Im new to monster hunter.
Can someone explain/give me general guidelines to proper multiplayer etiquette in this game?
Things like dont just spam melee hits because you can hit teammates.
I notice whenever i do MP, no one seems up to capture monsters, just to kill them outright, so i dont attempt it even though it wouldve been REALLY easy to.
Is capturing monsters frowned on in MP?
You know just general stuff like that.
regarding the "friendly fire" in this game, like Kaname already mentioned above me, just try to attack different parts of the monster when it's down and you should be good. what weapon are you going with? be aware that Heavy and Light Bow Guns seems to have some ammo types that would really stun your team mates if you're not careful, so please use caution when you're using HBG or LBG.
as for capture vs kill, be mindful that some monster materials can only be gotten via capture and some only via killing and carving. you can find out what different parts will offer when broken in your hunting guide once you've research enough on a monster. generally speaking capture is easier since you cut the last part of the fight out and finishing it as soon as the monster is captured. but some folks might be going after specific materials from the kill loot table, so there's always that. but usually nobody will have any issue with you capturing monsters. the reason you don't see a lot of captures right now is probably because a lot of people are not familiar with the capturing aspect and/or not very well prepared while going on a hunt and don't have any capture tools. I've been going capture on most of the fights unless it's an Elder Dragon, which can't be capture and traps doesn't effect them. so far nobody had any issues over this, or at least nobody had expressed it and since I'm providing the materials for capture instead of them and cutting the fight time down, I doubt they'll have any complaints about it.
also, a few tips that folks might not know.
when you're drinking potions during a fight, you can still run instead of walk.
those wedge beetles on the high branches and places, you can aim you slinger at them and grappling hook yourself up to get to high places faster, and can even swing from one to the other all Batman/Spider-Man like.
there's a function for auto sorting your bag and item box, and you can also custom loadouts for your armor and weapons, along with your inventory, for faster gear switching between hunts. you can even go back to one of the camps while on a hunt to switch gear if you want.
if you are short on money, go to the sell item screen and move to the material tab, auto sort it and see what you can sell. you can sell off a lot of those extra monster bone S and iron ore or earth crystals you don't use. and at the end of all the material pages, there are also items like those steel/gold eggs, beautiful scales and such that you might have gotten in hunts before which the only purpose for existing is for you to sell them for money.
