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I've never played a monster hunter before, would this be a good one to jump into on the PC release? Since I live in Asia I'm guessing that latency would be terrible to whatever servers you guys play on but any advice would be appreciated.
 
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DirkDonkeyroot said:
I've never played a monster hunter before, would this be a good one to jump into on the PC release? Since I live in Asia I'm guessing that latency would be terrible to whatever servers you guys play on but any advice would be appreciated.
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Yes, PC release would be a great time to jump into MHW. This is the most new player friendly Monster Hunter has ever been and the amount of attention it will get on Steam will bring even more players so you won't be alone.
 
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I am INSANELY proud of this. Might be best video yet. No music just the raw footage, timing took 3+ hours to figure out.



2minute 14second Tempered Vaal after dropping my HP to 1 and using Felyne Heroics and doing the entire fight dodging both all his hits and AOE, as well as stun locking him the entire time. Also both pillars get dropped on his dome piece!
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can you explain what's going on here? I don't know shit about this game so take my opinion with a grain of salt but it looks like you just spammed attack and crafted some bombs for a minute or so and the mob died, what are you doing to dodge his hits?
 
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For the new people trying to decide what to use here is my experience, more or less in order of what I like from best to least:

-Hunting Horn just flows for me, the added support makes me feel like I am helping even when I am terrible.
-Lance loved it when I started playing(don't use it much anymore), something about the charging lance attacks really felt cool. Easy to mount monsters.
-Bow has been a staple for me all the way through my game time, and I have used it the most.
-Great Sword hated it until I got good, really satisfying weapon to land hits with.
-Hammer is what I play when I want to be lazy, spin to win.
-Gun Lance is amazing when it comes together but by far the most frustrating weapon to use for me, at least as a burst weapon. If you poke, dodge and explode it flows like the horn.
-Light and heavy bow guns feel clunky as fuck and I almost never use them.
-Dual blades are good but not for me.
-Insect glaive has the most style but not my thing.
-Sword and shield was actually the first weapon I ever used and I recommend it while you get your feet wet.
-All the rest I have literally never killed a monster with, thinking of trying a switch axe build soon.

What is so great about above is your experience will vary greatly and just when things get stale you can switch weapons and go for a new build, it is like a whole new game/way of approaching the monsters.
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I think what'd be really helpful would be some vids showing top-level gameplay of those weapons. I'll link what I find as a total newbie.
 
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Not sure if endgame videos gives new players the real idea of the mechanics especially if they are so new they have no idea what is going on.

I will say the biggest thing that people seem to get hung up on is the speed of the weapons. Some people can't stand slow weapons.
 
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Delly said:
Not sure if endgame videos gives new players the real idea of the mechanics especially if they are so new they have no idea what is going on.

I will say the biggest thing that people seem to get hung up on is the speed of the weapons. Some people can't stand slow weapons.
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I agree. good thing about endgame vids is that there's a large number of them, and any decent times are ostensibly put out by people playing correctly. I imagine in all the videos I've linked the players are avoiding central mechanics to the boss fights because they're doing so much damage.
 
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Tuco said:
can you explain what's going on here? I don't know shit about this game so take my opinion with a grain of salt but it looks like you just spammed attack and crafted some bombs for a minute or so and the mob died, what are you doing to dodge his hits?
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I did this fight with no HP one hit away from death. The fight normally consists of him having an Aura that drains hp every tick, while him also charging and swinging around and one or two shotting players.

I purposely lowered my DPS and added stagger (my DPS was going outside the range to KO, yeah odd I know separate convo) to create a stunlock loop that made him slowly inch towards a specific point on the hill where he would only have a small window to hit me. I used food buffs and environmental damage to drop my hit points to 10hp and proc a 30% damage boost. One hit and I am dead it's a dark souls hyper mode style of play.

This slow gradual pull also required specific damage to ricochet and keep him in the stagger lock while I burned him down.

The entire fight Vaal does not even begin his "engage" as I start KOing him via pillar 1 before the fight begins and continue it for the 2 minutes.
 
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After watching all those vids I still have no idea what's going on or what weapon offer the kind of high damage, high skill-cap, fun gameplay I want. I guess all of them.

Leaning toward great sword though, seems really fun?
 
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Great sword is one of the slowest weapons but also one of the heaviest hitting. I mained it for a few games but with MHW they changed the way it played that didn't really suit me. It'll take awhile to learn the timing but its really satisfying once you do.

There is a training area where you can switch base weapons and try each one so once you do start I suggest messing around with it. Shows combos and stuff too.
 
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Tuco said:
After watching all those vids I still have no idea what's going on or what weapon offer the kind of high damage, high skill-cap, fun gameplay I want. I guess all of them.

Leaning toward great sword though, seems really fun?
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Be prepared to whiff 90% of your attacks!
 
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I think I'm back to charged blade, and maybe will switch to bow or long sword.
 
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Tuco said:
I think I'm back to charged blade, and maybe will switch to bow or long sword.
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Longsword is for weebo fags unless solo with the Divine Slasher.

Charge blade is a bit to manage at day one. You have to understand sharpness and bouncing attacks immediately. Along with when to charge the sword while always charging the shield. But it is a ton of fun!

I recommend a lower maintenance weapon like Sword and board to get your feet wet.
 
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Fucking Internet shitting itself, hope it's fixed within a week, I don't want to have to spend 3days downloading the game from my phone.
 
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