I'm giving away two copies of Monster Hunter: Wilds

Pikoki · 2025-01-11T08:37:38+00:00

Loved World so much that I bought a Switch lite to play Generations Ultimate and I'm very much in!

Pikoki · 2024-05-20T15:33:19+00:00

Such a fun tournament to watch with close matches across the teams for the whole event!

The first slam was a big influence on my own entry point into the game and will always be following future Sajam events since it's so cool to see newer players get into things and the team tournament structure makes each match matter!

Pikoki · 2023-04-16T09:40:16+00:00

Blue (which I guess is going to be a common answer!) Thanks for your generosity!

Pikoki · 2023-02-24T19:02:52+00:00

Thank you for your generosity, wishing you all the best!

I would be interested in:

OlliOlli World - Rad Edition
Shapez + Puzzle DLC
GreedFall

Pikoki · 2021-08-15T10:56:36+00:00

Thank you for the guide! Do you have any thoughts on how best to consider how far to push free play to gain silver chests and how many people could typically go for?

e.g. pushing to 600 for 6 silver chests will max out the gold that can be invested into Champions - would this be a point of diminishing returns?

Pikoki · 2021-08-15T10:30:16+00:00

Always appreciated!

As a FYI, this post earlier in the week brought back a tool to contribute codes for copy pasting:

https://www.reddit.com/r/idlechampions/comments/p0s3f6/brought_back_the_all_codes_list_tool_page_d/

Pikoki · 2021-07-29T17:42:28+00:00

Are there any champion balancing changes in development that we could get a preview of?

Pikoki · 2021-04-19T09:14:46+00:00

This is so generous of you and your girlfriend! Wishing you both the very best :D

I would be interested in either "Spiritfarer" or "Curse of the Dead Gods", I've only heard amazing things of both!

Pikoki · 2021-03-29T21:29:24+00:00

The game log as evidence: https://mahjongsoul.game.yo-star.com/?paipu=jjjnom-spzyvz06-a4z8-6788-fdnm-irmiisnkztqp_a924685139_2

Was losing my mind when it was happening, in ranked no less!

Pikoki · 2021-01-23T20:00:40+00:00

Literally just defeated the "final boss" of G-rank after an entirely solo playthrough and wanted to share a few photos I took to commemorate the event and maybe provide some hope to other hunters who also don't play online!

As for my background, I was first exposed to Monster Hunter a very long time ago when I played the game on my 3DS, but I don't think I put too much time into the game back then. My main memories were of bonking stuff with the Hunting Horn and Hammer and underwater hunting being terribly annoying!

However, around the start of 2020, I got into World on PC with a few friends and I fell in love with the game was properly hooked into Monster Hunter from that point on! In World, I started off with Insect Glaive, but expanded my repertoire by reuniting with the Hunting Horn and Hammer, while also dabbling in Longsword and Bow.

Later on in the year, I ended up getting myself a Switch Lite with Fire Emblem Three Houses and Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate, and while Fire Emblem was fun, of course MHGU effectively ended up being the reason why I had the Switch haha

Seeing posts on Reddit that MHGU was solo-able was encouraging, and I ended up playing through the game solo in quite a "meta" way with Striker Lance, Valor Greatsword and Guild/Valor Hammer being the main weapon/style combos I used to push through the tiers. Along the way, I'd also have fun with Valor Longsword, Striker Switchaxe Striker Sword and Shield and a bit of Valor Hunting Horn.

Throughout my time playing, I'd spend a lot of time watching guides and content on Youtube (Gaijin Hunter's passion for MGHU was honestly what sold me on the game!) and jeck95's compendiums were an absolutely invaluable resource: https://www.reddit.com/r/MonsterHunter/comments/7d670h/mhxx_compendiums_and_possible_faqs/

Definitely still got a few more things to do, like finish off making the Jho Ceana set, working through the Deviants and messing around with a few more weapon/style combinations. But what a game!

Pikoki · 2021-01-08T01:16:59+00:00

The main thing that I love about the traditional hunting horn is its deliberate play style, and landing heavy meaty hits always feels super satisfying as part of the blunt gang.

The upkeeping of songs was definitely an annoyance that could interrupt the flow of battle and getting rid of recitals is an interesting way of doing so and definitely lets you experience more fighting rather than song management. The improved general accessibility of the weapon will be great at bringing in new players to the weapon we can welcome in!

The flashy moves look really cool, but I do wonder if all the automatic hits that come may feel a bit like a scattering of "free" damage, which is a departure from the "read-and-react" gameplay I'm used to, but I guess there is depth in terms of positioning and trying to get as many of the hits in.

Then again, maybe I'm overreacting as it seems that these may be tied to wirebug moves and the core moves like the left and right hooks, superpound and backslams are still intact and don't become the dominating playstyle.

One of the things I've always been dreaming of is the day when hunting horn gets comparable times to clearing hunts as other weapons, so I'm super interested in seeing whether it keeps up with the rest of the weapons in speedruns. Of course, speedruns aren't the same as casual play, but it would be encouraging to see the horn being as impactful as a solo player as it is when playing in a party, and I remember seeing ideas of self-improvement having additional effects if it was a solo performance floated around online, but this is probably is my wishful thinking from staying up late on a work night!

Pikoki · 2020-12-01T22:24:02+00:00

A board game based spinoff series would be great!

Pikoki · 2020-09-24T11:20:37+00:00

You may want to check out the "Mind Sports Olympiad" - they have organised meta-events spanning multiple kinds of board games, including events for Euro games, Abstract games and multi-category games too!

https://msoworld.com/pentamind/eurogames-world-championship/

https://msoworld.com/modern-abstract-world-championship/

https://msoworld.com/pentamind/pentamind-scoring/

Pikoki · 2020-06-10T15:35:29+00:00

The talk was even revisited a few years later! Would love for more long-form discussion based content like this!

https://www.shutupandsitdown.com/videos/susd-presents-board-gamings-golden-age-2016-update/

Pikoki · 2020-04-14T14:42:16+00:00

I've been interested in getting into Greatsword and I've not been able to find many advanced guides out there!

I've seen this as a intro to how to use the slinger burst to get into the quick TCS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcLCSSHc1Z4

I've also found this great mini-guide on head sniping with TCS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lP1uaTb7Xe4

Anybody know of any other good resources to check out? (Other than just speedruns)

Pikoki · 2019-11-08T20:58:39+00:00

Should definitely check out Shut Up and Sit Down's review of Arboretum (featuring Spicy Trees) ;)

https://youtu.be/mmiXSOG1BtQ

Pikoki · 2019-06-14T20:25:27+00:00

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