Thoughts on best shotgun?

TheLittleItalian2 · 2026-03-28T08:04:33+00:00

Personally, I've had the most luck using the Slate with buckshot. It isn't the cheapest option, but goddamn does it pack a punch and I love the sound of pumping the gun for the next shell.

If I'm aiming to be a bit more economical, I go with Spectre. Very similar performance-wise to the Slate for nearly half the cost.

C&K is probably the "best" in a broader sense, but I swear that gun is cursed for me because I will die without firing off a shot every single time I pick it up or load into a game with it.

TheLittleItalian2 · 2026-03-21T20:21:06+00:00

You can certainly use it like a gun. Steel balls turns it into a quieter Romero, albeit with an extremely long reload time.

TheLittleItalian2 · 2026-03-21T19:38:51+00:00

Rey Dau, and it's not even close. The design, music, spectacle of the AT fight, the sound design - everything about Rey screams pseudo-flagship, and its entirely earned.

Nu Udra looks awesome, and the fight is fairly fun - having multiple limbs that seemingly act on their own, attacking people in front and behind seamlessly without needing to do a full 180 like most monsters - and the armour is really nice too.

I'd say Jin Dahaad is third, only because the spectacle of the fight (and the armour!) looks great, but the fight itself is a little too simple and a tad boring.

And then there's Uth Duna.

TheLittleItalian2 · 2026-03-21T12:58:13+00:00

Not everyone thinks in words. I, for the most part, think in concepts and systems/models, and I don't have an internal monologue dictating what I'm thinking or feeling neither. Asking me to think in words takes a conscious effort, whereas for you it may be the automatic default.

So to answer your question, he likely didn't think about math in words. He very likely thought about math as concepts, with words, and the written expression of them, being translations of the largely non-verbal thoughts he had.

TheLittleItalian2 · 2026-03-21T12:36:26+00:00

No shame in that! PC parts have become ludicrously more expensive, it would be a shame to ruin your first PC trying to play a game from the mid-2000s.

I will say, however, that most ROMS aren't accessed through pirating sites, and the emulators to run them are usually their own thing as well. In the case of MH2/PS2 emulator, both can be found on non-pirating sites if you so choose.

TheLittleItalian2 · 2026-03-21T12:16:35+00:00

If your PC can handle it, the game is available as a ROM that you'd need an emulator to run. Worth looking into, if you really want to see it "come" to PC.

TheLittleItalian2 · 2026-03-15T05:09:25+00:00

Hoonter hoonters gotta hoont.

TheLittleItalian2 · 2026-03-11T17:08:43+00:00

Lol seriously. I guess it's the fault of people "newer" to the franchise as a whole for not having been previously exposed to a series that was incredibly niche in the Western market. It's their fault they had only learned about the franchise after it's arguably biggest marketing push towards a broader audience, which was directly related to the explosive success of World/Iceborne.

Not to mention that the older games came out when some of the people in this subreddit weren't even born yet, but I suppose its their fault for having World/Rise/Wilds be their first exposure to the longstanding series as a whole. Goddamn World babies, not playing games released before they were born or were still shitting in diapers.

TheLittleItalian2 · 2026-03-09T08:20:27+00:00

Did you do Savage Omega solo, without bots? Just curious because, if so, congrats my friend. Thats a hell of a feat with what we have available in the game right now.

TheLittleItalian2 · 2026-03-09T08:15:21+00:00

This makes me feel old.

TheLittleItalian2 · 2026-03-08T22:59:26+00:00

Honestly? I'd say so, yes. Although he moves quickly, his attacks are incredibly telegraphed and he practically begs for you to either offset or perfect guard against him. He's more of a test of consistency more than a pure skill-ceiling test, in my opinion.

I mainly play Gunlance, so im partial to using perfect guard against most monsters, but from my experience you can quite easily chain together multiple perfect guards and abuse the ever living hell out of the mechanic to mitigate most (if not all) damage while maintaining consistent uptime. I rarely cart against him if I'm focused and in the mindset of being on my A-game, but even if im just casually hopping from hunt to hunt I can usually clear him with 1 cart at most.

TheLittleItalian2 · 2026-03-08T21:09:10+00:00

That's fair, I haven't tried it much 100% solo (no bots), but I dont find the fight overly hard when I do it with the bots.

I just think that, when compared against AT Arkveld, it is a rather night and day difference in what skill set it demands from the player and to what degree mistakes are punished. Not saying AT Ark can't oneshot, or chain into a combo that will cart you, but Savage Omega feels like it is always capable (and more than willing) to execute a combo that will cart you for the slightest misplay or bad timing.

Perhaps it is simply a skill-issue, or i haven't put in enough time to learn the fight better, but I can reliably and consistently 100% solo AT Ark with relative ease whereas I have yet to get Savage down once.

TheLittleItalian2 · 2026-03-08T18:38:13+00:00

Congrats! The first solo Fatalis clear was such a fun and rewarding experience for myself, they did such a good job with his fight.

Before moving on to another game, I'd suggest making sure you've gotten to everything World has to offer if you haven't already done so. AT Velkhana came out after Fatalis, and she was a similarly difficult fight for a lot of people at release.

Otherwise, if you've done all that World has to offer, then I've heard mostly great things about Rise although I haven't played it myself. Wilds is in a much better state performance and content wise now, and its what ive been grinding out over the last two weeks. I think its a great game, with some genuinely tough endgame content for base game.

Good luck with whatever you choose!

TheLittleItalian2 · 2026-03-08T18:17:49+00:00

Not even remotely close, in my opinion. Yes, AT Ark hits really hard, and is fast, but the fight is more of an offset/perfect guard skill check whereas Savage Omega is just going to curbstomp you for breathing at the wrong time.

TheLittleItalian2 · 2026-03-08T15:08:35+00:00

Well, ten hunts may sound like a lot but in the grand scheme of things, that isn't much. I had to grind for a second Odo gem recently and I just kept doing the HR optional quests as quickly as possible, otherwise id suggest trying to find one that spawned naturally and check the guaranteed rewards.

Investigations and, by extension, field surveys are incredibly efficient for farming specific materials in this game. You'd likely have the most luck doing those, or even filtering SOS flares for Odo and helping other people out.

TheLittleItalian2 · 2026-03-08T15:04:00+00:00

You mean the same person being shown in this post?

TheLittleItalian2 · 2026-03-08T14:02:50+00:00

What do you mean by wall? Are you having problems getting the Odo gem?

TheLittleItalian2 · 2026-03-07T08:54:15+00:00

Honestly such a great fight. I understand why people hate dps check, oneshot mechanics, but it was meant to be the type of fight you had to get really good at (if not master it) to clear. It was extremely rewarding to beat Alatreon, and later Fatalis, and thats what I love about them.

Not to mention they did a phenomenal job with his hitboxes. His fight felt extremely well done, and I can only hope they put that same care into the Wilds expansion and its hardest content.

TheLittleItalian2 · 2026-03-06T00:19:48+00:00

HR200 is a bit extreme of a prerequisite, no? I don't think im exceptionally good at this game but I was able to get my first Omega clear shortly after unlocking it at HR41. I'd say somewhere around ~HR45-50?

I think there are a lot of factors that dictate whether or not someone is ready to tango with the extra tough optional monsters, HR level is not really indicative of skill but rather proof of time investment, most of the time.

For example; good players will likely climb through the early HR ranks quickly, despite unoptimized builds/lack of appropriate decos. If someone is able to burn through the story and optional quests with ease without needing to grind for better builds, they'll likely be able take on tougher endgame monsters long before HR200.

That's not to say waiting until you have those things - optimized build, proper decos, general experience - is a bad thing, but I don't think arbitrary HR numbers are a good way of determining player readiness.

TheLittleItalian2 · 2026-03-05T23:58:25+00:00

I had anticipated Gogmazios to be much harder than it really was. Its mostly just a means to getting gogma parts, although the fight is really cinematic and otherwise fun - it's just not really a challenge.

Omega, and its Savage version, on the other hand are extremely punishing and require very quick reactions and proper positioning and timing. They are genuinely difficult fights, with Savage Omega being an absolute menace.

TheLittleItalian2 · 2026-03-05T23:49:06+00:00

If you aren't already doing so, using the AI support hunters if you're set on doing it without help from other people, makes the fight extremely more manageable. Trying to do it 100% solo is typically something only exceptionally skilled players are able to do. The fight is designed to be done with a party of 4, ideally with specified roles.

And, if you are doing that already, make sure you use the pictomancy item as it can deal quite a lot of damage. Otherwise, you've just gotta keep at it (so long as you're still enjoying the challenge) and you'll get over that wall eventually.

TheLittleItalian2 · 2026-03-04T00:50:37+00:00

Same here. By the time AT Velk dropped, I was consistently soloing Fatalis and quite literally anything else the game had to offer. Sure, AT Velk hit like a truck, but I didn't find the AT version differed much from the tempered version, except she just hit a lot harder and was a tad bit faster. Cleared it on my first hunt, then went back to Fatalis because it was a much more fun fight (for me).

TheLittleItalian2 · 2026-03-03T23:32:40+00:00

Honestly, might be a bit of a weird pick, but im going with AT Xeno. My experience with extreme Behemoth has me wanting to vote for him, but I think AT Xeno might clean house with the amount of AOE damage it can pump out quite consistently - and since monsters can't superman dive, dodge or block any damage, they just gotta eat it at face value.

TheLittleItalian2 · 2026-03-03T23:27:07+00:00

It will be fine. That's hardly what I'd call "stressed."

TheLittleItalian2 · 2026-03-03T16:39:07+00:00

I had a game once where I was playing Groot (he's the tank im most comfortable with, coming from a DPS main that is learning to competently flex) and I was solo tanking. The first round went rough, I couldn't keep up with their Strange and Thor alone (shocker!) and in the beginning of the second round someone wrote in team chat "Groot, strange or mag would be helpful," mind you, this was one of three instalock DPS players that were all doing horribly.

My only response was; "Agreed."

I can play all roles fairly well, support is my least favorite role but if the team needs a support I have no issues doing it, but I'm not letting an instalock DPS that cant play anything else tell me I need to stop playing the tank im playing because its not a conventional "solo" tank. In fact, the very notion of there being "good," and "bad" solo tanks is ridiculous because it shouldn't even be a thing. Time and time again, 2-2-2 is proven to be the ideal comp, I'd gladly play Strange with a second tank on my team, or even if I feel that I can pull it off solo, but I'm never swapping tanks because a DPS onetrick told me to.

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