2013-04-09, 02:50 AM
Polantaris Wrote:I definitely don't find him challenging either, I just find him very badly designed.
He's not cheap or unfair in the ways that I find underwater Lagia cheap or unfair, but instead in ways that are just dumb. For example, if you're in melee range just about every attack will hit you, regardless of how many times you dodge in advance. Half of this is because of bad dodging mechanics, if there's invulnerability underwater while dodging it can't possibly be at the same time or the same length as a dodge on the ground. This makes his stupid beam attack significantly more dangerous than it should be. When it sweeps, you should be able to perfect dodge it, but I was never able to, even with Evade+1.
Not only that, his beam in general has such a bad hitbox that it puts Pre-3U Plesioth to shame. I've been hit when it went completely over me by far, completely under me by far, and I even got hit once or twice when it wasn't even visible on the screen at all.
Overall Goldbeard Ceadeus requires too much healing because it's far too easy to get hit, because he's too massive and his attacks are far too large. Plus his turning damage is way too high. At 400 Def and over 20 Dragon Res and 3 Water Res when he turned and his horn tapped me it would do over 50 damage. That's absolutely ridiculous.
Honestly I've never been impressed or liked any of the giant monsters in Monster Hunter. Ceadeus and Jhen Mohran are definitely improvements over Shen Gohran and Lao Shan, but that's really not saying much. All four of them are very boring monsters that are not entertaining at all and are often required for gear a lot too, so you're forced to grudge through them.
I think beyond everything else, the worst part about Goldbeard Ceadeus is that his armor is the first set in the entire game to give Sharpness+1.
Don't remind me, I'm actually trying to make the entire set, but naturally I'm having a helluva time trying to get Dark Dragongems. Not to mention I am still also missing 2 Dragon Elderbloods. I know they come from Jhen, but I hate Jhen so much, so I googled it and read around and it was said that Ceadeus also gives them, but I haven't had any luck from him either. Still trying though.
And yeah, I completely agree on the hitboxes of the water lasers. I did rage a few times when I was so clearly no where near the laser as seen right on my screen, but I would still end up getting hurt.
Not to mention doing it solo farming him for the parts I need to finish his armor is sooooooo tedious. I can down the regular Ceadeus in about 15-20 minutes, but he still takes me 30 minutes or more.