@anandxxx


nice. Thank you... That is what my problem was - I was trying to equip a Charm. I've equipped a decoration for my weapon before, but I don't think I've ever had a Talisman yet... So If I want the effects of the charm..I just put it in my pouch..makes sense because I see them in my item box.

@Mr_Mustache
Thanks for the updates! My goal is to hit HR 10 soon!

S

Stache, sorry I left. My baby wanted to watch tv and I really didn't want to play with your friend chack

@Fabz

Dude, haha; that whole night was such a weird misunderstanding..

If I recall correctly, and I think I do, you guys were playfully joking with each other, calling the other "noob" and stuff like that..and it was 5am EST, and you were both, by your own admission, "wasted." I don't know if you should pass judgment on someone based on one alcohol/drug-induced wee hour quest/hunt.

--And we REALLY could've used you, too! Anand had just hit 31, and isn't quite up to speed armor/weaponwise yet.

Maybe next time?

@Smerd

Hey Smerd,
Yeah, no problem with the updates. Mini-request: Can you rank the Monster Hunter names in order of HR, not so much a leaderboard or to say "hey, look how big my balls are," but to easily see who is around you so you know who you can quest with? I know that JKR is starting up soon and it'd be easy for him to go out with some guys near him, and not to be made feel like he isn't doing anything. I say that from experience, and firsthand accounts from several single-digit HR-folk just starting out. I could honestly see you, he, and MasterSandman II having a pretty good series out there. I think Zero is around there, too? Playing amonst those near your level really enhances teamwork, I think. Rather than letting so-and-so handle one guy and you do the other stuff, you guys really have to band together to get the job done.

And I don't know about some of those names on there. I feel they might've been out once or twice but never again. I've got everyone added (I think..) and I never see 'em. Update, guys??

Lastly, I think Mikey is 26 or so. Confirm, brother! (And I just got home from a wild "Day Tripper" unlocked Beatles Rock Band binge at a friends house. So much back/foot pain..so much fun.)

@Mr_Mustache

It's worth a shot - Yes, I don't want this to be a competition and I will state that when I re-arrange the list.. If too many people complain about how the list is laid out, I'll change back to another format. Also, the list will be updated on the 1st (or 1 or 2 days after) of every month as I don't want to continually move the names up and down the list all the time.

***
To the rest of you (except people just diving into this game like JKR), an update on your HR ranking would be great - I think I have added almost all of you but there is a few people I'm missing simply because you haven't been online when I have - which is bound to happen.



S

I think I'll be on tonight.

Even though I keep saying that and then don't come on. But my girlfriend cancelled our date from sickness and I got called into work anyway and was about to cancel our date (it was one of those weird moments where I had my cell in my hands and was like 2 seconds from calling her number and she called and I was like... WOAH) and now I have absolutely nothing to do all night.

Then again, I might invite my brother over and watch a movie or something.

79 pages. this thread rocks. it's funny how people at first almost made fun of us and thought this thread would be dead after a month or so. who would have believed that mh3 would have scored so high in our minds.

and look at people's HR's... Mustache is on the verge of passing the limit (reachig my level)... once you pass hr 51 we're basically all the same and it doesn't matter if your hr 150 or 70 or 60 cause we just assume that we know what we doing at that point and nothing comes with getting a higher hr besides showing that you simply sink hours into the game

@Smerd

Oh, yeah, I don't want it to be a leaderboard either. How you set it up is exactly like I had pictured though. Good job!

@Fabz

I dunno.. I still feel incredibly weak. I've had a lot of help from you and Chack over the months, and my buddy Lou (HR60 last I knew) as well. Had I been out there on my own, I would've had a lot more trouble.

@ Mikey

Were you on last night at all?

@Zero

I have no idea when I'll be home from work. Hopefully Smerd (or whoever else) pops in and helps you out!

I miss playing with you guys. :(

@Marsh

So why don't you? This thread has action 24 hours a day.
I'm on [mostly] every night per request, and Fabz pops in every single time I'm on around 2am EST.
If you (or ANYONE) wants to play..say something, and someone will go. Isn't Zero playing right now??

--And are you still HR28? That doesn't seem right for some reason.

Yes, I think I am. I dunno, I feel so intimidated by all you upper-level doods. Plus I'm trying to complete my Rathian armour and it's just so tedious and I get angry at the game for being stupid.

@Marsh

Intimidated? You were above me FOREVER. You probably STILL deal more damage than I do.
Anand and Mikey were below you HR-wise on Monday. Haha, dude, everyone is still around you.

I'm not the only one that thinks so; the game knows what you need and hates to let you have it.
Just keep doing your normal thing and you'll get what you need eventually.

This is true...

I dunno, I've lost that spark of desire to acquire imaginary items for the sake of killing beasts to acquire more items. Also, I'm at the point where I have to beat some really tough beasts and it scurs meh.

"Wii's new most-played game may surprise you"

Not us! Congratulations, Negative World Crew (and Chack!)!!

Congratulations, Chack! And Fabz!

We're all one big, happy Monster Hunting family!

I just had the worst match ever. My room was designated "Experienced Hunters Only" and I brought Cool Drinks instead of Hot Drinks. Apparently, so did the experienced random I was playing with. So we had to try to capture a Rathian in the cold with no protection. Also, once the match started, I went to the supply chest to grab supplies for both of us, but he didn't understand, so he kept running back. Anyway, we were doing pretty well, until my weapon became dull and I realized that I forgot to bring whetstones. I tried to keep using it, but it just got duller and duller and duller until it was absolutely useless. He blew all of his traps and I went on a quest to find Whetstones, occasionally touching base with him to lay a (failed) trap. After TWENTY minutes of searching, I found a whetstone, rejoined the fight with three minutes to go, whaled on the Rathian until he flew away, and then followed him to the next room where he luckily limped right into my last trap with about thirty seconds to go. We captured him with our last Tranqs.

A veritable comedy of errors!

@anandxxx

That sounds terrible! Why didn't you take Mikey with you!?

You sons of biscuits. What kind of gaming crack did you just get me addicted to?

I hate you all. I have too much work to do to be up until 3 in the morning trying to obtain enough bone to forge the next sword. Son of a biscuit.

*sits trying to decide if sleep is really more important than finding more bone*

Yet another one is caught! mhwa hahaha..

If I'm not mistaken though..I think Bone dulls really quickly so be careful.. You may want to upgrade your sword to something else (ie: skip the bone upgrade if you can) Maybe someone else can shed more light on that subject.

S


PS: Get some sleep

Speaking of which, what is the little "sharpness" meter about? This game is so complex I don't understand a lot of it right now, but that meter confuses me probably most of all. It has red, orange and yellow, but what does it mean when there's more red or yellow or something?

JKR

Hey I just asked this question (and others) actually on page 78. This is what Fabz had to say...

Fabz said:

sharpeness of a weapon defines it's attack. yellow neing low, then white, then blue, then pink.

as you play, you'll find weapons that have more "resistance" and don't get dull as often

for now use what you got. focus on the weapon's element and attack before anything else and learn every monster's elemental weakness and learn to change weapons before fights. you'll get back to sharpness and affinity later on when you're hr 31+ and will access better weapons.

This game is very big... A lot of us don't know half this game - but what I got from Fabz's answer is that we shouldn't worry too much about weapon sharpness etc till our HR is better...

This is what I got from a search as well: Clicky
The further to the right of the bar it is, the better. Red is the absolute worst.

In order of weakest to strongest, left to right:
Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, White, Purple.

The longer the the color bar, the longer the weapon will maintain its sharpness at that color level before it degrades to the color below it. For example, if you've got a weapon with an inch of green sharpness and a weapon with half a centimeter of green sharpness, the 2nd weapon would degrade to yellow after maybe two or three combos, while the first weapon will stay at green sharpness for nearly the full battle.

Once your weapon degrades in sharpness, you'll get a message on your screen about it. Use a whetstone and you'll be back at full sharpness. Sharpness loss is not permanent. You can do a quest and go all the way to red sharpness, and after the quest, your weapon will be as good as new so don't ever worry about your weapon "breaking".


S

Awesome, thanks. Is there some way to tell Monster elemental whatever? Lol, I'm so confused! So I don't just pick one weapon and stick with it all the time?