Kav

I remember playing through Super Probotector with my brother and neither of us lost a life... could I fuck do that now!!!

Wait a sec... Nintendo actually have a marketing team?!!

It is the same mechanics and objective, yes, but the feeling you get whilst playing it isn't. It's all about those feels man! You can put down a pitfall, get in some good hits, flash the monster as it flies up out of the trap, get in more good hits and stun it, chop it's tail off etc... but doing that just on your own doesn't leave me with that much of a sense of accomplishment. That I'm doing it alone, planning it and in charge of how the hunt goes, the accomplishment is expected so it doesn't leave me feeling great or anything, just that it went to plan. Now if someone else has laid down the trap, I then flash the monster, someone else stuns it and another cuts off it's tail..? That feeling of camaraderie and accomplishment through teamwork is far greater than doing it on your own! That's where these games do it for me. ...Jesus I miss hunting with you guys

For me it's the teamwork that makes these games. Even on the "dull" hunts like the Mohrans, if the team is working in sync it feels epic. There's nothing quite like trapping, bombing, flash/sonic-bombing, stunning, paralysing, sleeping, healing, all as one whilst in a group. That there's no voice chat hurts it a lot it must say, the game should've had it as standard, work-arounds are a pain in the ass and have left me without it. Then again, I'm always playing with randoms anyhow and it's an utterly horrific time trying to find a decent group... but when you do, oh boy! ...but doing all that on your own..? It just feels run of the mill and mundane. Yet when it's a group hunting in unison, that really feels great! I'm all about the teamwork and team spirit.

1. The random did, I remember checking out his set-up and he had Mounting Pro as one of his skills. 2. Cheers @lostmario for that, I know how much of a chore the single player is. Still, I'd rather battle him for another 10 mins than do the single player, haha. Although I did a little single player last night and unlocked the super BBQ, I'll be using that now thankfully so I'll not be as bored steak farming. Still, I can't be bothered carrying on any further, it's such a pain to play. Also, cheers for the hunts last night you two.

Gogmazios... holy poop he was Godzilla-esque! A fairly simple enough battle in reality but it rang with that epic feeling throughout!

It's a little teaser for the main characters of their first project, it's on their website.

I'd like thank posts and chime in about what Nintendo's next console should be like but in all honesty, I don't have faith in them to make a competitive console. The WiiU and their attitude towards the evolving markethas completely made me lose faith in the company. I want them to go 3rd Party, without having any console exclusives... unless they went 2nd Party of course.

Actually, I agree. Nintendo would only hinder the company with online restrictions etc going forward.

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Hunt wise I didn't have a particularly great night on this, a lot of fainting randoms... and a double faint by @Blade on the last hunt (noob) :p However, I did max out another couple weapons and got enough armour spheres to upgrade my defence from 570ish to 650ish. I was looking at what armours to go for when I use a Bow, Kushala set for sure, it's got some awesome skills for the Bow! With a little gemming you could have: Evasion +2 Load Up Focus Critical Element Up Heat Resistance ...plus whatever a Talisman might add. Also, I just have to say, I am LOVING my Seltas Z set, it's absolutely beastly!

It could be even better if that which will not be mentioned was in it. But anyhow, it does look like it could be such a fun game (multiplayer for me). I do like the idea behind it. Given how many platformers there are on the WiiU though I do wish that the single-player wasn't platforming focused... although with the squid mechanic it could be quite different and feel fresh.

@Agent Gibbs unless you're really good with blocking/evading, I'd always recommend going for defence over attack... as Hero said, some monsters can pack one hell of a punch the further you go in and they have slightly different attacks as you go further too. If you have the armour skills Evasion +1/2/3, Evasion Distance Up, Guard +1/2 or Guard Up then going for attack is ok, although I do think other skills are more beneficial. Also, the Gunlance is still a close-quarters weapon (the Seltas Z armour is great for the Gunlance). Personally I love the Bow but it is very different (quite marmite), like a whole new way of playing the game.

Your room generally tends to be full, I do always check. It would be handy given that I'm G3 Rank now... finding hunters with even average skill is becoming a pain now. Also, like you said, none seem to know what a lifepowder is!

@Hero\-of\-Time I didn't even know that was a guild quest until we set off, I backed out at that point too, haha. Just think, I've played on this game entirely with randoms, frustrating isn't the word man! One thing I love is hosting a room and booting players that don't adhere to quest etiquette... you keep putting up quests ignoring turns, you're getting booted. Enter the room and immediately put up a quest without asking or even saying hello, you're getting booted.

Ok, I've finally got the Desert Seltas Queen armour set. What an awesome set for Charge Blades and Gunlances it is! The skills I've gone for with my Charge Blade are: Load Up Part Breaker Artillery Novice (gemmed in) Guard Up (gemmed in) Focus (talisman and gemmed in) Stamina Recovery Up First things first, I gemmed out Blunt Edge so that I lose sharpness at the normal rate. Load Up gives me an additional Charge Phial, Focus charges the phials quicker than normal and then Artillery Novice increases the damage done by the phials... sweet! Guard Up will allow me to block previously unblockable attacks and Part Breaker and Stamina Recovery Up are nice little bonuses to have of course.

To resharpen your weapon you need to roll 5 times (raises 1 sharpness level). As per the video below only the GS, HH, Hammer and Gunlance seem to be decent Seregios weapons given how quickly they generally lose sharpness.

It's not quite as funny when you're not voice-chatting though @Hero\-of\-Time, the fetch quests are boring as hell, I just could simply not be arsed sticking around doing that so I just went to hunt with randoms. Sorry man.

Its a must-have at this price! Hell, I think it's a must-have for the console anyway, even though I've not touched it in an age and I'm nowhere near the end of it. I think I'll have to start it again sometime soon. If I can only manage to drag myself away from MH4U.

You'll start from the lowest rank and unlock the ranks as you complete "key" hunts and then your urgent hunts. You can't just jump in and pick from low, high or G rank.

Ah, I second this. I'm watching Log Horizon (2nd season) at the moment, it's alright, worth a watch. I'm also watching World Trigger, I'm not sure what to make of it just yet but it's managed to keep me watching. @nightwolf, the way Death Note ended wasn't anywhere near as good as the way it ended in the manga. Still the same outcome but the way in which it went down is much better. The end of the latest One Piece chapter... cliffhanger!!!

@nightwolf Death Note, Psycho Pass, Monster, Attack on Titan, FMA Brotherhood and Sword of the Stranger (film) are all things I'd recommend.

Very productive night on this. I got all the items I needed to upgrade my weapons as far as I can at this point, now I need to unlock more G Rank monsters. Now to make a proper start on the G2 Rank Quests.

I recommend the manga of Attack on Titan, it's better than the anime and gets ever so more epic... without even a break!

It was a good'n too ...also, I'm terrible at typing on my phone, I'm always having edit my posts and correct random typos.