So that investigation you were curious about, basically if there is 2 or 3 monsters in the same quest, each monster's hp is reduced compared to when you're doing a quest with just 1 monster in it.
First off, great video. Second, I am one of the people who spent over 1k hours in MHW before trying dauntless (where I'm only at about 500 hours so far), and I'm happy the MH Elitists are boosting your videos, that being said, 90% of the comments from "Experts" are just wrong anyway. Regardless, have fun, love the videos, do what makes you hungry and happy!
mate I feel you when i started playing this game most of my friends did not even try to teach me on how to play the game after they wanted me to buy it and the when i play a few levels with them the next the day they already finished the game without me so now i just bought a game that is just vibing in my library now
I'm happy that you gave the game a second shot and didn't let the assholes get under your skin. The food bonus stats are going to be really helpful and watch the skills that the meals will give you. Some make sharpening faster, others make it so when you faint it doesn't count towards your faint counter. The chef's choice meal will be the one with the freshest ingredients that will max out your health but because of this you can only eat it once per hunt. The clutch claw will help you with getting faster times because you can weaken monster parts so you do more damage to them but you need to make sure that the monster won't attack at all during the animation or you'll be flung off and take damage. However weapons are split into two categories where some are called 'light' and others 'heavy' the only difference being that for a heavy weapon, you will weaken the monster parts on the first clutch claw attack that you do. 'Light' weapons will knock off some slinger ammo the first time you try and weaken a part. With the insect glaive if you want to sacrifice your slinger ammo you can buff your kinsect to either gather two extracts at a time or make it so they do more damage depending on what kind of ammo you have. I don't know which does what as I don't play the insect glaive. I'm sorry if I'm just repeating what other people are saying as I don't aim to be condescending with this I just want to help you a little bit with having a better time with the game so if I didn't explain anything that you didn't already know I hope you'll accept my apologies. But I hope that the game gets better for you and that you don't play the game solely out of spite towards the nay-sayers. But good luck and happy hunting. Maybe we'll see each other on the hunt sometime.
I recall the game stressing you get all 3 extract but I don't remember if it goes over why, ffor having all 3 they last longer so you need to do it less, and it gives you minor boosts to earplugs, tremor, and wind pressure resistance, this gets pretty strong later on when you get a skill called flinch free that combos with this innate weapon buff. Also when you do a quest that makes you fight more than 1 monster, they do have less health, and another thing monsters have hp ranges, not every Great Jagrass has the same amount of health and even size
To answer your question on the story monsters being harder no they aren't it's just because that investigation required you to kill 2 monster instead of one therefore decreasing the hp of them both nice feature right? Love the content from you and love monster hunter even more it's an interesting community in the fact that most are elitest in their thinking and if you're not playing the game for speed then why play it at all? They forget it's a game sometimes and it sucks for newer players who get caught in this "get gud" community there's some nice ones out there you're doing great for your first and second time around everyone starts from somewhere
When folks say. "You're not going to handle this because of defender gear" etc. People aren't explaining themselves correctly I feel. The idea is that defender gear is intended to carry folks to the expansion. So if you as a new player let yourself get carried with the gear without exploring the mechanics and what truly makes the loop tick, its always likely a new player will struggle as they reach the master rank level of the game which comes from the expansion. As master rank is a much steeper difficulty than between low rank to high rank. I do wonder if the guy who said "Barroth" actually meant "Barioth" who is kinda the first "noob killer" of Iceborne, the expansion. For anyone who was trying to be elitist, that by no means represents the Monster Hunter community. I've known the community in being very helpful to newcomers. I suppose comparing Monster Hunter to Dauntless probably rubbed off the wrong way to some as Monster Hunter was the OG for the sub genre for a very long time. Anyways, cool to see folks exploring the mechanics of the game and enjoying it for what it offers.
Both Barroth and Barioth are noob killers tbh. Barroth is probably one of the most consistent walls for players since he was introduced. The thing with him is that he moves quite a bit, he has two "states" which forces you change your strategy depending on if he is muddy or not, and he is the first monster that actually hits hard. Barioth is also a wall, but for mostly different reasons. While Barioth also moves a lot, you actually have to break his arm spikes before you can trully fight him. Unlike Barroth, which doesn't really require a special strategy besides "don't get hit," Barioth requires a whole lot more patience.
Yeah, I remember when the Defender set dropped... was friends with a guy that took World... WAY to damned seriously. He went on an unhinged rant for about an hour straight on why it was the worst thing to ever happen to the games and how it invalidated even playing the base game.
@@fanusobscurus i mean they are kinda not wrong. Rushing the game as new player with the defender set made them face tanking everything without thinking mechanically like dodging, which is a big problem in iceborne where the monsters move faster and hit harder especially if you play coop you just drag your team down in the end. I feel this is the exact same people that complain on reddit about how iceborne is too hard etc etc and complaining about bad design and mechanics , unfair and unfun monstera too fast blah blah blah those exaggerating statement, while for me the only "badly designed" monster is only master rank kushala thanks to no counter play and just straight up annoyance whatsoever. Like just take the game pace slowly until you understand how dodging, monster's moveset, your main weapon move etc.
@@dohnaseek I agree, but I also want to point out that using defender gear is like finishing the tutorial on a game like warframe by the end of the tutorial you are dropped in to the game without knowing jack shit and blame the game for not teaching you
It's good to see you giving it another chance, and it's definitely cool to me because the algorithm did indeed feed me your first video on this, so getting to immediately see the transition rather than waiting for it was really cool. That being said, a couple of things... I'm pretty sure that bloke meant spend an hour or two experimenting with the weapons, not two hours for each weapon. He also recommended looking up quick guides and rundowns. This may seem like illogical advice to you, but it's common in Monster Hunter and here's why: every weapon feels drastically different from the one before it. There are complicated mechanics to a lot of them that straight-up aren't explained in the training room, and usually can't be gleaned from hands on experience. Bloke was just trying to look out for you and help you find a weapon that excited you enough to want to learn in a way that saves you time. If you're more boots on the ground, so be it, but understand where this advice is coming from. Secondly, you want want to familiarize yourself with HeyJay and his experience getting into Monster Hunter. He wasn't really into the series either and his first video was a semi-scathing review about Rise and why he's just not into it. It didn't come off as judgmental though, and was more 'this is not for me'. Your video, whether your intention or not, had a serious air of dismissing everything you encountered and just not taking it seriously. I think if the community reacted differently to you than him, you might want to ask yourself why. I'm not saying you did anything wrong but I'm saying maybe you can reflect on your presentation going forward. That being said, the critiques about your actual playing weren't justified. You're right about that. Hell, I played this game once all the way through and still wasn't good. I switched main weapons and did a second playthrough, and didn't start learning the most important mechanics of my weapon until halfway through the DLC. Most of us have similar stories of not 'getting' the game or our weapon for a while, and I think the community needs to keep that in perspective. Anyway, try not to let the negativity give you a bad impression of the community. We definitely have our toxic players, but for the most part we just want to see more people fall in love with this series. I think you'll find if you continue to approach this game with an open-mind you'll be met with a lot of support, encouragement, and tips. Hope you end up digging it.
This person is completely right [edit] (I think the only reason why I didn’t like dauntless was because I played mhw first and it made me not like dauntless. It made me feel like it was a complete rip off of mhw.)
I think most of the negative reaction also came from your attitude towards the game. Its hard to know this as a modern new MHW player, but most of the equipment you were using early on in the game wasn't introduced until iceborn was released. Its equipment that almost matches end game stats, making the game much easier and less grindy so that new players could breeze through the main game and into iceborn. Those who played the game without that later introduced equipment had a much more challenging experience and a bigger grind to get the abilities and stats the defender sets already give you from the get go. Edit* fixed some typos
If you're annoyed by monsters running when they're low health, that's actually a mechanic and not a problem. If you bring traps and tranquilizers you can capture the monster for bonus rewards and the ability to fight it again in a controlled environment
Actually there is also a really skillfull mechanic involved into that. So when you do a clutch claw attack or a series of powerful attacks to a monster they will drop read it green ammo for your slinger. This ammo is guaranteed to stun them even if they are moving away. What I really enjoy doing is the run against time to grab any leftover ammo as soon as the monster limps away, put a shock trap beneath it and capture it with tranq bombs. Or alternatively go for the kill on the spot, however, they will move away again after a couple attacks.
But the increased rewards for capturing monsters is something that isn't always a thing in all Monster Hunter games. Rise, for instance give more, and better, rewards for killing the monsters rather than capturing them.
@@ECSDaemon incorrect, you get a higher chance of getting the rarer parts via capping, but there are certain parts that need to be broken for the cap/kill
@@wamengxiong0409 incorrect, in Rise the rewards are lessened for capping a monster. If you noticed I used Rise as an example of not all games in the series rewarding capturing monster better than killing them. In the mentality of Rise's village, capturing the monsters is considered the easy way out, and thus you don't get as many or even as rare of reward chances for capturing.
There are hunts refered to as huntathons that have more then one target monster. Sometimes up to five monsters. The more monsters, the smaller health pool they tend to have. There is also a food skill you can get when you eat at the canteen called weakener that will have a chance to make the monsters weaker. Also when ever you start the mission there is a background mechanic that will set the health pool within a certain range so naturally fights may seem easier or harder then previous hunts. You can also check your hunter notes to determine the monsters weak point and focus your damage there. Good shiz pls more MHworld
Hey, just a clarification on how Felyne Weakener works as far as I remember: Monsters have a range set for their health pool (don't remember specifics but let's say +/- 10%). For example if Anjanath has 4500 health he can spawn with anywhere from 4050 (90%) to 4950 (110%) health. Weakener defaults anything above 100% down to 100%. So if RNG rolls Anjanath at 4750 health, he instead has his base 4500. There are also unseen quest modifiers on damage hunter's deal on investigations that I think ranges +/- 10% as well.
those are just multi monster quests, not huntathons. huntathons are the quests in 4 ultimate where there's infinitely respawning large monsters that you end via a ticket.
@@TheManWithNoHands It's actually not a damage modifier, but a defense modifier. Pedantic, I know. The monster can take 5, 10, or 15% more or less damage in investigations.
Just as an information (in case you didn't know), your sharpness doesn't only affect wether your attacks bounces, it also is a dmg multiplyer and elemental dmg multiplyer
@@MyNameisRevenant it realy didnt btw, weapon bounces are not the result of poor sharpness but damage dealt to the part being hit. If you dont meet the damage treshhold (sharpness multiplyer plays are role here) needed for the part, you bounce.
@@fmskaisergsaw5567 well no need to change something that works really good, I like the bounce mechanic, it gives you a sense of intensity on the enemy's armor.
@@fmskaisergsaw5567 there's no damage threshold that determines whether you bounce or not. What determines whether you bounce is if the hitzone value you're striking multiplied by the sharpness raw damage multiplier is less than 40. However some attacks have natural minds eye, meaning they never bounce. This generally includes charged attacks, shield bashes, and aerial attacks.
@@nickq8093 That's not true either, simply a certain sharpness level will bounce on certain hitzones. For example white sharpness will bounce on hitzones of 18 or lower, blue on 20 or lower etc.
6:40 It's because you gave it another try. Seriously, it doesn't get easier, you just get better. You coming back to the game with a drive to 'do it right this time' gave you the opportunity to become more practiced with your weapon, you attacked more often, hit a higher percentage of your attacks and had a better understanding of how the monster you were fighting moves. All of which are central to the fun of the game
I was one of that second wave of watchers, and I had nothing against your level of skill in the previous video, it was more the very down attitude you had that I had a problem with. I didn't hit dislike on the video though, and I'm glad you are revisiting it. MH generally has a terrible introduction, in that there really isn't a good tutorial system, mostly because of how much information there is, and how much needs to be experienced to understand well (Charge Blade guard points for example). Vital information on how to use certain weapons is at best hidden away in the hunter notes for that weapon. Others usually aren't even explained in the game, such as yellow sharpness or lower having a damage penalty if you don't hit in the correct timing window. You didn't even know about extracts in the last video, even though they are almost necessary to use the Insect Glaive. Regarding defender equipment, yes you would have had a rough time later on if that is what you went through the game with. It makes the early parts of the game where you are supposed to get smacked around a bit until you learn the visual and audio cues for monster attacks and get acclimated to the weapons you are using much shorter, meaning that you miss out on a good portion of that learning. Then when monsters get faster and more aggressive in High rank you won't be prepared at all, and then again at G/Master rank. I've seen this happen plenty of times in 4U. Players cheat in endgame equipment and/or power through the early game with help from late-game randoms, and are effectively useless in hunts because they don't have the experience to actually hunt at that level.
11:00 I think the monsters’ health scales down if there’s multiple of them in a single quest. I’m pretty sure it’s the same for events and optional quests, not just investigations.
@@Rankaquion Guiding lands doesn't scale it down, because it simply spawns a bunch of random monsters. Regular quests can do this too. But when multiple monsters are the actual objectives, it scales down the HP of all objective monsters a bit, elite quest or not.
@@DeathEatsCurry actually no, "we run this town" is a very clear example of this, all the 5 creatures have full life, leading to many people failing the quest due to time limit
“Half of it was just cowering in fear while this rat balloon hybrid thing breathes” oh boy, you are gonna love nightshade oof uhhh good luck? Hopefully you can get to fatalis
As a hunter who has around 800 hrs in the game i COMPLETELY understand your 1st gameplay. It reminded me how much i sucked when i first started. Play how u want to and my best advice enjoy yourself.
So having watched the first video, I personally took zero issue with the less than stellar gameplay. That's, like, to be expected playing something for the first time! Only thing that really rubbed me the wrong way was what felt like the near constant "this sucks, dauntless is better" remarks. That all said, I'm so glad you gave MH another chance and you had a bit of a better time with it! As a bit of an aside, you've probably gotten a few comments on it already but as far as monsters being easier after you encounter them, it's kinda yes and no. Like naturally as you improve your gear, hunts will get faster BUT in the specific instance you asked about, quests with more than one target monster will actually adjust their HP to compensate for having to track and fight multiple monsters on the same time limit as single target quests.
Tbh, your first hours with Monster Hunter: World aren’t even that bad. I’ve seen people play far worse. Hardcore elitist are toxic, and unfortunately they exist in every game. However, it DOES appear you at least learned a bit more for your “arsenal” of knowledge from the situation, too, which I respect.
Hey Trails, really appreciate how you handled this situation. I think your experience will be much more positive here on out, though, plus I think this video style is more you anyways. I wanted to drop a couple tips as a resident MH expert that’s been following you for a while after watching your video, to hopefully help you out! First, about investigations and monster health, their health on expeditions and in investigations can vary higher or lower than their base (and they also scale to 1, 2, and 3/4 players as well). In addition, investigations may also have varying numbers of faints, shorter time limits, and party member restrictions as well. But as a reward, you generally will get better materials (indicated by the bronze, silver, and gold boxes when looking at it). If you can’t find an investigation for a particular monster, you can always do an optional quest to get materials from it too. Also, there is no way to guarantee a particular monster in an investigation, they are completely random, but you’ll get more of them from picking up tracks and traces from monsters in the field. Second, I completely understand the monsters running away being annoying at first, but you’ll come to appreciate it later. There are two ways to complete a hunt: kill or capture. Capturing works sorta like Pokémon, where you need to beat the tar out of the monster in order to weaken it enough to be in a capturable state. The monster will limp when it runs away instead of it’s normal run, that’s your signal that it’s weak enough (or if your research level on the monster is high enough after checking in at ecological research, a small skull icon will appear next to the monster on your map). You can then tranquilize it with tranq bombs (sleep herb + parashroom) and capture it in a shock trap (thunderbug + trap tool from provisions guy = shock trap) or a pitfall trap (spiderweb + ivy = net, net + trap tool = pitfall trap). This will then complete the quest, and some quests are specifically capture quests (that is to say that if you kill the monster you will fail). The reason to do this is that you get more materials in the rewards screen, even if you take the three carves you’d get if you killed the monster into consideration. HOWEVER, keep in mind some materials from some monsters you can only get from carves, and vice versa. Third, your gameplay is already very good, especially now that you know the power of the red buff (and you’re correct, the red buff is most important, and orange is the least important). Your hunt times are already what I would expect from someone who has played a Monster Hunter game before, so I bet some Dauntless skill is bleeding over. I know it did for me when I came to Dauntless from Monster Hunter. A quick tip for learning any weapon in the game, if you open up your Hunter’s Notes from the menu, you can click on Weapon Controls to see everything your weapon can do, no need for a half hour tutorial on TH-cam if you don’t want to. It explicitly tells you what all the colored buffs do, what kinsect dust is, how to charge your kinsect, and more combos than just when you’re in the training room. Take a quick looks sometime once you’re used to the mechanics you’ve picked up so far! There’s always more to learn in Monster Hunter, for better or worse! Hope that info dump helped, and feel free to ask any other questions! You really helped me as a Monster Hunter player getting into Dauntless, and I’d love to return the favor if I can!
Oh, and I completely forgot! Poogie is the most important NPC in Monster Hunter (no he doesn’t have to have a function to be important!). He is very picky about how he is pet, though, it’s sorta like a QuickTime event. You have to press the pet button when the big red exclamation mark appears above his head. Between quests, give him a snuggle, and after a few rounds, he’ll be right there with love and affection when you return from a quest every time, win or lose! Also, once he loves you, you can pick him up and carry him around town. Watch for when he starts wiggling in your arms, when he does, put him down he can find items for you! From materials for crafting, to vouchers, to new costumes for him! Remember the number one rule of Monster Hunter: Poogie comes first!
Only thing I disagree with is not looking up a weapon tutorial. They sadly don’t include everything in the notes, there are a couple of mechanics and combos you won’t know about IG without someone telling you “hey, the game doesn’t tell you this but this is how this move works.”. I recommend he watches Sky Senseis IG guide and he will be set. He still hasn’t courted out how to power up his Kinsect yet.
@@711_skiddlz Not for every monster, especially in high- and master-rank missions. Usually materials from high-rank monsters that are ranks 7-9 are usually one or the other. Same formula goes for master-rank monsters and their materials.
Most of it probably had to do with the fact that as he himself mentioned, was caused by the video format not coming off as friendly approach to the game. The elitist on the other hand while still is present are not the big part of the negative feedback as far as i can say.
Trails, play however you want. Don’t let people force you to play how they want. If you want to play for fun, do it. If you want to play it seriously, do it.
@@NephewJontai i agree to an extent. If the person playing is clearly playing incorrectly and is sending a bad image of the game out then they should be told they are not playing correctly. Its clear he took zero time learning any controls or combos. He then went and said how sluggish and bad the game felt due to that. Anyone with an audience should at least practice a bit when showing a game to their audience or should reserve judgment for after they learn.
@@imperialphoenix1229 bit more than slightly. 2 monsters have 1/2 the hp each, 3 monsters have 1/3 the hp each, etc. It's why quests like the MR200 quest is so easy. It has 4 monsters, so each monster only has 1/4 of its hp.
@@sephi7ac more than 1/2, but it depends on the quest. The musical event quests have 5 monsters with a lot of scaling, while in "The city is our" the monsters have a lot more HP than in the quests I've mentioned before
I had no problem with your first video but I did prefer this one. I think the reason for the "hate" with the first, was your seemingly negative attitude toward the game. I'm not saying you were being negative on purpose or anything. Its just the vibe I think a lot of people got, and MH fans probably felt like they needed to defend their game cuz some gamer kids are a bit sensitive I guess lol. Maybe I'll see you roaming the shattered isles some day. Keep up the good work🤙
6:43 What gives is that you're getting better at the game lol. Knowing where to go, spending less time hesitating to remember controls, being able to better aim your attacks at better hitzones, etc. 11:00 Quests that have multiple monsters that you have to hunt scale their HP down a bit. Also, raw damage is king in MonHun; you can use very dedicated builds to get elemental damage to compete with raw damage, but in most cases element is only worth considering if the monster has good hitzones for that element AND has decent raw as well. So your Tobi Kadachi glaive was probably still doing good damage just because its raw was good enough. I certainly have my gripes with MonHun World/Iceborne, but I hope you stick with it and enjoy it.
For insect glaive it’s well worth the extra minute gathering all 3 extracts, instead of trial and error it takes 10 seconds to look in your Hunter journal and find the weak points that will give you the extracts. Also while you do story healing kinsect is worthwhile. Hope you enjoy the game bud, no wrong way to play a PvE if you’re enjoying!
A week late, since I just got this recommeneded just now, but its good that you didn't go with the defender armor this time, really helps with learning the game and getting to experience the base game. The defender armor itself is there to boost you from base game all the way to iceborne, with those comfy skills it comes with and bow strong the weapons are. That said, 1hr of training room with each weapon is a tad overkill, at the most getting a feel for it with a quest against a monster you find fun would be better. Way better than the 1hr of training room. Hope you can enjoy the rest of the game.
My dude... Fulgur Anjanath is a subspecies of normal Anjanath that has a thunderous maw. Fulgur Anjanath's wings glow and vibrate with electricity and its color palette is tiger stripes and snow white. There is another creature in the mh world that has fulgur in it's name. Fulgur bugs, witch are electrically charged beatles. It is Fulgur Anjanath, not Vulgar Anjanath.
11:00 To answer your question, there's a simple explanation: quests with multiple monsters downscale their HP so the quests don't take 10+ minutes per monster
To explain a bit on elemental damage, since you mentioned it in the video: Your weapon has both raw and elemental damage on it. If you hit Tobi with a thunder weapon, the elemental part deals 0 damage. The raw part however still deals full damage. Most of the time, especially in the early game, the elemental part of your weapon is irrelevant since it barely deals damage anyway. Elemental doesn't become relevant until you actually build for it with armor skills. Just pick whichever weapon has the highest raw value, regardless of element. To get a bit more mathy: 8:05 Your Tobi glaive has 90 thunder damage on the weapon card. You have to divide that by ten in MHW to get your 'true elemental damage', which is 9. So whenever you hit something with your glaive you can do at most 9 thunder damage to it. This 9 damage however still has to go past the monster's thunder resistance. Pukei-Pukei is weak to thunder damage. Its head has 70% resistance against thunder, so you will deal 30% of the true elemental damage. So against a Pukei's head you would deal 9 x 0.3 = 2.7 thunder damage per hit. In other words you really don't have to worry about elemental damage right now since even if you exploit the weaknesses you get 3 damage extra per hit, which in the grand scheme of things is nothing.
Dude..i didnt complain of how you played... I complained because you really didnt give it a chance from the beginning but im glad you are now taking your time and enjoying it
Monster Hunter's creatures are based off of basic, reusable skeletons most of the time for the exact purpose that you can *just* manage to see various species being offshoots of a single ancestor or two, which gives the game some neat realism. They really nail it on visual appearance and sound design. The realism is usually thrown out the window for crazy design ideas when you get to the Elder Dragons, though, look forward to them! (Though World has some of the tamest designs from the series, except for one glowy boy) Hope to see you go through it all the way to the baddest black dragon! P.S. As a Greatsowrd/Dual Blades main myself, you're entirely right. Paolumu is the worst.
I have over 1K hours on both Dauntless and Monster Hunter. and i discoverd your channel when your first MHW video got recommended to me. Glad to see you on MHW for the second time. I Really enjoy watching people getting through the learning curve of the MHW so i just subscribed and i will hop on to the twitch to watch the full stream and take this amazing journey again with you. ^^ Just keep in mind that anyone who trash talking to you because you know less of the game than them have been through the same learning curve. so try not to listen to them much. Defender set is actually the "Easy" mode of the game tho -,- so i'm happy that you aren't using them now. Also i would like to see you try and learn every weapon that the game has to offer, but it's totally up to you I'm glad that i discovered your channel and i think even if you say that live commentary is not your usual style for the videos, i found your commentary really entertaining ^^ Thank you
Talking about investigations at 11:04 in the lower ranked content (low and high rank but not master rank) investigations can roll 7 different ranges for the large monsters; up to a 15% (5% increments) either way of increased or lowered defense (this is used by team darkside for their biggest hits possible videos)
The lip sync issues are a problem with the language you currently use. You can change the language in settings, if you want it to fit the lip sync make the audio language “Monster Hunter”.
oh shit new mic pog also 11:02 investigation monster hp is scaled based on how many there are, i.e if there's 2 then their hp is half of what it normally is, if there's 3 then it's a third, etc.
I just roll my eyes and the crazy fanboy elitists. I don't have time for illogical idiots. Capturing is better than killing for the most part. Also Jinjinx and Tuner are great for mechanic stuff (and just number crunching if you get interested in what's going on under the Monster Hunter hood). Hope you keep having fun with it.
"i don't understand? why is everything easier when i attack it the second time?" yes... that's how real life experience works and what MH relies on rather than a number going up to increase stats gradually. you are simply getting better at your chosen weapon like a player using a main fighting character
It really just shows how lifeless dauntless is. The monster are just punching bags with hit points and are set up to be generic enemy first and animal second.
Just enjoy the ride, "pros" who said you should wear defender don't even know how to play, defender is shit, bad skills, bad slots, it only has defense (the weapons are good thou) learn at your own pace and enjoy the game, you're doing great 👍
I think it's great that you hopped into a new game the way you did. It's reassuring seeing someone who is great at one game take on another game and bravely go through the pains of learning a new game. I enjoyed both vids. Thanks!
i think people in previous video isnt telling you to be the best at playing this game.. just learn the basics enough.. just put more effort on playing , learning mechanics rather than just unga bunga hitting monsters.. there are lots of mechanics in this game like traps etc especially each weapon. you dont need to master all weapons.. just know the basics of using it
This is some good stuff, I'm glad you gave it a go despite having a rough start with the community. I hope you continue to enjoy the game. Keep up the good work and go at your own pace
11:00 They aren't easier but because you were hunting 2 monsters at once they got their health cut down. Trust me, there are endgame hunts where you go up against 5 monsters at once. You are basically given the task of killing every monster on the map and in order for that to be possible they cut down the monster's health.
If you want to play a more realistic mh experience play rise or mhgu on switch. I do love this game, but it's a little bit different from your average MH experience.
For your first time playing monster, to me i feel you did very well and learned fast. You having a background with Dauntless, I can see it being a pretty smooth transition. I look forward to seeing hunts, reactions and struggles!
I’ll echo some other comments here and say play how you want. The beauty of this game is that it allows you to make an armor set and weapons that works for you and your play style. If you’re having fun, then you’re playing it right.
Yeah your live reaction had a passive aggressive vibe to it, whether that was your intention or not, a lot of people felt it. I too sometimes give off that vibe when talking to people, and I did not even know I was like that.
Also fun fact there are certain monsters dont wanna spoil BUUUUT are weak to their own element all u rlly need to do to see their weaknesses is pick up tracks or footprints of dem
I bought monsterhunter 6months back and switched from dauntless. At first i played as a maniac with the dualblades. And 120 hours in game later i still play as a maniac. I almost finished the game right now but havent played it for weeks. Just play it in your style, the game has so much ways to play. There is alot to learn and master in the game and you can do the quests in your own tempo. A quick tip, capture monsters if you want parts. If i remember right you can then fight hem in the arena. and capturing gives you alot of monster parts.
I'm glad you are using the kinsect this time around . Also as someone with 1000's of hours we do tend to forget how bad we were but the mh community is usually pretty supportif not toxic
Red extract (1) gives a better attach pattern. Silver extract (2) makes you jump higher when using the thrust move and gives you a speed buff. Copper extract (3) gives you extra defense. Some other insect glaive info is if you have all 3 extracts all 3 will go out at once after awhile and if you have only 2 depended on how long ago you got your last one it will go out and you will need to replenish it. Something else is if you have all 3 you do extra damage as well. (I am an insect glaive user but I’m not the best at it but it’s the best info I know) [Edit] monsters run after taking a certain amount of damage. you can capture them with traps and tranq bombs when they start limping and they have the skull icon on their icon on the map you can trap them and capture them.
The "runaway" feature is kind of an indicator for its health. Monsters usually move after a certain damage threshold until you eventually force them to flee towards their nest, where they will sleep and regenerate health. You'll know they're near death when they limp and a skull appears on the minimap. It was annoying at first, but once you get to know where the monsters usually go you can use the downtime from their escape to restock items or change certain equipment back at camp, then head straight to where you know they'll be at. Most areas have their own environmental traps so you'll have more to work with that help the hunt go faster.
I Grew More Towards Dauntless Due To The Amount Of Actual Behemoths I Can Slay In A Very Short Amount Of Time. Not To Mention I Was First Exposed To Dauntless Before Monster Hunter (Which Is Ironic Since MH Was Around Far Longer Than Dauntless But I Would've Stuck To It Regardless Due To It Being *FREE* And I'm Very Poor Than And Still Somewhat Now) But I Enjoyed Both Games (Yes I Have Both, Yes I've Beaten Monster Hunter World & Iceborn And Yes I've Played A Lot Of Hours Into Both Games And Considered *DECENT* At Best In MHI & Dauntless) My Only Problem Is Fully Mastering The Games And Managing Myself Properly To Fully Improve On Both Games, Still Working On One Of The Two Games For That (Data Is Also Limited On Wifi Despite The *"Unlimited Data Plan"* I Was Set Up With But Not Everyone Is Here In Alaska With Me, With Slow Internet That's Like Watching An Old Person On The Verge Of Dying But Just Won't Stop Until You Hit Them Hard One Way Or Another) Ok, I'll Shorten What I'm Saying At The End Here. Dauntless & Monster Hunter? Both Good. Are They The Same? Used To Be But Dauntless Is Trying To Be It's Own Game Now (No Longer Being A Free Knock-Off Variant) Is It Worth Trying Both Of Them? Absolutely, Just Know You Have To *AT LEAST COMMIT TO THE GAMES* To Be Able To Enjoy Them In The First Place (I Have A Friend Whom Also Had Both But Didn't Even Beat The First Main Creatures Of Both Of The Games, Just A Waste Of Money And Data If You Ask Me) Now, Hope That Clears A Bit Of These Things Up For Some Of You. *If You Wanna Say Something Negative, Just Don't Say A Thing At All* Because Not Everyone Wants To See The Same Old *Human Vs Human* Disputes We've Been Having For A Few Million Years (Give Or Take A Few) When We Could Literally Do Something Better, Like Actually Learning The Differences Between The Two Games. In Monster Hunter, You Don't Just Hunt Monster's And Become The *"Hunter"*, You Learn Their Attack Patterns And Personalities, How They Act Upon Seeing You Or Other Monsters, Keeping "Balance" In The Whole World Of Monster Hunter. Dauntless Is Literally Just Haunting Monsters Because The Powers The Behemoths Obtained *CAN* Erase Humanity If Left Unchecked, The Behemoths Only Have A Singular Goal, *"Kill Any Human Within A Certain Area."* They Don't Let Anyone Get Close Without Getting Triggered To Fight, They May Hesitate But They'll Fight You Regardless Even If They Know They'll Die For It. Alright, *I hope You Read All Of It Or You Won't Know What You'll Say That May Or May Not Be Correct, Regardless If You're Being Polite Or Not Since Not Two Humans Are Exactly The Same, And Thus, Will ALWAYS React Differently To HOW YOU'LL RESPOND TO THIS COMMENT.* And If You Did Read It All And Have Learn A Few *GOOD* Things About Me And The Games, Have A Happy Life Ahead Of You. See Y'all Later! 😁👍
Oh my god mate I got the game a week and a half ago after thinking about it for a while and I already beat Iceborne it is such a good game, Monster Hunter Rise and its DLC Sunbreak will be releasing on pc next summer I am totally getting it
@@Plasma_Mobile many of the better hunts are outside of the base storyline. Some hunts require you to take down more than one monster. Personally it is pretty satisfying to hunt them somewhat repeatedly because you can feel your progress as you get to know the monsters' habits and build your own. Your characters doesn't level up, you do.
@@rerereuj Maybe, the difference is, that there's a value for fighting behemoths repeatedly in Dauntless. In MH it's mostly story, good looks and a limited amount of interesting fights. There's not that much achievable after completing all quests. Dauntless just begins, when the quests are finished.
@@Plasma_Mobile this is the most incorrect, uniformed assessment I think I've heard. Let me clarify to you from a more educative standpoint: Monster hunter historically has been known for how much of a grind it. Yes, as you go through the story, you fight new monsters. Now, it's not as easy to make an armour set the moment you fight a new monster. You must repeatedly fight that monster to gain materials not only for its armour, but its weapons. The materials might require you to fight other monsters, gather bugs, mine ores etc. There is typically a material for an armour piece in the set that has a super low drop rate (3-5%), which means even more grinding Now, once you finish the story, like many games, that's actually where the game starts. Monster hunter is a game where typically the story will last you about 30-50 hours, however, the endgame content takes you all the way to 1000+ hours. This is to say that there are MANY endgame activities, and typically anywhere from 60 to 70% of the monsters in the game are found in endgame. Different mh games have different endgame activities. I will not go into them so as to not spoil you if you want to play in the future, but just know that beating the game is only the tutorial. Expect hundreds upon hundreds of endgame (im personally on 1.2k hours in mh world plus its expansion) This also isn't even to mention that mh world in particular followed a live service-type post launch support where they regularly dropped in new monsters, event quests, seasonal events, sieges, armour etc beyond the game's release and even beyond the endgame. There's just so much content you can sink your teeth into. There are many side quests that help you unlock certain tools in a hunt, there are minigames such as photography, treasure hunting etc. At this point, I think I'm overselling the game. My point is, your comment about mh being a story game (lmao) is as far from the truth as can be, and I was trying to explain to you all the different activities you can engage with. I encourage you to play the game. Happy hunting
Part of the "problem" with your previous MH episode is that many weapon types in Monster Hunter incorporate mechanics that are ... difficult to spot by yourself (i.e. without advance explanation/tutorials), and the "war pike" is ABSOLUTELY one such weapon. On the other hand, if you want to try a weapon whose mechanics are straightforward and intuitive, I'd suggest maybe Great Sword (hits slow but hard, hit-and-run playstyle), Sword & Shield (fast and versatile), or Lance (slow but persistent, "tank" playstyle)
I was sitting here thinking... "How tf did you bounce so much on Barroth and and Radobaan?"... But then I remembered. I started the game as part of the Hammer gang. I literally did not use another weapon besides Hammer till post game. Bouncing has RARELY, if ever been an issue. 🔨 HAMMER GANG 🔨
hey man, just wanted to say, the fact that you tried it out again, despite the negative stuff the first time around, is really cool. MH games in a nutshell really requires you to understand everything. From monsters, to the fucking menus istg. In Dauntless, it's a much more basic approach, but I think it also has its charms (I have been having a blast playing with friends through the game lol). But anywho, thanks for giving MH another chance! Looking forward for your MH journey updates! I also subbed because, again, I play Dauntless and I watch sum of your vids lol.
Wha- I can't believe people were disliking it! It's a video I specifically looked up mostly because i wanted to see weather Dauntless players would enjoy the game even if playing it as a completely blind newbie. Your reactions were amazing, and I enjoyed the video so much, there aren't any others out there like it and I'm STILL super excited to see you play more!!! Edit: watched the rest of the vid! :D Duuude, what a good sesh. The monsters aren't easier you're just getting better at the game! Though that being said quests with multiple monsters do make both the monsters a tad weaker. The game is even multiplayer, maybe if you have other Dauntless mains in your friend group you could convince them all to give the game a try? >w> I would be fucken pumped to see a full crew do a bunch of quests together.
I'm still halfway through the video, but... 1:14 No, that's a lie. The vast majority of watchers were complaining not because of your skills or about the gameplay, but because of your attitude towards the game, or about the general disdain and lack of interest you showed on stream. The fact that you're a beginner, or is not playing "correctly" (whatever you mean by that), has absolutely nothing to do in regards to why people disliked your first video. If you're going to give Monster Hunter a second chance, at the very least go in with a good mindset, so that the experience is good for both parties (you, and your audience; unless your intended audience are Dauntless elitists, or MHW haters). If you try to "force" yourself to play MHW again just for views and quick/dirty jabs at it, you will surely repeat your mistakes yet again, and your dislike ratio will go up accordingly. EDIT: About the "try all weapons for an hour or two": bad wording there, I wholeheartedly admit, but I understand where the person is coming from. Each weapon plays out very differently from each other, overall, and the game doesn't explain much about them (apart from the hunter notes). His intention (I think) was to encourage you to get the feel for each weapon, not to be proficient with each one from the get-go. Perhaps you'd be more comfortable with another weapon, but for that to happen, you need to try it out for some minutes, or perhaps do a mission or two with it. Most players start with a weapon, but end up maining a completely different one (like me). Hence why the person suggested that. I see you did just that (try weapons out), and that's really nice! Having said all that, I look forward to more Monster Hunter videos from you! It's always nice to watch newcomers to the series!
I highly recommend you look up a channel called SkySensei for his MHWIB IG guide. He mains IG and he also plays on PC so you won’t have to worry about translating the controls, he will explain everything that you need to know about the weapon. Especially the mechanics that the game doesn’t tell you about and that you more than likely won’t figure out on your own(not a dig at you, MH is known for not explaining everything about its systems. Especially the mechanics around weapons).
yea you are right, monster hunter is not easy to get into, but once you learn it and put the time in its so fun. Everyone always complains how boring dauntless combat gets in the endgame because the combat in daunless is pretty basic. This is diffrent in monster hunter. The combat in monster hunter is so in depth that it will take newer playrs 100+ hours to get somewhat decent at it but if you do the the game is so fun for so long. In my first mh which was 4u i had 2200 hours and only stopped playing it because a new one came out but it was still so much fun and i was no where near of getting bored after 2200 hours. ALSO HOW DARE YOU INSULT MY BOI PUKEI and yes the nest is pain. Idk why they thought that that small area was suitable to fight in
Really glad to see the restraint from using the Defender gear and weapons. Still not a problem if you wanna use em just for fun, but ultimately they are indeed a crutch set implemented when Iceborne dropped for people to play catch-up. Yes it’s definitely helpful for people making a second and or third character till they get good decorations and other armors with the proper mix-and-match potential and to help with getting those secondary and tertiary characters into Iceborne, but it’s just more or less taking the easy route to Iceborne. People are certainly welcome to use that gear, but in my honest opinion it takes away from really experiencing the game and going through all the “hardships” of it and feeling great and relieved about beating certain monsters and getting past certain parts of the game. Yeah a lot of stuff in it can be a pain, some stuff more than others, but ultimately it’s all part of the experience. Really hope you’re enjoying the game so far man. I never really knew about your channel till the 2 MH vids, but quite frankly it’s because I never much cared for Dauntless so I never followed any channels for the game. But I can say that I’m glad that because I watch a lot of MH vids, from fellow speedrunners, and from those who aren’t that are just playing and or reviewing the game, I was suggested the first MH vid you did because you were coming from Dauntless and trying out MH. It’s great to see people trying the game out for the first time, even if World/Iceborne is their first MH game they’ve played from the series. Because more often than not, they wind up going back and playing and experiencing the older MH games and really getting into this great series. Hopefully playing this one does the same for you, if you like this one enough.
The first Monster hunter video was the first of your videos i watched and i thought "holy shit, this youtuber really sucks at youtube."... but this video is so much better ^^ its great Its funny to see that you play the glaive completly differntly than i am :D im always in the air, jumping around. I have no clue if 1 style is better than the other, i just do it cause its more fun for me :D And my tip would be: you can feed your kinsect stones and stuff if you press B+Y while aiming the kinsect. Buffs it and is quite good in my experience.
> Complains about sharpness bouncing My playthrough wasn't at all like tha- *Remembers hunting horn personal buff has inbuilt minds eye which prevents bounces* Awww yeeeee
Monster Hunter places a huge emphasis on monster ecology and the human's (hunters') relationship with nature. In fact, *we* call them monsters, but they're basically just animals. That's why they run away, because like animals, they don't want to die. Like in real life, some animals are harmful to the balance of the environment and must be weeded out, hence why we hunt them. I like that they run away, narratively and mechanically. It shows that they're not just big bad evil creatures and actually have complex lives that they live, and also it gives us time to restock and maintain our gear in between fights.
Ok so here it goes, Im currently thinking about picking up dauntless after spending over 2000 hours in mh titles and figured, why not xD So the video title of the previous video was immediately intriging, because its really the other point of view literally. BUT .. after the first couple of minutes I got the feeling you came into the game already not wanting to like it and with a really negative mindset so I turned the video off again.. Needless to say this video title got my attention again and this time I actually enjoyed your content, but Im also willing to start a wonderful hate hate relationship, take my sub :]
Mh community is 50% love for the game and wholesomeness and 50% obnoxious and toxic elitism. Ps: if for some reason you were to upload more mhw videos I'll definitely watch them.
Tbh, I actually think the flack you got from the previous video came from your overall attitude towards the game at the start. It made you look uninterested, which really downgrades the viewing experience. Good for you in revisiting the game. And you're definitely getting better so that's another plus.
1K hours into the game before I stopped playing and I was still bad at it. Like I completed the game with Solo Greatsword only and beat Fatalis Solo, then I cart 9 times in succession to Tempered Diablos without being able to hunt it. Good times.
I'm surprised you got so much hate and discouragement. The MH community is usually a pretty chill / positive community (a guy called Hey Jay! hated on the game at first, the community encouraged him and gave him some suggestions and now got a whole series on the game) probably the really negative feeling tone of the video triggered some people. I'm sure a lot of this will have been answered, but I might as well throw in my two cents. The monsters running is a mechanic for capturing them, it can be a bit tedious but is less of an annoyance later on in the game. Quests with more than one monster reduce the health of the monsters (or their damage resistances, idk MH has complex damage calculations) so it's less about killing one strong one and more about defeating a gauntlet of them With stuff like the Paoluma, it encourages you to look into armor skills and really learn a monster to kit yourself for it. It's sort of a thing with MH that half the battle is learning and preparing for the monster itself.
1. Yes make sure to always eat :) 2. If a Monsters HP is low enough it runs to its nest to sleep. It depends on your damage and the monsters state when its going to run away, so that way you unfortunately always had the cases, that you kept it in the area for so long, that the "running away" mechanic kicked in when the monster only has like 50 HP left. I hope that was kinda understandable. 3. In a quest or investigation with several monsters, each monsters HP is lowered, thats why it felt faster.
I think bro meant spend a couple hours trying all the weapons, not trying each one for a couple hours 😂 Also as a tip: The orange extract is indeed the least useful one, but when red & white are about to run out (flashing quickly) you can get orange (if you don't have it already) to refresh the timers.
As an insect glaive main I will say upgrading your bugs helps a lot more than you would think, also there is some stuff later that really helps with damage output that I won't spoil. But ya the desert, I'll just say screamer and flash pods. 94% of this game is grinding for shit, and don't forget to buy the armor and power talons from the shop to keep on you....
Eh don’t pay attention to those who say you shouldn’t play, or call you trash. You have to learn and eventually you just get better. But I won’t lie I did scream inside when you picked the defender gear, but it’s logical to pick when you don’t know why it’s there, although I think it shouldn’t be there in the first place.
You'll be in the low ranks a little longer until after zorah magdaros again, right now your in low rank, high + 5 special assignment monsters & that's base game, admittable world is similar to original monster hunter, icebourne is closer to what the series is like so I hope you get to it If you have iceborne that means when monsters pause & show their sides it's an opening for clutch claw for damage but careful, they enrage faster when you do this Also btw you might wanna check out the list of monsters for the series, your kinda right, plenty of reptile & wyvern but they do actually have a wide array & use the skeletons to vary
Saw some guy said that he need to play this game with controller because playing it with keyboard suck. I finished the game with both keyboard and controller. It dont have much different to it.
hey! Some advice if i may: learn to catch monsters (more loot, faster hunt) use bombs and flashbugs, they can make the hunt way faster if timed correctly (flashbugs can stop a fleeing monster) use demondrug, demon powder and the fruit itself as they give you a nice damage boost and they stack dont worry about upgrade-ing your armor as those pieces will be irrelevant later in the game and upgrade spheres are not that easy to come by and would recommend trying out other weapons, its a big part of the game
I saw the first one a bit ago, and while yeah, you were playing like a noob, you, well... Were new to the game, so that's expected. It's nice to see you fire back at all the haters in the comments, showing that you did in fact stick with it, and did, in fact, git gud.
At first! I have to say the video is way better then the old one. I disliked the old video because it fellt TO ME like you dont really want to play it, just bashing it to get more views and now the video is really good you tested stuff you are talking in a way more open (at least it sound to me more open) and the video is more fun to watch! sorry for my english greetings from germany
Tips: when a monster roar try to time roll to get the where you don’t get stagger. When the monster is limping away is basically they are dying you can see a skull icon on the map, they will always run away to their resting spot to sleep and get some health back. Claw clutch is quite useful like you can temporarily make them get knock down by sending them into a wall but you need slinger ammo also claw clutch allow you to wound a body part and make it easier to do damage or part break. When the monster enrage you can see on the right of your mini map that the monster has a red eye icon and cannot be claw clutch launch and will be a bit tougher to flinch.
Only 5mins in and not sure if you knew you can go into the tent to resupply and change your gear. Also I hope you enjoy your time in MHW this community is hella bipolar.
I think you got that reaction because this and extremelly loved franchise yet you seemed very critical of it simply in the tone of your voice. so yeah people are quick to jump on those who critisise something they love or are passionate about. Monster hunter is a game I hated the first time i played it, and then I learned how to play, now it's one of my favorite games
Screw those elitist Trails. If they don't understand the concept of being "new at the game" then you don't need to give them the time of the day. Humans do be dumb like that sometimes.
This is a great video =D TOo bad the last video was received so bad, but I watched it too and it was not too great! I rather enjoy this type of videos however, so I wouldn't mind you making more =D Also, a few more interesting things you might want to try out: When a monster is limping, and it get's to its sleep area, you can actually capture it with some capture device and sleep Bombs! This will get more rewards, and sometimes even rewards you usually cannot get by carving (though there is also stuff you can only get from carving, so it is not always recommended, but most of the times!) you can actually see in your Monster Journal what gives what rewards, if you got enough monster tracks and encounters =) But that is mostly important on High and Master Rank, but it is absolutely good to know! other than that I say you already did a great job =D keep it up! And about weapons: Just stick with the glaive! The Longsword is damn good, but if you are not into counter attacking and stuff, then there are better weapons. And the glaive can jump and attack monster Parts the Longsword usually cannot reach =) Also, about the Element: Technically you can use every element weapon on any monster (with very few exceptions), since the most important stat is the RAW Damage! There are exceptions for some weapons, but you should get the details for yourself! Also, some Elements can have special effects on Monsters, for example a Water Weapon get's the mud of an Jyuratados or an Barroth easier off then other weapons! just as an example =) You have to literally trial and error your way through this game at times!
10:49 it's because your weapon has hi raw atk both your raw AND the weapons element are calculated for total damage against monsters that being said it's usually faster to slay a monster with weakness element than the elements that the monster has resistances against.🤨🤔🧐
You can consider picking up a new weapon as an extra challenge in this game, you will always need to put in the time to learn it, to get to the same proficiency as your other weapons and some weapons like the bow or bowguns are really dependent on your skills, thus will always be easier to pick up in the late game. However, they do give you the opportunity to get a unique angle in a fight and some monster matchups are just way more enjoyable. But it is entirely possible to solo the game with just one weapon type from start to finish.
U can stop the monster from running away using flash bomb or any projectile that flinches. Early monsters are quite meh, the game gets more fun against higher tier monsters.
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Still playing around with new toys, mouth crackling is still a bit excessive even through 2 pop filters on new mic. Fine tuning audio still needed.
Play however you want man.
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SPOILER (A-bit ) The game gets much more difficult in the Endgame :D I Promise
So that investigation you were curious about, basically if there is 2 or 3 monsters in the same quest, each monster's hp is reduced compared to when you're doing a quest with just 1 monster in it.
First off, great video. Second, I am one of the people who spent over 1k hours in MHW before trying dauntless (where I'm only at about 500 hours so far), and I'm happy the MH Elitists are boosting your videos, that being said, 90% of the comments from "Experts" are just wrong anyway. Regardless, have fun, love the videos, do what makes you hungry and happy!
Pukei-Pukei is adorable, and I will hear no slander against it.
I hate that thing
@@justyouraveragegamer5065 *how dare you*
Fellow Pukei lover!
pukei pukei is amazing
As soon as i played the The Witcher quest, i absolutely loved pukei pukei.
mate I feel you when i started playing this game most of my friends did not even try to teach me on how to play the game after they wanted me to buy it and the when i play a few levels with them the next the day they already finished the game without me so now i just bought a game that is just vibing in my library now
I'm happy that you gave the game a second shot and didn't let the assholes get under your skin.
The food bonus stats are going to be really helpful and watch the skills that the meals will give you. Some make sharpening faster, others make it so when you faint it doesn't count towards your faint counter.
The chef's choice meal will be the one with the freshest ingredients that will max out your health but because of this you can only eat it once per hunt.
The clutch claw will help you with getting faster times because you can weaken monster parts so you do more damage to them but you need to make sure that the monster won't attack at all during the animation or you'll be flung off and take damage. However weapons are split into two categories where some are called 'light' and others 'heavy' the only difference being that for a heavy weapon, you will weaken the monster parts on the first clutch claw attack that you do. 'Light' weapons will knock off some slinger ammo the first time you try and weaken a part.
With the insect glaive if you want to sacrifice your slinger ammo you can buff your kinsect to either gather two extracts at a time or make it so they do more damage depending on what kind of ammo you have. I don't know which does what as I don't play the insect glaive.
I'm sorry if I'm just repeating what other people are saying as I don't aim to be condescending with this I just want to help you a little bit with having a better time with the game so if I didn't explain anything that you didn't already know I hope you'll accept my apologies.
But I hope that the game gets better for you and that you don't play the game solely out of spite towards the nay-sayers. But good luck and happy hunting. Maybe we'll see each other on the hunt sometime.
This monster hunter series you’re doing is so amazing lol
I recall the game stressing you get all 3 extract but I don't remember if it goes over why, ffor having all 3 they last longer so you need to do it less, and it gives you minor boosts to earplugs, tremor, and wind pressure resistance, this gets pretty strong later on when you get a skill called flinch free that combos with this innate weapon buff. Also when you do a quest that makes you fight more than 1 monster, they do have less health, and another thing monsters have hp ranges, not every Great Jagrass has the same amount of health and even size
To answer your question on the story monsters being harder no they aren't it's just because that investigation required you to kill 2 monster instead of one therefore decreasing the hp of them both nice feature right? Love the content from you and love monster hunter even more it's an interesting community in the fact that most are elitest in their thinking and if you're not playing the game for speed then why play it at all? They forget it's a game sometimes and it sucks for newer players who get caught in this "get gud" community there's some nice ones out there you're doing great for your first and second time around everyone starts from somewhere
Your turn around in MH is pretty damn impressive. Hope to see more.
When folks say. "You're not going to handle this because of defender gear" etc. People aren't explaining themselves correctly I feel. The idea is that defender gear is intended to carry folks to the expansion. So if you as a new player let yourself get carried with the gear without exploring the mechanics and what truly makes the loop tick, its always likely a new player will struggle as they reach the master rank level of the game which comes from the expansion. As master rank is a much steeper difficulty than between low rank to high rank. I do wonder if the guy who said "Barroth" actually meant "Barioth" who is kinda the first "noob killer" of Iceborne, the expansion. For anyone who was trying to be elitist, that by no means represents the Monster Hunter community. I've known the community in being very helpful to newcomers. I suppose comparing Monster Hunter to Dauntless probably rubbed off the wrong way to some as Monster Hunter was the OG for the sub genre for a very long time. Anyways, cool to see folks exploring the mechanics of the game and enjoying it for what it offers.
I stumbled onto the original video a while ago and I just kind of ignored it, I assumed thats what everyone does when they dont like a video lol.
Both Barroth and Barioth are noob killers tbh. Barroth is probably one of the most consistent walls for players since he was introduced. The thing with him is that he moves quite a bit, he has two "states" which forces you change your strategy depending on if he is muddy or not, and he is the first monster that actually hits hard.
Barioth is also a wall, but for mostly different reasons. While Barioth also moves a lot, you actually have to break his arm spikes before you can trully fight him. Unlike Barroth, which doesn't really require a special strategy besides "don't get hit," Barioth requires a whole lot more patience.
Yeah, I remember when the Defender set dropped... was friends with a guy that took World... WAY to damned seriously. He went on an unhinged rant for about an hour straight on why it was the worst thing to ever happen to the games and how it invalidated even playing the base game.
@@fanusobscurus i mean they are kinda not wrong. Rushing the game as new player with the defender set made them face tanking everything without thinking mechanically like dodging, which is a big problem in iceborne where the monsters move faster and hit harder especially if you play coop you just drag your team down in the end. I feel this is the exact same people that complain on reddit about how iceborne is too hard etc etc and complaining about bad design and mechanics , unfair and unfun monstera too fast blah blah blah those exaggerating statement, while for me the only "badly designed" monster is only master rank kushala thanks to no counter play and just straight up annoyance whatsoever. Like just take the game pace slowly until you understand how dodging, monster's moveset, your main weapon move etc.
@@dohnaseek I agree, but I also want to point out that using defender gear is like finishing the tutorial on a game like warframe by the end of the tutorial you are dropped in to the game without knowing jack shit and blame the game for not teaching you
It's good to see you giving it another chance, and it's definitely cool to me because the algorithm did indeed feed me your first video on this, so getting to immediately see the transition rather than waiting for it was really cool.
That being said, a couple of things...
I'm pretty sure that bloke meant spend an hour or two experimenting with the weapons, not two hours for each weapon. He also recommended looking up quick guides and rundowns. This may seem like illogical advice to you, but it's common in Monster Hunter and here's why: every weapon feels drastically different from the one before it. There are complicated mechanics to a lot of them that straight-up aren't explained in the training room, and usually can't be gleaned from hands on experience. Bloke was just trying to look out for you and help you find a weapon that excited you enough to want to learn in a way that saves you time. If you're more boots on the ground, so be it, but understand where this advice is coming from.
Secondly, you want want to familiarize yourself with HeyJay and his experience getting into Monster Hunter. He wasn't really into the series either and his first video was a semi-scathing review about Rise and why he's just not into it. It didn't come off as judgmental though, and was more 'this is not for me'. Your video, whether your intention or not, had a serious air of dismissing everything you encountered and just not taking it seriously. I think if the community reacted differently to you than him, you might want to ask yourself why. I'm not saying you did anything wrong but I'm saying maybe you can reflect on your presentation going forward.
That being said, the critiques about your actual playing weren't justified. You're right about that.
Hell, I played this game once all the way through and still wasn't good. I switched main weapons and did a second playthrough, and didn't start learning the most important mechanics of my weapon until halfway through the DLC. Most of us have similar stories of not 'getting' the game or our weapon for a while, and I think the community needs to keep that in perspective.
Anyway, try not to let the negativity give you a bad impression of the community. We definitely have our toxic players, but for the most part we just want to see more people fall in love with this series. I think you'll find if you continue to approach this game with an open-mind you'll be met with a lot of support, encouragement, and tips.
Hope you end up digging it.
This is gold
Enjoyed reading this whole comment, amazing points delivered here 🔥
Yep agree wholly with this comment.
This person is completely right
[edit] (I think the only reason why I didn’t like dauntless was because I played mhw first and it made me not like dauntless. It made me feel like it was a complete rip off of mhw.)
Pov you have time comment XD
I think most of the negative reaction also came from your attitude towards the game. Its hard to know this as a modern new MHW player, but most of the equipment you were using early on in the game wasn't introduced until iceborn was released. Its equipment that almost matches end game stats, making the game much easier and less grindy so that new players could breeze through the main game and into iceborn. Those who played the game without that later introduced equipment had a much more challenging experience and a bigger grind to get the abilities and stats the defender sets already give you from the get go.
Edit* fixed some typos
If you're annoyed by monsters running when they're low health, that's actually a mechanic and not a problem. If you bring traps and tranquilizers you can capture the monster for bonus rewards and the ability to fight it again in a controlled environment
Actually there is also a really skillfull mechanic involved into that. So when you do a clutch claw attack or a series of powerful attacks to a monster they will drop read it green ammo for your slinger. This ammo is guaranteed to stun them even if they are moving away. What I really enjoy doing is the run against time to grab any leftover ammo as soon as the monster limps away, put a shock trap beneath it and capture it with tranq bombs. Or alternatively go for the kill on the spot, however, they will move away again after a couple attacks.
Adds to the immersion of actually hunting creatures
But the increased rewards for capturing monsters is something that isn't always a thing in all Monster Hunter games. Rise, for instance give more, and better, rewards for killing the monsters rather than capturing them.
@@ECSDaemon incorrect, you get a higher chance of getting the rarer parts via capping, but there are certain parts that need to be broken for the cap/kill
@@wamengxiong0409 incorrect, in Rise the rewards are lessened for capping a monster. If you noticed I used Rise as an example of not all games in the series rewarding capturing monster better than killing them. In the mentality of Rise's village, capturing the monsters is considered the easy way out, and thus you don't get as many or even as rare of reward chances for capturing.
There are hunts refered to as huntathons that have more then one target monster. Sometimes up to five monsters. The more monsters, the smaller health pool they tend to have. There is also a food skill you can get when you eat at the canteen called weakener that will have a chance to make the monsters weaker. Also when ever you start the mission there is a background mechanic that will set the health pool within a certain range so naturally fights may seem easier or harder then previous hunts. You can also check your hunter notes to determine the monsters weak point and focus your damage there. Good shiz pls more MHworld
Hey, just a clarification on how Felyne Weakener works as far as I remember: Monsters have a range set for their health pool (don't remember specifics but let's say +/- 10%). For example if Anjanath has 4500 health he can spawn with anywhere from 4050 (90%) to 4950 (110%) health. Weakener defaults anything above 100% down to 100%. So if RNG rolls Anjanath at 4750 health, he instead has his base 4500.
There are also unseen quest modifiers on damage hunter's deal on investigations that I think ranges +/- 10% as well.
those are just multi monster quests, not huntathons.
huntathons are the quests in 4 ultimate where there's infinitely respawning large monsters that you end via a ticket.
@@TheManWithNoHands It's actually not a damage modifier, but a defense modifier. Pedantic, I know. The monster can take 5, 10, or 15% more or less damage in investigations.
Just as an information (in case you didn't know), your sharpness doesn't only affect wether your attacks bounces, it also is a dmg multiplyer and elemental dmg multiplyer
seems that such damage formula have not changed much since the first Monster Hunter.
@@MyNameisRevenant it realy didnt
btw, weapon bounces are not the result of poor sharpness but damage dealt to the part being hit. If you dont meet the damage treshhold (sharpness multiplyer plays are role here) needed for the part, you bounce.
@@fmskaisergsaw5567 well no need to change something that works really good, I like the bounce mechanic, it gives you a sense of intensity on the enemy's armor.
@@fmskaisergsaw5567 there's no damage threshold that determines whether you bounce or not. What determines whether you bounce is if the hitzone value you're striking multiplied by the sharpness raw damage multiplier is less than 40.
However some attacks have natural minds eye, meaning they never bounce. This generally includes charged attacks, shield bashes, and aerial attacks.
@@nickq8093 That's not true either, simply a certain sharpness level will bounce on certain hitzones. For example white sharpness will bounce on hitzones of 18 or lower, blue on 20 or lower etc.
6:40
It's because you gave it another try. Seriously, it doesn't get easier, you just get better. You coming back to the game with a drive to 'do it right this time' gave you the opportunity to become more practiced with your weapon, you attacked more often, hit a higher percentage of your attacks and had a better understanding of how the monster you were fighting moves. All of which are central to the fun of the game
It is one of the best experiences as a hunter.
That and they were slightly smaller thus having less hp
@@dylanflynn1895 I don't think monster size actually changes their HP
@@711_skiddlz there is variable hp, but it's a pretty small range and I don't think it's connected to size
@@711_skiddlz it's the other way around but yes smaller monsters have less hp
I was one of that second wave of watchers, and I had nothing against your level of skill in the previous video, it was more the very down attitude you had that I had a problem with. I didn't hit dislike on the video though, and I'm glad you are revisiting it.
MH generally has a terrible introduction, in that there really isn't a good tutorial system, mostly because of how much information there is, and how much needs to be experienced to understand well (Charge Blade guard points for example). Vital information on how to use certain weapons is at best hidden away in the hunter notes for that weapon. Others usually aren't even explained in the game, such as yellow sharpness or lower having a damage penalty if you don't hit in the correct timing window. You didn't even know about extracts in the last video, even though they are almost necessary to use the Insect Glaive.
Regarding defender equipment, yes you would have had a rough time later on if that is what you went through the game with. It makes the early parts of the game where you are supposed to get smacked around a bit until you learn the visual and audio cues for monster attacks and get acclimated to the weapons you are using much shorter, meaning that you miss out on a good portion of that learning. Then when monsters get faster and more aggressive in High rank you won't be prepared at all, and then again at G/Master rank. I've seen this happen plenty of times in 4U. Players cheat in endgame equipment and/or power through the early game with help from late-game randoms, and are effectively useless in hunts because they don't have the experience to actually hunt at that level.
It’s a shame to as 4U is the best game in the series
If it weren't for all the people that got carried in the online beyond what they could handle, I would personally play online a lot more at this point
11:00 I think the monsters’ health scales down if there’s multiple of them in a single quest. I’m pretty sure it’s the same for events and optional quests, not just investigations.
Yeah they do scale indeed
Doesn't matter what type of quest it is if it has multiple monsters health goes down
@@ryzanor583 it actually depends on the quest, but yeah most quests scale monsters, elite quests and guiding lands don't though
@@Rankaquion Guiding lands doesn't scale it down, because it simply spawns a bunch of random monsters. Regular quests can do this too. But when multiple monsters are the actual objectives, it scales down the HP of all objective monsters a bit, elite quest or not.
@@DeathEatsCurry actually no, "we run this town" is a very clear example of this, all the 5 creatures have full life, leading to many people failing the quest due to time limit
“Half of it was just cowering in fear while this rat balloon hybrid thing breathes” oh boy, you are gonna love nightshade oof uhhh good luck? Hopefully you can get to fatalis
Wait till he fights Kush xD
Deviljho is going to be fun
Oh boy if he gets all the way to Fatalis... He will know real pain lol
Shrieking legiana says hi
@@_FrozenPotato_ Honestly shrieking legana isn't that bad, unless you don't have dung pods to shoo away any other legiana
As a hunter who has around 800 hrs in the game i COMPLETELY understand your 1st gameplay. It reminded me how much i sucked when i first started. Play how u want to and my best advice enjoy yourself.
Right. Everyone was bad at some point. I have about 650 hours in the game and I remember getting stuck on tobi for the longest time. That and Anjanath
@@avenge3356 anjanath made me rage quit at one point
@@red_thunzdr I never got past yian kut ku in Monster Hunter Freedom lol
1100 hours here. My first wall was the Diablos and now its Fatalis. I still haven't been able to beat Fatalis
@@zave598 same here😂
So having watched the first video, I personally took zero issue with the less than stellar gameplay. That's, like, to be expected playing something for the first time! Only thing that really rubbed me the wrong way was what felt like the near constant "this sucks, dauntless is better" remarks. That all said, I'm so glad you gave MH another chance and you had a bit of a better time with it! As a bit of an aside, you've probably gotten a few comments on it already but as far as monsters being easier after you encounter them, it's kinda yes and no. Like naturally as you improve your gear, hunts will get faster BUT in the specific instance you asked about, quests with more than one target monster will actually adjust their HP to compensate for having to track and fight multiple monsters on the same time limit as single target quests.
Tbh, your first hours with Monster Hunter: World aren’t even that bad. I’ve seen people play far worse. Hardcore elitist are toxic, and unfortunately they exist in every game.
However, it DOES appear you at least learned a bit more for your “arsenal” of knowledge from the situation, too, which I respect.
@@lootizin8068 thats the thing that annoyed me too
Hey Trails, really appreciate how you handled this situation. I think your experience will be much more positive here on out, though, plus I think this video style is more you anyways.
I wanted to drop a couple tips as a resident MH expert that’s been following you for a while after watching your video, to hopefully help you out!
First, about investigations and monster health, their health on expeditions and in investigations can vary higher or lower than their base (and they also scale to 1, 2, and 3/4 players as well). In addition, investigations may also have varying numbers of faints, shorter time limits, and party member restrictions as well. But as a reward, you generally will get better materials (indicated by the bronze, silver, and gold boxes when looking at it). If you can’t find an investigation for a particular monster, you can always do an optional quest to get materials from it too. Also, there is no way to guarantee a particular monster in an investigation, they are completely random, but you’ll get more of them from picking up tracks and traces from monsters in the field.
Second, I completely understand the monsters running away being annoying at first, but you’ll come to appreciate it later. There are two ways to complete a hunt: kill or capture. Capturing works sorta like Pokémon, where you need to beat the tar out of the monster in order to weaken it enough to be in a capturable state. The monster will limp when it runs away instead of it’s normal run, that’s your signal that it’s weak enough (or if your research level on the monster is high enough after checking in at ecological research, a small skull icon will appear next to the monster on your map). You can then tranquilize it with tranq bombs (sleep herb + parashroom) and capture it in a shock trap (thunderbug + trap tool from provisions guy = shock trap) or a pitfall trap (spiderweb + ivy = net, net + trap tool = pitfall trap). This will then complete the quest, and some quests are specifically capture quests (that is to say that if you kill the monster you will fail). The reason to do this is that you get more materials in the rewards screen, even if you take the three carves you’d get if you killed the monster into consideration. HOWEVER, keep in mind some materials from some monsters you can only get from carves, and vice versa.
Third, your gameplay is already very good, especially now that you know the power of the red buff (and you’re correct, the red buff is most important, and orange is the least important). Your hunt times are already what I would expect from someone who has played a Monster Hunter game before, so I bet some Dauntless skill is bleeding over. I know it did for me when I came to Dauntless from Monster Hunter. A quick tip for learning any weapon in the game, if you open up your Hunter’s Notes from the menu, you can click on Weapon Controls to see everything your weapon can do, no need for a half hour tutorial on TH-cam if you don’t want to. It explicitly tells you what all the colored buffs do, what kinsect dust is, how to charge your kinsect, and more combos than just when you’re in the training room. Take a quick looks sometime once you’re used to the mechanics you’ve picked up so far! There’s always more to learn in Monster Hunter, for better or worse!
Hope that info dump helped, and feel free to ask any other questions! You really helped me as a Monster Hunter player getting into Dauntless, and I’d love to return the favor if I can!
Oh, and I completely forgot! Poogie is the most important NPC in Monster Hunter (no he doesn’t have to have a function to be important!). He is very picky about how he is pet, though, it’s sorta like a QuickTime event. You have to press the pet button when the big red exclamation mark appears above his head. Between quests, give him a snuggle, and after a few rounds, he’ll be right there with love and affection when you return from a quest every time, win or lose! Also, once he loves you, you can pick him up and carry him around town. Watch for when he starts wiggling in your arms, when he does, put him down he can find items for you! From materials for crafting, to vouchers, to new costumes for him! Remember the number one rule of Monster Hunter: Poogie comes first!
This whole thing is Gold and I hope Trails will see this!
Only thing I disagree with is not looking up a weapon tutorial. They sadly don’t include everything in the notes, there are a couple of mechanics and combos you won’t know about IG without someone telling you “hey, the game doesn’t tell you this but this is how this move works.”. I recommend he watches Sky Senseis IG guide and he will be set. He still hasn’t courted out how to power up his Kinsect yet.
Just a note: carves and capture share the same loot pool, you can get the same materials from both but some just have a higher drop chance from carves
@@711_skiddlz Not for every monster, especially in high- and master-rank missions. Usually materials from high-rank monsters that are ranks 7-9 are usually one or the other. Same formula goes for master-rank monsters and their materials.
Wow people downvoted a person trying a game they never played before because he didn't know how he could play?
Some people need to chill
mh community is wonderful isn't it lmao
Most of it probably had to do with the fact that as he himself mentioned, was caused by the video format not coming off as friendly approach to the game. The elitist on the other hand while still is present are not the big part of the negative feedback as far as i can say.
It gives players who enjoy and help new hunters a bad name.
Well he did say the game was shit compared to dauntless and he didn't even try to get a little good at the game so ofc People will call him out
Honestly I enjoyed your initial video. I’m very happy to see another video!
Trails, play however you want. Don’t let people force you to play how they want. If you want to play for fun, do it. If you want to play it seriously, do it.
It sad how people dislike that vid over his play styles
it really doesn't matter how you play as long as you have fun in the game
@@NephewJontai i agree to an extent. If the person playing is clearly playing incorrectly and is sending a bad image of the game out then they should be told they are not playing correctly. Its clear he took zero time learning any controls or combos. He then went and said how sluggish and bad the game felt due to that. Anyone with an audience should at least practice a bit when showing a game to their audience or should reserve judgment for after they learn.
it's not about how he plays, it's because him complaining about the gameplay is bad comparing Dauntless to MHW.
@@newbie341 yea it's because he keep comparing dauntless and mhw where both games are totally different.
With multi monster quests, the monsters health is scaled down
Only slightly, but yeah
@@imperialphoenix1229 bit more than slightly. 2 monsters have 1/2 the hp each, 3 monsters have 1/3 the hp each, etc. It's why quests like the MR200 quest is so easy. It has 4 monsters, so each monster only has 1/4 of its hp.
@@sephi7ac more than 1/2, but it depends on the quest. The musical event quests have 5 monsters with a lot of scaling, while in "The city is our" the monsters have a lot more HP than in the quests I've mentioned before
I had no problem with your first video but I did prefer this one. I think the reason for the "hate" with the first, was your seemingly negative attitude toward the game. I'm not saying you were being negative on purpose or anything. Its just the vibe I think a lot of people got, and MH fans probably felt like they needed to defend their game cuz some gamer kids are a bit sensitive I guess lol. Maybe I'll see you roaming the shattered isles some day. Keep up the good work🤙
6:43 What gives is that you're getting better at the game lol.
Knowing where to go, spending less time hesitating to remember controls, being able to better aim your attacks at better hitzones, etc.
11:00 Quests that have multiple monsters that you have to hunt scale their HP down a bit. Also, raw damage is king in MonHun; you can use very dedicated builds to get elemental damage to compete with raw damage, but in most cases element is only worth considering if the monster has good hitzones for that element AND has decent raw as well. So your Tobi Kadachi glaive was probably still doing good damage just because its raw was good enough.
I certainly have my gripes with MonHun World/Iceborne, but I hope you stick with it and enjoy it.
For insect glaive it’s well worth the extra minute gathering all 3 extracts, instead of trial and error it takes 10 seconds to look in your Hunter journal and find the weak points that will give you the extracts. Also while you do story healing kinsect is worthwhile. Hope you enjoy the game bud, no wrong way to play a PvE if you’re enjoying!
A week late, since I just got this recommeneded just now, but its good that you didn't go with the defender armor this time, really helps with learning the game and getting to experience the base game. The defender armor itself is there to boost you from base game all the way to iceborne, with those comfy skills it comes with and bow strong the weapons are.
That said, 1hr of training room with each weapon is a tad overkill, at the most getting a feel for it with a quest against a monster you find fun would be better. Way better than the 1hr of training room.
Hope you can enjoy the rest of the game.
My dude... Fulgur Anjanath is a subspecies of normal Anjanath that has a thunderous maw. Fulgur Anjanath's wings glow and vibrate with electricity and its color palette is tiger stripes and snow white.
There is another creature in the mh world that has fulgur in it's name. Fulgur bugs, witch are electrically charged beatles.
It is Fulgur Anjanath, not Vulgar Anjanath.
11:00 To answer your question, there's a simple explanation: quests with multiple monsters downscale their HP so the quests don't take 10+ minutes per monster
To explain a bit on elemental damage, since you mentioned it in the video:
Your weapon has both raw and elemental damage on it. If you hit Tobi with a thunder weapon, the elemental part deals 0 damage. The raw part however still deals full damage. Most of the time, especially in the early game, the elemental part of your weapon is irrelevant since it barely deals damage anyway. Elemental doesn't become relevant until you actually build for it with armor skills. Just pick whichever weapon has the highest raw value, regardless of element.
To get a bit more mathy:
8:05 Your Tobi glaive has 90 thunder damage on the weapon card. You have to divide that by ten in MHW to get your 'true elemental damage', which is 9. So whenever you hit something with your glaive you can do at most 9 thunder damage to it. This 9 damage however still has to go past the monster's thunder resistance. Pukei-Pukei is weak to thunder damage. Its head has 70% resistance against thunder, so you will deal 30% of the true elemental damage. So against a Pukei's head you would deal 9 x 0.3 = 2.7 thunder damage per hit.
In other words you really don't have to worry about elemental damage right now since even if you exploit the weaknesses you get 3 damage extra per hit, which in the grand scheme of things is nothing.
Dude..i didnt complain of how you played... I complained because you really didnt give it a chance from the beginning but im glad you are now taking your time and enjoying it
Monster Hunter's creatures are based off of basic, reusable skeletons most of the time for the exact purpose that you can *just* manage to see various species being offshoots of a single ancestor or two, which gives the game some neat realism.
They really nail it on visual appearance and sound design. The realism is usually thrown out the window for crazy design ideas when you get to the Elder Dragons, though, look forward to them! (Though World has some of the tamest designs from the series, except for one glowy boy)
Hope to see you go through it all the way to the baddest black dragon!
P.S.
As a Greatsowrd/Dual Blades main myself, you're entirely right. Paolumu is the worst.
I have over 1K hours on both Dauntless and Monster Hunter. and i discoverd your channel when your first MHW video got recommended to me. Glad to see you on MHW for the second time. I Really enjoy watching people getting through the learning curve of the MHW so i just subscribed and i will hop on to the twitch to watch the full stream and take this amazing journey again with you. ^^
Just keep in mind that anyone who trash talking to you because you know less of the game than them have been through the same learning curve. so try not to listen to them much.
Defender set is actually the "Easy" mode of the game tho -,- so i'm happy that you aren't using them now.
Also i would like to see you try and learn every weapon that the game has to offer, but it's totally up to you
I'm glad that i discovered your channel and i think even if you say that live commentary is not your usual style for the videos, i found your commentary really entertaining ^^ Thank you
Talking about investigations at 11:04 in the lower ranked content (low and high rank but not master rank) investigations can roll 7 different ranges for the large monsters; up to a 15% (5% increments) either way of increased or lowered defense (this is used by team darkside for their biggest hits possible videos)
The lip sync issues are a problem with the language you currently use. You can change the language in settings, if you want it to fit the lip sync make the audio language “Monster Hunter”.
Props to you for giving monster hunter, both vids were nice to watch
oh shit new mic pog
also 11:02 investigation monster hp is scaled based on how many there are, i.e if there's 2 then their hp is half of what it normally is, if there's 3 then it's a third, etc.
I just roll my eyes and the crazy fanboy elitists. I don't have time for illogical idiots. Capturing is better than killing for the most part. Also Jinjinx and Tuner are great for mechanic stuff (and just number crunching if you get interested in what's going on under the Monster Hunter hood). Hope you keep having fun with it.
"i don't understand? why is everything easier when i attack it the second time?"
yes... that's how real life experience works and what MH relies on rather than a number going up to increase stats gradually. you are simply getting better at your chosen weapon like a player using a main fighting character
It really just shows how lifeless dauntless is. The monster are just punching bags with hit points and are set up to be generic enemy first and animal second.
Just enjoy the ride, "pros" who said you should wear defender don't even know how to play, defender is shit, bad skills, bad slots, it only has defense (the weapons are good thou) learn at your own pace and enjoy the game, you're doing great 👍
I think it's great that you hopped into a new game the way you did. It's reassuring seeing someone who is great at one game take on another game and bravely go through the pains of learning a new game. I enjoyed both vids. Thanks!
i think people in previous video isnt telling you to be the best at playing this game.. just learn the basics enough.. just put more effort on playing , learning mechanics rather than just unga bunga hitting monsters.. there are lots of mechanics in this game like traps etc especially each weapon. you dont need to master all weapons.. just know the basics of using it
This is some good stuff, I'm glad you gave it a go despite having a rough start with the community. I hope you continue to enjoy the game. Keep up the good work and go at your own pace
Y ppl hated it cause it was ur first time😑
VEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRYYYYYY UNDERSTANDABLE
I am OFFENDED DAT U SAY PUKEI PUKEI IS UGLY😡 HE CUTE
11:00 They aren't easier but because you were hunting 2 monsters at once they got their health cut down. Trust me, there are endgame hunts where you go up against 5 monsters at once. You are basically given the task of killing every monster on the map and in order for that to be possible they cut down the monster's health.
If you want to play a more realistic mh experience play rise or mhgu on switch.
I do love this game, but it's a little bit different from your average MH experience.
For your first time playing monster, to me i feel you did very well and learned fast. You having a background with Dauntless, I can see it being a pretty smooth transition. I look forward to seeing hunts, reactions and struggles!
The monsters aren't getting easier, you're just learned how to really dismantle them.
I’ll echo some other comments here and say play how you want. The beauty of this game is that it allows you to make an armor set and weapons that works for you and your play style. If you’re having fun, then you’re playing it right.
Yeah your live reaction had a passive aggressive vibe to it, whether that was your intention or not, a lot of people felt it. I too sometimes give off that vibe when talking to people, and I did not even know I was like that.
Also fun fact there are certain monsters dont wanna spoil BUUUUT are weak to their own element all u rlly need to do to see their weaknesses is pick up tracks or footprints of dem
I bought monsterhunter 6months back and switched from dauntless.
At first i played as a maniac with the dualblades. And 120 hours in game later i still play as a maniac. I almost finished the game right now but havent played it for weeks.
Just play it in your style, the game has so much ways to play. There is alot to learn and master in the game and you can do the quests in your own tempo.
A quick tip, capture monsters if you want parts. If i remember right you can then fight hem in the arena. and capturing gives you alot of monster parts.
In world it gives more parts, in every other game capturing doesn’t give a clear advantage
Bacon Boi it is more like capture for some specific parts some parts have more chance carving
I'm glad you are using the kinsect this time around . Also as someone with 1000's of hours we do tend to forget how bad we were but the mh community is usually pretty supportif not toxic
Red extract (1) gives a better attach pattern. Silver extract (2) makes you jump higher when using the thrust move and gives you a speed buff. Copper extract (3) gives you extra defense. Some other insect glaive info is if you have all 3 extracts all 3 will go out at once after awhile and if you have only 2 depended on how long ago you got your last one it will go out and you will need to replenish it. Something else is if you have all 3 you do extra damage as well. (I am an insect glaive user but I’m not the best at it but it’s the best info I know)
[Edit] monsters run after taking a certain amount of damage. you can capture them with traps and tranq bombs when they start limping and they have the skull icon on their icon on the map you can trap them and capture them.
The "runaway" feature is kind of an indicator for its health. Monsters usually move after a certain damage threshold until you eventually force them to flee towards their nest, where they will sleep and regenerate health. You'll know they're near death when they limp and a skull appears on the minimap.
It was annoying at first, but once you get to know where the monsters usually go you can use the downtime from their escape to restock items or change certain equipment back at camp, then head straight to where you know they'll be at. Most areas have their own environmental traps so you'll have more to work with that help the hunt go faster.
Monsters have varying sizes and strength. Also, if there's more than one monster target in a hunt, they're individually significantly weaker.
I am a relatively new player, even though I have over three days of time in the game, I am still trash, but you my good man, are quite good.
I Grew More Towards Dauntless Due To The Amount Of Actual Behemoths I Can Slay In A Very Short Amount Of Time. Not To Mention I Was First Exposed To Dauntless Before Monster Hunter (Which Is Ironic Since MH Was Around Far Longer Than Dauntless But I Would've Stuck To It Regardless Due To It Being *FREE* And I'm Very Poor Than And Still Somewhat Now)
But I Enjoyed Both Games (Yes I Have Both, Yes I've Beaten Monster Hunter World & Iceborn And Yes I've Played A Lot Of Hours Into Both Games And Considered *DECENT* At Best In MHI & Dauntless) My Only Problem Is Fully Mastering The Games And Managing Myself Properly To Fully Improve On Both Games, Still Working On One Of The Two Games For That (Data Is Also Limited On Wifi Despite The *"Unlimited Data Plan"* I Was Set Up With But Not Everyone Is Here In Alaska With Me, With Slow Internet That's Like Watching An Old Person On The Verge Of Dying But Just Won't Stop Until You Hit Them Hard One Way Or Another)
Ok, I'll Shorten What I'm Saying At The End Here.
Dauntless & Monster Hunter? Both Good. Are They The Same? Used To Be But Dauntless Is Trying To Be It's Own Game Now (No Longer Being A Free Knock-Off Variant) Is It Worth Trying Both Of Them? Absolutely, Just Know You Have To *AT LEAST COMMIT TO THE GAMES* To Be Able To Enjoy Them In The First Place (I Have A Friend Whom Also Had Both But Didn't Even Beat The First Main Creatures Of Both Of The Games, Just A Waste Of Money And Data If You Ask Me)
Now, Hope That Clears A Bit Of These Things Up For Some Of You. *If You Wanna Say Something Negative, Just Don't Say A Thing At All* Because Not Everyone Wants To See The Same Old *Human Vs Human* Disputes We've Been Having For A Few Million Years (Give Or Take A Few) When We Could Literally Do Something Better, Like Actually Learning The Differences Between The Two Games.
In Monster Hunter, You Don't Just Hunt Monster's And Become The *"Hunter"*, You Learn Their Attack Patterns And Personalities, How They Act Upon Seeing You Or Other Monsters, Keeping "Balance" In The Whole World Of Monster Hunter. Dauntless Is Literally Just Haunting Monsters Because The Powers The Behemoths Obtained *CAN* Erase Humanity If Left Unchecked, The Behemoths Only Have A Singular Goal, *"Kill Any Human Within A Certain Area."* They Don't Let Anyone Get Close Without Getting Triggered To Fight, They May Hesitate But They'll Fight You Regardless Even If They Know They'll Die For It.
Alright, *I hope You Read All Of It Or You Won't Know What You'll Say That May Or May Not Be Correct, Regardless If You're Being Polite Or Not Since Not Two Humans Are Exactly The Same, And Thus, Will ALWAYS React Differently To HOW YOU'LL RESPOND TO THIS COMMENT.* And If You Did Read It All And Have Learn A Few *GOOD* Things About Me And The Games, Have A Happy Life Ahead Of You. See Y'all Later! 😁👍
Oh my god mate I got the game a week and a half ago after thinking about it for a while and I already beat Iceborne it is such a good game, Monster Hunter Rise and its DLC Sunbreak will be releasing on pc next summer I am totally getting it
What's the value of the game now? Is it fun to fight monsters outside of the storyline over and over again?
@@Plasma_Mobile many of the better hunts are outside of the base storyline. Some hunts require you to take down more than one monster.
Personally it is pretty satisfying to hunt them somewhat repeatedly because you can feel your progress as you get to know the monsters' habits and build your own. Your characters doesn't level up, you do.
@@Plasma_Mobile I've never played MH but you just described the gameplay loop of Dauntless
@@rerereuj Maybe, the difference is, that there's a value for fighting behemoths repeatedly in Dauntless. In MH it's mostly story, good looks and a limited amount of interesting fights. There's not that much achievable after completing all quests. Dauntless just begins, when the quests are finished.
@@Plasma_Mobile this is the most incorrect, uniformed assessment I think I've heard. Let me clarify to you from a more educative standpoint:
Monster hunter historically has been known for how much of a grind it. Yes, as you go through the story, you fight new monsters. Now, it's not as easy to make an armour set the moment you fight a new monster. You must repeatedly fight that monster to gain materials not only for its armour, but its weapons. The materials might require you to fight other monsters, gather bugs, mine ores etc. There is typically a material for an armour piece in the set that has a super low drop rate (3-5%), which means even more grinding
Now, once you finish the story, like many games, that's actually where the game starts. Monster hunter is a game where typically the story will last you about 30-50 hours, however, the endgame content takes you all the way to 1000+ hours. This is to say that there are MANY endgame activities, and typically anywhere from 60 to 70% of the monsters in the game are found in endgame. Different mh games have different endgame activities. I will not go into them so as to not spoil you if you want to play in the future, but just know that beating the game is only the tutorial. Expect hundreds upon hundreds of endgame (im personally on 1.2k hours in mh world plus its expansion)
This also isn't even to mention that mh world in particular followed a live service-type post launch support where they regularly dropped in new monsters, event quests, seasonal events, sieges, armour etc beyond the game's release and even beyond the endgame. There's just so much content you can sink your teeth into. There are many side quests that help you unlock certain tools in a hunt, there are minigames such as photography, treasure hunting etc.
At this point, I think I'm overselling the game. My point is, your comment about mh being a story game (lmao) is as far from the truth as can be, and I was trying to explain to you all the different activities you can engage with. I encourage you to play the game.
Happy hunting
hi, haven't come across your channel before, but i would like to say that this style of content is pretty fun to watch :)
Instant Respect for keeping with the Insect Glaive despite it being on the more complex side of the weapon roster keep it up 👍
Why would someone think you would get stuck on barroth without defender gear?
I mean this isn't mh tri
Part of the "problem" with your previous MH episode is that many weapon types in Monster Hunter incorporate mechanics that are ... difficult to spot by yourself (i.e. without advance explanation/tutorials), and the "war pike" is ABSOLUTELY one such weapon. On the other hand, if you want to try a weapon whose mechanics are straightforward and intuitive, I'd suggest maybe Great Sword (hits slow but hard, hit-and-run playstyle), Sword & Shield (fast and versatile), or Lance (slow but persistent, "tank" playstyle)
I was sitting here thinking... "How tf did you bounce so much on Barroth and and Radobaan?"... But then I remembered. I started the game as part of the Hammer gang. I literally did not use another weapon besides Hammer till post game. Bouncing has RARELY, if ever been an issue.
🔨 HAMMER GANG 🔨
hey man, just wanted to say, the fact that you tried it out again, despite the negative stuff the first time around, is really cool. MH games in a nutshell really requires you to understand everything. From monsters, to the fucking menus istg. In Dauntless, it's a much more basic approach, but I think it also has its charms (I have been having a blast playing with friends through the game lol).
But anywho, thanks for giving MH another chance! Looking forward for your MH journey updates! I also subbed because, again, I play Dauntless and I watch sum of your vids lol.
Wha- I can't believe people were disliking it! It's a video I specifically looked up mostly because i wanted to see weather Dauntless players would enjoy the game even if playing it as a completely blind newbie. Your reactions were amazing, and I enjoyed the video so much, there aren't any others out there like it and I'm STILL super excited to see you play more!!!
Edit: watched the rest of the vid! :D
Duuude, what a good sesh. The monsters aren't easier you're just getting better at the game! Though that being said quests with multiple monsters do make both the monsters a tad weaker.
The game is even multiplayer, maybe if you have other Dauntless mains in your friend group you could convince them all to give the game a try? >w> I would be fucken pumped to see a full crew do a bunch of quests together.
I'm still halfway through the video, but...
1:14 No, that's a lie. The vast majority of watchers were complaining not because of your skills or about the gameplay, but because of your attitude towards the game, or about the general disdain and lack of interest you showed on stream. The fact that you're a beginner, or is not playing "correctly" (whatever you mean by that), has absolutely nothing to do in regards to why people disliked your first video. If you're going to give Monster Hunter a second chance, at the very least go in with a good mindset, so that the experience is good for both parties (you, and your audience; unless your intended audience are Dauntless elitists, or MHW haters). If you try to "force" yourself to play MHW again just for views and quick/dirty jabs at it, you will surely repeat your mistakes yet again, and your dislike ratio will go up accordingly.
EDIT: About the "try all weapons for an hour or two": bad wording there, I wholeheartedly admit, but I understand where the person is coming from. Each weapon plays out very differently from each other, overall, and the game doesn't explain much about them (apart from the hunter notes). His intention (I think) was to encourage you to get the feel for each weapon, not to be proficient with each one from the get-go. Perhaps you'd be more comfortable with another weapon, but for that to happen, you need to try it out for some minutes, or perhaps do a mission or two with it. Most players start with a weapon, but end up maining a completely different one (like me). Hence why the person suggested that. I see you did just that (try weapons out), and that's really nice!
Having said all that, I look forward to more Monster Hunter videos from you! It's always nice to watch newcomers to the series!
I highly recommend you look up a channel called SkySensei for his MHWIB IG guide. He mains IG and he also plays on PC so you won’t have to worry about translating the controls, he will explain everything that you need to know about the weapon. Especially the mechanics that the game doesn’t tell you about and that you more than likely won’t figure out on your own(not a dig at you, MH is known for not explaining everything about its systems. Especially the mechanics around weapons).
yea you are right, monster hunter is not easy to get into, but once you learn it and put the time in its so fun. Everyone always complains how boring dauntless combat gets in the endgame because the combat in daunless is pretty basic. This is diffrent in monster hunter. The combat in monster hunter is so in depth that it will take newer playrs 100+ hours to get somewhat decent at it but if you do the the game is so fun for so long. In my first mh which was 4u i had 2200 hours and only stopped playing it because a new one came out but it was still so much fun and i was no where near of getting bored after 2200 hours.
ALSO HOW DARE YOU INSULT MY BOI PUKEI
and yes the nest is pain. Idk why they thought that that small area was suitable to fight in
Really glad to see the restraint from using the Defender gear and weapons. Still not a problem if you wanna use em just for fun, but ultimately they are indeed a crutch set implemented when Iceborne dropped for people to play catch-up. Yes it’s definitely helpful for people making a second and or third character till they get good decorations and other armors with the proper mix-and-match potential and to help with getting those secondary and tertiary characters into Iceborne, but it’s just more or less taking the easy route to Iceborne. People are certainly welcome to use that gear, but in my honest opinion it takes away from really experiencing the game and going through all the “hardships” of it and feeling great and relieved about beating certain monsters and getting past certain parts of the game. Yeah a lot of stuff in it can be a pain, some stuff more than others, but ultimately it’s all part of the experience. Really hope you’re enjoying the game so far man. I never really knew about your channel till the 2 MH vids, but quite frankly it’s because I never much cared for Dauntless so I never followed any channels for the game. But I can say that I’m glad that because I watch a lot of MH vids, from fellow speedrunners, and from those who aren’t that are just playing and or reviewing the game, I was suggested the first MH vid you did because you were coming from Dauntless and trying out MH. It’s great to see people trying the game out for the first time, even if World/Iceborne is their first MH game they’ve played from the series. Because more often than not, they wind up going back and playing and experiencing the older MH games and really getting into this great series. Hopefully playing this one does the same for you, if you like this one enough.
The first Monster hunter video was the first of your videos i watched and i thought "holy shit, this youtuber really sucks at youtube."... but this video is so much better ^^ its great
Its funny to see that you play the glaive completly differntly than i am :D im always in the air, jumping around. I have no clue if 1 style is better than the other, i just do it cause its more fun for me :D
And my tip would be: you can feed your kinsect stones and stuff if you press B+Y while aiming the kinsect. Buffs it and is quite good in my experience.
> Complains about sharpness bouncing
My playthrough wasn't at all like tha-
*Remembers hunting horn personal buff has inbuilt minds eye which prevents bounces*
Awww yeeeee
Monster Hunter places a huge emphasis on monster ecology and the human's (hunters') relationship with nature. In fact, *we* call them monsters, but they're basically just animals. That's why they run away, because like animals, they don't want to die. Like in real life, some animals are harmful to the balance of the environment and must be weeded out, hence why we hunt them.
I like that they run away, narratively and mechanically. It shows that they're not just big bad evil creatures and actually have complex lives that they live, and also it gives us time to restock and maintain our gear in between fights.
Ok so here it goes, Im currently thinking about picking up dauntless after spending over 2000 hours in mh titles and figured, why not xD
So the video title of the previous video was immediately intriging, because its really the other point of view literally.
BUT .. after the first couple of minutes I got the feeling you came into the game already not wanting to like it and with a really negative mindset so I turned the video off again..
Needless to say this video title got my attention again and this time I actually enjoyed your content, but Im also willing to start a wonderful hate hate relationship, take my sub :]
Mh community is 50% love for the game and wholesomeness and 50% obnoxious and toxic elitism.
Ps: if for some reason you were to upload more mhw videos I'll definitely watch them.
Tbh, I actually think the flack you got from the previous video came from your overall attitude towards the game at the start. It made you look uninterested, which really downgrades the viewing experience. Good for you in revisiting the game. And you're definitely getting better so that's another plus.
1K hours into the game before I stopped playing and I was still bad at it. Like I completed the game with Solo Greatsword only and beat Fatalis Solo, then I cart 9 times in succession to Tempered Diablos without being able to hunt it. Good times.
I'm surprised you got so much hate and discouragement. The MH community is usually a pretty chill / positive community (a guy called Hey Jay! hated on the game at first, the community encouraged him and gave him some suggestions and now got a whole series on the game) probably the really negative feeling tone of the video triggered some people. I'm sure a lot of this will have been answered, but I might as well throw in my two cents.
The monsters running is a mechanic for capturing them, it can be a bit tedious but is less of an annoyance later on in the game.
Quests with more than one monster reduce the health of the monsters (or their damage resistances, idk MH has complex damage calculations) so it's less about killing one strong one and more about defeating a gauntlet of them
With stuff like the Paoluma, it encourages you to look into armor skills and really learn a monster to kit yourself for it. It's sort of a thing with MH that half the battle is learning and preparing for the monster itself.
1. Yes make sure to always eat :)
2. If a Monsters HP is low enough it runs to its nest to sleep. It depends on your damage and the monsters state when its going to run away, so that way you unfortunately always had the cases, that you kept it in the area for so long, that the "running away" mechanic kicked in when the monster only has like 50 HP left. I hope that was kinda understandable.
3. In a quest or investigation with several monsters, each monsters HP is lowered, thats why it felt faster.
I think bro meant spend a couple hours trying all the weapons, not trying each one for a couple hours 😂
Also as a tip: The orange extract is indeed the least useful one, but when red & white are about to run out (flashing quickly) you can get orange (if you don't have it already) to refresh the timers.
As an insect glaive main I will say upgrading your bugs helps a lot more than you would think, also there is some stuff later that really helps with damage output that I won't spoil. But ya the desert, I'll just say screamer and flash pods. 94% of this game is grinding for shit, and don't forget to buy the armor and power talons from the shop to keep on you....
Eh don’t pay attention to those who say you shouldn’t play, or call you trash. You have to learn and eventually you just get better. But I won’t lie I did scream inside when you picked the defender gear, but it’s logical to pick when you don’t know why it’s there, although I think it shouldn’t be there in the first place.
You'll be in the low ranks a little longer until after zorah magdaros again, right now your in low rank, high + 5 special assignment monsters & that's base game, admittable world is similar to original monster hunter, icebourne is closer to what the series is like so I hope you get to it
If you have iceborne that means when monsters pause & show their sides it's an opening for clutch claw for damage but careful, they enrage faster when you do this
Also btw you might wanna check out the list of monsters for the series, your kinda right, plenty of reptile & wyvern but they do actually have a wide array & use the skeletons to vary
Saw some guy said that he need to play this game with controller because playing it with keyboard suck. I finished the game with both keyboard and controller. It dont have much different to it.
hey! Some advice if i may:
learn to catch monsters (more loot, faster hunt)
use bombs and flashbugs, they can make the hunt way faster if timed correctly (flashbugs can stop a fleeing monster)
use demondrug, demon powder and the fruit itself as they give you a nice damage boost and they stack
dont worry about upgrade-ing your armor as those pieces will be irrelevant later in the game and upgrade spheres are not that easy to come by
and would recommend trying out other weapons, its a big part of the game
About the monsters getting easier in subsequent hunts, nah bro you’re just getting better and better at the game
Lol, my same tought.
I saw the first one a bit ago, and while yeah, you were playing like a noob, you, well... Were new to the game, so that's expected. It's nice to see you fire back at all the haters in the comments, showing that you did in fact stick with it, and did, in fact, git gud.
At first! I have to say the video is way better then the old one. I disliked the old video because it fellt TO ME like you dont really want to play it, just bashing it to get more views and now the video is really good you tested stuff you are talking in a way more open (at least it sound to me more open) and the video is more fun to watch!
sorry for my english greetings from germany
Imagine not letting a person start playing a game you like because they don't know anything about it.
I expected more of you, fellow hunters
Tips: when a monster roar try to time roll to get the where you don’t get stagger.
When the monster is limping away is basically they are dying you can see a skull icon on the map, they will always run away to their resting spot to sleep and get some health back.
Claw clutch is quite useful like you can temporarily make them get knock down by sending them into a wall but you need slinger ammo also claw clutch allow you to wound a body part and make it easier to do damage or part break.
When the monster enrage you can see on the right of your mini map that the monster has a red eye icon and cannot be claw clutch launch and will be a bit tougher to flinch.
Only 5mins in and not sure if you knew you can go into the tent to resupply and change your gear.
Also I hope you enjoy your time in MHW this community is hella bipolar.
I think you got that reaction because this and extremelly loved franchise yet you seemed very critical of it simply in the tone of your voice. so yeah people are quick to jump on those who critisise something they love or are passionate about. Monster hunter is a game I hated the first time i played it, and then I learned how to play, now it's one of my favorite games
Screw those elitist Trails. If they don't understand the concept of being "new at the game" then you don't need to give them the time of the day. Humans do be dumb like that sometimes.
This is a great video =D TOo bad the last video was received so bad, but I watched it too and it was not too great! I rather enjoy this type of videos however, so I wouldn't mind you making more =D
Also, a few more interesting things you might want to try out:
When a monster is limping, and it get's to its sleep area, you can actually capture it with some capture device and sleep Bombs! This will get more rewards, and sometimes even rewards you usually cannot get by carving (though there is also stuff you can only get from carving, so it is not always recommended, but most of the times!) you can actually see in your Monster Journal what gives what rewards, if you got enough monster tracks and encounters =) But that is mostly important on High and Master Rank, but it is absolutely good to know!
other than that I say you already did a great job =D keep it up!
And about weapons: Just stick with the glaive! The Longsword is damn good, but if you are not into counter attacking and stuff, then there are better weapons. And the glaive can jump and attack monster Parts the Longsword usually cannot reach =)
Also, about the Element: Technically you can use every element weapon on any monster (with very few exceptions), since the most important stat is the RAW Damage! There are exceptions for some weapons, but you should get the details for yourself! Also, some Elements can have special effects on Monsters, for example a Water Weapon get's the mud of an Jyuratados or an Barroth easier off then other weapons! just as an example =) You have to literally trial and error your way through this game at times!
10:49 it's because your weapon has hi raw atk both your raw AND the weapons element are calculated for total damage against monsters that being said it's usually faster to slay a monster with weakness element than the elements that the monster has resistances against.🤨🤔🧐
You can consider picking up a new weapon as an extra challenge in this game, you will always need to put in the time to learn it, to get to the same proficiency as your other weapons and some weapons like the bow or bowguns are really dependent on your skills, thus will always be easier to pick up in the late game. However, they do give you the opportunity to get a unique angle in a fight and some monster matchups are just way more enjoyable. But it is entirely possible to solo the game with just one weapon type from start to finish.
U can stop the monster from running away using flash bomb or any projectile that flinches. Early monsters are quite meh, the game gets more fun against higher tier monsters.