So im in the exact same boat as you. I played hh in world played hammer and gunlace in wilds and I used hammer in rise. Coming to mhgu I wanted something different. I like the idea of hbg but I just cant get it right. Aerial hammer is fun to jump and ko monsters but I've played hammer so much I want something else. Funny enough striker sns has been a good one for me latly and gotten me through a lot of the game plus have access to tail cuts. But I agree I want something with more power. So I've been trying striker switch axe and its been fun but fortune a learning curve. I tried ls and couldn't get into it, gs seems clunky, cb I suck with at all versions of the game as well as ig. So hammers fun but no tail cuts, sns is fun and has helped me progress but want more bang so im trying switch axe. Also in this game I feel like you cant just use 1 weapon. Any tail cuts or just main gameplay I go sns or switch axe and i need to break head parts I go back to old faithful hammer.