lucablight
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So upgrading the bone staff all the way is a viable option but there are better Glaives available end game?
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So upgrading the bone staff all the way is a viable option but there are better Glaives available end game?
Sgt.Pepper
Banned
I mean you can kill monsters with it lol. It is viable but its damage is pathetic compare to many options, and the Stealth glaive will end up doing much more damage between the poison and the dps.
Same as with gore, and you don't want hunts to be too long if you are playing solo tbh. The only definitive as the best are the kinsects Bilbodrix/Ladytower at the lvl. 11 kinsect upgrade. They are the only ones that have it.
I think on Monster Hunter Generations this was fixed and all end game kinsects get the extract extend.
Same as with gore, and you don't want hunts to be too long if you are playing solo tbh. The only definitive as the best are the kinsects Bilbodrix/Ladytower at the lvl. 11 kinsect upgrade. They are the only ones that have it.
I think on Monster Hunter Generations this was fixed and all end game kinsects get the extract extend.
lucablight
Member
That's good then. I don't have to worry about nerfing the bone staff I have right now since there will be presumably better options. Will I likely keep it till the end of the story mode or will better Glaives come along before then?
Also now I'm confused. I read kinsects are specific to each Glaive. Is this only to do with the type (e.g cutting or blunt)? You can get the extender kinsect on any Glaive right?
Captain Rage Quit 69
Banned
I did a high-rank expedition to test out a new armor set, and I got a bunch of guild quests featuring stuff like Brute Tigrex, Kushy and an Oroshi Kirin/Brachydios combo.
Is this the game telling me to pick a g-rank expedition next time? '~' Oh, and what makes guild quests attractive anyway?
Is this the game telling me to pick a g-rank expedition next time? '~' Oh, and what makes guild quests attractive anyway?
Sgt.Pepper
Banned
Yeah. Just do what I said about putting on power until 96, then speed until 114, then stamina. Last upgrade pick bilbodrix/ladytower.
You have to do this to every glaive you have/want, if you want extract extend. If you have caravan points and wycoon has power+, speed+, stamina+ stock up. DON'T use the elemental nectars.
^Guild Quest give relic armor and where the best charms are. 140 guild quests give edgemaster armor, weapons and charms. This gives Honed Blade which is Sharpness+1/Attack Up (L) at the same time.
Weapon stats are random, but there are some pretty godly, better than most craftable. It is pretty RNG based so you still need to craft end game weapons. The difficulty is also there for those who want it. Monsters hit insanely hard.
Captain Rage Quit 69
Banned
fuck gravios
Sgt.Pepper
Banned
anti-blademaster monsters
it just extends the hunt and many shit needs a gravios pallium
just look for GUNNER GRAVIOS KILLER SET
60EffPeeEss
Member
Did the Black Gravios for HR6 last night. So fucking painful.
I've recently been trying out Switch Axe because I needed a cutting weapon to get Magala tails for the Double Gore set, and I've been enjoying it so I stuck with it. But fighting Gravios with it? Fucking hell. What a pain.
Really? I usually do pretty good at cutting with a SW. Then again I always combo into sword mode for tail cutting--the stationary combo deals a ton of damage and ensures that tail is getting hit.
Sgt.Pepper
Banned
make either seltas dbs and spam hits on the feet and it will fall over all the time, or get the seltas insect glaive and spam mount
That combo hits the wing vs gore, I'm not sure for Shagaru, havent fought one in a while. For Gore you see blood from the wing very early in the animation every other hit. I always feel I'm wasting half of my attacks there. I mean, If I wanted to get the tail and get out, I would use other weapons, but for the whole fight I'm fine with SA.
Edit: I just went to check because why not, and nvm about Shagaru. However the way Gore has his wing for most of the fight, the downwards attack from the SA in Sword mode sometimes hits the wings instead of the tail and you can see the blood there.
In any case, I prefer the S&S because you can roll much more often to reposition and focus the tail, and for the Dual Sword I just use Juices and spam evade anyways
I don't see the hall, did you change IDs or are you done?
Tried G Rank Furious Rajang, too out of practice
Yes because it was empty for a lot, sorry. I will try next time, maybe I'll repost here... However, thanks for your response
Wolfe
Member
I really enjoyed that mechanic while using the CB version and the G rank Regios armor. The combined effect of the weapon plus the Sharpness skill (razor sharp? been a while since I've played) began to feel so natural it was kind of shocking going back to having to use whetstones again lol.
Sgt.Pepper
Banned
Steady Hand. Razor Sharp (lower sharpness lost) + Mind's Eye (Not bouncing, except on Apex).
I used the Seregios armors for most of High and G rank along with the GS. RS is legitimately one of the best GS's anyways and its not hard to make at all even solo.
Still playing?
yeah but room's full
I was about too give up too, turns out if you wait a bit (the timing seems to be consistent) only the zinogre will notice you as you enter the area so you can just spam smoke bombs and kill it.
Yup, this is the way to do it. I tried the "try and get them to kill each other" tactic but it was way too inconsistent. Once you get in there with a smoke bomb up and just Zinogre noticing you, you are in the clear as long as you keep refreshing the smoke. The game is surprisingly lenient on what Rajang will react to when smoke is up.
60EffPeeEss
Member
Attempting to do Sinister Astronomy (Gold Rathian + Silver Rathalos in the Tower Summit) online is hell. Everyone keeps quitting when they cart even once.
Hall ID is 34-8495-0129-3664 if anyone wants to give it a go. Would prefer people don't come armed to the teeth so it isn't a pushover. Currently HR7.
Hall ID is 34-8495-0129-3664 if anyone wants to give it a go. Would prefer people don't come armed to the teeth so it isn't a pushover. Currently HR7.
Silphonica
Banned
Owned this game for 6 months and played 7 hours in total. As a vet of the series im so frustrated, i just finished a 30 minute session, and my thumbs are in so much pain. Im so frustrated. ;_;
It's Reyn Time!
Member
So, did bombs over Gogmazios last night, joined a group where two of the current members rage quit from a failed attempt. Normally I'd consider leaving but decided to take it upon myself to lower the failure rate of that quest for random groups. To that end I put together a set focusing entirely on support for that fight - wide range +2, cannon/ballista damage up, transporter for carrying cannonballs faster, all stuff focused on providing support for that specific quest. I ate for cannon damage and brought powders, potions, my own marcoal and super ballista ammo, horns, the lot.
In the fight I saved so many carts I lost count, knocked Gogmazios out of the sky with the full 10 cannon shots three or four times, nailed the dragonator twice, nailed the demolisher shot, broke his face, chest, back and dislodged the dragonator on the back with the ballista (and had to run down to hit that because nobody else seemed to realise it'd been knocked off) and generally, I think, made the difference between a fairly painless run and a triple-cart, room-disbanded run.
We kill it, skin it, go back to the room and the two English speaking guys immediately start tearing into me for not attacking it, saying I was camping while they did all the work, did no damage etc. I started asking who kept them healed when they kept getting tagged by tail swipes and beams, straight away I'm kicked from group.
Sometimes I truly despair.
In the fight I saved so many carts I lost count, knocked Gogmazios out of the sky with the full 10 cannon shots three or four times, nailed the dragonator twice, nailed the demolisher shot, broke his face, chest, back and dislodged the dragonator on the back with the ballista (and had to run down to hit that because nobody else seemed to realise it'd been knocked off) and generally, I think, made the difference between a fairly painless run and a triple-cart, room-disbanded run.
We kill it, skin it, go back to the room and the two English speaking guys immediately start tearing into me for not attacking it, saying I was camping while they did all the work, did no damage etc. I started asking who kept them healed when they kept getting tagged by tail swipes and beams, straight away I'm kicked from group.
Sometimes I truly despair.
What jerks. I love it when someone is on top of all of that stuff when killing that thing considering I hate managing all of that.
These sorts of horror stories are part of the reason I steer clear of randoms. The reason there is a Battlequarters is so people can nail Gog with binders, cannons and dragonators, so it's bizarre to think that someone keeping on top of those things is somehow a negative or that the hunt would've gone smoother without.
People are so stupid, I am so sorry. You're like the perfect group member.
It's Reyn Time!
Member
Meh it happens, it's just the push I need to get a load of GAF members on my friends list for X.
That was the kind of reaction I guess I had when I got a little into G1. Every time I've tried to solo Tidal Najarala it went badly for me. It doesn't feel like I'm making a dent in it, and I don't think getting carried through it is the right way to go either. Maybe I've just been in the wrong mindset. G rank monsters seem to be giant health sponges made for multiplayer.
Tidal is just weird like that. I had to solo one a couple of days ago for mats, it feels like he punishes blademastets easily, his body becomes a hitbox when he moves. He also soaked a lot of damage, made me feel I was not doing any progress and then it suddenlu died
LiquidSword
Member
Just got to HR 5 and am at 9 stars in caravan. Would love to play with some people on GAF. Although I've had pretty good luck with randoms. My goal is to at least reach G rank before Generations comes out. Let me know if you add me.
My friend code is 0791-5301-2139
My friend code is 0791-5301-2139
I can help for a bit. Got a room ID?
The massive framerate boost sure helps.