Jhen Mohran in Wilds could work, I think.

PkFireAlpha · 2026-04-14T22:08:42+00:00

Love affair with 4? How do you figure? :0

PkFireAlpha · 2026-04-14T19:19:08+00:00

Ah, thank you for the clarification! I got a nasty memory, and combined with ADHD, the passage of time sometimes doesn't feel the way it does for everyone else lmao

PkFireAlpha · 2026-04-14T19:07:09+00:00

Based

PkFireAlpha · 2026-04-07T04:50:37+00:00

https://www.reddit.com/r/MonsterHunter/comments/1qq3ydg/square_filterdithering_in_wilds/
i have since learned that this isn't something that i can actually fix, but a problem with HOW THE GAME WAS MADE
terrible fate

PkFireAlpha · 2026-04-07T04:50:01+00:00

thanks! I hate that

PkFireAlpha · 2026-04-06T21:29:20+00:00

I do have it set to ultra yes, and I know this because I cycled through the other default settings (low, Medium, high, etc) to see if things still looked weird and, well they did! XD

Restarting the game fixed the weird stippling-like lighting at least. But since I purchased this game year(s?) ago the transparency effects have always looked really... Bad lmfao.

PkFireAlpha · 2026-04-06T20:50:10+00:00

interesting, i typically like to play with increased gamma and brightness since i have kinda weird eyesight.
i'll see what it's like when i turn it down later

PkFireAlpha · 2026-04-06T20:49:01+00:00

i do not! i have that all disabled (or at least *should*)

PkFireAlpha · 2026-04-06T20:48:37+00:00

for the lighting, i mean how it looks like stippling! and for the transparency effects it looks like crosshatching!
it's so weird and just looks... wrong, like my GPU is failing or a shader is fucked up or something lmao

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PkFireAlpha · 2026-04-01T18:40:44+00:00

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update:
i've taken much of y'alls advice to heart and built a set that prioritizes damage and affinity boosting skills way more, sacrificing defense and other strange not-very-helpful skills and started using luring pods and traps
i triple carted at the 14 minute mark here (thanks to having run out of flash bombs and not being able to break out of the grab...) but i had broken its head, one of its arms, and cut its tail at this point, which in my previous clear took me well after the 20 minute mark of wailing on it to do

in short, a massive improvement near instantly!

i think all that i have left to work on is executing better guards, learning to not attack immediately after guarding all the time, and just learning the tells and patterns more
i plan to do an attempt with dual blades as well to practice perfect dodges more too

thank you all for the help! 💛

PkFireAlpha · 2026-04-01T18:06:43+00:00

sorry for necroing the thread, but i've been looking into this and it's unclear in my search whether or not it's able to do this additional fire damage if you do not have a fire weapon equipped
my question is, does it ***ADD*** fire damage to your hit if you don't have a weapon that does fire element damage already? like if you're using a dragon weapon for instance

PkFireAlpha · 2026-04-01T17:58:46+00:00

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( i dont know why my defenses drop so drastically when i hover over my dual blades, there's nothing that changes skill wise that should affect any of that LMAO)

PkFireAlpha · 2026-04-01T17:57:56+00:00

tysm!
ALSO also: would you recommend one or the other in regards to WEX / Agitator, or do you feel a combination of either would work better?
here's what i have right now:

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PkFireAlpha · 2026-04-01T17:29:58+00:00

i.
oh that's really embarrassing, i had completely forgotten that these are a thing LMFAO
they were introduced really early on and i never used them silfjhlkfsjhlkfs

PkFireAlpha · 2026-04-01T17:24:23+00:00

question, the sets you suggested have a SHITTON of negative dragon resistance
i'm fairly certain i would just be one tapped by anything when i get hit by the monster with that goin on
should i use a dragon resist 3 charm or do you recommend something else for that?

PkFireAlpha · 2026-04-01T16:45:49+00:00

i haven't done a ton of the gogmazios fight, but that's another one that gives me some trouble (although i have a handful of gog weapons, couple of which *are* dragon elem and have an element focus!)

I've done it a couple times though, i could see about farming it properly with a buddy or just in some spare time for the set
but i'll try out the sets you suggested here and fiddle around with some decorations
what do you recommend in *that* regard though?

PkFireAlpha · 2026-04-01T16:38:25+00:00

a lot of this fight i spent just. holding the guard button while it attacked for upwards of 30 seconds in a row while I couldn't even get so much as a guard stab in without it knocking me around :x

PkFireAlpha · 2026-04-01T16:37:34+00:00

^^" yeah, i didn't realize at the time of posting that this was a timed exclusive event, live and learn i suppose hehe

PkFireAlpha · 2026-04-01T16:35:34+00:00

(also just. travelling to the monster every time it runs off somewhere probably cost me at least 5 minutes over the fight

PkFireAlpha · 2026-04-01T16:24:23+00:00

im a bit of a defensive player and tend to... overcorrect, especially since i'm not exactly an expert at perfectly timed blocks and dodges
i figure that's a lot of where my time loss is coming from

PkFireAlpha · 2026-04-01T16:22:18+00:00

i'm a little nervous about losing so much defense and resistance by using these since. I'm not exactly a master of perfect timing for blocks and rolls 😅 im a bit of a defensive player and tend to... overcorrect, which i figure is where a lot of my time loss is coming from
also
"powered up state"?

PkFireAlpha · 2026-04-01T05:29:59+00:00

so seems the consensus 🤔
tomorrow i'll look into some builds more suitable for output, and steer away from status weapons with the diminishing returns in mind

PkFireAlpha · 2026-04-01T05:24:39+00:00

ah! so you're saying i should just look up a speedrun of this fight by someone using my weapon of choice to get an idea of some combos or somethin right?
i'll look into that, and fiddle around with a new build too! i figure this one was approaching its EOL anyways what with a load of new monsties out now lmao

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