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@daveofduncan First I'm reading about it! It's good to hear though.

Yeah, but I'm not sure if this will be handled like the Horizon Zero Dawn content or the Street Fighter 5 content. For HZD, everyone had access immediately. SFV stuff is time locked to only those with the game (and the gear from it is pretty horrible).

Also, I wouldn't be buying it SOLELY for the MHW stuff. I really enjoyed 3, 4, and DMC, but never got around to playing 1 and 2. The HD collection might hold me off until G rank is released

Yes.yes.yes. I wonder if this will be time locked for people who buy the DevilMayCry collection. I was on the fence, but I'll certainly buy it for MH goodies

I'm still waiting on a review. Who knows if EA decided to lootbox or micro-transaction half the game away... on PS3, it was a great 'turn your brain off and drive' kinda game.

@munkondi That's been a staple of the series since PS2. The idea is to focus on teamwork rather than brute forcing and ignoring each other. In my opinion, it's not a 'problem' that needs a 'fix'.

That said, you can very easily use decoration or armor skills to prevent others from interrupting you.

Aw nuts I was worried about this.... considering the issues in The Impatient still haven't been addressed, I think I'll have to pass

@WanderingBullet It's rarity 7, so the best way to farm it would be threat level 2 investigations. You could also get it from threat 1 or 3, but 2 would have the highest rates.

Cause it's their best game ever.

@TheBraveFencer They are nothing unique/special. You'd always be better off with another set. It's not unusable and would be fairly usable for the beginning of High Rank, but there are much better sets later.

The bow is questionable? It has 30% affinity which is really nice. It also has a level 3 deco slot and poison + coatings, so it MAY be decent once fully upgraded. Hard to say since it doesn't have power coatings.

@bindiana Oh, thank you for the correction. that's good to hear

And they are also cutting PS3/Vita support after (Correction: next year). Somewhat of a bummer that Vita is losing support, but I can understand PS3.

@WanderingBullet Honestly, I shouldn't complain. 3 attack decos in under 200 hours seems pretty lucky according to reddit. gems are 1-2% from carves or captures, so you'll pretty much have to rely on the gold rewards in investigations... there it's like 10-15% I believe?

I believe it only crashes if you use 200 'SLOTS' in your deco inventory. Tough to explain. You could have 256 thunder resist decos and be ok, but if you equip them on over 200 pieces of gear, that one deco type would take up 200+ 'slots' and crash the game since decos equipped in gear are in their own inventory 'slot'.

I would think I have over 200 decos total. I know I have a stack of like 25 meowster decos and probably 20+ crisis decos too. RNG hasn't been kind to me and my endeavors to get the non-elemental boost deco

Very exciting I considered importing for a long time, but decided to hold off due to pricing. This will be a day one for me.

Yay Monster Hunter!

Clearly not the best "Monster" game released recently.

yeahhhh Monster Hunter!

My cat already gets jealous whenever I play VR games. He ignores me normally, but the second I put that headset on, he won't leave me alone.

I'm about 130 hours in (with at least 100-200 more for the plat). Still look forward to it all day. Still think about it often. Still have dreams about it sometimes...

It's my favorite PS4 game of all time. Nothing else even comes close. Nothing else probably will.

@Spectra yeah that's always been a bit of an issue with new base games. I remember going from Freedom Unite to Tri and being horrible disappointed in both difficulty and monster uniqueness. (to be fair though, Tri was the worst MH). It's insane how much content 4U and XX has. I just wish they were more modern.. it's far too jarring to go from World to XX.

I always enjoyed the Black Ops lines once they are like $20. They usually have decent online coop. I never liked zombies though....

I can't imagine that developer putting out a VR title. Performance is just so critical.... The base Ark game chugged at 640p and sub 30fps. The trailers look nice though
EDIT: It might be different developers.

Cause it's their best! I miss some of the difficulty in the PSP ones, but I'm hopeful we'll get that back when/if G rank is added. Dang near flawless otherwise.

I'm guessing it will at least be high rank armor/weapon. I'd still rather it be a layered armor set though. There's almost no chance the bow will actually be usable to anyone past HR12 or 13

@ShogunRok I played the beta a bit. No game comes close to tearing me away from MHW right now. It's video gaming perfection.

Also I'm terrible at fighting games except the Naruto one... because it's unbalanced and I know all the OP characters

I couldn't disagree more. MHW is in a league of it's own. It is a masterpiece. How it only got an 8 will always be a mystery to me. How it didn't win Game of the Month by a landslide will only add to that mystery. Celeste (while not my style) is also great and would easily take #2.

Ican'teven.

My boy Radec not doing so well he was so cool in All Stars (and Killzone, obv)

@sinalefa From what I can tell, it's not that kind of system. It's a timer you can put on a game to 'limit' playtime. Example: If you only wanted your kid to play Minecraft for 2 hours a day, you can put a limit.

I'm almost certain this data is tracked by Sony though. They sent the 2017 year in review with gameplay hours... so the data is there... we just need to hope they give us access.

I like that PSVR games have a little PSVR icon under them.

Playtime management was added because of Monster Hunter addictions.

The included PSVR headphones are fairly lacking, but it's tough to beat the convenience of built in headphones (version 2). I wish they'd make some premium headphones that just mount to the actual headset.

Typically, there's no point to bracing (R2). If you just move instead, you'll do more damage and it won't deplete the same amount of stamina.

You can also shoot your slinger while mounted. This can be useful as certain types of slinger ammo can do higher DPS compared to hitting them with your weapon.

Also, some weapons you spam triangle as a finisher, others you hold to charge up.

@WanderingBullet I believe the Hard Bone Rod eventually needs Great Girros materials. I think that's High Rank though.

Monster Hunter taking up too much of his time I guess. I can't say I'd blame him.

I was terrible at Overcooked. It was a stress inducing nightmare to get 3 stars. I hated it so very.very.very much.

Also, this list is missing Earth Defense Force 4.1; therefore, this list is invalid.

Probably to prevent abuse. That's usually why games feature a "claim add-on" feature.

@AFCC When it comes to fire weapons, it's going to have the highest elemental damage. As long as you pair it with elemental boost armor skills (and maybe one to increase sharpening speed), it would be a great weapon for those monsters weak to fire.

I typically go with the Rathalos fire weapons still. They usually have longer lasting sharpness and some decent affinity. Plus, I love the Rathalos armor, so I'm already farming him anyways

@Fooligan I hope the success of World would persuade Capcom to localize XX. If it weren't for World, I would have totally bought a Switch just for XX. Now, it would be fairly difficult to go back to that build of MH.

@WanderingBullet https://mhworld.kiranico.com/insect-glaive

@WanderingBullet I'll grab a screenshot when I get off work. For the most part, I would recommend you just stick with the top line tree for now. Raw damage is the most consistent at low rank missions (5 star and less). The Steel Blade series is easy to craft with good sharpness/damage.

Later in the game, you'll somewhat follow all paths. You'll want one of each elemental weapon for sure. So far, I find thunder, dragon, and ice the most useful. I also use poison type insect with no element.

Try not to get overwhelmed. Just slowly work on getting one of each elemental type and using raw damage on anything you haven't researched yet. Don't forget to nurture your insect too! His buffs get stronger the more you 'upgrade' him

@WanderingBullet It's just the ice tree. I can post the near complete tree if you need it (cause this article is near useless to hunters... let's be real)

@AFCC Welcome to Monster Hunter!

@AFCC You can get 4 buffs from your insect. Green, Red, White, and Orange.

Green = heals you for a small amount. No additional buff
Red = Boosts your attack animations and stats
White = Boosts movement and movement speed
Orange = Allows you to take a hit before losing combo? Something like that..

If you have all 3 buffs on, they all get mroe powerful and extended duration.

It depends where you hit the monster with the bug in order to get a color. Red is usually the head, white is often the body, and orange is appendages. I say 'usually', but it's completely dependent on the monster, so it will take a bit of trial and error until you learn where to get all 3.

You get the buff when you recall your bug. R2 + circle.

You can deploy the bug by pushing R2 mid combo or holding L2 and pushing triangle (I think? It's muscle memory for me and I don't have a controller handy). Usually, you'll want to mark using the R2 combo so you don't have to stop attacking.

@AFCC Upgrading an existing weapon requires less materials compared to forging it outright. No differences in stats though.

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Needs more tutorial, 8/10

Isn't "all" being a little misleading? WIP would make more sense.

@ToddlerNaruto but I'd be thinking about MH the whole time... it's not fair to the other games. I'm not going to drink Coors Light if Sam Adams is on the table.

Capcom is really hurting the game industry though.... since we have Monster Hunter, we won't need to buy any other games for at least the next few months.

As much as I want to play SotC, I don't think I'll be able to put MHW down.... for a while... I still hope it does well but I'm afraid many others are in the same situation as me

@manu0 Umm yes it does? Player 1 hosts a private lobby, player 2 joins that private lobby. Ad HOC was useful when internet speeds were lower and not always available, but they aren't as important when full online play is an option. It's the same reason true LAN parties aren't a thing anymore.

More games, less peripherals! My Aim controller is collecting hella dust