Muchi Muchi Pink
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Graphics? Nah. But they added a lot new mechanics like climbing on monsters, jump attacks and multi-tiered zones, the rusted gear which is similar to the cursed gear in dragons dogma: dark arisen. 2 new weapons.
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Monster Hunter 4 |OT| Slay 'em, Skin 'em, Wear 'em
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Parakeetman
No one wants a throne you've been sitting on!
Id say the graphics are a step up considering how the maps are designed now and keeps the framerates.
Does the climbing etc work well? Like do you think it will be a main stay or removed like swimming in later versions.
They removed a lot of things like whole weapon types in Tri that were in the previous games and added them back later, so adding things back later isn't totally without precedent.
Swimming totally sucks, though.
fabricated backlash
Member
I am so jealous right now. But I still wish everyone in Japan and with enough money to import a blast. Will join as soon as a european eshop version is downloaded to my 3DS.
Mailenstein
Member
I noticed that my 3DS is switching back and forth from being connected to the Internet (blue) and local modus (orange) even tho I'm in SP mode in game. Is that just me?
test_account
XP-39C²
Yeah, pity that it isnt as easy to buy these PSN cards directly from Japan without having to go through resellers. I guess the only way is to get someone in Japan to buy the card and mail you the code as a token of friendship to avoid paying extra.
KillerTravis
Banned
This is probably the biggest multiplayer game with online in Japan right now, so it's not so surprising.
Parakeetman
No one wants a throne you've been sitting on!
Works great and no stamina drain anymore. Really adds to the whole world the multi-tiered type of map design.
Oh man thats insane...
Ya, lots of people playing online, whowould've thunk!?!
I'm kinda happy it turned out this way because there were way too many people rocking the default equipment with 6 defense and getting two-shotted in my quests.
I was thinking about going online right away, but didn't want to be one of those people, so I'm sticking to single player right now.I'm kinda happy it turned out this way because there were way too many people rocking the default equipment with 6 defense and getting two-shotted in my quests.
Parakeetman
No one wants a throne you've been sitting on!
I'm kinda happy it turned out this way because there were way too many people rocking the default equipment with 6 defense and getting two-shotted in my quests.
I always go running around in leather at the start instead of heading straight for def to get back into the groove of things. Plus doing the usual collect everysingle thing possible around the world. Might work on the jagi set though since all I need is the dos parts as have way too much normal jagi pieces. Want to seriously upgrade the cat with some new gear though, so am progressing through the story quests.
Those little pillbug looking insects are hilarious. Am constantly running up to them and kicking em just for laughs.
Slowly learning the charge axe great weapon that thing is.
Nintendo is providing the servers for online for 4, right?
All according to keikaku!I'm kinda happy it turned out this way because there were way too many people rocking the default equipment with 6 defense and getting two-shotted in my quests.
Samurai_Heart
Member
But, but, this is a Japanese release, where local multiplayer is king (analyst quote) =P
Hopefully they'll have more servers up for it, but yeah they must have judged wrong on the amount of people online via Frontier and 3G etc.
Had to bow out, pulling an all nighter and the cold weather got to me, good "morning" MH-gentlepeople!
Charge Axe seems nice, have to get accustomed to it, Axe mode has a lot of oomph.
Killing those insects feels so evil, when they're dead their legs still twitch accusingly
It was probably already mentioned but loading times feel so great too, at least in the first two areas i've been to. and the vertical gameplay is ace, sometimes it feels like there should be a little jumping animation instead of just "running up" a gap in height, but i guess the gameplay is smoother this way.
Being way too tired before, I immediately forgot it told me to get the felyne and wondered why there were no more "village quests", so i ended up playing online jaggi solo and it felt so long in the starting gear. He gave me a good ass kicking here and there. Rusty rusty, to think I finished the Tri part of 3G in the Chainmail...
Now for some hunting with a bit more brainpower!
Addendum: Oh yeah and I added everyone from the OP (let's see how it goes, me being in EU and stuff) and from the thread, if I missed someone complain loudly!
What's everyone's favorite help resources? This JP Wiki was always my go-to for the series, of course it's still a bit empty in regards to 4
Charge Axe seems nice, have to get accustomed to it, Axe mode has a lot of oomph.
Killing those insects feels so evil, when they're dead their legs still twitch accusingly
It was probably already mentioned but loading times feel so great too, at least in the first two areas i've been to. and the vertical gameplay is ace, sometimes it feels like there should be a little jumping animation instead of just "running up" a gap in height, but i guess the gameplay is smoother this way.
Being way too tired before, I immediately forgot it told me to get the felyne and wondered why there were no more "village quests", so i ended up playing online jaggi solo and it felt so long in the starting gear. He gave me a good ass kicking here and there. Rusty rusty, to think I finished the Tri part of 3G in the Chainmail...
Now for some hunting with a bit more brainpower!
Addendum: Oh yeah and I added everyone from the OP (let's see how it goes, me being in EU and stuff) and from the thread, if I missed someone complain loudly!
What's everyone's favorite help resources? This JP Wiki was always my go-to for the series, of course it's still a bit empty in regards to 4
no wonder link is in this game, the tutorials drag on forever lol
at least people who always wanted some detailed tutorials finally got their wish.
anyway...
turn hunter search off. It should help. (bottom bar - bottom screen)
at least people who always wanted some detailed tutorials finally got their wish.
anyway...
turn hunter search off. It should help. (bottom bar - bottom screen)
It seems likely, given that they hosted the MH3U servers.
If Pokemon wasn't coming out so soon, I would have been unable to control myself from MH4 hype.
But that is probably more due to the fact it is a Wii U version which is something they wanted, so they provided servers for them.
In MH3U, you can manage the farm from the online lobby area. I don't remember in other games.
But that is probably more due to the fact it is a Wii U version which is something they wanted, so they provided servers for them.
In MH3U, you can manage the farm from the online lobby area. I don't remember in other games.
Material farming you mean? (a bit confusing because you have a farm that can grow supplies
).Well online quests have better droprates and usually go by faster than single player quests in the first place, so they're the best way to farm materials. Since everyone needs to farm you can just farm together and get stuff faster.
If you mean farm farming, you just buy supplies with all the money you'll be rolling in!
That is true, but considering the alternative would have been for Capcom to go with that company they've used in the past that charges a monthly fee for players, it's just easier to assume that they decided to not be dicks.
jimmypython
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internet at my place isn't up yet so had to download it at a local coffee shop (TimHortons)....the speed seems great so far...
Material farming you mean? (a bit confusing because you have a farm that can grow supplies
Well online quests have better droprates and usually go by faster than single player quests in the first place, so they're the best way to farm materials. Since everyone needs to farm you can just farm together and get stuff faster.
If you mean farm farming, you just buy supplies with all the money you'll be rolling in!
Ok, I wondered if it wasn't a bit complicated to do all the mining and gathering on line cause I suppose 4 players won't want to do the same thing, I know this kind of stuff is boring me and would prefer to go straight to the fight, so the less you have to do that the more I can enjoy the game.
KillerTravis
Banned
Has somebody unlocked the Link set yet?
Ah, well yeah as far as mining goes, that might be true, you have to communicate if you just wander off and go mine (happens more often than you think hehe).
Capcom heard those concerns though, and they implemented an NPC with changing inventory so that you can buy most materials you would have to gather normally (best way to buy final armor stones for endgame too). I think that was DLC though, so they put it in a bit later? I only bought 3G last christmas, so a bit late to the party.
Mailenstein
Member
Yeah, I noticed I had turned it on. Thanks for the heads up tho!
ranmafan
Member
After a lot of outside interferences, I'm finally getting some time with the game. Nice to play a new monster hunter. I've been away from it far too long. Still wish I was good at it. Looking forward to finally getting it all right this time. Since others have posted their friend code, here is mine if anyone wants to add me: 3179-6099-1468
test_account
XP-39C²
I think that charing was done by Capcom just to make extra money, no?That is true, but considering the alternative would have been for Capcom to go with that company they've used in the past that charges a monthly fee for players, it's just easier to assume that they decided to not be dicks.
Smiles and Cries
Member
any english streams up?
I was always under the impression that they were renting the servers, and passed the cost on to consumers. I know Capcom maintained the servers for MH1 and Tri in the US themselves, which led to good things like not having to pay fees, and led to some not so good things, like the room limits being halved.
You can, however...
You have to reach Chico Village and PokaPoka Island (same place), then defeat Zaboazagil (shark monster) to be able to do it. So about 15 - 20 hours in
Parakeetman
No one wants a throne you've been sitting on!
Nope its in there. Those folks most likely just have not unlocked it / found mats yet.
Recommended armors from wiki
Village 2 Star: Ranbosu (?) ランポス complete set, small attack boost.
Got my Goa Magura LL and a bunch of other MH4 related goodness this morning. I live in a small town in Kagawa prefecture which is in the middle of fucking nowhere and there was still a queue of about 20 odd folk outside my local Geo store at 8am. God knows what the queues were like in the big cities.
Time to transfer all my stuff from my OG 3DS to my new LL and get hunting.
Man DAT 3ds looks so awesome. Can you post more pics of it?
Parakeetman
No one wants a throne you've been sitting on!
Just stomped that bug boss. Wasnt bad at all. Using my level 3 charge axe and running around in alloy armor. This weapon is pretty strong if you use it correctly. Really dig this a lot more than the slash axe.
The armor parts from that boss seems to have pretty crazy def from what I saw with a single part. Gonna be grinding this for a while I think~
The armor parts from that boss seems to have pretty crazy def from what I saw with a single part. Gonna be grinding this for a while I think~
Parakeetman
No one wants a throne you've been sitting on!
With an attitude like that you might as well not bother with hanging out here regardless of the new features added to 4.
capcom should release a demo with insect staff. its really a new fresh weap type to play with.
played all the previous mh and im liking the insect staff so far. i havent tried charge axe but its probably somewhat like slashaxe but in sns mode, so probably not gonna be all that different to give me a fresh feel
played all the previous mh and im liking the insect staff so far. i havent tried charge axe but its probably somewhat like slashaxe but in sns mode, so probably not gonna be all that different to give me a fresh feel
You and your talking up the Charge Axe, rolled with Bug Staff for a while now and it's pretty fun, the mobility feels great. Hitzones are deceptively small with it though.
I'm not screwing anything up longterm if I level it up with all the fire essences (or whatchamaycallit) since you don't get others in the beginning?
Guess I'll give the axe a power up and spend some time with ittoo.
Parakeetman
No one wants a throne you've been sitting on!
Im not sure about the bug staff I havent powered mine up yet as found some other types of items that increase different stats. But wanted to see what else was available first. Then will spend more time with the staff and mess with the juicing up the bug from there.
Wonder if you can reset its stats if you dont like how it turned out.
That charge axe though is great, the added bonus of being able to dizzy enemies too is pretty huge considering how many free hits you can start landing after that. Just the thing that takes a bit of work is managing the charges and switching back to the sword & shield mode to fill it up again. Seems like yellow fills it up half way and red will fill all charges. Really interesting weapon. Like how they gave it the "lance slide" too with how you side step with the sword and shield. Useful for dodging right after you load up the charges for the axe mode.
One thing am concerned with is how well does this weapon "play" with others. As with how wide the sweeping motions of the axe are can see a lot of blue on blue going on. D: Although it looks like the part of the animation that does damage is pre-set so there are frames where you will pass through things instead of hitting them. Need more time with it. If in a group I might just play with lance to prevent that from happening. As am not confident enough with the weapon to make sure I can prevent that for the most part. Should go level up one of the lances just for parties with you folks.
Time to take a break and pick up some groceries for a very very late dinner haha