I thought no blast dash would make me set funlance aside, but its new combos and mobility are so great. Plus the sharpness and scaling changes with shells ... what a dream!
Dear Cao, i tried the gunlance in wilds. ( i played GL since mhfreedom2) It feels like a new weapon,especially that the large swings now have different speeds. The weapon is better in almost every aspect. I am having trouble with the double burst cannon combo, it's hard to land it on the monster sometimes. It will take time to learn the timings for the attacks I can't wait to try long and wide shelling abd see how differently they play. Thanks for your videos.
I've learned the hard way that using the WSMB at the wrong time can get me killed with how committal it is, lol! But its such strong new combo finisher, there's no denying it's important to use correctly for optimal damage. Loving how much the Perfect Guard mechanics help out Gunlance on the defensive. The fact that the guard point frames of a reload allow for Gunlance to set up perfect guards even while already blocking, makes this one of the better weapons to take advantage of the mechanic, second to the regular Lance.
Coming from maining regular lance it feels like wilds is bridging the gap between the 2 weapons. I like how it now has some of lances reaction based shielding. Was going to main lance until i looked into the details of gunlance and capcom addressed most issues i had with it in world.
Excellent video. I would love your opinion on output damage, especially compared to some of the other weapons like Charge Blade. I feel like shells should be buffed very slightly. Like in the beta they hit for 10s. If they went up to 12 before any buffs, I think it would work.
@@caoslayer That's a great point. In the real game by the time we fight Rey Dau we'll have vastly superior gear and possibly different Gunlance shelling types. I'll work on being accurate. Any tips for managing the focus mode camera/aiming?
Gunlance is also insanely good now that we have 2 weapons at once. You can do a full combo into 2 wyrmfire's then switch to your secondary weapon. Picked the heavy bowgun myself for the full-auto mode that is pre-charged just like the Gunlance wyrmfires.
I'm happy with the Gunlance changes, but my god i hope they fix the PC performance, the demo was so choppy and lagging, even on my computer that can run most modern games on 4K, seeing the forums i'm not the only one so i hope they take the months before launch to really polish the perfomances.
@@caoslayer I'll try, i'm a bit sceptical as most games like CyberPunk, Sparking Zero and BG3 run 60 fps 4k on my pc, i'm hoping it's just the game beeing in Beta.
It’s a beta. It’s normal for betas to be like this. They have plenty of time to improve performance and it’s not at all uncommon for this to happen in a beta. I wouldn’t be worried right now
No word mentioned on Charged Shelling. It feels... weird. It does deal more damage then the burst fire (at least the shelling part) and more then the basic shelling. 9.5, 10.6 and 15.4 (I think, can't remember the exact numbers) At 5+ charged shells you get quite a knockback and recovery animation so it does seem "optimal" to always aim for 4. (may change depending on knockback res/flinch free etc.) You can still: charge shell -> quick reload -> charge shell like you could in world and it potentially deals more damage also. I wonder how Long and Wide will behave and also what the deal was with the other stat now that shelling level is gone. Hope is that the Charge shells and wyvern fire will behave differently depending on Type. Normal shells are also all about positioning now since you auto hop towards the input direction while shelling. this is a lot easier when using focus-mode. This can therefor be used to always keep up pressure or evade incoming attacks. Wonder if it scales with evade-extender. I've been told that shells now scale with atk up? Kind of disappointed by that, as it now means to play "optimal" you gonna also have to cram atk up into a shell only build. Hope there is a "spiced powder" kindoff skill that allows GL shelling to apply status/elemental dmg.
Problem is that in the demo took waay too long to charge and you could only cancel it with evade. I'm going to suggest either being able to keep the charge after evading or at least allowing us to guard. With long and wide having less shells to charge should be a LOT more practical.
@@caoslayer With less shells the Full Wyrmstake Blast Combo might also become less attractive and the old style of slap -> burst -> reload -> repeat might become more attractive. I'm genuinely interested in how Long and Wide will behave. I hope that the Wyvern fire for Wide or Long is just ONE hit instead of a 4x instance, as this would give GL a wakeup hit. I could also see the other types having only 1 Wyvernfire (or more) I've always been a Long enjoyer (insert that's what she said joke here), In World I enjoyed the Charged shell supremacy, despite the jank of the Wyrmstake slinger injection thingy ma-bob. (which was a pain to insert but after it was pretty smooth sailing) In rise it was mainly just Bulley Barrage your way to victory and going flying across half the map. Lastly i wonder if there are some changes to Artillery. In World it gave you Wyvernfire cooldown recovery In rise it made your Wyvernfire start at 50% (so essentially the same) In Wilds, Wyvern fire Cooldown is decreased by attacking and otherwise recharges VERY slowly. (you also have 2 instead of one) So i wonder if Artillery will further boost cooldown recovery by attacking or reduce the passive cooldown (or even give you a 3rd Wyvern fire?). (or maybe that will be a part of magazine).
@@caoslayer So once Im past the tutorial I cant access it anymore in the same save? Got it. Thanks. I have to say these new combos can get quite confusing after not playing Monster Hunter in a long time. I find myself pausing a lot just to see what youre doing exactly haha. 😅
damn... my head hurts. Adopting a new playstyle is mentally taxing. Good thing the bear is a good sparring partner. But Rey Dau long windup is screwing me over.
Man the beta runs surprisingly well on my pc... Except for the fact that every Npc and monster looks like a background character in a ps2 game T_T Guess it's time for a gpu upgrade
I would wait to consider an upgrade till release. Betas are rarely optimized well and usually run way better at release compared to early betas. There’s still plenty of time for them to optimize, so unless you were already planning on upgrading, I would consider waiting
How do you just slam the lance down and full burst? I’ve been having a hard time figuring the inputs out for it. I always have to do the sweep combo to get to my full burst,but I see there is a short cut to it. Also thank you for the videos over the years. Watched your channel since World. I tried gunlance in world, but just couldn’t vibe with it. Wilds however has made it feel so incredibly good to play that I’m seriously considering maining it this time around.
If you look at the upper right corner you can see the possible inputs from any situation. From a lunge you do it with both buttons, same than from a quick reload. On neutral you do it by doing the upswing with both buttons before. From seikret you have to jump first.
@ Thank you so much!! 😊 I feel like now that you mention that it should have been basic knowledge 😅 I probably don’t read as much as I should. 🤣🤣 But thank you for responding and helping me out. ☺️
Mine is pretty good so far. I just brought the resolution and quality down a bit lower than it first recommended. I'm doing medium 1080p where my particular computer can usually play high 1440p, and I'm totally content.
Same, I can't do a quick reload after a hop. It forces a Full Reload and I'm not seeing the input guide for quick during that time on mine or the video either on slow mode.
![[MHWilds β PC] 05'32"91 Rey Dau Gunlance (レ・ダウ ガンランス) (No Rocks)](/img/n.gif)
I thought no blast dash would make me set funlance aside, but its new combos and mobility are so great. Plus the sharpness and scaling changes with shells ... what a dream!
Yeah, being able to spam bursts without a care about sharpness is truly a blessing.
"Gunlance is about the romance of explosions" beautifully said!
Lol, I forget to add a quick ass sound track as usual.
Sorry for the inconsistent sound.
Yes we need to add in style points. Got to show people what's more visually appeasing.
Great quick guide. More useful stuff in here than some other guides twice as long. Can’t wait for full release
Dear Cao, i tried the gunlance in wilds. ( i played GL since mhfreedom2)
It feels like a new weapon,especially that the large swings now have different speeds.
The weapon is better in almost every aspect.
I am having trouble with the double burst cannon combo, it's hard to land it on the monster sometimes.
It will take time to learn the timings for the attacks
I can't wait to try long and wide shelling abd see how differently they play.
Thanks for your videos.
yeah, is not easy to land the new wsfb. best way I have is to shell sweep behind a monster and do it there.
I find using the focus mode between wsfb helps with aiming.
@@nullPhysX same here, I use focus to land the stake at the end
Same here, without focus mode I basically never land my drills
@@nullPhysX in fact you can use the option to toggle it.
Basically you want it on most the time
Cool and fun are the top priority on what to use on a hunt - that's why we use Gunlance after all!
Going to play GL for the first time in wilds. Coming across your channel is a great help thanks for the vids!
thank you for the tip on the shelling while empty reload. Such great tech!
I've learned the hard way that using the WSMB at the wrong time can get me killed with how committal it is, lol! But its such strong new combo finisher, there's no denying it's important to use correctly for optimal damage.
Loving how much the Perfect Guard mechanics help out Gunlance on the defensive. The fact that the guard point frames of a reload allow for Gunlance to set up perfect guards even while already blocking, makes this one of the better weapons to take advantage of the mechanic, second to the regular Lance.
finna become a GL main cuz of you ty
Thanks to you!
I became a Gunlance main in World and Rise because of Cao, there's no better teacher 💪🏽
3:30 this one is so huge from personal experience, knowing it combos into sweep and wyvrnfire now feels like a free wyvernfire when i see a red dot.
to me as a mhw gunlance player (full burst) the perfetc guard reload is just a dream come to reality
Coming from maining regular lance it feels like wilds is bridging the gap between the 2 weapons. I like how it now has some of lances reaction based shielding. Was going to main lance until i looked into the details of gunlance and capcom addressed most issues i had with it in world.
with that being said, have you seen the massive glowup of the animations on lance? It looks so much more dynamic now than static poking lol
@@TheArnoldification giving lance a try later on today.
Excellent video. I would love your opinion on output damage, especially compared to some of the other weapons like Charge Blade. I feel like shells should be buffed very slightly. Like in the beta they hit for 10s. If they went up to 12 before any buffs, I think it would work.
There are under 6m speedruns of Dau, GL is doing fine so far.
As always, is a little too soon to ask for buffs because there is no skills and stuff.
@@caoslayer That's a great point. In the real game by the time we fight Rey Dau we'll have vastly superior gear and possibly different Gunlance shelling types. I'll work on being accurate. Any tips for managing the focus mode camera/aiming?
I did a few hunts myself with gl yesterday and it feels amazing to use, tentatively maining it for wilds
I FUCKING LOVE GUNLANCE
Ah yes. Flash Bombs.
(Pretending he didn’t forget them 😅)
this guy is the true gunlance master :D
Gunlance is also insanely good now that we have 2 weapons at once. You can do a full combo into 2 wyrmfire's then switch to your secondary weapon.
Picked the heavy bowgun myself for the full-auto mode that is pre-charged just like the Gunlance wyrmfires.
I'm happy with the Gunlance changes, but my god i hope they fix the PC performance, the demo was so choppy and lagging, even on my computer that can run most modern games on 4K, seeing the forums i'm not the only one so i hope they take the months before launch to really polish the perfomances.
It ran fine for me on ps5 after playing in performance mode which i could only change in the options in the starting menu. Not in game.
for stutters help a lot of increase the priority of the process.
Google how to do it with the registry.
@@caoslayer I'll try, i'm a bit sceptical as most games like CyberPunk, Sparking Zero and BG3 run 60 fps 4k on my pc, i'm hoping it's just the game beeing in Beta.
This game is one of the worst optimised games I’ve ever played. Me and my friends can’t get above 45fps in hunts on 3070tis and above
It’s a beta. It’s normal for betas to be like this. They have plenty of time to improve performance and it’s not at all uncommon for this to happen in a beta. I wouldn’t be worried right now
No word mentioned on Charged Shelling.
It feels... weird.
It does deal more damage then the burst fire (at least the shelling part) and more then the basic shelling. 9.5, 10.6 and 15.4 (I think, can't remember the exact numbers)
At 5+ charged shells you get quite a knockback and recovery animation so it does seem "optimal" to always aim for 4. (may change depending on knockback res/flinch free etc.)
You can still:
charge shell -> quick reload -> charge shell
like you could in world and it potentially deals more damage also.
I wonder how Long and Wide will behave and also what the deal was with the other stat now that shelling level is gone.
Hope is that the Charge shells and wyvern fire will behave differently depending on Type.
Normal shells are also all about positioning now since you auto hop towards the input direction while shelling. this is a lot easier when using focus-mode.
This can therefor be used to always keep up pressure or evade incoming attacks.
Wonder if it scales with evade-extender.
I've been told that shells now scale with atk up?
Kind of disappointed by that, as it now means to play "optimal" you gonna also have to cram atk up into a shell only build.
Hope there is a "spiced powder" kindoff skill that allows GL shelling to apply status/elemental dmg.
Problem is that in the demo took waay too long to charge and you could only cancel it with evade.
I'm going to suggest either being able to keep the charge after evading or at least allowing us to guard.
With long and wide having less shells to charge should be a LOT more practical.
@@caoslayer With less shells the Full Wyrmstake Blast Combo might also become less attractive and the old style of
slap -> burst -> reload -> repeat
might become more attractive.
I'm genuinely interested in how Long and Wide will behave.
I hope that the Wyvern fire for Wide or Long is just ONE hit instead of a 4x instance, as this would give GL a wakeup hit.
I could also see the other types having only 1 Wyvernfire (or more)
I've always been a Long enjoyer (insert that's what she said joke here), In World I enjoyed the Charged shell supremacy, despite the jank of the Wyrmstake slinger injection thingy ma-bob. (which was a pain to insert but after it was pretty smooth sailing)
In rise it was mainly just Bulley Barrage your way to victory and going flying across half the map.
Lastly i wonder if there are some changes to Artillery.
In World it gave you Wyvernfire cooldown recovery
In rise it made your Wyvernfire start at 50% (so essentially the same)
In Wilds, Wyvern fire Cooldown is decreased by attacking and otherwise recharges VERY slowly. (you also have 2 instead of one)
So i wonder if Artillery will further boost cooldown recovery by attacking or reduce the passive cooldown (or even give you a 3rd Wyvern fire?).
(or maybe that will be a part of magazine).
5:15 how do you quick reload after a hop? For some reason when I try that my character does a full reload instead
I was not aware of 2 wyvern fires
At the 0:52-0:57 mark how did you hop forward then quick reload again? I tried and all I get is a normal slow reload.
press shell when you have an empty clip, it forces a quick reload now instead of an "out of ammo" animation
@@petercottantail7850 omg thank you
Great video. Looking to main gunlance this game.
Do you suggest toggling focus mode for Gunlance?
because of mhwilds im back watching ur videos
Dumb question but is there a training area in the beta? I couldnt find one and I just wanna make sure I didnt miss it. Thanks.
There is a barrel in the tutorial after picking your weapon.
To access it, switch accounts, rename your save o delete your char
@@caoslayer So once Im past the tutorial I cant access it anymore in the same save? Got it. Thanks.
I have to say these new combos can get quite confusing after not playing Monster Hunter in a long time. I find myself pausing a lot just to see what youre doing exactly haha. 😅
Still a bit peeved about the removal of guard during wyvern fire. Aside from this, the weapon feels a lot better compared to World.
Do a perfect guard then fast wf.
It is equivalent cutting two seconds from your wf
damn... my head hurts. Adopting a new playstyle is mentally taxing. Good thing the bear is a good sparring partner. But Rey Dau long windup is screwing me over.
Am I crazy or is the short hop super duper nerfed, it's more like a short step in wilds
Might wait for the skills like evade extender, but default hop feels really short
Yea it kinda does
I wouldn't know because was just as terrible in rise without EE.
Anyways you should use the shell sweep instead.
@@caoslayer EE is ridiculously good in rise, but even without it I am pretty sure I went 3x as far per hop as in this
@@mattyryon I think if there actually is a difference it’s because the want you to use the new blocking mechanic
Can’t quick reload after a hop to slam again to save my life. I’m so lost on how to do that.
@@THATGUYDJ321 just shell
Man the beta runs surprisingly well on my pc... Except for the fact that every Npc and monster looks like a background character in a ps2 game T_T
Guess it's time for a gpu upgrade
Blob Hunter 2
It's beta optimization. Has nothing to do with your PC specs. It's likely going to look better on console as well at release
It’s crap engine they use not so much your specs, I will be surprised if they can fix this for release
I would wait to consider an upgrade till release. Betas are rarely optimized well and usually run way better at release compared to early betas. There’s still plenty of time for them to optimize, so unless you were already planning on upgrading, I would consider waiting
Excellent video, i am really enjoying GL in wilds, they fixed the problems i had with it in world. Saludos
How do you just slam the lance down and full burst? I’ve been having a hard time figuring the inputs out for it. I always have to do the sweep combo to get to my full burst,but I see there is a short cut to it. Also thank you for the videos over the years. Watched your channel since World. I tried gunlance in world, but just couldn’t vibe with it. Wilds however has made it feel so incredibly good to play that I’m seriously considering maining it this time around.
If you look at the upper right corner you can see the possible inputs from any situation.
From a lunge you do it with both buttons, same than from a quick reload. On neutral you do it by doing the upswing with both buttons before.
From seikret you have to jump first.
@ Thank you so much!! 😊 I feel like now that you mention that it should have been basic knowledge 😅 I probably don’t read as much as I should. 🤣🤣 But thank you for responding and helping me out. ☺️
thanks
U welcome
Cao what have you been doing for facing, I've been finding it's really hard to adjust my combos if the monster say gets to the side or behind me.
focus mode?
game runs horrible for me on pc...
I have heard about it a lot.
Try to increase the cpu priority.
Mine is pretty good so far. I just brought the resolution and quality down a bit lower than it first recommended. I'm doing medium 1080p where my particular computer can usually play high 1440p, and I'm totally content.
It’s a bit sloppy on ps5 as well, but this is something that’s definitely gonna improve on release as it’s a beta
I have a pretty beefed up PC and it runs incredible. 3080ti, 64GB of Ram, i9 12th gen
I don't get it, after i do a fullburst and have empty magazine, I do two hops forward and still do a full reload instead of quick reload like you do?
just use circle with the empty mag
Same, I can't do a quick reload after a hop. It forces a Full Reload and I'm not seeing the input guide for quick during that time on mine or the video either on slow mode.
@@caoslayer AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH that's crazy, Thanks PapaCao!
@@caoslayer God bless you man, and the patience to expplain such things to us.
Need a mic man
I'm not english speaker, I can't produce a good enough pronunciation for a long video. sorry.
@caoslayer yeah i can understand that still good video (:
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