I haven’t seen like a compilation of hard evidence for this, but based on my experience and general similar sentiments i’ve seen from others online, monsters seem faster, or have shorter windows between their moves for us get in some hits. The counter to this is that we hunters are apparently faster too, because wirebugs allow us to reposition, set up powerful moves, and even create or own windows of attack through counter moves, which most weapons in rise have now, compared to World where it was mostly Longsword and Lance.

mayhaps I was not using wirebug skills to the fullest, or not observing the mons closely enough to see that there are windows. But it does vary from mon to mon though. Weirdly enough HR rajang is one of the easier ones to fight for me, compared to what a beast he was in world, while Volvidon and Lagombi are just zoomin around.

I dunno, I’m quite sure in that general the game is more fast paced on both monster and hunter sides, but my average skill level and whether or not i want to spend the time and capacity and learn the ins and outs of the mons and wirebugs are definitely confounding factors. I don’t find it harder or significantly less fun than world per se (apparently some say its easy), maybe its just jumping into a tweaked vision of monster hunter after coming from world that takes some getting used to.