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Monster Hunter Tri on the Wii
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MH Tri Online Shuts down April 30th 2013. It was a great run guys!

We can use this thread to post our thoughts, our battles, advice, when we are online etc etc.



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1. HR9 Mr_Mustache
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3. HR8 Mikey (Anon_Mastermind)
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6. HR17 canonj
7. HR?? Cryojin
8. HR11 Smerd


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04/17/10, 06:23    Edited: 02/10/13, 17:31
 
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@CRISIS hearts
This guy knows his Monster Hunter. When you getting the Wii game so we can network?
08/02/10, 04:29   
@anon_mastermind

Hey, are you going on?
08/02/10, 04:31   
Not for another hour or so. I do want to play tonight.
08/02/10, 04:39   
@anon_mastermind

11pm EST? I can manage that. I'll check back here then.

See ya later, brother! (I already have you added)
08/02/10, 04:42   
@CRISIS hearts Nothing is wrong with it, I thought I said that about 5 times now? It just doesn't match my play style. It's not like I regret buying the game, I'm having fun with it and have put in about 20 hours so far. I just don't really get into that core mechanic. I have the most fun when I totally ignore it.
08/02/10, 05:02   
PS. I'll probably be on in a half hour or so. You know, for anyone who wants to do some level 1 quests...
08/02/10, 05:53   
@Zero

Alright, I'll get on now. I'll go to an open town and do some Paw Pass stuff (basically "the Woods" online).
Warp on over when you guys get on!

Zero, I've got no problem helping you with Level 1 stuff. It'll be awesome, woo!
08/02/10, 06:02   
Alright I lied... still not quite ready. Will be on in a bit though... 20 minutes maybe? I dunno.
08/02/10, 06:53   
I still don't get when you can and can't trap. And what tranqs have to do with it. Despite having done it in single player.
08/02/10, 08:41   
@Zero

The trap isn't a trap like a mousetrap. Its more of a "snare" or a "hey, he can't move, tranq him!" deal.

When the dude is drooling, thats a good indicator that he's almost ready. When he's limping away after a sound thrashing, thats another good one. I like to beat the guy to where he's going, and set up a trap in his path. I guess when you're limpy and tired (and programmed so), you don't change direction. It usually takes 1-2 Tranqs to take him down. If you find yourself throwing 4 to no avail..something is probably wrong, and you've gone too soon. If its the right time though, and the guy is laboring, success will be achieved as we did tonight!

I find Shock Traps to be MUCH easier to Capture a Monster with than the Pitfall Traps, by the by.

(and if your initial question is in reference to why I couldn't set a trap down at that one time, I believe its because I already had an active EZ Shock Trap out there. That has never happened to me before, though..)

Good hunt, guys!
08/02/10, 09:19   
But like... tranqs without traps, traps without tranqs... worthless? I mean, you can't actually capture a monster without first trapping and then tranqing?
08/02/10, 09:45   
Mr_Mustache said:
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Haha, what are you talking about? ANY game can be spoiled. I love how we have to be all hush-hush about crap like Mario, Metroid or Zelda (people were PASSING STONES about the threat of Mario Galaxy 2 content being spoiled), but when I have a problem about something in Monster Hunter, I'm being irrational. Lovely.
No, those other games are solo afairs. Monster Hunter is a social game like I explained whether you play it solo or online, you will still share ideas and tactics with fellow hunters either online or in person. Don't ignore what I said like I didn't say it. The game encurages networking because it doesn't hold your hand all the way through. There's no arrow pointing the way. To get anywhere you can't just play it by yourself in a vaccuum. There's no story progression, it's creatures that mostly everyone knows exist and you need to go fight them.

No one can spoil the game for you.

Hearing the name of a monster is not going to make you not fear it once you see it for yourself.

Hearing the name of a monster is not going to make you disappointed that the game hasn't ended yet because there's no real ending. New quests on the disc may end but people don't play Monster Hunter just for that. We keep playing for the thrill of the hunt and to get that new piece of armor or weapon we always wanted.

I'm at the maximum Hunter Rank in the PSP game, which is Hunter Rank 9 and yet I have not done all there is to do. There are so many monsters I haven't even fought yet and even if I had, I'd need to fight them again to get what I want. And then there's the free DLC that keeps coming.
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And everytime I see that shiny black Wii I die inside because I always end up buying something else instead of saving up for one. One day.
08/02/10, 18:49   
Edited: 08/02/10, 18:52
Tonight I'm going to head back on for some 2-star quests. Zero, did you level up any further? Let's finish off your 1-star quests and let me know when you need to take down that Barroth (urgent quest) and then we can hit up some level 2 stuff. Mustache I could use your support as well!
08/02/10, 18:53   
Zero, if you want to play the game your way, no one should stop you. The game is designed in ways where you can do just that. But keep in mind, you ever intend to rank up and fight the biggest of the big, you will need higher calibur weapons otherwise the ones you have will just bounce off. Though...bouncing off does do some damage actually. Good luck.

About the traps and tranqs, did we all explain this a few pages back? In any case, the traps in this game aren't cages. They aren't meant to capture on their own. They come in two kinds, shock and pitfall. The shock just freezes them for a limited time and the other creates a hole in the ground they get stuck in for a limited time also. In that time they are most vulnerable. But first the monster needs to be hurt badly enough that they are near death. So you trap one and then throw a couple of tranqs at it and it will sleep.

Tranqs alone will not trap it because the monster is too active even near death for the chemical to take effect. It needs to be startled, taken off guard, immobilized for it to work. That's what the traps do.

Traps work alone if you just want to stop the monster for a short time so that you can simply hurt it like setting some bombs around it or just wail on it with your weapon without fear of getting hit back.
08/02/10, 19:00   
@Simbabbad Yeah but Metroid isn't set up so that in order to get the next upgrade you need to progress, you have to run around seeking out 5 chozo bones and 10 skree wings and 3 metroid brains. There is backtracking sure, but it's usually pretty straight-forward and unless you get lost, it'll take a couple minutes of backtracking to open up a new place to explore. Most of the new items are in new areas, or new paths of old areas. You have to go find 1 power-up, and it usually opens 3 or 4 ways to go. (Sure, only 1 of those ways is the true way "forward", but still.) And near the end of the (Prime) games when you have to collect all the random stuff and do maybe a half hour straight of backtracking is the most annoying part of the games.

Mind you, I don't mind collecting 10 monster guts in a mission (here and there, though they're not as fun as the missions hunting new monsters), because it is a straight-forward mission and I know exactly what I'm getting and why (because it gives me a star and I can move forward). It is trying to go back into old areas and piece together a bunch of stuff to make weapons and armor in a system I don't fully understand that doesn't sit well with me. My mind just isn't set up to handle this kind of game style well. Whereas many people will think things like "oh I can't wait to get this thingy to make this armor that is going to make me stronger against this beast" all that goes through my mind is "am I going to spend an hour running around semi-lost and confused collecting this stuff just to make something that may be somewhat worthless in the end?"

CRISIS hearts said something interesting above, about how to get anywhere you have to talk to other people and not play in a vacuum. And that's what happens to me when I'm about to spend time farming or whatever is I start thinking "should I be talking to other people and see if this is actually a good usage of my time or not?" But I don't always want to get online and spend time hashing that stuff out with people, I play games to get AWAY from the Internet (which I spend too much time on as it is.)

Actually, I could probably go in more detail and bring my anxiety and scattered mind and fear of (important?) decision making and inability to focus on multiple projects at once into this. It's funny, I was JUST talking to Shirley about the similarities I have noticed between the way I play video games and the way I approach life, and how I wonder if this holds true for other people. It's not that I think this is poor development so much as it requires me to use my mind in a way that really makes me uncomfortable.

Anyway, I don't even actually know how much Monster Hunter Tri is set up to force this, I've just been told that I'm going to "have" to start farming monsters for items and make good equipment if I want to make it much further in single player (I'm on the 3 star quests) and that later on you're farming almost as much or more than you are playing new missions. Then again, I have seen one person suggest that if you get evade up high enough and get good at dodging you can ignore most everything else and just keep doing new missions. Hmm.

CRISIS hearts said:
About the traps and tranqs, did we all explain this a few pages back?

Probably, and I knew how to do this last time I was playing the game which was a month or two ago. I guess this just shows even more how scattered my mind is, I can't remember JACK nowadays. I'm still running around wondering if I remember how to capture monsters, lol.
08/02/10, 20:21   
Edited: 08/02/10, 20:29
Traps exhaust monsters (If you think of it like that, it's easier to remember.), while the tranq bombs knock them out cold! You can capture just about any 'boss,' monster, I believe.

Zero, man, you need more free time!
08/02/10, 21:22   
it's Monday, right? How bout instead of Mario Kart, this week NW goes a huntin'! Let's get a group of 4 or two groups going tonight. I'll be on at around 10 or 11 PM EST.
08/02/10, 21:27   
@Xbob42 Well... grad school. Though I do have 3 weeks off of school right now and despite the fact that I'm trying to get a lot of important things done (paying bills, getting student teaching ap ready, etc.) that I kind of held off on in the midst of school craziness, I'm finding a bit more free time. Have been playing Monster Hunter online with some of these guys a few nights.

Not tonight for me though, I have to get up at 8 am tomorrow.
08/02/10, 22:25   
You know, in the time you have here you could be asking the vets where's the best place to get a certain item. Just saying...
08/02/10, 22:31   
And what? You play games to get away from the internet? I've never heard that before. I hear people say they play games to get away from the stress of their job or real life issues. I hear people even saying the go on the internet for the same reasons. The internet entertaining.
08/02/10, 22:33   
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