congrats tranquilo! my wii broke and its getting shipped back later this week. i suggest working on other weapons. i suggest using a gun, because it completely changes the game. hopefully i could join you all when it comes in.

Ah, I though it was weird you hadn't showed up all this time. Don't worry though, I'm definitely getting a bow gun set or two (or three).

@Tranquilo
I got the Skyscraper, even though I want the other Worn weapons so much more! How many hours have you put in so far?

@Tranquilo

Thanks!
The icon is made by me by compositing a few images together found on the net. I Found the main image online then took it from there in Photoshop.

S

VERY nicely done (I drooled at the icon in another thread ).

Prol'ly can go ahead and update my status now... been playing hardcore with a group of friends that are trying to get me to their level. Right now I'm at HR43 (or might be 44, it's been a few days since I've been on). LOVE my new hammers.

HATE the high-level Barioth.

He's just a big pussycat when you have Baggi armor and a badass Flame Sword.


Nah, he's still kind of a bitch.

@anandxxx

To the overall game? At least 350 hours last time I checked. I think I started playing back in October or November. Since then it's been pretty much the only game I've been playing. I've been going hard the past two weeks ever since I stopped working. Nevertheless, hopefully I'll start school this month and I guess that might be part of it. Even if that wasn't the case I feel I've gotten 3 or 4/5th of what this game has to offer me. I think I'm just about ready to move on. Don't get me wrong, it's not like I'm going to quit altogether, but obviously my play time will be drastically reduced. Although looking at the grand scheme of things, I don't think I even have 10% of everything there is to collect in the game.

@Tranquilo

I just cracked 300 last session. And up to HR53 while Smerd is adjusting stuff. I think Anand was 53 as well?

yeah i had 350 last time i checked. I was stuck offline for awhile so I fought and made and upgraded everything that was offline with the exception of the rusted hammer. so i have roughly 40% complete but the i never fought deviljoe and only fought alatreon once. I can't wait to take those guys on.

I don't even bother checking my HR anymore. I think last time I was at 77, or close to it... at least 74. Apparently agnaktor is my favorite monster to hunt. I have 41 killed and about half of that captured. I have the full set for Agnaktor as well as the + version. The funny thing is I stopped actively trying to get claws+ after I got Vambraces+ and I seemed to get them a lot faster.

I also have a headless/charmless evade set. Speaking of which, I figured out why many people kept saying evade was good for lance. Evading takes less time than blocking. I only found out recently that doing a quick step back or sideways after a combo will significantly reduce the time you're allowed to start another hit combo. Effectively making the lance a more lethal weapon.

I think I'm hr 140 or so. And I do check out people's hr. That's because I play mostly with strangers and, for example, if there's a group of three people playing jhen and they are hr 70+ I will join them versus a group of hr32 when I know they don't know how to time everything properly (and with jhen it's all about timing).

So far I think I'm best at jhen, barroth, Agn, and uragaan especially.

Oh and on to a new topic...

Mh3 portable....

I swear buying a psp tonpkay it and it will be my first time purchasing a non Montanan platform in 25 years

Congrats guys on your HR levels.. I'm glad MH is such a success to a lot of people. I don't have the hours you guys have (65hrs) but this game is one of the best Wii games (or any game) around.

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@Fabz@Fabz

Yes, I agree. I check other peoples HR, just not my own. I know my abilities but I don't know theirs. Still, I've seen some high ranking hunters who barely know what they're doing, or just don't care. Rank is pretty much irrelevant after you reach 51. Still, I'm curious to see if I get a special title once I reach HR 100... (don't spoil it for me.)

Monster Hunter so far has been amazing. I had never played anything like this before.--Damn it Smerd, I can't stop looking at your icon. I'm going to have to play Muramasa soon. It's till sitting wrapped on my video rack.--back on topic, even so, I don't think I'm going to buy the portable iterations. Firstly because I don't have a PSP, and even if I did, I understand that there is no online infrastructure for the game. I've said it once before but I would not have played nearly as much as I have if it weren't for online. Not only does it make the hunts more manageable, it's just more fun that way. There's also the fact that your materials, weapons and armor cross over so you can boss around less aggressive monsters with your superior armaments.

Speaking of online, I wonder when Capcom is going to stop maintaining the servers. I am disconnected more times than I would like but the infrastructure is lag free (although I have been experiencing some weird occurrences lately) and miles ahead the vast majority of Wii games.

Tranquilo said:

..Monster Hunter so far has been amazing. I had never played anything like this before.--Damn it Smerd, I can't stop looking at your icon. I'm going to have to play Muramasa soon. It's till sitting wrapped on my video rack...


Yessss.. my plan is working...

S

Even with the huge variety in tri the psp versions have more weapons, like the hunting horn, bow, gunlance, and dual swords. There are even at least three times the monsters. There is an online, but you need a PS3, but you can play with atleast one other person if you are together. From what i've seen you can access high rank fights solo too but the problem is you are solo.

ouch. didn't know that. i would not play it if it was ofline only

@Wilie345

Content is not a problem my friend. Even the last couple of portable titles have more monsters and weapons than MHtri. That didn't mean I want to play them either. I'm sorry Mark, I don't think we're going to hunt any anytime soon. Like I said, until I can play online I won't buy the portable games. I want to buy as PS3, and I was going to but sadly something came up and I had to use the money I had for it. Online is where I spent like 95 percent of my time and I imagine its the same for a lot of people. Maybe some day, *sigh*

@Tranquilo

I don't have a PSP or PS3. It just sounded like you didn't want the game because of onlineplay, but i knew it had the possibility. I didn't want you to pass the game up for no reason, cuz the new monsters look awesome.

@Wilie345

I appreciate that Mark, and thank you for it. I did not totally dismiss the game, but stated that without online, I probably won't buy it because honestly, online makes the game for me. And even the developers admit that the game is best played cooperatively since it was designed that way. I don't have the option for local ad-hoc and frankly, in this day and age, online essential in a lot of games, and I feel MH is one of them. The game is fairly good offline, but it's the online that put it in the top of the heap for me.

Smerd said:

Tranquilo said:

..Monster Hunter so far has been amazing. I had never played anything like this before.--Damn it Smerd, I can't stop looking at your icon. I'm going to have to play Muramasa soon. It's till sitting wrapped on my video rack...


Yessss.. my plan is working...

S

Perhaps not because of your icon but muramasa is the game I want the most now.