Topic: Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate Help

[Caterkiller]

Ok, I have a hard time understanding a few things so please bare with me.


When I go to my personal hut there is the option to store and remove items. Does remove items basically deleate them? I seriously can't tell with all these windows and unclear instruction.


How do I go about crafting armor from the big monsters I beat, take them all to the old weapon smith?


The fat fishing lady talks to me about boating but where do I go once I accept her missions.


When I play online do I keep items I collect there?

[Ceric]

Ok, I have a hard time understanding a few things so please bare with me.


When I go to my personal hut there is the option to store and remove items. Does remove items basically deleate them? I seriously can't tell with all these windows and unclear instruction.
Store Puts items into your box from your bag.  Remove takes items from you box to your bag.  Discard is the Destroy command. Their is also the option to combine things in your box and thats how you make items like Mega Potions, Shock Traps, Mega Dash Juice, etc.


How do I go about crafting armor from the big monsters I beat, take them all to the old weapon smith?
Yes. You'll have the options to do Weapons, Armor, and Decorations.  Once in those menues you have the option to Forge or Upgrade.  Forge makes new ones.  Upgrade Upgrades once you have.

The fat fishing lady talks to me about boating but where do I go once I accept her missions. Thats it.  You are sending out fishing boats.


When I play online do I keep items I collect there?
Yes. That is also where you get the most powerful Items and sets.  Often time you'll go online to get a leg up on Single Player. (By having someone help you farm up a better set)

Seriously, enough I'm fairly sure we're WiiU friends some night if you want to just get on and talk through some of this I be fine with that.  Though not tonight I ended up scheduling and MRI/A.

I found some good videos but they use the Japanese 3DS version but hopefully get you pointed in the right direction.  http://teamworkcast.com/podcasts/episode.php?id=314

They do explain all this in the Red Text as your beginning but it gets Really easy to start skipping that because it also contains a lot of fluff.

I actually just found this video that shows him going through all those menu and looks to do some crafting at the end.  http://youtu.be/i6iYOHaGGKk

[Caterkiller]

Great Ceric thanks! This helps a lot, I seriously spent minutes looking to ride a boat. Hopefully I can catch you online tomorrow or something. Sounds like fun!

[Ceric]

Don't be dismayed.  I know in Tri their is a monster you fight from a Sand Gliding Boat.  The Monster is back with a variant so I'm fairly sure the mission is still in I just don't remember which rank and I think its online only.

[ejamer]

Just want to chime in: these type of questions are totally normal when getting started, so don't feel bad throwing them out here.  Monster Hunter has a significant learning curve. Don't feel like you need to figure everything out yourself because there is an awesome community of gamers (including a bunch of people here) who will help out!

[pokepal148]

now see here sonny... err back in my day, when i started, i had nothing but a sword and shield...

and I had only one of those little err dancing critters to help me out....

but i *wheeze* i worked hard in everything i did, i learned through trial and error

see these *cough* old eyes, these eyes were what showed me what i did to bring myself to failure, and that is what led me to success...

[Ceric]

I made a Flowchart of how getting ready for an online quest normally goes for me.


Hmmm.... It seem to have shrunk when I uploaded it.  Here is a link to the Diagram.

[Oblivion]

Ah, this will definitely help once I get started. I've never played one of the games before. Any tips?

[Ceric]

What are Key Quests?
Key quests are the quests that have to be finished to get your Urgent quest and unlock higher levels.  This holds true for both Online and Offline.  Below I've compiled a list of just the Key Quests from http://monsterhunter.wikia.com/wiki/MH3U:_Guild_Quests Its better formatted on my PC where its outlined format but still handy to have.
 
HR 1 (Low Rank)
1.    Playing With Fire
a.    Deserted Island (Day)
b.    Qurupeco
i.    Can Call a Rathian

2.    Leading the Charge
a.    Sandy Plains (Day)
b.    Barroth

3.    The Merchant’s Mission
a.    Flooded Forest (Night)
b.    Rathian

4.    Accident Investigation
a.    Flooded Forest (Day)
b.    Gobul

5.    Urgent!  The Fisherman’s Fiend
a.    Deserted Island (Day)
b.    Lagiacrus

HR 2
1.    The Horned Wyvern
a.    Sandy Plains (Night)
i.    Bring Hot Drinks
b.    Diablos

2.    The Desert Gourmand
a.    Sandy Plains (Day)
i.    Bring Cool Drinks
b.    Nibelsnarf

3.    The Creeping Venom
a.    Tundra (Day)
i.    Bring Hot Drinks
b.    Gigginox

4.    Denizen of the Molten Deep
a.    Volcano (Night)
i.    Bring Cool Drinks
b.    Agnaktor

5.    Urgent! Double Trouble
a.    Deserted Island
b.    Monsters
i.    Rathalos
ii.    Rathian

HR 3 (High Rank)
Just some quick notes on High Rank and beyond.  You no longer always start at base camp.  Also supplies are dropped at random times.  More than likely you'll be seperated from your team with no map, unless you have the armor skill for that.  There is a Feline skill to make Supplies drop at the beginning as well.  The big take away from this is that any supplies you need you should remember to bring on your own.

1.    Splash Damage
a.    Deserted Island
b.    Monsters
i.    Plesioth
ii.    Unstable possible other Monsters

2.    Mud Brothers
a.    Sandy Plains
b.    Monster s
i.    Barroth x 2
ii.    Unstable possible other Monsters

3.    Bye-Bye, Bloom
a.    Flooded Forest (Day)
b.    Monsters
i.    Crimson Qurupeco
1.    Possible Called
a.    Deviljho
i.    Honestly haven’t done one w/ out Jho showing
b.    Pink Rathian

4.    Supply Constraints
a.    Flooded Forest (Night)
b.    Great Wroggi x 2

5.    Urgent! Brachydios Mio!
a.    Volcano (Night)
i.    Bring Cool Drinks
b.    Brachydios

HR 4
1.    Unwanted Visitor
a.    Deserted Island (Day)
b.    Monsters
i.    Zinogre
ii.    Unstable Possible Other Monsters
1.    Arzuros

2.    Tumble on the Tundra
a.    Tundra (Day)
i.    Bring Hot Drinks
b.    Monsters
i.    Baleful Gigginox
ii.    Jade Barroth
iii.    Unstable possible other Monsters

3.    Heroes Wanted
a.    Volcano (Night)
i.    Bring Cool Drinks
b.    Monsters
i.    Uragaan
ii.    Unstable possible other Monsters

4.    Urgent! Ruler of Two Realms
a.    Deserted Island (Day)
b.    Ivory Lagiacrus

HR 5
1.    Desert Desertion
a.    Sandy Plains (Night)
i.    Bring Hot Drinks
b.    Monsters
i.    Sand Barioth
ii.    Black Diablos

2.    Echo Location
a.    Tundra (Day)
i.    Bring Hot Drinks
b.    Monsters
i.    Glacial Agnaktor
ii.    Unstable possible other Monsters

3.    Bedevil a Deviljho
a.    Tundra (Nigh)
i.    Bring Hot Drinks
b.    Monsters
i.    Deviljho
ii.    Unstable possible other Monsters

4.    Azure Attack
a.    Misty Peaks (Night)
b.    Monsters
i.    Azure Rathalos
ii.    Unstable possible other Monsters

5.    Throne of the Abyss
a.    Underwater Ruin
b.    Goldbeard Ceadeus

HR 6 (G Rank)
1.    The Cherry Blossom Queen
a.    Deserted Island (Night)
b.    Monsters
i.    Pink Rathian
ii.    Unstable possible other Monsters

2.    The Green Flash
a.    Deserted Island (Day)
b.    Monsters
i.    Green Plesioth
ii.    Unstable possible other Monsters

3.    Avenge the Fallen Hunter
a.    Sandy Plains (Night)
b.    Monsters
i.    Barroth
ii.    Unstable possible other Monsters

4.    Playing with Fire
a.    Sandy Plains (Night)
i.    Bring Hot Drink
b.    Monsters
i.    Qurupeco
1.    Calls possibly
a.    Rathian
ii.    Unstable Possible other Monsters

5.    Sweltering Showdown
a.    Sandy Plains (Day)
i.    Bring Cool Drinks
b.    Monsters
i.    Volvidon x2
ii.    Great Jaggi x2

6.    The Desert Gourmand
a.    Sandy Plains Night
i.    Bring Hot Drinks
b.    Monsters
i.    Nibelsnarf
ii.    Unstable Possible other Monsters

7.    Axe to Grind
a.    Sandy Plains (Day)
i.    Bring cool Drinks
b.    Monsters
i.    Rust Duramboros
ii.    Unstable possible other Monsters

8.    Snowball Fight
a.    Tundra (Day)
i.    Bring Hot Drinks
b.    Monsters
i.    Jade Barroth
ii.    Unstable possible other Monsters

9.    Thunder on the Tundra
a.    Tundra (Nigh)
i.    Bring Hot Drinks
b.    Monsters
i.    Barioth
ii.    Baleful Gigginox
iii.    Unstable possibly other Monsters

10.    Urgent! Sticky Situation
a.    Tundra (Day)
i.    Bring Hot Drinks
b.    Brachydios x2

HR 7
1.    Into the Danger Zone
a.    Sandy Plains (Day)
i.    Bring Cool Drinks
b.    Monsters
i.    Diablos
ii.    Unstable possible other Monsters

2.    Sand Barioth (Quest name not given yet)
a.    Sandy Plains (Day)
i.    Bring Cool Drinks
b.    Monsters
i.    Sand Barioth
ii.    Unstable possible other Monsters

3.    Deep-six a Deviljho
a.    Sandy Plains (Day)
b.    Deviljho

4.    Green Nargacuga (Quest Name not known)
a.    Flooded Forest (Night)
b.    Monsters
i.    Green Nargacuga
ii.    Unstable possibly other Monsters

5.    Ivory Lagiacrus and Gobul
a.    Flooded Forest (Night)
b.    Monsters
i.    Ivory Lagiacrus
ii.    Gobul
iii.    Unstable possibly other Monsters

6.    Stygian Zinogre
a.    Tundra (Nigh)
i.     Bring Hot Drinks
b.    Stygian Zinogre

7.    Rathalos and Steel Uragaan (Quest Name not Known)
a.    Volcano (Day)
i.    Bring Cool Drinks
b.    Monsters
i.    Rathalos
ii.    Steel Uragaan
iii.    Unstable possibly other Monsters

8.    Agnaktor (Name of Quest not known)
a.    Volcano (Day)
i.    Bring Cool Drink
b.    Monsters
i.    Agnaktor
ii.    Unstable possibly other Monsters

9.    Urgent! (2 Great Baggi and 1 Brachydios (I think))
a.    Tundra (Day)
i.    Bring Hot Drink
b.    Monsters
i.    Great Baggi x2
ii.    Brachydios
iii.    Unstable possibly other Monsters

When you complete all these you have effective unlocked almost all the quests in the game. 

[lolmonade]

Ah, this will definitely help once I get started. I've never played one of the games before. Any tips?

Ceric will probably give some better tips & comments, but here's my input from about 5 hrs of gameplay.

• The first hour or so is painfully slow, and they throw a lot of text at you.  Sit down with you favorite adult beverage, pay attention, and be patient.  Once they give you the options to take quests, it'll become a bit more interesting.
• Don't be afraid to use Wiki's & FAQs.  The gameplay in several ways remind me of my days of playing WOW in how easy it is to get offtrack in the quests if you don't have any direction on what you need to do.  Efficiency in completing these quests will be useful as you get a bearing of how to play the game, which leads me into...
• Your weapon will heavily dictate how you play the game.  There are several varieties of weaponry, all of them so far have had different advantages/drawbacks, and I'd suggest you try a few out during the first couple hours of gameplay to get a sense of what works well with you.
• Attributes are directly tied to the equipment you wear, so weapon & armor crafting becomes important to increase your stats, and you'll want to look up the required materials and where you can get them from if you're wanting to improve your character.

[Oblivion]

I'll be fine with a soda, thanks.


And thanks for the tips! While waiting for the game to download I'll read some guides online.

[pokepal148]

it has been a while but here is my thing...
in general:(burn through the stuff you get in the chest before using your own)
have healing items, whetstones, paintballs and steak(learn the timing for cooking those) and a bbq spit,
also if possible have traps and tranq bombs available, sonic bombs or flash bombs(if you know the timing for them)
have a full set of 10 pickaxes and bug nets or fishing rods

it's also good to know the maps imo
deserted island,
there is a cave.. have torches?(did they bring cave darkness back i dunno)
have an oxygen tank around in case you need it

the swamp
always have a few oxygen tanks

desert
cool/hot drinks(depends on the time of day and only needed in certain areas)

tundra: hot drinks(or cool cancel armor skill)
torch(its still good for keeping giggi away)

volcano: cool drinks(or heat cancel(YOU WILL TAKE DAMAGE OTHERWISE))

misty mountain:
Far over the Misty Mountains cold,
To dungeons deep and caverns old,
We must away, ere break of day,
To claim our long-forgotten gold.

i honestly have no idea there, wasn't in tri
Armor:
don't just pick armor for its stats actually look at it's skills(ex agnaktors abilities in relation to use of a shield makes it a juggernaut for lance users, while jhen moran armor kills it with switchaxes and longswords)

[Ceric]

I was online yesterday and Ran into a new player who had some questions which prompted this quick write up about... Armor Skills.

What is an Armor Skill?
Armor skills are abilities that do more to your character then just add more defense or resistance and most of the time are obtained through full Armor Sets.  They are the main way that you customize your base hunter.  You want them to eat faster?  Gourmand.  You want to Attack in general stronger? Attack Up.

In fact their is a 2 whole class of items who sole purpose is to let you get Armor Skills Decorations and Charms.

Decorations:
Decorations are items that can be crafted to give you sklls points.  They fit into slots of your armor and weapon.  If you've played World of Warcraft they are the Gem equivalent.  Their is a Decoration for any Armor Skill to my Knowledge.  Decorations take from 1 to 3 slots.  With the more powerful being 3 slots.  You can have a decoration that has more then 1 skill on it and in fact have negative skill on it as well.

Charms:
Charms are equipment that you can only have 1 of that enhances an armor skill.  They may have slots.  If you played World of Warcraft this is the same as a Stat Trinket.   Unlike decorations which can only be crafted Charms cannot be crafted and can only be found.  You find them mainly through mining higher level areas.  When a charm is found it will tell you that a Charm is found.  At that point it won't tell you what the charm actually has stat wise.  At the end of the mission you will have the charms appraise and you pick the ones you want to keep.  In general I just keep them all and then sort through them.

Where do I find Armor skills?
When your in any screen that deals with your gear (Picking Gear, Forging Gear, Upgrading Gear, etc.) press the Y button and it will bring up your stats with the Armor/Weapon/Charm you've Selected.  This allows you to move up and down with the D-Pad and see a description plus the different levels of a skill.  In general it takes 10 points of a skill to activate its base level but some skills have multiple levels.  For example Attack Up, I know it off the top of my head:

Attack Up (L) +20
Attack Up (M) +15
Attack Up (S) +10
Attack Down (S) -10
Attack Down (M) - 15
Attack Down (L) - 20

If you have an armor that gives you Attack Down (S) you could put a decoration in to just add a point of Attack and it will Negate the Attack Down (S), in fact I do this for eating on my set.  It is not a gradience you get skills by being Equal to or Greater Than the points needed to activate the skill.

I'm not going to attempt to describe all the different skills.  Instead I'll let IcemanNoob do that in these two videos.  I will warn you these were made with the Japanese version:

Is their some way in game to design Armor and then make it?
Unfortunately No, this has been requested I'm sure for ever version of the game but Capcom is slow to change things.  In that regard their is a tool called the Monster Hunter Armor Generator that helps you make and link for other sets with the desired skills.  Why this tool is fine and the desktop version has some neat abilities I'm hoping that some of the Tri tools get updated.  They allowed for designing a whole set weapon and all.  Then telling you what you needed to hunt.  Also of note I think the tool uses European names.  (Like Maestro is Flute)
 
That's just a quick write up of Armor Skills done during my lunch.  I hope that helps everyone and happy hunting!

[Ceric]

Here is the combination list just for everyone to know.

So Combining.  In Monster Hunter any consumable that you want to use will either be bought or made.  How you make them is through Combination.  Their is a percentage chance that you will fail on combining items and you will make garbage.  Sell it.  How do you improve you chances?  Combo Lists.

Combo Lists books that will raise your combo success percentage.  Their are books 1-5 and even with all the books their are something you will still fail on.  Now if you Combining from your box, should be the third choice, having the books in your box will convey their benefits.  If you combining from your pouch the books have to be with you.  So why would you carry the books?  If your a gunner you can combine ammo on the fly and it will let you get over the ammo cap.  Same with say Mega potions you can hold 10 but its easy to bring 10 Potions and 10 Honey to make 10 more Mega Potions on the fly.  You can only carry 1 type of each trap.  Well if you bring a Trap Tool and a Thunderbug you can now make another trap after using your first Shock Trap.

[pokepal148]

This is a Placeholder post to remind me to talk about combinations.
Here is the combination list just for everyone to know.

too lazy,
combine stuff, get better stuff, sometimes it screws up, you can do it in town and not have it screw up i think

[Ceric]

Here is the Official Getting Started Tutorial from Capcom Unity.

Its an Info dump.  I don't think it very good personally but since its the official one I thought I should post it.

[pokepal148]

sissys, i figured most of this stuff out myself

[Oblivion]

sissys, i figured most of this stuff out myself

You are the superior gamer. I definitely will not be playing with you.

[Kairon]

Oh that combo list will help me out a lot. thanks!

Btw, can someone share quick opinions on the weapon types? For better or worse, my heart is set on using a Lance, which unfortunately makes me feel like I'm playing on hard mode... T-T But what's some good "support" weapons in case I play multiplayer? What weapons would other hunters not want to use, but that they'd like me to use if I was on their team?

[Ceric]

Oh that combo list will help me out a lot. thanks!

Btw, can someone share quick opinions on the weapon types? For better or worse, my heart is set on using a Lance, which unfortunately makes me feel like I'm playing on hard mode... T-T But what's some good "support" weapons in case I play multiplayer? What weapons would other hunters not want to use, but that they'd like me to use if I was on their team?

The Ultimate support weapons are Gunner and Hunting Horn.  Gunners because they are so costly but, Flexible (Can heal and apply any Status or Element) they are always welcome.  Hunting Horns can buff the party and make some fights relatively trivial, like Barroth with the Quropeco horn and its derivates (Negate Mud and Hearing Protection to negate the roar can be given).  Also considering the fight a Status Weapon (More then likely a Sword and Shield because their good in this role) with Status up Armor will be welcome for paralysis, sleeps, etc.

What people will least like to see you with would definitely be Long Swords and Switch Axes.  A little Bows to but thats just if you spam the Big Arrow.  The reason being Long Swords easily knock the other players around making it harder for them to do their job and Switch Axes has this one move that will literally launch a player up and over most monsters.  People will welcome good players of all the weapons but those are the ones that its hard to find good players. 

*shrug* I lanced Tri and from what I've seen of lancing in Ultimate its not much different except you now have the Gunlance option which is different and I don't fully know how to use yet.  Lancing won't be hard mode.  It may take a little longer on some monsters then a balls to the wall attack weapon but on other hand having the ability to defend, Cut Tails, and if you can pull it off knock out monsters makes up for it.

If you are going to lance I suggest downloading and doing the DLC immediately.  Their is a good lance and Gun lance that can be built from the commendations from it and its relatively easy.

[pokepal148]

Oh that combo list will help me out a lot. thanks!

Btw, can someone share quick opinions on the weapon types? For better or worse, my heart is set on using a Lance, which unfortunately makes me feel like I'm playing on hard mode... T-T But what's some good "support" weapons in case I play multiplayer? What weapons would other hunters not want to use, but that they'd like me to use if I was on their team?

The Ultimate support weapons are Gunner and Hunting Horn.  Gunners because they are so costly but, Flexible (Can heal and apply any Status or Element) they are always welcome.  Hunting Horns can buff the party and make some fights relatively trivial, like Barroth with the Quropeco horn and its derivates (Negate Mud and Hearing Protection to negate the roar can be given).

What people will least like to see you with would definitely be Long Swords and Switch Axes.  A little Bows to but thats just if you spam the Big Arrow.  The reason being Long Swords easily knock the other players around making it harder for them to do their job and Switch Axes has this one move that will literally launch a player up and over most monsters.  People will welcome good players of all the weapons but those are the ones that its hard to find good players.

*shrug* I lanced Tri and from what I've seen of lancing in Ultimate its not much different except you now have the Gunlance option which is different and I don't fully know how to use yet.  Lancing won't be hard mode.  It may take a little longer on some monsters then a balls to the wall attack weapon but on other hand having the ability to defend, Cut Tails, and if you can pull it off knock out monsters makes up for it.

If you are going to lance I suggest downloading and doing the DLC immediately.  Their is a good lance and Gun lance that can be built from the commendations from it and its relatively easy.

the Sword and Shield is good for support as  well, i say for either lances use agnaktor armor with an autoblock talisman

[Ceric]

Oh that combo list will help me out a lot. thanks!

Btw, can someone share quick opinions on the weapon types? For better or worse, my heart is set on using a Lance, which unfortunately makes me feel like I'm playing on hard mode... T-T But what's some good "support" weapons in case I play multiplayer? What weapons would other hunters not want to use, but that they'd like me to use if I was on their team?

The Ultimate support weapons are Gunner and Hunting Horn.  Gunners because they are so costly but, Flexible (Can heal and apply any Status or Element) they are always welcome.  Hunting Horns can buff the party and make some fights relatively trivial, like Barroth with the Quropeco horn and its derivates (Negate Mud and Hearing Protection to negate the roar can be given).

What people will least like to see you with would definitely be Long Swords and Switch Axes.  A little Bows to but thats just if you spam the Big Arrow.  The reason being Long Swords easily knock the other players around making it harder for them to do their job and Switch Axes has this one move that will literally launch a player up and over most monsters.  People will welcome good players of all the weapons but those are the ones that its hard to find good players.

*shrug* I lanced Tri and from what I've seen of lancing in Ultimate its not much different except you now have the Gunlance option which is different and I don't fully know how to use yet.  Lancing won't be hard mode.  It may take a little longer on some monsters then a balls to the wall attack weapon but on other hand having the ability to defend, Cut Tails, and if you can pull it off knock out monsters makes up for it.

If you are going to lance I suggest downloading and doing the DLC immediately.  Their is a good lance and Gun lance that can be built from the commendations from it and its relatively easy.

the Sword and Shield is good for support as  well, i say for either lances use agnaktor armor with an autoblock talisman

lol, you replied while I was editing in Sword and Board.

I have mixed feeling about Auto-guard.  While I do like having it I don't think you should use it early on simply because you'll probably want to switch out that skill later for something else.  Then all that blocking experience will be not had and you'll be fighting much harder monsters.

[pokepal148]

Oh that combo list will help me out a lot. thanks!

Btw, can someone share quick opinions on the weapon types? For better or worse, my heart is set on using a Lance, which unfortunately makes me feel like I'm playing on hard mode... T-T But what's some good "support" weapons in case I play multiplayer? What weapons would other hunters not want to use, but that they'd like me to use if I was on their team?

The Ultimate support weapons are Gunner and Hunting Horn.  Gunners because they are so costly but, Flexible (Can heal and apply any Status or Element) they are always welcome.  Hunting Horns can buff the party and make some fights relatively trivial, like Barroth with the Quropeco horn and its derivates (Negate Mud and Hearing Protection to negate the roar can be given).

What people will least like to see you with would definitely be Long Swords and Switch Axes.  A little Bows to but thats just if you spam the Big Arrow.  The reason being Long Swords easily knock the other players around making it harder for them to do their job and Switch Axes has this one move that will literally launch a player up and over most monsters.  People will welcome good players of all the weapons but those are the ones that its hard to find good players.

*shrug* I lanced Tri and from what I've seen of lancing in Ultimate its not much different except you now have the Gunlance option which is different and I don't fully know how to use yet.  Lancing won't be hard mode.  It may take a little longer on some monsters then a balls to the wall attack weapon but on other hand having the ability to defend, Cut Tails, and if you can pull it off knock out monsters makes up for it.

If you are going to lance I suggest downloading and doing the DLC immediately.  Their is a good lance and Gun lance that can be built from the commendations from it and its relatively easy.

the Sword and Shield is good for support as  well, i say for either lances use agnaktor armor with an autoblock talisman

lol, you replied while I was editing in Sword and Board.

I have mixed feeling about Auto-guard.  While I do like having it I don't think you should use it early on simply because you'll probably want to switch out that skill later for something else.  Then all that blocking experience will be not had and you'll be fighting much harder monsters.

yeah but that particular armor is built around blocking so... :/ i always like to run +50 health so...

lol, you replied while I was editing in Sword and Board.

sword and BOARD, that's a good one too

[Kairon]

Thanks guys. I'm about to dl the 3DS version today, so this is all wonderful. I feel like such a noob even though I played Tri! >_<

I'm assuming this DLC you mention is available on the 3DS?

[Ceric]

Thanks guys. I'm about to dl the 3DS version today, so this is all wonderful. I feel like such a noob even though I played Tri! >_<

I'm assuming this DLC you mention is available on the 3DS?

To tell you the truth I don't know.  I'm fairly sure its transferrable to 3DS but I don't own both versions so I'm not 100% sure.  It will be an option near the first few menus.  I know you can play it using a 3DS in multi with a WiiU because they did that on My Fair Hunter. Its towards the end of this episode.

[Sarail]

Ceric, I'm glad you mentioned the annoyance about Switch Axe users (such as myself) using the launcher move...

That's a move I do try to keep from using too often, and you'll notice in partying with me, that I usually will try my hardest to attack away from main party - typically on the opposite side of the monster.

It's difficult sometimes, but I try.

I do love my Switch Axe, though.

[pokepal148]

you mean the chainsaw outburst, I agree, I forgot about that

[Caterkiller]

Ceric how far can I upgrade my armor before I need to move on to high rank?

[Ceric]

Ceric how far can I upgrade my armor before I need to move on to high rank?

The magical number is... 8 Levels if memory serves.  The armor itself, I don't know the number off the top of my head, will up its rarity as you jump up the Armor materials levels.  You'll so it make a big jump between a tier.

So you should be able to upgrade a set from low Rank into a High Rank level set but not G-Rank and it won't have the new abilities.

I really need to find a good explanation of that.  Though in most cases I say just get a new High Rank set.

[Caterkiller]

No I get it thanks.

Also O want this Qurupeco armor. It's white and it is beautiful. I got the first Crimson Qurupeco armor, but it has the Native American feather head dress. There is another that looks like a pirates outfit with an amazing hat! I can't find any info on it! I see pictures and played with someone who had it but I don't know how to get it. I guess it's G rank?

[Ceric]

Yeah.  It was Fortinbras set.  I have it linked where I recount the hunt.

Though this Video will probably help answer you question more.
G-Rank

High Rank

[Ceric]

Famicomplicated shared this video from IGN UK and its a really good example of a typical going out and hunt something.  They face a Royal Ludroth and its fairly obvious that no one in the group really one of the "I've been playing since the PS2 days" folks.  Its worth a watch if your interested in the game.

http://www.ign.com/videos/2013/04/11/monster-hunter-hunting-party-rankling-the-royal-ludroth

[Ceric]

Ever wonder about Monster Sizes?  Well here is a really cool video that I think can be unlocked.  Capcom did a High Resolution version of it the DRaGMaRe posted.  Though they didn't update it include the new monsters. (Thanks My Fair Hunter for Tweeting this)

Though that is why You have this most recent Sizing Picture

(Full Size Version, its 9,449x2,458 pixels which is why I didn't just post it instead of the next largest version)

[Ceric]

Alright this app Looks cool.

https://sites.google.com/site/pingsmh3gdex/home

[Ceric]

I linked the first of DMJared's Beginner Tutorial but I didn't embed them.  He now has 3 out of a planned 9 from what I heard but I think its only going to be these 3.  They are fairly good.

[Ceric]

This is a pretty complete list on how to get Shinies off all the Monsters.

[Ceric]

Alright, Shepherd has made his money guid for Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate.

[Ceric]

Transfer Tool Tutorial:

Off-TV Play Tutorial:

He has a whole set of Tutorials.  These are good so I'm going to go through the rest of his and maybe link the playlist.

[Ceric]

Alright everyone last night this morning I was fighting with CurtDogg on the NWR Stream.  I haven't talked about this but, lets talk food.

GamePsych very helpfully posted an updated food list of MH3U and I'll link it here.
(https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Au9LsBPteEAvdGZiNmdFMllndWc2NHgwSkY0d01QQmc#gid=0)

Now a couple things about food.  How many Stars a food is determines how much health you get.  Its in Incremements of 10.  Two High Star Foods together will give you max health but, I seem to get it with a 2 and 3 Star food.  Freshness determines how much Stamina and gives a better chance of getting the skills.  Fresh food is better.

In general if I'm starting a new HR level or doing a Monster I don't know I eat for Defense.  In particular I eat Fish + Grain Fried to get Defense Boost and Defender(Hi) if I'm lucky.  This has saved me many times.  If you don't know what you want to eat you can't generally go wrong eating for Defense.  Can't fight if dead.

If its a monster I know or I need to shave some time off of I'll eat Meat + Whatever has a Skill I want to use.  This will get you Attack Up and a Skill.

The only time to Not eat before a quest is if its Arena because the bonus doesn't follow you their.  Arena's provide everything.  Even Gathering you can get a skill like Woodsmen.  If you need to know what a skill does just use the d-Pad to go to the skill and take a look when your picking food.  I still often do that.  The best way to think about these Felyne skills is that they are Single Quest Armor Skills and just like Armor Skills they can be Positive and Negative so eat smart (Eat S-Mart).  Also don't risk the chance on GameChanger Unless the Quest is Stable or You do want to face the Largest Walk in Monster POSSIBLE (Like HUGE Devil Jho's who are always mad.)


So I hope that helps and it gives a list of all the combinations.

[Ceric]

This is a pretty cool picture set of all of the weapons.
This is the site the list was generated from.  He's working on it but its still pretty cool as it is.

[lolmonade]

Thanks for keeping this thread updated with useful youtube videos and information.  I plan on logging some hours tonight, and some of the general details and youtube guides have been very helpful.

[lolmonade]

I feel like I've made some good progress over the weekend.  Went from the beginning of 2-star quests to now in the special 3-star quest. 

I've also bought two new armor sets (Jaggi armor, Ludroth Armor), and have tested the waters with the longsword, which helped immensely when fighting Qurupeco in the "Playing with Fire" quest.  That Cha-Cha companion thing has been really helpful from this point, too.  Seems like most weapons have a purpose depending on the situation, and i'm starting to get the hang of the fact that you need to learn the combos for each to make them effective weapons.
Quick question for anyone, is there any way to increase the amount your bag can carry?  I'm finding myself limited a lot by the 3 page capacity the bag has, and didn't know if there's anything to increase capacity.

[Ceric]

I feel like I've made some good progress over the weekend.  Went from the beginning of 2-star quests to now in the special 3-star quest. 

I've also bought two new armor sets (Jaggi armor, Ludroth Armor), and have tested the waters with the longsword, which helped immensely when fighting Qurupeco in the "Playing with Fire" quest.  That Cha-Cha companion thing has been really helpful from this point, too.  Seems like most weapons have a purpose depending on the situation, and i'm starting to get the hang of the fact that you need to learn the combos for each to make them effective weapons.
Quick question for anyone, is there any way to increase the amount your bag can carry?  I'm finding myself limited a lot by the 3 page capacity the bag has, and didn't know if there's anything to increase capacity.

Unfortunately No.  At least if their is I've never found it.  Its really bad for me since I tend to have:

Megapotions
Potions
Life Powders
Max Potions
Cold Drinks
Hot Drinks
Antidotes
Steak/Energy Drinks
Armor Talon
Armor Charm
Power Talon
Power Charm
Mega Pickaxe
Mega Net
Paintballs
Whetstones

The only one that I know of that had more bag space was Monster Hunter Portable 3rd which from what I've been told had a special 4th page during quests where you could put things that would automatically go to the box after the quest and had a Felyne at some base camps that could take 1 item at a time back for you.

Honestly I would was an armor skill on getting another Page for my pouch.  Also something that put all my carves automatically into my Box after quests.

Personally this weekend made my first G-Rank Armor, got to HR7, and finally progressed my single player.

[RedBlue]

What is the gunner pouch for and how do you use it. I belive that has one extra space for ammo

[Ceric]

What is the gunner pouch for and how do you use it. I belive that has one extra space for ammo

Sorry I didn't see this earilier been on Vacation. 

That Gunner pouch is for when you use a gun.  You'll automatically switch to that pouch and de-equip any armor that is not gunner compatible when you equip a Bow or Bowgun.  It is a seperate bag and has its own stuff so you need to remember to move Powercharm/talon, Armorcharm/talon, etc.

It does have a special place for Coatings and Bullets so they don't take up your actual pouch space.

[RedBlue]

Thanks. I'm using a sword and shield is that a good choice?

[Ceric]

Thanks. I'm using a sword and shield is that a good choice?

Yes, its a very versatile weapon.  You can block and dodge with equal ease.  You can use items without putting it away.  Fast Animations so you don't get stuck as easily.  Applies Statusses fast and good Elemental Damage.  The trade off is its probably one of the weakest tree of weapons in the game.  Now in Tri and MH3U it did get a boost so its perfectly viable choice.  Just keep in mind that it may take a little longer then the larger weapons.  Though you don't win if your dead.

I personally went back to SnS when I hit G-Rank until I got my armor up to G-Rank level.  I still use SnS on harder monsters.  Especially ones I'm trying to learn.

[pokepal148]

Thanks. I'm using a sword and shield is that a good choice?

Yes, its a very versatile weapon.  You can block and dodge with equal ease.  You can use items without putting it away.  Fast Animations so you don't get stuck as easily.  Applies Statusses fast and good Elemental Damage.  The trade off is its probably one of the weakest tree of weapons in the game.  Now in Tri and MH3U it did get a boost so its perfectly viable choice.  Just keep in mind that it may take a little longer then the larger weapons.  Though you don't win if your dead.

I personally went back to SnS when I hit G-Rank until I got my armor up to G-Rank level.  I still use SnS on harder monsters.  Especially ones I'm trying to learn.

so it got a buff since tri?

[Ceric]

Thanks. I'm using a sword and shield is that a good choice?

Yes, its a very versatile weapon.  You can block and dodge with equal ease.  You can use items without putting it away.  Fast Animations so you don't get stuck as easily.  Applies Statusses fast and good Elemental Damage.  The trade off is its probably one of the weakest tree of weapons in the game.  Now in Tri and MH3U it did get a boost so its perfectly viable choice.  Just keep in mind that it may take a little longer then the larger weapons.  Though you don't win if your dead.

I personally went back to SnS when I hit G-Rank until I got my armor up to G-Rank level.  I still use SnS on harder monsters.  Especially ones I'm trying to learn.

so it got a buff since tri?

From all accounts from the old vets it has been buffed again in MH3U.  Though I personally would have liked to see a little more Elemental damage put onto the different blades.

Though it never was a bad weapon to transition from.

[Caterkiller]

Ceric I need help and google has not been my friend.

I've got Plesioth X armor which has no belt armor for the waist. I want something that resists ice, water, and possibly dragon. I saw a recommendation that Piscine S belt would be best. I can't find that stupid thing anywhere. No info or nothing, does it exist? Or do I get the normal belt and upgrade it from there.

[pokepal148]

in Tri my main weapon was always the Azi Dahka(how do you spell that) in its final form... the sword and shield is an excellent weapon but in multiplayer especially you always felt underpowered compared to all of the Switch Axe/great sword/lance/hammer users...

[Ceric]

Ceric I need help and google has not been my friend.

I've got Plesioth X armor which has no belt armor for the waist. I want something that resists ice, water, and possibly dragon. I saw a recommendation that Piscine S belt would be best. I can't find that stupid thing anywhere. No info or nothing, does it exist? Or do I get the normal belt and upgrade it from there.

Looking at the armor lists.  I only see low rank version here but, I should have at least some of the mats for a High or G-Rank version so I'll take a look when I'm at home.  It be rare to find more then 2 resistances on a piece of armor.

Lets see so the set your looking at is this.
The Nargacuga X/Z seems to have all of it but it will drop you lightning resist to -30.  Damascus X but it requires G-Rank Jhen and Devil Jho, if memory serves, so I don't see it worth it in this case.  Barroth U wouldn't be to hard to get and fit the bill except dragon plus with a little talisman luck you could get Defense Up(S) though it has no slots.

in Tri my main weapon was always the Azi Dahka(how do you spell that) in its final form... the sword and shield is an excellent weapon but in multiplayer especially you always felt underpowered compared to all of the Switch Axe/great sword/lance/hammer users...

So that be the Coctura Balgang? The Para-SnS.  I actually think I have that on Tri.

[pokepal148]

no it was literally called Azi Dhaka with some letter in parenthesis

[Ceric]

I was right they have just extended that path.  It was the Almighty Dahaka (P).  Which is now the third blade in the Para chain instead of the last.

[Ceric]

Alright,

Quick Cheat Sheet of Monster Elemental Weakness.