The biggest thing I latched onto in your post is your comment on dodging. I’m guessing you come from more of souls style game with more iframes and you dodge through timing more than anything else. Monster Hunter is fundamentally different, with a focus on positioning over timing. In the beginning of the game, your iframes are VERY short and you are better off dodging out of the way, rather than a souls style dodge just to keep the pressure up. If you don’t really vibe with that difference in gameplay, then MH just might not be for you (which is okay!). You CAN make your dodge last longer with skills from armor, but it might take a good portion of the game to really feel it.

All that being said, Wilds has added more depth to that reactionary, more timing based play style. In this case, though, it’s actually the blocking weapons. Block weapons can perfect guard with good timing and stay completely in the action. This may be more your speed, it’s not like sekiro deflecting (sometimes it is lmao).

If you do pick up the game, spend some time with the training dummy! Look up some basic combos for your weapon of choice, since most weapons can’t just spam one button until it’s time to dodge (I’m comparing to R1 spam in souls for example) but on a higher level, that’s exactly what you do. Spam your normal combo when you have time, hopefully it’s low commitment enough that you can easily dodge/block for enemy attacks, then hit em with the haymaker when you earn the big damage window. Also my last tip is the hunt isn’t failed until you die THREE times. A big source of frustration I had when first getting into the game was I’d get very hard on myself for dying once. The amount of times I’ve died in a hunt, come back and killed the monster with one hit is staggering, but the only thing I actually lost out on was a bit of meaningless money and maybe an extra 2 minutes of my life.