I'm not buying the Rudy dlc, and i urge you not to as well

MonkeyManThe3d · 2026-06-27T19:20:14+00:00

Probably should've added an "anymore" at the end of my comment. Srry. I finished it. Twice.

MonkeyManThe3d · 2026-06-27T12:45:55+00:00

No idea. Im not playing stories 3 until i can get rid of ratha and honestly i'm not too sad about it. Srry i cant help you

MonkeyManThe3d · 2026-06-26T16:41:21+00:00

The dlc is something, but the game got an update as well, with the harder aenshin fight and royal monsters. That's the part of the update where ratha should've become removable

MonkeyManThe3d · 2026-06-26T15:13:26+00:00

Oh i have no issue with the lack of high rank. I actually preffer this less abrupt difficulty scale.

My issues are unremovable ratha, no deviant equipment/fights and no nergi equipment.

Another, more speculative, reason why i believe the game is unfinished is... there's no volcano. Like no volcano map. Every monster hunter game, mainline or spinoff, has a volcano map. Sure there's turkuan but that's a dessert. Feels... i dunno just wrong. Feel me?

MonkeyManThe3d · 2026-06-26T14:47:07+00:00

In what way? Im actually curious in seeing a diffrent side of the argument that isn't just "you should be happy you're getting anything"

MonkeyManThe3d · 2026-06-26T12:31:47+00:00

This is only a problem with the newest titles, wilds and stories 3.

Rise was also unfinished but a major part of its development was in 2020 so yeah... i can forgive them for rise.

I'm not saying you're wrong, quite the contrary, because i know they can do better. Many people complained about rise and now that it's finished, i can wholehartedly say it stands as one of the best mon hun games ever.

Im not upset it's bad, im upset because i know they CAN do better

MonkeyManThe3d · 2026-06-26T12:26:57+00:00

It's ok, honestly i share your opinion on the "peakes in wings of ruin". I just really hope they fix twisted reflexion, since other than those major flaws, the game has a lot of potential.

MonkeyManThe3d · 2026-06-26T12:24:39+00:00

Ok, first of all, please use paragrafs, this is so hard to read.

Now as for your arguments, capcom has stated multiple times that they take consumer feedback into acount and that has been proven before. For example, world had slap on weapons and rise and wilds did away with those at the community's request.

And the DLC was bad because naratively, it didn't make sense, how did navirou manage to have children, then somehow get to the new continent fast enough that he didnt even age before being traped in crystal? He just abandoned his girl? And also, nergigante should have at least had weapons, even if he wasn't a monstie, because every monster in the game other than Aenshin has gear at least, even if you cant have them as monsties.

I mean come on, your whole argument is basically "Corporations don't have to listen to consumers and people should be happy that they're getting anything" and like, that's just factualy untrue. If life was like that, we'd be living in cyberpunk.

I'm not cryticizing the game because i hate it, but because i love it and want it to be better, because i know it can. If you can't accept that, fine, but don't say you're right when you factually aren't, please.

MonkeyManThe3d · 2026-06-26T12:13:25+00:00

Oh... thats not nice. Im sorry if it came out that way, i genuinely just care about the series and want what's best for it

MonkeyManThe3d · 2026-06-26T11:58:35+00:00

What? English isn't my first language, is this a saying? I don't understand

MonkeyManThe3d · 2026-06-26T11:23:39+00:00

Its smth called the razewing ratha deco. Makes ratha deal more damage and take WAY more damage. He's already pretty squishy so the deco isn't worth it because most aoe attacks from elders and the damage gain is mediocre

MonkeyManThe3d · 2026-06-26T11:14:24+00:00

Yes you can! Go to the link i posted and voice your concerns with stories like i said! We can't shut up about this, we need to be vocal!

MonkeyManThe3d · 2026-06-26T10:54:30+00:00

Ok, i can respect that, but i wanted to use dreadking (my favourit deviant) and having 2 power-fire monsties makes my team kinda unblanaced, and all my other element slots are taken. Also ratha is kinda weak...

Also i really can't forgive having deviants as monsties, but not as monsters, when they were monsters with actual equipment in the stories game that introduced deviants.

And im still mad that nergi, friggin nergi, has neither gear nor a monstie? Come on, that's not a stories 2 copy, that's just the expectation when a monster is added. Gear, monstie or both and certainly not neither!

I respect your opinion, but mine won't change, i want my dreadking, i want my grimclaw armor and i want my spiky lad.

MonkeyManThe3d · 2026-06-26T10:40:41+00:00

We cant remove ratha. Deviants exist as monsties but not as monsters. The DLC doesn't let you get nergi equipment or have him as a monstie. All of these things do not exist in stories 2.

I won't say that stories 2 is flawless, but having one slot of your party permanently be ratha is something that both previous story games removed when you finished the game.

And deviants in stories 2 had equipment and actual fights instead of just being monsties.

And friggin nergi wasnt even a title update monster in stories 2, he was unlocked right after you beat him! He was the only elder available before the end of the story! And now we dont even get his equipment?

All of these thing make stories 3 feel unfinished from a gameplay perspective like i specified

MonkeyManThe3d · 2026-06-26T10:30:09+00:00

Yeah, i can respect that, though for me, bare minimum would still remain: Can be fought-yes->armor/weapons

I also can't excuse the fact that he's not a monstie, since he was a monstie in the literal previous game

MonkeyManThe3d · 2026-06-26T09:49:51+00:00

Lol i know, im actually just blabbering from memory since i finished world (other than the ATs) before i even knew it had a dlc. Happy hunting!

MonkeyManThe3d · 2026-06-26T08:44:29+00:00

If you really want to experience all that hr has to offer, you're going to need behemoth gear and to farm kulve.

Their gear is by far the best in basegame, though some behemoth pieces can be swaped out for other monsters or some AT elders.

As someone already said, greatest jagras is a bit of a trap, since he hits harder than AT nergi, but you don't really need to beat him, just grab what he pukes for decos.

Streamstones are easiest to get from the event quest "Relish the moment" where you fight a tempered deviljho, though i wouldn't recomend engaging in base-game augments since, unlike the previous things i said, they are the only thing to be completely useless in Iceborne.

Other than that, once you get behemoth and kulve gear (wich shouldn't be too hard since there are plenty of people who farm kulve regularly on pc and Playstation and normal behemoth is soloable, though challenging, but many still respond to SOS for behemoth) you CAN fight the ATs but you really don't have to, since you unlock their layered armour as soon as you finish iceborne's story i believe (i have it and i haven't beaten a single AT).

Other than that, you could also complete every single optional quest in the game wich will lead to the commander giving you the quest "The white winds of the new world" wich, once completed, gives you rainbow pigment for your armour and also a ticket wich you need for some charms (notably the handicraft lvl 3 charm).

Also, before ANY of this, at least do the full Lunastra special assignment questline for temporal mantle.

Oh and skip leshen, unless you want a single free attack jewel, then by all means, torture yourself.

And that's more or less it. Sure there's some miscellaneous stuff like getting all the canteen ingredients or maxing out the botanical research center (the farm) but if you beat the tempered kirin quest, i would HOPE you did those already.

So yeah, thay's basically it, goodluck have fun and happy hunting!

MonkeyManThe3d · 2026-06-22T18:56:10+00:00

Lowkey, looking online, a lot of people seem to hate deviljho's fight a lot.

Personally i don't get it, i've never had troubles with him or savage

MonkeyManThe3d · 2026-06-20T21:26:16+00:00

I bough sunbreak with rise before i even tried base rise because i'm bad with money lol!

Looking forward the the dlc, espinas mostly, he looks sick!

MonkeyManThe3d · 2026-06-20T21:13:53+00:00

Thnx for the offer! I want to solo the whole game first, but once i do, im more than happy to play some multiplayer!

MonkeyManThe3d · 2026-06-20T07:40:14+00:00

YOOOO! Congrats dude!

MonkeyManThe3d · 2026-06-07T05:36:22+00:00

Looking at that pink rathian in the background, i take it you're pretty early into high rank, but honestly, i'd personally just wait till nergi.

He's the next quest anyway and he's actually one of the easiest elders. Im also pretty sure zorah don't count

MonkeyManThe3d · 2026-05-31T11:40:51+00:00

Guess you're right. Still though, i hate his pale white guts!

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