#iceborne prep

[lunarbard]

When Capcom revealed that Monster Hunter Rise was removing hot & cold drinks and automatically tracked monsters, quite a few people got worked up about how they were "removing the hunting from monster hunter." Despite the fact that the drinks were mostly just busywork in new monster hunter, and "tracking" has only ever been running around like a chicken without its head until you either spot & paintball the monster or, in world, find enough glowy tracks the game skips the pretense and just lets you follow it.

I finally got around to playing through Freedom Unite earlier this year with a friend (having started with 4U and played every game P3rd and later), and had a ton of fun with it despite a rather different experience from 5th gen.

That experience fully elucidated that Monster Hunter exists in a sort of tension with itself, between "preparation matters" and "co-op boss battler." Recent games, especially 5th gen, have leaned hard into the latter, especially with the massive boost to player options & monster health to compensate.

Every 4th and 5th gen game has made managing items less important, with automatic farms, item loadouts, and 5th gen's in-quest restock. Power & defense charms/talons are just small speedbumps you're waiting to pick up (Rise tried to make this somewhat interesting by making you constantly starving for funds so being them had an impact), but once you have them you stick them in your inventory and never worry. 4U added item loadouts so you rarely needed to check your inventory; I remember going back to 3U, I hated the lack of item loadouts, and would constantly forget to restock stuff.

Freedom Unite I was checking my box before every quest, and the only times I forgot items were because I wasn't thinking ahead when I did so. You have 24 inventory slots in that game, with no field or gunner pouch. My friend and I started carrying herbs around with us for additional healing, and in high rank added combo books so we could make mega potions without worry. Eventually they became rarely necessary, but it was still an active choice for how we used those inventory slots.

Traps, flash bombs, and tainted meat took up precious inventory space, but, if used well, could make our hunts far more successful. Bombs weren't just a thing we carried around for when a monster went to sleep, but saved for breaking parts like shogun ceanataur claws.

Every fight felt like a ticking clock on our available inventory, and it was riveting. Since monsters generally died without too many hits, we had less of a rush to just do damage like in 5th gen but rather were focusing on surviving while getting in the occasional necessary blow.

4U approaches the feel of the latter element, but inventory doesn't play as large a part. And the health bloat of 5th gen monsters, plus longer tells allowing for more reactive, rather than proactive, play is a completely different feel. Iceborne Fatalis gets the closest to that feel, but that's one fight in a massive game.

5th gen is fantastic to play with friends and just cycle through fights without much worry, and Sunbreak is the most fun I've had as a lance main in the heat of a fight, but there's just that little bit missing to achieve that.

I would love to see 6th gen try to revisit that feeling, but a big part of "preparation matters" is allowing monsters to get locked down with good prep. I remember in 4U with an SnS I could fully lock down a g-rank rathalos for 90% of the fight to help with farming. With sonic & flash bombs getting their capacity & effectiveness reduced (though sunbreak at least made flash bombs always work but provide fewer free hits, which I appreciate) and monsters falling / getting exhausted less, preparation can't really matter as much. And Rise's Endemic Life, "prep" is just running around the map before you run at the monsters; it approaches that feel, but you have the whole map at your disposal, instead of making choices.

I think the game could really make prep matter again by taking Rise's endemic life and instead making equivalents in hunting equipment you bring with you to hunts, in a similar slot to mantles. Provide a few big, punchy options that have specific effectiveness and reward knowing a monster & how to exploit it beyond just when it'll do which attack.

#monster hunter #monsterhunter

[elendsessor]

i wish i got footage of this but

i was farming materials to prep for rajang since i haven’t fought it in iceborne yet, i join a tempered zinogre investigation, AND SOME TINY ASS RAJANG SHOWS UP ALL I HAVE IS A BAD SCREENSHOT

even when you’re not looking for him, he appears (+ a savage jho)

#i don’t think he’ll be nearly as bad as hr 125+ apex rajang in 4 ultimate tho #i stg 4u rajang is peak insanity when you get into higher ranks #that and rank 125+ teostra haven’t beaten him yet even in multiplayer :( #shantien rambles #monster hunter

[monster-musings]

Rise's biggest misstep is absolutely the Spiribirds. In a game formula all about pre-quest prep work, forcing players to dits around in a quest live in order to further buff themselves - especially under threat of being much weaker comparatively - is far from ideal. It's fun the first few times, but we're talking about a routine that'll be experienced hundreds of times across a single playthrough.

Then once the caps are hit, the birds lose all functionality, their buffs not even wearing off on cart, like any other additive buff available to players, nor granting some sort of secondary buff. This communicates just how pointless they are, as the Petalaces (equipment pieces the player has already worked towards to obtain) could just grant the full stat changes on equip, and still successfully avoid a Health Boost meta as with Iceborne.

Prism Spiribirds also demonstrate this redundancy, because whenever available it illustrates just how unnecessary the bird hunt is from a design standpoint. If Capcom wanted to address this issue, there's no problem I see in adding subquests / deliveries in Master Rank to add a Prism Spiribird to the basecamp of every map, and allow the smaller birds to grant secondary buffs, such as the effects of herbs, berries, and rations.

#monster hunter #monster hunter rise #sunbreak

[ladyanuzin]

Ahhh, I have to start my mhw files over from scratch! The frustration is real. But, on the plus side, instead of maining with the insect glaive, I'm started to juggle the Glaive and the Long Sword!

Eventually I'll add the bow and the dual blades into the mix. As I was picking up the bow with the IG on my previous file. Honestly, I'm having fun mixing it up this time around! Maybe that will make iceborne a bit better with some new weapons in my arsensal!

The Sapphire Star will return. And, she will conquer! Gods that sounded less corny in my head xD

#{ the lady's thoughts } #{ the lady speaks } #mhw #starting fresh #insect glaive #IG #Bow #Dual Blades #Longsword #iceborne prep #iceborne

[redlikelove]

I, for one, won't notice as I've never played. I look forward to it anyway.

Some people will, and that’s all I’ll need.

Reminds me that I have to keep preparing for  Iceborne. All me friendos  abandoned the game  because they’re PC players but I have a bunch of weapons I need to update because I’ve been replying on the Kulve Taroth ones, so I still need to prep between writing SFTD and losing all  motivation!

#Grace is writing for once #Anonymous #stop talking Red

[yourgamecheats]

Monster Hunter World: Iceborne's 2020 roadmap has a 'fan favorite'

Monster Hunter World: Iceborne’s 2020 roadmap has a ‘fan favorite’

Over the weekend, Capcom shared the 2020 roadmap for Monster Hunter World: Iceborne.

Here’s the big takeaway. Right now, PC and console players are running on separate schedules for title updates, but after April 2020, Iceborne‘s content updates will have parity across all three platforms.

For PlayStation 4 and Xbox One players, Capcom is prepping “limited-time event quests that increase the…

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[machinedramon]

I should be prepping for iceborne but instead dumbass me makes a new character based on my tf ocs 🙃

#i WILL learn greatsword #making a new hbg character helped me learn it #maybe gs will do the same

[cameronwilmot]

Capcom preps you for Iceborne with this helpful infographic https://ift.tt/2Z7endn

#tech #TweakTown #computers

[frozendoorgaming]

Morning Mist #86

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[blog-retrogradewear]

All Monster Hunter World Players To Receive Free Guardian Armor Set In Prep For Iceborne https://t.co/tD7007z3q1

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[kittujella]

Monster Hunter: World preps for Year 2 — Witcher crossover and Iceborne expansion https://ift.tt/2G7J4WQ

#IFTTT #Blogger

[metabloks]

Monster Hunter: World preps for Year 2 – Witcher crossover and Iceborne expansion https://ift.tt/2GlTfXZ

#IFTTT #METABLOKS / DIGITAL

[yourgamecheats]

Capcom is prepping a PC patch to fix Iceborne's faulty save data

Capcom is prepping a PC patch to fix Iceborne’s faulty save data

Sorely-needed fixes are coming to the newly-launched PC version of Monster Hunter World: Iceborne.

In the “next few days,” Capcom is looking to address two major issues: “unusually high” CPU usage that’s causing performance woes, and a save data compatibility bug that has eaten players’ progress.

The company summarized the situation in two separate posts on Steam.

We’ve noted an issue that…

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[yourgamecheats]

Monster Hunter World: Iceborne's first update will include new region

Monster Hunter World: Iceborne’s first update will include new region

While fans of Capcom’s Monster Hunter World: Iceborne expansion are already prepping their gear to take on the fearsome Rajang, they might want to check that their atlas is up to date, as the expansion’s first major update – coming October 10 – will also include a brand new region.

Tucked away in the Guiding Lands, this new area is volcanic in nature, providing a little warmth and heat when…

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#Destructoid