Topic: Monster Hunter Thwii

[Mop it up]

Oh really? I guess I haven't gotten that far. I thought he was one of the online-only beasties.

[Halbred]

I spent 20 minutes catching Goldenfish last night. On the other hand, I WAS able to secure all of the Hunter's armor (for blades). Now I have a complete Chainmail and Hunter sets. At some point, I'll be able to go on actual HUNTS, right?

[NinGurl69 *huggles]

You have to finish the tutorial that lets you Bedazzle your armor.

[KDR_11k]

I didn't even bother getting a full set of anything until I got the Rhenoplos armor IIRC. Less farming and more going out and killing ****. Besides, you get new armors you can make from the parts of those monsters you kill. Maybe getting a full leather set could be useful since it gives gathering bonuses.

[Halbred]

Haven't bothered buying the leather armor. I figured "what's the point? I'll save up from farming crap and buy the better stuff." I didn't realize any of them had bonuses.

[KDR_11k]

The bonuses only count if they go above the threshold BTW, that's not very clear from the ingame talk until the blacksmith randomly mentions it. Also you can get more info on those bonuses by pointing at them with the Wiimote, often crucial for some of the more abbreviated ones.

[NinGurl69 *huggles]

The fact that the Wii Remote is still used despite "avoiding it" through the use of a PSNES2 controller makes me want to perform Lasik Eye Surgery with a spork.

What is this, Natal?

[Mop it up]

I spent 20 minutes catching Goldenfish last night. On the other hand, I WAS able to secure all of the Hunter's armor (for blades). Now I have a complete Chainmail and Hunter sets. At some point, I'll be able to go on actual HUNTS, right?

Have you not gotten hunt quests yet? I forget how long you have to play before you can, I think it was a bit long.
You could always go online if you want a hunt, all of the lvl 1 quests are available as soon as you get there. I completed the entirety of lvl 1 using the Hunter's Armour, so you should be fine. Just be sure to upgrade it when you get armour spheres.

[rbtr]

Haven't bothered buying the leather armor. I figured "what's the point? I'll save up from farming crap and buy the better stuff." I didn't realize any of them had bonuses.

The defense bonuses mean almost nill, since its SO MUCH BETTER to just dodge.  So the really useful part of the armors is the skill bonuses they give.  The leather armor gives you the gathering skill, which lets you gather faster, and gather more, so it's incredibly useful if you plan on going out into the field just to gather honey, or whatever.  You can flip what info they give you in the armor screens to see the bonunes, by pressing y.  You only get the skill if you have more than ten points, and some skills can go into the negatives, to where you'd get a bad skill if you went past -10.  Some skills can go all the way to 20, to where you get it for 10+, 15+, or 20.  And they get better the more points you have.  You may also notice that the armor has slots, you can make gems that let you give the armor skill points, so you can add to the skills it gives you, or even give yourself a skill that the armor doesn't offer.  You can also mix and match sets to get skills.

tl;dr don't buy armor for defense, because you shouldn't get hit anyways, buy armor for skills

[Stratos]

The fact that the Wii Remote is still used despite "avoiding it" through the use of a PSNES2 controller makes me want to perform Lasik Eye Surgery with a spork.

Things like this make me wonder why they couldn't have kept the attachment that held the Wiimote to the CC. That could have helped out a bit because then you could point at the screen while using the other controller.

[Mop it up]

Defense doesn't matter so much within each level of armour, but you certainly shouldn't keep your current level's armour once the next level is available. With upgrades, the max defense of each level's armour is nearly identical, so yes, as Rbtr said, pick a suit of armour for its skills.

Mistakes are made, I've never seen anyone beat a monster without getting hit. If you're using leather armour against, say, Uragaan, you're going to get wiped out in one hit.

[rbtr]

Well, yea, of course.  But when your in the one star quests you shouldnt really be concerned about 5rare armor sets.  As long as youre wearing the skin of a monster that's in your quest set you should be okay.

[Stratos]

I just choose a monster that looks interesting and go for that one's armor set. I got the full Jaggi outfit pretty fast and I'm about halfway to getting a complete Barroth set. I would be farther but I'm not quite able to take it out on my own it seems.

I'll be online in a bit if anyone cares to join me.

[Mop it up]

Also, shield > roll. I laugh at all the hammer players who get smacked by attacks that are deflected by my shield.

Sure, I could hop on for a bit before dinner.

[Stratos]

I'll be on in about 20 minutes, Mop it up.

[Kytim89]

I am using the Hunter's armor, vambraces, helmet, pants along with a jaggi faulds for my clothing. I am fighting using a sword and shield and I am getting good at killing great jaggis. I am currently no match for lagicarus, but I can not wait to have him under my knife.
 
I am currently fighting a creature called Qurupeco and he is really tuff. I am going to upgrade my armor and weapons first before I try another assault against him.

[Mop it up]

I find the sword and shield to be the worst weapon in the game. It has the lowest attack rating, loses sharpness quickly, and you're often left vulnerable after blocking an attack. Lances and hammers are the best weapons to deal with Qurupeco.

[rbtr]

You can stun with the sword and shield now, if you hit stuff in the face enough with the shield.  The biggest benefit to the sword and shield is its mobility, not its attack power.  Be sure to be aware of the monster's weakness though, and its a great weapon.  It's also great for multiplayer because of it's ability to stun, and the high elemental damage it does.

[Stratos]

I'm going online now. Wisdom 3, Gate 27, City 5 if anyone cares to join me.

[Mop it up]

The hammer has better ability to stun, the lance has better defense, most weapons have better elemental/status damage, mobility is largely useless...

That's just what I think though, I guess it depends on one's play style. I enjoy using the knife, and switch between all weapons really, but I still think it is a poor weapon.

[rbtr]

I think its sort if the jack of all trades weapons,  Plus it has the highest attack rate.

[Stratos]

I want to try the switch axe but I never seem to find monster liquid.

[that Baby guy]

Bnahabras can leave it behind, so can Giggi.

[Mop it up]

The Bnahabra is the flying bug right? How do you kill them so they don't explode? Is it random?

[Toruresu]

Alright. Some of you may already know, but I cannot connect online to this game. Nintendo has done all they can and Capcom just ignores me.

Hello Capcom!

I recently bought this awesome game and I noticed I can never connect online. I checked the Nintendo Support website, tried all the fixes they suggested and called them. They walked me through a bunch of different stuff and they even took control of my PC and did some router setups/settings themselves.

After about 2 hours, Nintendo Support had run out of options and straight up told me to check with you guys (Capcom) as they had done all they could. My Wii is in a static IP and I can connect to the internet easily, play Mario Kart Wii and CoD:MW Reflex both online games, the ports in my router are set by Nintendo themselves and its running in DMZ. Yet every time I try to connect, the connection stops at 85% and then gives me the error 11619.

What else can I do? How can you help me?

Thanks

That was posted on the Capcom Tech Support forums 3 days ago. The first and only reply I got, the person told me to go to the Nintendo Support website, meaning they didn't read my post.

So. Can ANYONE here help me with this? Any suggestions?