Monster Hunter 4G [West 2015]

[Voyage1970]

I think that only applies to the special finisher when in axe buff mode. You can use the default finisher by pressing Down+X during the charge up for the Ultra finisher. Though really it's not too hard to build Phials back up and the Ultra Finisher with Phials is ridiculously strong so it's a matter of preference whether you want to use it liberally or not.

[Cream Soda]

is this something I can pick up without having played any of the other games?

[Doombear]

Absolutely. I would say 4U is a great place to start, as it has a lot of really great improvements. That said the changes between titles are fairly minor to all but the more seasoned/picky/die-hard fans, and you still may absolutely hate the actual gameplay.

[Tokitoki]

Added myself to the sheet.

Going to try to do a lot of the offline stuff during lunch breaks. Will have to add everyone tonight when I get home.

[Voyage1970]

So screwing around in demo and something just blew my mind. Apparently you can eat potions and shit while climbing a wall. Tried it with multiple weapons so pretty sure it's not an armor set bonus unless its something only for the demo. Either way it surprised the shit out of me.

[Doombear]

Wow, nice. I had no idea. I really like that with weapons drawn, if you do an evasion roll into a wall you will start climbing it. Saves some time if you are trying to GTFO or die.

[Ratatapa]

I wish you could climb without putting your weapon away (without the evasion trick)

[Ratatapa]

Demo is now up for everyone on Eshop

Let's hope more peole will hunt

[Ratatapa]

So yeah the normally 'official' download size for the full game is

21,330 blocks for 2.6gig so i'll just buy it at midnight then go to bed while it downloads

giggles

[Ratatapa]

I was wondering if Exemple you enter a hunt with 4 people, and someone leaves, does the mob stay buffed like if we were still 4 or does he decrease to 3 people buff?

[Drai]

I was wondering if Exemple you enter a hunt with 4 people, and someone leaves, does the mob stay buffed like if we were still 4 or does he decrease to 3 people buff?

don't think so, pretty sure the monster stays as strong as it was when you entered the fight.

[Voyage1970]

There seems to be some confusion on this. Whether you enter with 4 people or 1 the monster doesn't get stronger for each additional person. There are multiple monster "levels" as it were based on whether its Village (Offline) or Guild (Online) and what difficulty rank they are. Village monsters take 100% damage and have lower HP/Attack Values. Guild monsters take 100-95% at Low Rank 80% at High Rank and 75-70% at G-Rank and have basically 2-3x the HP and noticeably higher attack. Whether you do Guild quests solo or not doesn't change this, which is why it's pretty much always better to bring help and why it's such an achievement to solo G-Rank monsters online.

[Ratatapa]

There seems to be some confusion on this. Whether you enter with 4 people or 1 the monster doesn't get stronger for each additional person. There are multiple monster "levels" as it were based on whether its Village (Offline) or Guild (Online) and what difficulty rank they are. Village monsters take 100% damage and have lower HP/Attack Values. Guild monsters take 100-95% at Low Rank 80% at High Rank and 75-70% at G-Rank and have basically 2-3x the HP and noticeably higher attack. Whether you do Guild quests solo or not doesn't change this, which is why it's pretty much always better to bring help and why it's such an achievement to solo G-Rank monsters online.

So the demo gore had the same hp w/e it's online or offline?

[Doombear]

Yeah, Drai and Voyage are correct. My understanding is that Monster HP/ATK/DEF is determined by online or offline and that is it. Specifically speaking of online though, it does not scale by amount of people. The monster will be just as tough with one person as it would with three, no matter what. That is why if you start an online mission, and all three other players drop out as it starts... you are in for a rough fight. That said, if you start that same exact online mission alone it will be just as difficult.

No, they are not the same. Offline is not as strong as online.

[Drai]

So the demo gore had the same hp w/e it's online or offline?

the Gore Magala would have less HP offline then it would online, that being said, a G rank Gore Magala would take like half the damage,attack 3-4 times faster, do 4-5 times more damage, and have like twice the HP, I look forward to it :D

[Doombear]

And Extreme monsters... hoooooooooooooo boy.

[Galois]

Is it next week yet?

[Ratatapa]

[Voyage1970]

The only solace I can take is that the Majora's Mask DLC for Hyrule Warriors just hit and Young Link/Fierce Deity are super fun to play as. Hopefully that'll be enough to tide me over until Friday :\

[Doombear]

Nothing will be enough to tide me over. This is the worst wait every time. It is the only game I get this way about too, and it doesn't help that there are a shit ton of videos out there from the Japanese version to watch if I want to...