Topic: Monster Hunter Rise

The Honest Trailer is out and it's hilarious

I've got every rank completed now except the 7 star Hub, and even then it's more than half done! At this point completing it will be more for personal satisfaction than anything, since if I really wanted to be efficient about getting the parts worth the most points for melding I'd just farm the final boss over and over.

@Ralizah
That's Monster Hunter. It'll suck you in the vortex. No other game has made me binge the same way. In MH3U, I played for an entire weekend with these German dudes farming cloudy moonshards from Lucent Nargacuga (he could turn invisible and shoot poison spikes and was way larger than normal Narga).

I saw that Hunting Horn. Think I crafted it- I have like 20 different crafted Horns, 20 Switch Axes, 20 Charge Blades, so it's hard to remember. Just unlocked the corn popper gunlance, which led me to check the gunlance tree... oh my gosh. Why did nobody tell me gunlances were so sexy in this game?! Starting to consider working funlance into the rotation now.

There's still about 3 scrolls I haven't found in each map, and 4 rampage scrolls I haven't found in addition. I feel like I've searched everywhere. Did manage to snag another in Front Islands yesterday but beyond that, I'm running low on ideas. Don't want to look it up though. That would ruin it.

@JaxonH I haven't found most of the scrolls, tbh. They're too hidden for my liking. I won't rush on collecting them, though. If I play enough, I'll probably find them all anyway. It's just hard to justify poking around when I know exactly where the enemy is on the map at all times. Kinda... wish they'd not made it THAT easy to find the monster, although I guess it beats following bugs around like in MH World (based on my time with the demo, anyway). If nothing else, farming in this game is SO much more convenient than 4 Ultimate/Generations.

I don't get super hooked into games very often. Last one I played this much was SMT IV: Apocalypse after that released. I cleared that entire 100+ hour game in 3 weeks.

It's only possible because they're on portable systems. I'd be, maybe, 10 hours in to MH Rise if it was a PS4 game. MH just feels right on a portable unit.

Not every game benefits from portability, but some massively do.

@Mr-Fuggles777 Don't usually like Humble Trailer stuff, but that was surprisingly on point.

Also, "get tossed around like a bowling ball, then eventually somehow win anyway" is probably a good summary of my single-player Rampage missions. 😂 Although it works much more nicely in co-op. Just did a Wind Serpent Ibushi one with some people last night because I needed to farm his claws (at 3 AM, after saying I was done playing for the night lol), and it went beautifully. S-rank, got every objective, etc.

@Ralizah hey dude since you fought Rajing got any tips for a first timer?

@Snatcher Yeah. Don't stand in front of it unless you want to eat fists and/or fire beams for all three meals. If it jumps, dodge out of the way as quickly as possible, because it's coming down hard. And, kinda like Zinogre, be especially weary when it goes super saiyan.

Ideally you'll fight it with a group so that it's not constantly facing you.

@Ralizah Thanks but I'm going to solo this, I want to solo story missions first before playing them with people, so that I don't ruin the team.

@Snatcher I salute you. Be sure to update us on how that goes. Any monsters you've struggled with solo so far? I think Rajang is pretty much it in terms of almost dying to a monster for me.

Bring lots of healing items. Max potions and potions. Other stuff too, if possible.

@Ralizah Um I think I have had no major issues I cart every now and then but for the most part not really, I almost timed out on trying to get a switch skill but thats the closets I have got to a loss.

@Ralizah
I love exploring and gathering. I don't specifically go out looking for scrolls, but since I'm exploring and gathering I happen upon them alot. It feels like Zelda BotW with that wonder of exploration. Even in Quests hunting monsters, I deviate to get spiribirds, at least for 5 minutes or so, and sometimes stumble upon things. But usually it's in the expeditions where I spend like 50 minutes just poking around, filling my sack and killing any monsters I come across.

As for finding monsters, it's just a different approach. They said as a portable entry they wanted to get people into the action fighting monsters right away. Don't feel any particular way about it. I liked tracking in World, but I also like getting right into battle in Rise. Both are great. Not sure I have a preference either way. But it is nice for playing at work. Can jump in a hunt and knock it out in 10-15 minutes, whereas in World I'd spend 10 minutes just trying to find the monster. That suits home console play more.

I'm definitely playing Rise way more than World, partly because it's just so much fun with the wirebugs, wyvern riding, palamutes and combat, but also because it's on a hybrid system. I still haven't finished Iceborne, which is heresy as a MH fan, but we live in a post-Switch world, and it's so hard to stay invested in a TV only game now. But I will revisit World at some point and finish Iceborne.

@JaxonH I also really like the exploration part of this game, it really adds to an already good game. Is there a set amount of these scrolls? Like 5 in each region for example? Or does it depend on the region.

@Spanjard
There's 10 scrolls hidden in each map, on top of which are 10 Rampage scrolls hidden among the 5 maps. So 60 scrolls in total to find in the 5 maps, or 12 per map.

Some of them are really well hidden. I feel like there's nowhere else to look in Shrine Ruins- after all, I spent 40 hours in the demo and knew that map like the back of my hand before the game released. So I knew all the hidden alcoves and tunnels and secret areas to look right off the bat. And even still, after another 175 hours in the main game, I haven't yet found the remaining 3 scrolls.

I like it that way though. It gives me something to keep an eye out for when exploring. Keeps that sense of curiosity alive. That's why I didn't look any up in a guide. If I found them all right away, the maps would lose some of their mystery and intrigue. Eventually that day will come, but no map can keep secrets hidden forever.

@JaxonH Cool, I hope I can track somewhere how many I already did

Wow you've got 175 hours clocked already? I guess with the switch that is indeed quite doable.

@Spanjard
Ya. My play timer says 110 hrs but my in game save file says 175 hrs. Plus another 40 hrs from the play timer on the demo. I go hard when it comes to MH. Guess some people didn't believe me when I said it was my favorite franchise 😀

BTW, your hunter notebook tracks all the scrolls you've found. As well as endemic life, small monsters and large monsters, which you can assign pics you take with the camera in place of the brush stroke paintings. A totally-tangential-yet-super-addicting gameplay mechanic.

hello Hunters today i start playing my Monster Hunter Rise and spent hundred/thousand of hours in the game(i played 444h in Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate), what categories of Palicoes do you recomend me to use?i torn between healing and battle Palico.

@JaxonH what the hidden scroll do in the game?does it count toward the 100%? so is 10 per map, i should use the expedition Quest to look for this scroll?

@Giancarlothomaz
The scrolls are numbered in sequential order with a snippet of info of lore. If you get several in a row to connect a message, the merchant will give you a wooden carving of a monster to display in your room.

Again, I don't specifically go out looking for scrolls- I'm spending hundreds of hours in these maps just playing the game normally. You'll naturally find them as you play, provided you have a tendency to explore as you go. But you could take on an expedition and scroll hunt, if you wanted.

As for palicos, I recommend GATHERING type. The first and last skill is predetermined for each palico type, so pilfer skill will be the last skill for any Gathering Palico. The 3 middle skills are RNG and any shared skill can appear by chance on any palico type.

I prefer going for Healing Bubbles as skill#2 and Shock Purrison as skill#4 while skill#3 can be whatever. I have camouflage but I know some like the drum that increases attack.

I got lucky and got all the 3 middle skills I wanted right off the bat. But you can hire palicos and set the criteria for what you're looking for if you want to search for the perfect skill combination. I recommend getting a 2nd Gathering palico for farming plates, since pilfer will get you extra mats. But for everything else, I like taking one palico and one palamute.

Pilfer is a godsend me and the Mrs did a high rank magnamalo as I needed the plate we failed as we kept carting but my cat pilfered a plate for me I was so damn happy and lucky!

@JaxonH i see so you recomend Gathering Palico for me and the scroll tells bit of lore about the areas of the game?and i am the kinda of player that love to explore every nook and cranny in a game in order to do 100%in a game, that why the Legend of Zelda/Metroid franchise and Monster Hunter reasonate so well with me.

last night i got around to making the Ibushi great sword after joining an online gather hub rampage with one or two other people.

Im going to test the Ibushi great sword on the first Village story Magnamalo quest tonight or stick with the Khezu II great sword