Event quest for Ivory lagi is a Beast.

I bought this on release and stopped playing it about 7 hours in (too many games at the time/in the middle of moving). I'm totally intimidated now. I was thinking about turning it in the other day. I want to play online...But I know the online faction doesn't take well to new players. So it looks like I'm in a bind. And I sure as heck don't want to earn my licks/stripes playing countless hours offline. That's not what I bought the game for.

/sigh

Play offline and be bored...or Go online and feel like a dead weight/possibly get put down by countless random people. Maybe Gamefaqs has left a bad taste in my mouth? ...Maybe not. Help me out here.

@Dynheart Join MadOzWorld or just add me to yer friend list and I will help ya on thy quests to epicness mate

Added you. Thanks

Cool bro... Gotta get back into the hunt

Stupid question time...I've been playing this on the 3DS but double-dipped due to the sale. My question is...how do I increase my HR? Do I have to go online and join other players? Or is there a way to do this in single player?

Hunter Rank is determined by doing quest in Port Tanzia. You can do the quests in single player, though.

@MERG I'm hunter rank 2 as of yesterday lol! You need to talk to the cat by the boat. He will take you to the online/offline area of the game that let's you do quests to raise your hunter rank. I just did my first urgent yesterday and it was fun.

I talked to the cat and went that area. I'm wondering if I need to do multiplayer to raise HR or if I can do it in single player.
I was playing last night and learned a valuable lesson...don't go on a quest unprepared. I ran out of whetstone and was unable to bring a monster down. Ugh...talk about a waste of time.

@MERG you can raise it in single player. You just need to do the missions in that area. Do all the main ones and your urgent will pop up. Did you trnsfer over your data from the 3ds version?

Yes...I did transfer my data over.

And thanks!

@MERG Sure would like to hunt with you one day!

@Tech...we'll see. Online multiplayer has never really been my thing.

Good to see people still playing this, as I am playing it online often as well. You know you're playing a lot of monster hunter when you go see the hobbit and look at smaug and the first thought that pops into your head is "hammer or switchaxe?".

If anyone wants to do some Fresh Grank hunting I am interested.

The more I play this the more I realize I have so much to learn.

@MERG What is that exactly? Haven't you been playing this gane since the Wii version. You should be a pro by now!

I didn't play the heck out of Tri. My house has always been a competition for the TV. The WiiU with the gamepad has been a godsend!
Other than consulting guides do you just start combining crap and see what you get for items...like the Dash Juice I need.

I've been free hunting a bit to get more items. And I'll have to say...the Rath scares me.

@MERG The only source you will need - http://monsterhunter.wikia.com/wiki/Monster_Hunter_Wiki

But yes you just start combining crap and see what makes what and it only has to be made once to be saved, just use the combo list.

Thanks @Warruz