The journey in MHW /u/ShadowCosmic Monster Hunter: World

Hi there! First timer in the Monster Hunter franchise, and finally beat Fatalis, so I’d just like to share some thoughts, moments, about the journey.

It all begins with one of my friends, who was hooked on MH, inviting me to play MHW. Since my Semester had just ended, I thought it’ll be the perfect time to kickstart a new game as well.

Note: Whilst I did most of the Low Rank with my friend, they got busy, so from HR to MR it was mostly solo all the way (cuz my friend mentioned playing multiplayer will have people coming in and deleting the monster for you, ruining the experience)

Low Rank was a perfect start into the game, it introduced the monsters and mechanics (although my friend did tell me I was the only person to spend 30mins to figure out the Clutch Claw tutorial mission). The environments were diverse and beautiful, and I spent an hour in an expedition just exploring the Ancient Forest (and also chancing upon Ratholos and running for my life lmao). The music of the game was also superb, and “Stars behind our backs” is still in my playlist, along with other Monster themes.

When it came to weapon selection, I’m ngl I randomly picked one and ended up on the LS (much to the chagrin of my friend), but more on that later.

Most of the Low rank monsters were a joy to fight, and I particularly enjoyed the Zorah Magdaros ones, it really gave a scale of “Elder Dragon”.

Still though, I think my biggest problem (at the time) was that the LS just felt wrong to me. I could never get the I-frame slash thing, and the hack and slash just felt pretty off. So I scoured for a new weapon, and from there, forever fell in love with the Lance. Unmoving and poking, the Lance felt like you were responding and countering the monster, rather than always spamming that space bar to roll, and I loved every second of it.

Another thing that I really enjoyed abt playing the Lance (which really could be applied to the other weapons as well, but to a degree greater on the Lance) was the build preparation. Sheathing and dodging aren’t really and option, so before every hunt, there’d be a phase of prepping items and resistances (mantles, and in the future decos) to ensure maximum time with the weapon unsheathed and attacking. It truly felt like preparing for a hunt. My favourite fights in LR/HR included Diablos, Barroth, Nergigante etc.

Many of my criticisms of the game came in IB. The first biggest hurdle of course came from Alatreon. I have heard of his infamous elemental check fight, and decided that I needed to first upgrade my weapon, which brought me to FrostFang Barioth.

Unlike the normal Barioth, FF Barioth had one attack that just whooped my ass over and over again, the Ice breath that makes your character stumble. I tried mirewalker, guard up, and ultimately found out nothing could guard against it. It was a truly frustrating experience for a few days. Luckily however, by using Farcasters everytime we was enraged, and slamming him every 2 mins with some pokes, I was eventually able to take him out and craft his Lance.

Still thought despite that, I was unable to overcome Alatreon. Most frustrating was when I once broke both horns, survived the max number of Escatons possible, and still did not do enough damage to kill him. After some thinking, I surmised that likely due to the insane chip damage (despite guard 5), I was having to resheath, heal up, and otherwise put myself out of position, wasting precious damage windows.

(Insert a semester here, and a return after 1 semester of work)

Another complaint of MHW was the grinding. And I speak not of materials, for those I understand. But simply grinding MR levels from 60-80 was just mind numbingly boring. And it was just to unlock level 6 on the grinding lands to the Health Augment. For the first time, I jumped into multiplayer and essentially fought monsters for the sake of MR, which was boring AF. After about a week, I hit the necessary numbers, got the augment, and instantly deleted Alatreon on the first go. I was happy, but more so relieved at this point, for the grinding was over (or so I thought).

Fatalis, the final challenge, awaited. After seeing what happened with Alatreon, I threw myself back into the Grinding lands to get health augment on the newly crafted Alatreon Lance… which was MR100. (Insert another week of mind numbing MR – raising missions). I tried Fatalis alone, and despite wanting to take him solo, I joined my friend group and slayed him together after several tries. All happy and joyful… except it didn’t sit well with me. Whatever the case, I had to take him down, alone.

I threw myself in, crafting the Fatalis Armour, weapon, and Velkana Gamma Legs (which was another POS fight, think FF Barioth but worse). And tried again and again and again. Wiping over and over, but with each try optimising which guard to use against him, whether I could counter or I should hold. Whether I should charge, or sheath and run.

And after 3 weeks of trying: It was complete.

One hell of a journey from start to end. I’d see you guys in Wilds (if my PC can take it). Also pls for the love of god improve the keybinds for keyboard and mouse in wilds pls T.T

Hi there! First timer in the Monster Hunter franchise, and finally beat Fatalis, so I’d just like to share some thoughts, moments, about the journey.

It all begins with one of my friends, who was hooked on MH, inviting me to play MHW. Since my Semester had just ended, I thought it’ll be the perfect time to kickstart a new game as well.

Note: Whilst I did most of the Low Rank with my friend, they got busy, so from HR to MR it was mostly solo all the way (cuz my friend mentioned playing multiplayer will have people coming in and deleting the monster for you, ruining the experience)

Low Rank was a perfect start into the game, it introduced the monsters and mechanics (although my friend did tell me I was the only person to spend 30mins to figure out the Clutch Claw tutorial mission). The environments were diverse and beautiful, and I spent an hour in an expedition just exploring the Ancient Forest (and also chancing upon Ratholos and running for my life lmao). The music of the game was also superb, and “Stars behind our backs” is still in my playlist, along with other Monster themes.

When it came to weapon selection, I’m ngl I randomly picked one and ended up on the LS (much to the chagrin of my friend), but more on that later.

Most of the Low rank monsters were a joy to fight, and I particularly enjoyed the Zorah Magdaros ones, it really gave a scale of “Elder Dragon”.

Still though, I think my biggest problem (at the time) was that the LS just felt wrong to me. I could never get the I-frame slash thing, and the hack and slash just felt pretty off. So I scoured for a new weapon, and from there, forever fell in love with the Lance. Unmoving and poking, the Lance felt like you were responding and countering the monster, rather than always spamming that space bar to roll, and I loved every second of it.

Another thing that I really enjoyed abt playing the Lance (which really could be applied to the other weapons as well, but to a degree greater on the Lance) was the build preparation. Sheathing and dodging aren’t really and option, so before every hunt, there’d be a phase of prepping items and resistances (mantles, and in the future decos) to ensure maximum time with the weapon unsheathed and attacking. It truly felt like preparing for a hunt. My favourite fights in LR/HR included Diablos, Barroth, Nergigante etc.

Many of my criticisms of the game came in IB. The first biggest hurdle of course came from Alatreon. I have heard of his infamous elemental check fight, and decided that I needed to first upgrade my weapon, which brought me to FrostFang Barioth.

Unlike the normal Barioth, FF Barioth had one attack that just whooped my ass over and over again, the Ice breath that makes your character stumble. I tried mirewalker, guard up, and ultimately found out nothing could guard against it. It was a truly frustrating experience for a few days. Luckily however, by using Farcasters everytime we was enraged, and slamming him every 2 mins with some pokes, I was eventually able to take him out and craft his Lance.

Still thought despite that, I was unable to overcome Alatreon. Most frustrating was when I once broke both horns, survived the max number of Escatons possible, and still did not do enough damage to kill him. After some thinking, I surmised that likely due to the insane chip damage (despite guard 5), I was having to resheath, heal up, and otherwise put myself out of position, wasting precious damage windows.

(Insert a semester here, and a return after 1 semester of work)

Another complaint of MHW was the grinding. And I speak not of materials, for those I understand. But simply grinding MR levels from 60-80 was just mind numbingly boring. And it was just to unlock level 6 on the grinding lands to the Health Augment. For the first time, I jumped into multiplayer and essentially fought monsters for the sake of MR, which was boring AF. After about a week, I hit the necessary numbers, got the augment, and instantly deleted Alatreon on the first go. I was happy, but more so relieved at this point, for the grinding was over (or so I thought).

Fatalis, the final challenge, awaited. After seeing what happened with Alatreon, I threw myself back into the Grinding lands to get health augment on the newly crafted Alatreon Lance… which was MR100. (Insert another week of mind numbing MR – raising missions). I tried Fatalis alone, and despite wanting to take him solo, I joined my friend group and slayed him together after several tries. All happy and joyful… except it didn’t sit well with me. Whatever the case, I had to take him down, alone.

I threw myself in, crafting the Fatalis Armour, weapon, and Velkana Gamma Legs (which was another POS fight, think FF Barioth but worse). And tried again and again and again. Wiping over and over, but with each try optimising which guard to use against him, whether I could counter or I should hold. Whether I should charge, or sheath and run.

And after 3 weeks of trying: It was complete.

One hell of a journey from start to end. I’d see you guys in Wilds (if my PC can take it). Also pls for the love of god improve the keybinds for keyboard and mouse in wilds pls T.T