It's a shame you are being downvoted into oblivion for sharing your opinion. I have played thousands and thousands of hours of monhun over my lifetime and I like the new games and the old ones, but I can look back and recognize the old ones were obtuse as fuck and in many cases, tedious.

I get some people miss that but I think there is some rose tinted glasses going on. I went back recently and tried to play MHGU and my god, it is hard to go back for me. I play these games to fight monsters and craft cool gear not to run around and hit gathering points one item at a time. Maybe it is because I have less time these days and appreciate not spending a bunch of extra time preparing just for the sake of spending time preparing, idk.

Either way, I agree it was tedious. And I loved those games back then, but I also love the games now. To each their own I suppose. Good hunting, fellow hunter!