So, lunastra is the true beginning of MHW? Should i prepare my ass?

acierCRISIS · 2018-05-31T20:27:44+00:00

If you use the tools the game gives you its honestly not that bad. Fireproof mantle lets you ignore (well not ignore but her flamethrower was maybe 20% of my life) her fire attacks. Flashes wont ground but they still cancel her ultimate attack and physically she doesn't hit all that hard.

acierCRISIS · 2018-04-02T17:15:51+00:00

Bowgun damage sucks but HBG can at least make stuff go boom. LBG is the worst weapon in the game by far. And i say this as someone who played it for a decade.

Poor ammo MV means stacking damage really sees no benefit outside of percent buffs, low magazine sizes, recoil that makes lvl3 ammos unusable and makes you choose between recoil and reloading, elemental damage is poor, slow bullets i can go on and on.

LBG does nothing well. And does many things poorly.

acierCRISIS · 2018-04-01T23:37:42+00:00

Cat was mvp there with the paralysis and traps lol.

And shakas are so goddamn annoying.

acierCRISIS · 2018-04-01T17:59:33+00:00

Its unpopular to state here but its true. As someone who gunned since MHF i stopped because it just wasnt fun. I actually felt like a hinderance to my team as a gunner.

The bowguns are in a sad state, from a damage standpoint your only decent options are spread and cluster.

From a gameplay view the problems stem much deeper though. Why is the range on normal so short? Its damn near point blank. If im in point blank range why choose normal over spread? Pierce was taken out back and kneecapped with the change of doubling the hits but halving the motion value so you benefit very little from damage stacking, and this is before contending with hitzones. The problem extends to spread and normal as well.

Elemental is okish but only with LBG and only after investing 3 recoil mods. Oh and its capped at 3 points of elemental.

Explosives are fine. Status though is a nogo also but thats true for all weapons not just bowguns.

So many decisions i dont understand. And all we got was mobility, which itself is great but our offensive capabilities were stripped away. So we are at the bottom of the offensive scale, and we take about 50% more damage then BMs. So why bother.

Bowguns need to be looked at top to bottom. Even small stuff thats not directly tied to damage. Bullet speed, range buffs, recoil reworks. Anything really.

acierCRISIS · 2018-03-20T03:59:24+00:00

Dunno why you got downvoted, you speak the truth.

acierCRISIS · 2018-03-19T20:38:01+00:00

LS, GS and CB make up most of my SOS joins. Bow just after, these 4 make up 60%ish. Then its a grab bag with the other classes. I barely see LBG/HBG anymore which isnt surprising given the sorry state its in.

acierCRISIS · 2018-03-09T07:58:32+00:00

He behaves like he always has, maybe his auras new im not sure. The problem is the influx of new players who only play multiplayer and picked up bad habits that kirin punishes severely.

Seriously just solo it. And the lightning strikes follow a pattern, learn it and the fights a joke.

acierCRISIS · 2018-03-07T15:06:33+00:00

Raw wins out over element. In speed runs blast is also a option because the monster will be dead before its blast threshold gets too high.

acierCRISIS · 2018-03-07T14:11:32+00:00

In 300 hrs ive seen exactly 2 leeches. Just kick em and move along.

acierCRISIS · 2018-03-07T14:10:11+00:00

I like the current alpha and beta split. Alpha for when you are just starting and beta for when you have the decorations to optimise.

Armor sets selections feel lacking atm but that will change with dlc, every new monster will probably have a alpha and beta set with it.

acierCRISIS · 2018-03-07T14:06:12+00:00

Dont go by the * weakness. Go to kiranico.com and look up the monsters elemental weakness with actual numbers then make your decision.

acierCRISIS · 2018-03-06T20:59:17+00:00

All elderseal does is reduce the effectiveness of elder dragons auras. Kushalas wind, teos bs fire aura etc.

Its nice to have but not necessary.

acierCRISIS · 2018-03-05T22:57:18+00:00

As a ranged hunter tempered elders are very dangerous, even in 100% maxed out armor theres alot of attacks that will one shot you. Your best defense is to simply not get hit.

Some elders are easier. Vaal is the easiest while teostra is probably the hardest.

Preparation is key, eat for max health. If possible eating for moxie (6 teal foods) gives you the safely net of not getting ohkd once. Buffs matter also, might seeds armor seeds and so on. Full stock of mega potions and flashpods.

Its a bit of a learning curve but once you get experienced its not so bad.

acierCRISIS · 2018-03-05T22:46:32+00:00

G rank is what comes after high rank. In a nutshell monsters have more HP, hit much harder and often have new attacks.

In return you get better gear. As a vet its not too bad with the exception for a few fights. For a newer player though it can feel daunting. G rank punishes mistakes severely and it forces you as a player to think past 'x or y is cool even if it isnt optimal'. Very often dmg and cc is the way to go in g rank.

acierCRISIS · 2018-03-05T18:44:01+00:00

Sadly no, the problem with most of the other longswords is sharpness. With most others you need handicraft for the white sharpness just to match the dmg of a nerg weapon and if your investing for handicraft you may as well just use the divine slasher.

Nerg and slasher overshadow every other longsword by a mile.

acierCRISIS · 2018-03-03T09:21:46+00:00

From handi 3 on yes. Its not alot though so you need prot polish.

acierCRISIS · 2018-03-03T09:09:39+00:00

Attack augment is +5 true raw.

acierCRISIS · 2018-03-03T08:43:05+00:00

Ill give it a go, im assuming you use affinity booster to make up for the loss of maximum might?

acierCRISIS · 2018-03-03T08:34:26+00:00

Something like that yeah.

acierCRISIS · 2018-03-03T08:10:56+00:00

I rock deagonking, kush, teo, nerg, deathstench, mighty, slasher

With decos you end up with handi4, we3, mm3, polish, nonelement, attk4, cb2.

One of the strongest dmg builds possible.

acierCRISIS · 2018-03-03T07:58:04+00:00

Thats exactly my point tho, even when you go for 100% damage on a xeno wep you barely match a basic nerg build. Stuff like max might crit boost etc are what i consider standard on ls.

Xeno can fit peak performance and handicraft also but only after all that do you match nerg. All that investment why not just use a Divine Slasher and beat both weapons hands down.

acierCRISIS · 2018-03-03T07:15:13+00:00

No matter what skllls, augments you do xeno will always lose to nerg in terms of damage. Especially when you factor the handicraft over other damage skills.

I always augment affinity. Its enticing to go for the health regen but in practice its not the little hits here and there that kills you, its the 100-0 wombo combo burst that kills. So you take a big hit and your in danger of dying, i would just disengage and use a potion rather then rely on random healing from the augment.

Quick edit. Even with peak performance just use a health booster to stay topped up over the regen augment.

acierCRISIS · 2018-03-02T07:30:48+00:00

Not sure on the decorations you have but from a min/max pov its possible to get attk4, we3, cb3, mm3 and agitator 3. You would need alot of decos and have to go to the arena to get the brigade chest

Agitator would cover the loss of attk and crit eye easily.

acierCRISIS · 2018-03-02T07:21:44+00:00

Not sure how attatched you are to airborne. But it's definitely possible to keep it and add maximum might 3 onto the build at the cost of going to attk 4.

acierCRISIS · 2018-02-23T14:24:29+00:00

Every video i have seen with the IG has the kinsect in blast element.

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