Kaimax Posts

Tried Arena again, only got 2 Wins from a Rogue Deck.

Good thing I got Redemption, a common gold card and 45 dust.

Well, it was never a beginners weapon to begin with, and each person has their preferences. And there's this: "Stagger locking"




You are given All the weapons at the start so don't worry about switching. Keep the ones you want to use and sell there rest for money. Yes, like and game that has crafting in it you need parts from monsters some rarer than the other and the RNG will sometimes be an ass about it. Just a small tip, Don't sell the talisman available to you in the beginning. Not that it's important but, It's because the Talisman for Auto Guard does not exist beyond that free talisman.

Yes, it's shit, that's why people who know how to use the GS learns when to attack and when to dodge. And most people proficient with it will use it's Charged attack more than just usual comboing. So, the great sword involves more thinking than most weapons because of it's shit speed. GS users needs to learn all the attack patterns for each monster, this is to find an opening when the monster attacks.

One example is one of my Great Sword Set. By utilizing the Focus, Evade +2 and Evade Extender Armor Skills (You'll learn about this later in the full game) I could make things much easier.
Focus -> Decreases the time needed to Charge an Attack
Evade +2 -> Increases invulnerability time when Rolling
Evade Extender -> Increases the distance of your dodge roll
So, with this set up I just need to find the right time where the monster stands still for more than 3 seconds and Attack with a Charge Level 3 which takes roughly 3 seconds, after the hit connects instantly roll to avoid the recovery time.

Outside of that I usually do a Hit&Roll Strategy and mostly do Unsheathe Attacks.
This is one of the play-styles that explains why people can tolerate the GS's Slow & encumbering Speed.

Not forcing you to use it or saying it's the greatest weapon in MH, but it's a different kind of Awesome.
GS guide, using the Armor set from the demo.


Here's the DS and SnS guide

Nice Guide for the Demo if you're interested
http://www.ign.com/blogs/dannyboy-uther/2013/02/22/monster-hunter-3-ultimate-basicsdemo-guide/



Armor Skills, are skills fixed into one armor, each armor has different armor skills and skill points fixed to it. These are Passives Skills that can buff or debuff depending on the total of points. For example The Dual Sword Set armor for the demo is the Gobul Armor. It has these skills:
-Expert = 12 points = Critical Eye +1 (Raises Affinity/Critical chances)
-Swimming = 10 Points = Olympic Swimmer (Faster Swimming)
-Eating = 10 Points = Speed Eating +1 (Increase consumption speed)
-Recovery Speed = -10Points = Recovery Speed -1 (Slows Natural Recovery)

As you can see having a positive value means you get a buff, while a negative value will make it a debuff instead. But Usually you need 10 points to activate it. In Case of tje Expert Skill, in the full game you can increase it to 20 Points to get Critical Eye+3 for a 30% increase in critical.
In the full game some armors will have Gem Sockets. These Gem are used to raise/decrease the skill points, so to remove that debuff you just simply need to add a gem with Rec. Speed +1, by making it a -9 the debuff will not activate.

When you're experienced enough, you can mix and match armors for the armor skills you want to optimize.



The size of the armor itself does not affect any movement of the player, if you feel it's "slow" that's mostly affected by the weapon. Only Skills will affect movement, there are skills that adds the invulnerability time on the dodge rolls and there's one that adds it's distance.



Yes, some weapon types are more suitable for different kind of a monsters. But mostly follow the same strategy. If the plesioth is on land, wail on it's legs until it falls. If it's underwater, you just need to get used to water combat and aim at it's main body and head. 20 minutes is pretty hard for a total newbie, but don't worry ,like I said previously in the full game most fights have a 50 minute time limit.



Each weapons has it's pro and cons. SnS and DS are combo focused so they can easily change mid combo but both have shitty raw damage compared to the heavier and slower Weapons which has the higher damage per hit.
So it's Quality Vs Quantity, DPS vs Large Damage, 10 Hits with the DS Vs 3 hits for the Great Sword.

Well, Those Secret Cards really is the Hunter's Forte. I got one win from Suicide. Dude got his Gurubashi to 11, My Health was only 1, but I got the Misdirection Secret Card. I was lucky about that though because he also had another minion summoned, but he got rash, attacked with the Gurubashi, and luckily the Misdirection targeted his hero.

Well Back on fuckin 18.. lol still with a winning streak and with 2 stars into 18.

Got 4 Arena wins with a Hunter Deck, not so lucky with the pack I got from it.. >_>

Well, in the end it still depends on your skill and needs. So Every weapon falls into this "If you know how to use it right, it's godly tier"

For example
-You classified the Bowgun as Weak, but that's probably because you're not using the right ammo accompanied with the right armor skills. Bowguns is a high skill weapon and it has high cost usage as you need to craft/buy ammo constantly.
Example why it's Badass:
-One of my friend solo'd to unlock the G-rank (hard difficulty) with only a Heavy bowgun
-A team of 4 people can stagger lock a monster and kill it in under 2 minutes

-Gunlance and Lances are Turtling weapons, You're expected to use the shield more, that's why the only dodge they have is the backstep. The backstep is used more as a combo cancel for advanced users. Then there's a reason why it has a big shield. They're commonly used as defensive fighting. And with the right armor skills you can almost block any attack and counter immediately. Also the Counter from a Lance, and the Wyvern Fire from the Gunlance deals great damage.

-Bows, once again is a high skill weapon, their main difference to the bowgun is they have unlimited ammo. Also it's more of a Status inflicter, So if you're not playing with Status ailment Coatings (Poison/Paralyze/Sleep/Exhaust) it kinda loses it's reason.
Fun Fact, one the most OP weapons is a bow.

-Hunting Horn, the buffers of monster hunter, they play like the hammer but only faster and has a longer distance but not as strong as the Hammer. Users of these weapons has to constantly use melodies to utilize it's potential. They have to remember all the melodies for a weapon. Melodies range from the usual Attack/Defense Up, Health Recovery to giving earplugs (Immune to the roars) and Negate Stamina Use.


Oh yeah, MH3U is on discount for $19.99 in the E-shop until February 3rd.

The demo isn't really good for "true" newbies, because they don't provide you with the really easy monsters to fight with. The demo is mainly for the veterans of older players to get a feel of the newer 3dS controls.



Actually the 50 min time limit is actually very lenient. Once you get used to all the moving, attacking and monster attack pattern, you'll average 15-30 minutes for a monster.

Exceeding the time limit usually only means 2 things : you're equipment is very inadequate for that monster or you just suck so bad, but the latter is unlikely to happen.

Most of the quests have a 50 Minute time limit, Average time to kill a monster is 15-30 minutes.



The Long Sword is the most versatile and easy to use weapon in the game. Every weapon already has a set of moves but you can chain it into different moves.
Long Sword in particular has a max of 9-10 combo, but you need to use the full gauge and use the Spirit Combo (R button) to execute it. If you want a weapon that focuses on combos and DPS you should try the Dual Swords.



The only thing you level up is your Hunter Rank, a higher rank will open up harder, newer monsters and bonuses.



Yes, that's the main meat of MH, you collect materials gained after killing or capturing to make advanced armor and weapons. But it's not really that grindful, unless you're being screwed by the RNG for the drops.

To really enjoy this game, you really need to set your own goals. Just blindly playing this game will bore you.

Any more questions?

Same thing just happened again...goddamit

I just ranked up to lvl 18 to get kicked back down to 19 instantly... >_>
I was already on a streak, but then the next 2 match was full of bad draws...

Called it. lol

I rather go instantly to G rather than buying 2 similar games and one is bound to be obsolete.

This is probably the one we will get, since MH3U was MH3G in Japan.

Got my first Legendary from a pack. It was Grull, 8 Mana, 7/7, effect gain 1/1 each turn. Kinda "useless", since it can be easily destroyed, and it even got "Mind Controlled" by a Priest one time.

BTw, I play Free, so I'm grinding for coins and waiting on daily quests.

It's confirmed that Nisekoi will be a 2 cour anime, and most stations has labeled it with 20 episodes (SHAFTED?)

The only part that can end well with the anime is chapter 50 or 51.

Lol, got my first "You can't kill me, I Kill Myself!" battle. Was dominating the field and I'm just one hit away from winning. but he deiced to concede first, before I click one of my Minions.

Something Ironic has happened to me relating to HS.

I signed up for the close beta way months before when it was just available. Tried getting some Beta keys but no avail, and then just said fuck it I'll just wait for open.

and now it's OPEN BETA, yaaay.
But I kinda forgot my Login ID, so I checked my other email (not my main) which I used for game accounts, to find this

Date 16 January 2014
"Welcome to the Hearthstoneâ„¢: Heroes of Warcraftâ„¢ closed beta test! "

FACEPALM

-SHAFT did all the Monogatari series. If you felt that is different it's because Shaft has to downplay all of the art & animation direction for Nisekoi. Which caused some people to say "Shaft isn't suited for Nisekoi".

-I mentioned sales as a counter argument for people claiming that "Nisekoi would flop without SHAFT". Nisekoi as you can see has rivaled To-Love-Ru's earlier manga sales and TLR is still a cult hit. Following the same logic, Nisekoi couldn't fail If it wasn't done by Shaft because there are people that will like it because it's Nisekoi.

It's still one of the Romcoms still running in Shonen Jump who's known for cancelling series because it's low on the popularity ranks. Heck Nisekoi is the ONLY Romcom manga still running in WSJ, other Romcom who debuted near Nisekoi all got cancelled.

Chronologically Released RomComs in WSJ (2010-Present)
-Magico (End July 2012)
-Kagami no Kuni Harisugawa (End February 2012)
-Nisekoi Still Running (Debut November 2011)
-Pajama no Kanojo (End August 2012)
-Koisome Momiji (End November 2012)
-Koganeiro (End June 2012)
-Cross Manage (End July 2012)
-Hime Doll!! (End November 2013)

In short it's popularity alone won't make it fail. But!!! Yes, SHAFT can boost its popularity, but claiming "without SHAFT it will Flop", it just shows that these people are just Shaft fanboys who doesn't care about Nisekoi itself.

Already posted about this, You get the Shiny Charm at 700 Dex entries. And the legendaries that I'm missing is because nobody deposits them into GTS.

-Mew
-Celebi
-Jirachi
-Deoxys
-Manaphy
-Darkrai
-Shaymin
-Arceus
-Victini
-Keldeo
-Meloetta
-Genesect
I already got all the dex entries of all other legendaries besides those 12. I started collecting them because I'm bored.