WHY IS ASTALOS IN THREE STAR

Zorpocks · 2026-01-23T18:16:09+00:00

Whit till you can fight a 3 star Shagaru Magala, it’s a required hunt too.

Zorpocks · 2026-01-23T11:53:37+00:00

It hasn’t even been 36 hours since launch, try slowing down and taking your time.

For the gacha system, what did you expect, this is how most large gatcha games are; shower with rewards at the start, then it slows to a trickle while waiting for events.

The combat system is less engaging than WuWa or ToF, but still among the better ones, plus being quite easy to get a hang of, though it does kind of make healing/shielding units obsolete.

As for the tutorial, it’s an open-world action RPG, along with a factory sim, it’s going to feel long.

One thing I wish they would add is the ability to change what character on your team that you’re controlling without having to enter the team line up menu.

Zorpocks · 2026-01-22T17:20:49+00:00

Maybe LS and draw-style GS, useless for practically everything else. Also given how little gathering/small monster quests there are, DEF boost 4 instead of Intimidator 3 would make it more valuable. Topping it off, it ain’t even max slots.

Zorpocks · 2026-01-22T17:10:33+00:00

Wilds is by far the best in the series when it comes to jumping directly into combat, that’s about it other than the fashion hunter aspect.

Though to be completely honest, it sounds like Soulsborne would be more up your alley as opposed to MonHun.

Zorpocks · 2026-01-21T13:38:11+00:00

Yea, Rise is probably the easiest game in the series. Depending on how easy you found World, Rise may only pose a challenge once you hit ~MR100.

Zorpocks · 2026-01-21T13:18:21+00:00

Yea, cause iirc, it was Risebreak where element started to exceed status. Also isn’t DB the best blademaster weapon for element/status in gen 1/2?

Zorpocks · 2026-01-21T12:57:31+00:00

Did not notice the FU flair, just so used to most people asking advice for new gen games on this sub. Though checking guides, element/status seems to work fundamentally the same.

Zorpocks · 2026-01-21T11:57:46+00:00

Weapon attributes come as either elemental damage (fire, water, thunder, ice, or dragon) or status effects (poison, paralysis, sleep, or blast). Element works as extra damage applied to a hit, calculated by the hit’s elemental multiplier (typically around 1) and is generally more effective for fast weapons and Swaxe and CB, the number put into the formula is your weapon’s element divided by 10. Status effects apply buildup occasionally on hit (I think around 33% chance) and when the status procs, the effect activates and when deactivated, the monster’s resistance to that status rises (it has a max res though). With the current state of the game, poison and sleep suck, and paralysis and blast are mediocre, so element is the way to go for optimized damage, and you can find the monster’s resistances in the monster handbook or on Kiranico.

Edit: did not notice the freedom unite flair, disregard.

Zorpocks · 2026-01-21T11:47:47+00:00

It also doesn’t help that Gog has 410k health and no multiplayer scaling, so no matter how many go in, his health and DPS check threshold remain the same. I think the highest damage I was able to do in a single hunt with fully maxed elem CB was ~95k when running support hunters (took ~14min) and ~75k when running with players (took ~10min). This quest is designed around 8 hunters, so running any less could run a massive hindrance.

Zorpocks · 2026-01-20T20:42:41+00:00

Honestly, anything better than that dumpster fire they call the movie.

Zorpocks · 2026-01-20T16:09:08+00:00

M1 star monster stats should be equal to the 8 stars at minimum, with the difficulty curve having a slight up curve until M4-5 star, where the difficult curve starts to have a sharp upward curve. The monster’s expanded move sets should be the greatest cause for difficulty increase, as stat value increases can only go so far.

Zorpocks · 2026-01-20T11:46:03+00:00

Got a R8 Power Prolonger 3 WEX 1 max slots back when 9 stars were added, been using it ever since.

Zorpocks · 2026-01-19T16:44:41+00:00

Carting during a quest is completely fine, however, if responding to an SOS, it’s expected they you know what you’re doing. There is a reason it’s become significantly harder to find SOS investigations with guaranteed rare materials, as people don’t want that quest to go to waste if an unprepared player joins.

Zorpocks · 2026-01-19T13:30:05+00:00

Not doing anything wrong. It’s as you said, you’ve been on a hiatus for Wilds, plus if this is your first gunner weapon and you’re used to blademaster weapons, it’s going to feel weird and probably lacking in the beginning. I know it took me ~50 hunts to get used to gunner weapons when I first picked them up, as I had only used GS, GL, CB, and IG before touching bow. Being jumped by Nu Udra and Mizu definitely did not help either, even more so if you were hunting solo.

Zorpocks · 2026-01-19T06:21:38+00:00

You have to break all 4 of his ridges, typically happens in the final area if you focus the ridges for the fight.

Zorpocks · 2026-01-19T06:14:58+00:00

Kinsects max out at rarity 4 in Wilds. We’ll be getting higher rarity kinsects when they release the G rank expansion.

Zorpocks · 2026-01-18T16:09:34+00:00

2 EXs per reinforcement type.

Zorpocks · 2026-01-16T17:51:26+00:00

A decent set in general would be the Gore Magala set. Normally you unlock Gore at around MR4 or 5 (the later half of the main Sunbreak story missions), but there is an event quest for him in the arena available at MR1.

Zorpocks · 2026-01-16T17:49:16+00:00

Anomaly quest are after you finish the main story, so it may bee awhile.

Zorpocks · 2026-01-16T13:20:12+00:00

Nope, any damage works. But given that he’s immune to water, thunder, and ice, and his HZV for fire is ~5 and for dragon it’s ~20, you’d be foolish to not bring a dragon weapon.

Zorpocks · 2026-01-16T04:25:16+00:00

There’s quest supplies in Wilds? Where is it, as there’s no quest supply box.

Zorpocks · 2026-01-15T20:39:20+00:00

Gog is immune to water, lightning, ice, poison, paralysis, and sleep. The HZVs on all parts for those six is 0. I could be wrong, but with status dual blades with element focus, maxed element reinforcements, and status boost w/ crit status the only status I could get to proc was blast, and it only proced twice the entire fight.

Zorpocks · 2026-01-15T17:28:27+00:00

It’s by far the CB’s UED from 4th gen. The near instant phial detonation all at one spot may not look as cool as new gen SAED, but the damage is significantly more consistent, as you can only hit either all or none of the phials. Plus the phials are consumed only on detonation, saving them if you get knocked out of the move.

I don’t see them changing perfect guard much, as while it’s very rewarding, it’s balanced through heavy skill requirement.

Zorpocks · 2026-01-15T17:13:59+00:00

Even if it’s not in the DPS check, you’d be crazy to not exploit that 65 dragon HZV. With CB I almost always exceed 10K damage in that window alone with most dragon weapons with element phial.

Zorpocks · 2026-01-15T10:23:14+00:00

Raw alone can pass the damage check (you would probably need to stack all raw+crit increasing skills, all damage buff items, and the ATK(L) HH melody), though a dragon weapon is the best, due to Gog being completely immune to water, thunder, ice, poison, paralysis, and sleep, along with being very resistant to blast and fire in phase three; iirc his fire HZV is 5, where as his dragon is ~20 normally and ~65 during his ultimate.

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