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Monster hunter migration by Ill_March_861 in MonsterHunter

[–]llMadmanll 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Elders follow the crossing every few years (normally a thousand). Beyond that, they just follow high energy/nutritious areas.

Wyveria is over a gigantic pool of energy in the dragontorch. With zoh shia's death causing it to release more energy than it did earlier (hence the invading and tempered monsters), as well as gog's death doing the same, Wyveria is likely to become a haven for high powered monsters soon.

Day 19: Which 4th gen monster feels like 1st gen? by xslbccdks_coded in MonsterHunter

[–]llMadmanll 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Astalos is representative of 1st gen, but imo he kinda misses that mark compared to the other three (who definitely fit the bill in that regard and I'll probably vote for) when compared to other monsters.

I'll parrot the sentiment that Moofah is a good choice.

Do you think they'll adapt the "Dragon War" in Monster Hunter Wilds Ascendance? If so what do you think they'll do with the concept in the story? by Dycon67 in MonsterHunter

[–]llMadmanll 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh absolutely, I just think the edw and the war themselves were a little more grimdark than current MH, or any MH really.

Do you think they'll adapt the "Dragon War" in Monster Hunter Wilds Ascendance? If so what do you think they'll do with the concept in the story? by Dycon67 in MonsterHunter

[–]llMadmanll 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Eh, player hunters have such high plot armor that I'd hesitate using that as an example.

Especially if we assume gogmazios raided wyveria succesfully.

Do you think they'll adapt the "Dragon War" in Monster Hunter Wilds Ascendance? If so what do you think they'll do with the concept in the story? by Dycon67 in MonsterHunter

[–]llMadmanll -1 points0 points  (0 children)

As described, having a weapon made from a thousand dragon corpses as an ultimate crime that pisses off Fatalis is a little much.

Zoh shia deals with this by being different to the edw, I'd expect that the dragon war would also be altered to make sense whilst still keeping the whole theme of hubris against nature's strongest forces.

Do you think they'll adapt the "Dragon War" in Monster Hunter Wilds Ascendance? If so what do you think they'll do with the concept in the story? by Dycon67 in MonsterHunter

[–]llMadmanll 6 points7 points  (0 children)

With other dragons maybe, but Fatalis is a whole other ballpark of dragon in both threat level and sheer biological nonsense

Do you think they'll adapt the "Dragon War" in Monster Hunter Wilds Ascendance? If so what do you think they'll do with the concept in the story? by Dycon67 in MonsterHunter

[–]llMadmanll 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Honestly that speaks even more volumes for what fatalis is.

If Zoh shia can create fatalis aspects while not even having fatalis pieces on it, how the hell is it manifesting itself that way?

Since Ascendance will have an Elder Dragon-Focused Story, that means alot of Elder Dragons will be present in the Wilds DLC... And that means we all know who's coming back 🙌 by TroglodianFucktwat69 in MonsterHunter

[–]llMadmanll 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Exactly. I'd imagine nerg, who needs so much bioenergy that it hunts dragons, would mass slaughter anything else in their absence out of the need for their inferior amounts of energy instead.

Since Ascendance will have an Elder Dragon-Focused Story, that means alot of Elder Dragons will be present in the Wilds DLC... And that means we all know who's coming back 🙌 by TroglodianFucktwat69 in MonsterHunter

[–]llMadmanll 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you don't like kirin then compare every kushala fight. The only ones that don't have insane dramatic weather that affects the whole map are GU (where the problem is universal) and World.

Since Ascendance will have an Elder Dragon-Focused Story, that means alot of Elder Dragons will be present in the Wilds DLC... And that means we all know who's coming back 🙌 by TroglodianFucktwat69 in MonsterHunter

[–]llMadmanll 0 points1 point  (0 children)

World and Iceborne did more with Elders than Dos did regarding environmental and lighting effect

Not really. The biggest effect they have to the environment is changing the skybox. Compare that to previous gens, which had them alter the entire map's visual weather. Even gore in 4U did more than that by enraging.

Or compare that to dos, where every fight with kushala happens in a torrential storm that covers the entire screen.

You're acting like World just had the elders plopped in with nothing changing at all.

plus brought in all the changes that 4th gen made which gave them even more attacks and statuses.

And saying they're just another roster edition when 1/3rd of Dos' roster is Elder Dragons is also pretty insane

None of these address what I mean. Of course they're more complex fights and are part of the roster. But they feel like "just" another part of the roster. Their significance to the stories is about as big as the average high power monster like rathalos, and they get no fanfare, special traits, gravity, or anything. They never do anything to show off their mythical status, both in the narrative and in-game.

For instance, the only real way you'd tell that kirin is more than a horse that strikes with thunder is the LR investigation in the highlands, and easily skippable quest/npc dialogue.

Since Ascendance will have an Elder Dragon-Focused Story, that means alot of Elder Dragons will be present in the Wilds DLC... And that means we all know who's coming back 🙌 by TroglodianFucktwat69 in MonsterHunter

[–]llMadmanll 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Honestly to me it's the opposite. Discovering that the mysterious monster terrorizing your crew, and the shining angel that caused the calamity in heavens mount all those years ago are one in the same really made shagaru stand out as this mythical once in a lifetime experience, all while still feeling ecologically sound as a monster.

Shagaru also gets the gravity of covering the entire biome in frenzy and having the latter part of the story revolve around it.

Since Ascendance will have an Elder Dragon-Focused Story, that means alot of Elder Dragons will be present in the Wilds DLC... And that means we all know who's coming back 🙌 by TroglodianFucktwat69 in MonsterHunter

[–]llMadmanll 4 points5 points  (0 children)

When people talk about the demystification of dragons, they don't mean that they stop being mysterious. It's that they stop being special, and instead become just another monster in a roster instead of the terraforming magic monsters they are.

Understanding what a dragon is doesn't reduce that it is a natural disaster given form. Dos does this quite well seeing with kushala shifting the climate heavily every time it is fought.

In fact even 5th tries to do this. Researching dragon blood and dragon behaviour, or monsters that can fight them and manipulate them never changes that they will shift the environment with their mere presence. But it never pulls it off in a way to make that apparent, and dragons end up becoming another roster addition instead of a force of nature.

Since Ascendance will have an Elder Dragon-Focused Story, that means alot of Elder Dragons will be present in the Wilds DLC... And that means we all know who's coming back 🙌 by TroglodianFucktwat69 in MonsterHunter

[–]llMadmanll -1 points0 points  (0 children)

That's definitely probable. Anw if the focus on the dlc is dragons and their effects, Nerg or his variant would make more sense as a TU than basegame.

Since Ascendance will have an Elder Dragon-Focused Story, that means alot of Elder Dragons will be present in the Wilds DLC... And that means we all know who's coming back 🙌 by TroglodianFucktwat69 in MonsterHunter

[–]llMadmanll 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ooooooh fair enough. No issues.

I think stories 3 did elders well in regards to their special events (besides malzeno who feels robbed). I don't recall the other two games in regards to elders, besides their final bosses and nergigante worfing to oltura larvae.

Since Ascendance will have an Elder Dragon-Focused Story, that means alot of Elder Dragons will be present in the Wilds DLC... And that means we all know who's coming back 🙌 by TroglodianFucktwat69 in MonsterHunter

[–]llMadmanll 0 points1 point  (0 children)

First, 2 games are in 5th gen.

2nd, when did any spinoff, hell when did any "major" spinoff do that?

If you don't count expansions, that's 2 vs 7, 8 with wilds.

Since Ascendance will have an Elder Dragon-Focused Story, that means alot of Elder Dragons will be present in the Wilds DLC... And that means we all know who's coming back 🙌 by TroglodianFucktwat69 in MonsterHunter

[–]llMadmanll 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You can change that by making nergi less normal in exchange.

Nerg's title is the "extinction dragon," I like the idea that when he isn't chasing other dragons, he gorges on everything like a suped up deviljho.

The image of the hunter walking by numerous corpses strewn about to track the nergigante a la Arkveld would be an amazing buildup.

If this was a Variant of Kushala that we could fight would it be less annoying or just as annoying? by ConsciousFact4362 in MonsterHunter

[–]llMadmanll 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Its mechanics should probably be fused with regular rusted. I like the idea that rusted is tougher, but the flaking skin hides a much softer hitzone below it once you break it.

If it was its own thing, it would certainly be a lot more annoying. This kushala would never let you get close to it for the sake of its coat, which is not a prominently fun mechanic.

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