Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate: Reviews and Discussion

The amount of people in late High Rank online who don't have Wystones is deeply disturbing me.

It's because people aren't playing Single Player.

It's always been a problem in Monster Hunter, but before 4 it didn't matter. This is the first game where playing the offline mode is pivotal to your success. Not only do you unlock content like Wystones, but you unlock trading materials. Most people are just used to going online and playing the entire game online.

I've also noticed a lot of really pathetic online players in G Rank gear, or other clear signs that they've rushed the game. It's really depressing. I had a G Rank Full Seregios Armor player have the same or less food upgrades than I did at Low Rank (I only had 2 Veggie, 1 Fish, and 2 Drink and that was it, and it didn't upgrade when he was in my hall which it would have if he had better). He also proceeded to get completely wrecked by Low Rank Rathian. He almost died twice and was KO'd more times than I could count.

People are just rushing to end-game without any idea of how to play. Monster Hunter is definitely a franchise that you don't want to do that with, and it shows.

Edit: Also, to be fair, High Rank doesn't really need Wystones. They didn't even exist in MH4 (they were added in 4G). They're certainly nice to have, but not necessary. When you start running into Extreme State monsters (or whatever it's called in the English version) is when you really need them. The Frenzy Virus can benefit you, if you're good enough, especially with Chaos Magala gear.

As a note...finally made the last Low Rank Hammer (getting a Garuga GQ was a peach and a half). Unlocked HR4's Urgent earlier today. Finally ready to start High Rank. Gonna do the same thing I did in Low Rank, not going to G Rank until I get all of the High Rank Hammers.

Edit 2: Out of curiosity...how have you guys been doing with your Dah'ren Mohran runs? I just did it with 3 randoms...and it was kind of depressing. They had no idea what they were doing and the worst part was that I couldn't even attempt to tell them what to do due to the chat limitations. First, none of them had any armor skills. Second, they would spam the Hunting Gong and the Dragonator the second they were available. The last part is a tad baffling...considering the thing doesn't even point toward Mohran for 99% of the run... I'm happy I grabbed the Ballista Binder, so I could cancel him at least some of the time during his major attacks. None of them ate for Bombardier, which is kind of understandable because it's a pretty unknown skill, it's basically only good for this fight (unless you Gunlance or Bowgun), but still. I had an Insect Glaive player constantly try to vault on to it and completely miss nearly every single time. The only times he succeeded were times where you could jump on him normally anyway. Then during the showdown, they were attacking him when he was barely in bounds, which could have killed him and pushed him out of bounds, completely eliminating carve rewards. When he staggered, they ran up his arms even though the blowhole was already broken and just kept bouncing off of the back. Not sure why they thought they were doing more damage.

Maybe I'm just used to my main group of friends who play, who are all pretty versed in Mohran runs, but this seemed a tad ridiculous to me, even for new players. Some of this stuff seems common sense to me, though, like the fact that the giant spear on the front of the ship only hits things in front of it. I like to imagine that fighting a giant monster on the very edge of the map should be a red light to people too, but then again I've played in Freedom 1 days, when tails could magically fall on cliffs that you can't reach and make them useless carves.

I liked that the franchise is more popular...but now I'm kind of divided between happy and sad about it.