Let the Monster Hunters Tri-umph! Lets enjoy great huntingu! #MotK-GuildHall

[Helion]

All the Junk you get off monsters is for crafting armor, weapons, and other things.
You can start crafting right away. Do more hunts and get junk so you can unlock the ability to craft stuff.

Is it worth it though, crafting straight away? Is there a risk of having wasted resources on useless stuff or beginner stuff you'll regret making in the long run?

[Jana]

With some armors, yeah. Look at the different armor skills and see what you really need before crafting, since those parts can be used in weapons as well. Weapons have multiple upgrade paths (which, in my limited experience, are inaccessible to most newbies with low-ranked monster parts), so it may be worth looking at the upgrade trees and planning ahead. What weapons are you favoring?

[Helion]

I'm trying a bit of all. Getting tired of sword and shield because of low damage and easy to break. I'm going to focus probably on great swords, swords or lances. I know that's not very specific.

[Jana]

Given that SwitchAxe, Longsword, and Hammer are the only melee weapons not there, it really isn't. :v

Still, take a look at the wiki for weapon upgrade paths so you can plan accordingly. Link.

[Helion]

Ok, I fiddled a bit more, and I think I'll focus on Great Swords.

[Nobu]

Given that SwitchAxe, Longsword, and Hammer are the only melee weapons not there, it really isn't. :v

Still, take a look at the wiki for weapon upgrade paths so you can plan accordingly. Link.

One tip about the Wiki: using the option for tree view makes it easier to figure out what your path options are.

Is it worth it though, crafting straight away? Is there a risk of having wasted resources on useless stuff or beginner stuff you'll regret making in the long run?

You can't make it very far in the game without crafting things. I don't think you'll ever regret using resources on useless/beginners stuff later in the game, because materials are on a tiered basis. (I.E: there aren't any items that you only get one of early in the game, and you can never get ever again)

And actually, usually as you get higher in rank the stuff that was once hard to get becomes easier to get. So i'd say don't worry too much about it and craft away. Early on, figure out an armor set you'd like to make (like Jaggi, Qurupeco, Ludroth), and work on making it. As for weapons, though it may be good to look at the wiki it might be overwhelming at this point. Early on, it's important to find a weapon that has at least green sharpness, so try some upgrade paths until you get to that point.

Hmm, if you're focusing on GreatSwords, try going the Jaggi path too. It goes Iron Sword ---> Iron Sword + ---> Rugged GreatSword. You can get up to the Rugged Greatsword with just Jaggi parts and ore alone, and it's good attack power and green sharpness.

[Garlyle]

Yeah, holding off on spending resources is generally a little silly, as, like it was said, you're never going to be permanently unable to get replacements.  Stuff that's really rare or valuable (Rath plates...) tends to be used for barely anything, and anything it is used to create tends to be really good anyway, so it works out.  The one time you might want to be careful about it is that armor tends to work best when it's all from one set, so crafting it as a full set generally works better than just mixing-and-matching (Though that can work too if you pay attention - I do it)

As for weapons, any weapon type can be pretty good... some just require a lot more precision and timing or do better online when a hunt can be focused on other players (Greatswords and Bowguns are what I'm thinking when I say that).

Oh well.  Either way... more Barroth hunting tonight for me online +_+

Also: I know there's lots of stuff that isn't here, but, I prefer GameFAQs for weapon upgrade trees and resource maps and stuff.  They just seem so much more organized.

[Jana]

Gotta hunt up Qurupecos for those strange mouths... I had one in my box, but I accidentally converted it into resource points for the village. ;_;

I'm gonna try and sneaky-sneak the Wii from the family room to my room when I get home later today and see if my mom notices right away. Knowing her, she probably will. =_=

[Helion]

One question about online: can you use your character in both single and multiplayer or do you need a separate one?

[Garlyle]

One question about online: can you use your character in both single and multiplayer or do you need a separate one?

Characters can freely swap between the two, carrying over everything from one onto the other.

The only difference is that your progression in the game is kept track of separately - so even if you complete the entirity of offline and are carting around like Lagiacrus gear or something into online, you're still going to be starting at HR1 and starting at 1* quests.  (Which actually is like 1*-3* offline...)

[Cadmas]

My brother is trying to do the Ceadeus quest where you break his horns.

The thing looks like it belongs to FFX more than MH.

[WHMZakeri]

Yukumo Village

Welp, there's another one for the "Played too much touhou" topic.

[Jana]

Looks like I'll never get the Wii into my bedroom. My mom's copy of Wii Fit plus arrived in the mail today...

Oh, well. After talking to her, she's cool with me playing a little bit (and she said that'd she'd give Tri a try as well after watching me capture a Qurupeco), so I think it'll be fine in the end.

[Nobu]

Yeah... I can't wait to see how easy village stuff is going to be. I'm almost at 3star quests in the city, but I haven't even completed the basic Jaggi quest in village yet. :3

[Jana]

I bet it'll be really easy if you already have nice upgraded weapons and armor from your online play. That first Great Jaggi made me feel so proud... ;_;

[Cadmas]

Poor Jana. Why couldn't you have a normal mom that just yells at you for playing games and never tries them?

[Jana]

It's 'cuz I'm old enough now that we're more like friendly not-quite-equals-living-in-the-same-house than a mom and son. I'm cool with it. I don't know anyone else who can get away with laughing at their parents' failures at Wii Fit. BV

[Helion]

The Giggi, when they attack along with other monsters, are the bane of my existence. I don't have the time to take out my torch, what the hell.
Also, are monster spawns infinite in some places? Like the Bahabara in the cave (area 4 village)? No matter how many I kill there's always more.

[Cadmas]

If Giggi get on you try rolling twice to get them off. Much more effective than the torch.
And yes some mobs have infinite spawns in some areas on some missions and in free roam.

So far I have killed everything up to and including Lagi with a SNS in single player.

[Jana]

I kinda found the SnS to be difficult... It could just be my playstyle, but even with the speed of that weapon set, I can't seem to deal consistent damage. The fact that I have to stop and sharpen all the time is annoying to me as well...

[Garlyle]

Yeah... I can't wait to see how easy village stuff is going to be. I'm almost at 3star quests in the city, but I haven't even completed the basic Jaggi quest in village yet. :3

Well... I think Offline -ends- where Online reaches 4* quests... so yeah.

[Cadmas]

After you do Ceadeus you get the credits. Then you can do more urgent quests from there but I'm not sure how many there really are.

[Jana]

After some hours of grinding, I've completed my Qurupeco armor set (and even got a Spiral Piercer to match~). My next big enemy is the Barroth, which I'm not looking forward to all that much, to be honest... I dunno if you guys playing online have taken one down solo yet, but have you guys got any tips for dealing with it?

[Garlyle]

After some hours of grinding, I've completed my Qurupeco armor set (and even got a Spiral Piercer to match~). My next big enemy is the Barroth, which I'm not looking forward to all that much, to be honest... I dunno if you guys playing online have taken one down solo yet, but have you guys got any tips for dealing with it?

I haven't solo'd it yet (Though I've taken down everything up to it solo - and one of the bosses after too, but that's only Great Baggi who's a lolfest), but I will give you some tips.

1. Bring a weapon with water element.  The only way you're going to get one at this point is by making a bone weapon, upgrade it to Bone+, and then upgrade it to Ludroth weapon.  Then get a bunch of parts from Royal Ludroth and you can turn it into a Ludroth+, which will actually carry water element (I believe this path is applicable for all weapon types - I know for sure it is for swords and greatswords).  If you're a gunner, it means water shot.  It emerges from the mud, which sticks to it and acts as armor, and it takes water damage to knock the mud off it.  If you can't take the mud off, the battle takes a lot longer, because it significantly reduces damage.  It can regenerate the mud, too, so be wary of that.

2. If you have a method of changing element (Switch Axe(?), or are Gunner), switch to fire shot after knocking it's armor off to do more damage.

3. If you're being charged straight at, I think you're supposed to roll left (Towards it's right), as the charge ends in a nasty tailswipe.  Speaking of which, learn this attack, because it's by far his most damaging (Carrying full Hunter garb into the battle, which I admit isn't the best, but either way, it would nearly 1HKO me)

4. Head is, for once, the most well-armored part of it's body.  Don't go for it, aim for the rest of it instead.  In addition to this, I personally found that the legs were one of the safer places.

5. If it starts digging up mudballs, block (or dodge the hell away if you can't).  Getting trapped by mud is rage-inducing and going solo will almost certainly spell your doom unless you get lucky, because you can't use any item (except a Cleanser), can barely walk away, and can't defend yourself at all until a few seconds pass or you get hit.  ...So yeah.  It's a nasty attack.

[Jana]

My Spiral Lance happens to have 110 water to it. Upgrading to it was exactly as you described to be the case with your swords. It's perfect~<3

Maybe I can give Cha-Cha Fire element to help, but I don't have any Fire weapons myself. And my Qurupeco armor has Evade +1, so I should be able to get the rolls out, even with a big lance (and if not, I can block a bit). I've also gotten stocked up on Cleansers to be safe, and according to something else I looked up, between its legs is kind of a safe spot. With all this info, I think I can win tomorrow. Thanks for posting~

[Cadmas]

A majority of the monsters in this one are weak to fire so it would be a good idea to build one up sometime.
I need to start building some element blades since all I have been using is a sleep based SNS and it isn't terribly useful in single player.
A sleep GS would do me much better, but it needs Awakening.   

[WHMZakeri]

A majority of the monsters in this one are weak to fire so it would be a good idea to build one up sometime.
I need to start building some element blades since all I have been using is a sleep based SNS and it isn't terribly useful in single player.
A sleep GS would do me much better, but it needs Awakening.

It was pretty useful last night, Especially with my, and some random other guy's Paralysis SnSes on top of it. Plus, I have an unnatural fondness for my Poison SnS now. I really need to make Gigginox Armor now.

that, and my Elemental+ armor is useless since I only have status effect weapons now :nyoro~n:

[Cadmas]

I got full ingot armors now. I'd like to get some of the armor surrounding that tier but I am broke as a joke.

And there was some girl hitting on me a little while ago.
I seriously don't need under aged girls tying to get me to have cyber sex over wii speak.
This is part the reason I picked to play a male this time. >: V

[Jana]

i picked male because the YouTubu bidesow tih girlcharactersmade memornnoyed by their voices. I stilk have a gril chater woth s not-annoying voice for getting nice gund and armor thgou!

[Nobu]

Ahaha, ilu Janana~

Been playing for the past 5-6 hours since class ended earlier today. :< I die too much.