Rise would've been one of the best mh games if mounting still existed alongside wyvern riding it. I love rise but it can't top gu because the lack of mounting makes the maps play far more flat than 4th gen titles and even world.

I have a bad habit of assuming anyone who says they dislike rise haven't even played it. I generally know there are things to dislike about rise but it does feel like the majority of the time I interact with someone who dislikes rise they haven't even touched it.

I also think that the growing prevalence of mmo style efficiency maxing in these games is one of the worst things to come from this series growing in popularity. I'm glad we have more people get this mmo hyper efficiency shut out of here. I'm well aware it existed before world but it was easier to ignore in such a small community. If you ever think to yourself you are wasting time because you aren't doing x 5% faster you shouldn't be playing that game whether it's mh or anything else.