

Resentment
5
Increases attack when you have recoverable damage (the read portion of your health gauge).

Resuscitate
1
Improves evasion and reduces stamina depletion when afflicted with abnormal effects.

Scenthound
1
Increases your scoutflies' guage fill rate when you find tracks and other traces left by monsters.

Scholar
1
Speeds up progress on research levels and special investigations. (Effect is applied at the quest results screen.).

Scoutfly Range Up
1
Expands your scoutflies' detection range.

Sleep Attack
3
Increases the rate of sleep buildup. (Elemental buildup has a maximum limit.)

Sleep Resistance
3
Reduces the duration of sleep.

Slinger Capacity
3
Increases the loading capacity for slinger ammo obtained in the field.

Slugger
3
Makes it easier to stun monsters.

Special Ammo Boost
2
Increases the power of bowgun special ammo and Dragon Piercer.

Speed Crawler
1
Increases movement speed while crouching.

Speed Eating
3
Increases meat-eating and item consumption speed.

Speed Sharpening
3
Speeds up weapon sharpening when using a whetstone.

Sporepuff Expert
3
Recover health when using sporepuffs.

Spread/Power Shots
1
Increases the power of spread ammo and power shot arrows.

Stamina Cap Up
1
Increases stamina cap.

Stamina Surge
3
Speeds up stamina recovery.

Stamina Thief
3
Increases certain attacks' ability to exhaust monsters.

Stealth
3
Makes it easier for monsters to lose sight of you.

Stun Resistance
3
Reduces stun duration.

Super Recovery
1
Allows recovery to exceed the red portion of the health gauge.

Thunder Attack
5
Increases thunder element attack power. (Elemental attack power has a maximum limit.).

Thunder Resistance
3
Increases thunder resistance. Also improves defense at higher levels.

Tool Specialist
3
Reduces the recharge time for specialized tools.

Tremor Resistance
3
Grants protection against ground tremors.

Water Attack
5
Increases water element attack power. (Elemental attack power has a maximum limit.)

Water Resistance
3
Increases water resistance. Also improves defense at higher levels.

Weakness Exploit
3
Increases the affinity of attacks that exploit a monster's weak spot.

Wide-Range
5
Allows the effects of certain items to also affect nearby allies.

Windproof
5
Grants protection against wind pressure.

Paralysis Functionality
1
Allows you to apply paralysis coating.

Power Functionality
1
Allows you to apply power coating.

Sleep Functionality
1
Allows you to apply sleep coating.

Poison Functionality
1
Allows you to apply poison coating.

Elderseal Boost
?

---

Okay guys sell me on this game. I hear nothing but great things about it, but I tried starting it and it felt.. slow?

Help me out. I want to like it because everyone else is playing it, but I don't want to invest 40 hours to finally get to the point to liking it.

koadie said:

---

Okay guys sell me on this game. I hear nothing but great things about it, but I tried starting it and it felt.. slow?

Help me out. I want to like it because everyone else is playing it, but I don't want to invest 40 hours to finally get to the point to liking it.

---

Do you find the combat itself slow? If so, try different weapons.

koadie said:

---

Okay guys sell me on this game. I hear nothing but great things about it, but I tried starting it and it felt.. slow?

Help me out. I want to like it because everyone else is playing it, but I don't want to invest 40 hours to finally get to the point to liking it.

---

It felt clunky to me at first too. But then I realized it's not a hack and slash. It's a skill game. Once you learn the mechanics, your mind will catch up to "speed" of the game. You almost have to untrain yourself off of the other games you've been playing. I haven't been this addicted to a game in a very long time though. You get so much game for your $60.

Thanks, guys I may give it another go.

koadie said:

---

Okay guys sell me on this game. I hear nothing but great things about it, but I tried starting it and it felt.. slow?

Help me out. I want to like it because everyone else is playing it, but I don't want to invest 40 hours to finally get to the point to liking it.

---

If this is your first Monster Hunter, you will have a pretty steep learning curve to climb. For me, it took about 10 hours or so for the game to finally "click."

First, you will need to speed date all of the weapons. Narrow it down to a few that feel good to use to you.

From there, you will need to try those few out in a little more detail. I'd stay away from anything that is too complicated or too slow. Dual Blades are the fastest, but there are others as well.

The combat is deliberately slow. Its is MUCH more about skill, positioning, and timing more so than quick reflexes (ie, no blooborne or even the other Souls games).

Don't use the lock on camera. Learn to move it manually. More than likely (depending on your weapon), you will sheathe it alot. (Turn off Auto Sheath). You actually have to aim your swings by positioning your character. You can't just turn on a dime and hit the attack button.

Also, don't fight monsters. Hunt them. If you just fun up to them and start swinging, dodging, swinging, dodging (like you would in most other boss fights), you will be in for a bad time. Take your time. You have 50 minutes. And until you get up into the higher ranks, this will be plenty of time to settle in to how the flow of hunts work.

The flow of it is really what's key. Once you get good. You will know 30 seconds or a minute before you are hit that you are in a bad position and you will get carted.

This is also my first Monster Hunter. I pre-ordered it with an Amazon gift card I got for Christmas just because I hadn't played my PS4 in a long time. When I played it that first day I wasn't exactly enthralled off the bat. It wasn't until I decided to try it again that I got hooked. Now I am 100+ hrs in and totally addicted.

In addition to what everyone else has said, I'll add this youtube video which does a really great job of explaining why the game's animation causes it to feel slow to you, why that is a conscious decision, and why it's an important aspect of the game's combat.



Like others have said, if you can retrain yourself to fight the way the game wants you to, the combat is really rewarding.

Just fought Kushala for the first time. That was very aggravating. All those tornadoes taking up like the entire map. I couldn't really go anywhere

Poison and flash pods. Poison keeps him taking damage when you can't reach him and I'm pretty sure he stays stunned extra long from flash pods. I havent fought him yet, but that was always the case in previous games.

I knocked out Vaal pretty easily, currently getting used and abused by teostra.

I didn't have much trouble with Teostta or Val Hazaak. Just the Kushala

Ugh...I still have to do Nergigante and I can't find anyone to help me in SoS. It's frustrating cause I need several of his parts to complete my armor and charm sets.

If you can get him to the point that he retreats to his lair, you can cheese him by setting two Mega Barrel Bombs (large barrel bomb + devil's blight) then set a small barrel bomb to set them off and run out of the area. The bombs will go off for a good chunk of damage and wake him up, and he will then go back to sleep since no one is around. You can fast travel to the camp to get more bombs and repeat. Annoying to do, but almost all of my failures against Nerg were due to getting obliterated in the tight spaces of that area, so it's certainly an option if you are also having trouble there.

So we finally beat him last night. We used your suggestion Red Five and we placed 8 Large Barrel Bombs. That got him pretty good. He's fierce though and I don't look forward to doing it again to get my Dragon King helm and Fitness Charm III. But I'm doing it. While I'm doing that I'm going to work on that weird Diablos Bow build that's supposed to do 100% crit on first pull. I have some research to do.

I got one gem from him on like my first 3 runs to build a level three charm. Now I am trying to upgrade my Nergal blade and have run him like 15 times with no more gems.

I'm in as well on Xbox. Slickg2007.

I've been enjoying it so far, but feel like i do so little damage with the sword and shield. I've got the combos down, but i feel like i don't utilize the shield very often. Y'all think I should switch?