Monster Hunter World

derfderf wrote: »

I think I'm just not getting this game. I've tried sword and shield, great sword, and katana. I'm trying the bowgun now. They all do very little damage. Even the first great jagras hunt. Easy fight, but it took forever.
Is the whole game chipping away, chase, chip away some more?

When you say forever, how long roughly? Most hunts take on average 10-15 minutes or so, in my experience anyway throughout the years. Some maybe less, others longer, it depends on the monster. It depends on the weapon you're using as well, not the type of weapon but a weapon that has elemental damage that is strong against the monster you're hunting.

The great jagras for example is weak to fire and thunder. Now basic starter weapons probably won't have element to start off with, it'll come further down it's upgrade path. It's important as well not to just have one weapon. Early game this doesn't really matter as you won't have the money or materials to be forging/upgrading. But once you do, it's good to have multiple weapons with different elements, regardless of what weapon type you use.

Lone Stone wrote: »

i am really loving the chain gun its really great, so far i prefer it to the other ranged weapons, but i can see the other ones being better group play. Also i was on a hunt for two of those big lizzard lads at the start and a giant T rex came crashing through the map killed the one i was fighting then chased me around for like 10 minuets i lost him eventually. phew.

Giant trex? Was it green and looked like a giant pickle with its own music that makes you sh*t your pants? Goes super-saiyan after a couple of minutes, glowing red and breaths black hellfire? Yeah that's Picklejho Some people may call it Deviljho... but it's Picklejho

If said giant trex wasn't green and pickle-looking... then it wasn't Picklejho

nix wrote: »

If hes just started its likely Anjanath, just had a mighty battle to kill him there.. loving the switch axe, its got a nice spread and good damage, and it has an ultimate thats pretty badass.. Though i will say this, how the monsters hp works in this is weird.

I got the Anjanath back to his lair, and id say 3 times i had him on the ground crying in pain whilst i unloaded combos into him, tearing him up, then with the switch axe, in the sword form when its charged you can impale the monster and surge electricity into him constantly tapping triangle and then it explodes.. badass looking.. SAVAGE to say the least, i done that to him 3 times and still the fecker gets up and i kill him just by swinging a random axe shot into his shin.... Id rather he dies when i impale his head and make it explode with a chain reaction

Aww... I need to hunt me some Picklejhos!

Tip for finishing off monsters, or just in general even. Now I'm assuming this works in World, it's been in the game for... pretty much forever so I assume it's still the same. When monsters are sleeping they take 2x as much damage from the very first hit they take. So if you're a GS (great sword) user, you can max charge and hit its head (or other body part of choice).

If you're not a GS user you can use bombs, again I'm assuming items from previous games are still in World, in this case Small Barrel Bombs, Barrel Bombs and Barrel Bombs +. Note Small Barrel Bombs (and Small Barrel Bomb +) are separate from the Barrel Bomb and Barrel Bomb+. Small Barrel Bombs detonate after a second or two, Barrel Bombs need to be detonated (either by hitting it, small bomb, etc). Note as well that monster attacks (breaths/spits/etc) can also detonate Barrel Bombs (and BB +).

Place down 2 Barrel Bomb +'s next to the monster's head. Then use a Small Barrel Bomb to detonate them. Be careful when setting off the small bomb, you do not want the small bomb to hit the monster, you want it to ONLY detonate the larger ones. As I said above, the first hit the monster takes is doubled, so if the small bomb hits it first, only its damage will be doubled and not the larger ones. So use the small one a short distance away from the monster.

You can put monsters to sleep yourself. If you're a gunner, some light and heavy bowguns have sleep shots. Bows can apply sleep coatings. You can craft drugged meat that you can place down in the world and there's a chance the monster will eat it. Not all carnivorous monsters eat the special meat though (there's also poison meat and paralysis meat). They only need to eat one meat for the status to take effect. But after they've eaten that meat, another one of the same type (sleep, paralysis, poison) won't work, or at least it would take a more than one so it's not worth it.

Speaking of carnivores, when you guys reach Diablos, that big butted dual horned desert flying demon with the biggest pain in the ars* tail you ever did see... don't use the meat cos it's a herbivore Speaking of that bart*rd... sonic bombs come in handy. Wait until it digs underground and throw it. You'll trap it for a couple of seconds, giving you free rein to attack. They don't work when it's in rage mode though. The only way you can tell if a monster is in rage mode is usually by the speed of its attacks, it gets a lot more violent for a short time. Some other monsters, like good old Picklejho, have a visual change. You'll learn as you go on.

Now all of the above is assuming that the mechanics/items/etc is the same as previous games, which I have no reason to suspect it's not. Now if you'll pardon me, I have to find my old PS3 and games cos I'm trading it in tomorrow for this sucker and a PS4 cos all this talk has given me an unquenchable thirst for monster blood! Rathalos... my oldest adversary... I'm coming for you!

Anyone know if Gamestop take WiiU consoles for trade in? I know they take the games but not sure if they take in the console. I'm buying the PS4 just for this, I need as much store credit as I can get!

YouSavedMyLife wrote: »

Nice tips jaxxx! Sadly Deviljho isn't in the game yet, but will be added as free DLC later.

It seems i completed all the level 1 and level 2 optional quests, but the level 3 quests have a silver "Complete" next to them instead of the Gold sign the other two have. I have unlocked right up to level 5 optional but still level 3 is silver with no available quests in sight. Anyone who has golded the level 3 quests can give me a list? Its bugging the hell out of me

PICKLEJHOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!

http://monsterhunter.wikia.com/wiki/Monster_Hunter:_World

That'll be your bread and butter for playing through the game. Gives you literally everything, from quests lists, monster weaknesses, etc. Now I don't know how complete it is at this moment but it'll be done in time.

As regards unlocking quests, you'll see on the 'glossary' of items just down from the basic details of the game, the bottom right option says 'Quests'. That'll give you a full list of quests, including the prerequisites for unlocking quests. Well I'm assuming it does, it did in the past games so don't shoot the messenger! I don't know about the expedition quests though as that's new in world. Hopefully you'll find an answer on the wiki.

Glad to be of help, anything else you guys would like help with just let me know and I'll help as best as I can Until tomorrow evening that is when I have a PS4 controller in my hand and flying through early game until my date with... Rathalos... Then farm the big fat red b*st*rd for his armour! Rathalos is male btw, his female equivalent is Rathian. Beware their tales cos they'll poison you if it makes contact which is a pain in the butt... literally!

Oh god... now just as I said 'farming him for his armour' I just realised what that means... farming plates.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

Certain monsters have special very rare items that their repsective armours/weapons may need. In Rathalos' and Rathian's case, it's plates (in low rank, high rank it's rubies). To get them, you need to chop off their tail and there's a very small chance of getting them when you carve the tail... it's about 5% chance if I remember right. They can also be gotten from quest rewards as well, though the chance is still very low.

Another useful resource:

https://mhworld.kiranico.com

Has even more info than the wiki. If you're struggling to find a specific part of the monster, you can look the monster up here and it'll show you where/how you get the part, plus a ton more info with regards to pretty much everything.

Another tip, look up 'GaijinHunter' on Youtube. He is THE best Youtuber for Monster Hunter. Videos on how to use weapons properly, unlocking stuff, etc. He'll be uploading more and more about World as the weeks go on.

nix wrote: »

Aye i just killed Anjanath for the 2nd time (i done about 1/4 of the damage to him this time to take him down) farming his armour. Got his nosebone which is rare apparently and you can only get it be breaking his neck?

Cant recommend the switch axe enough, if yer looking for something thats hard hitting and fast, its a nice balance

Yup, many parts are only gotten from breaking specific parts. Horns/wings/etc. As above, the website I posted (Kiranico) shows all parts and how they're gotten. If you're ever stuck, just look it up.

Yeah that Switch Axe was introduced on MH Tri on the Wii (also introduced the rather controversial aspect of underwater hunting... it was quite a pain). Before that I was a complete noob at the game, was only then that I actually got good at it.