Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate (3DS/WiiU) review

[J0e Musashi]

I'd go online and get a bit tougher if you are running out of time. Remember that you need to balance out both games. I'd get up to HR4 before attempting that hunt. Fire weapons will help you though.

[Daragon]

Is a fire weapon with 140 points of fire element going to be more effective than fire ammo? Any idea? Obviously the weapon strength plays a big part. Right now I'm looking at Valkyrie fire for light bowgun and Arko Nulo (R) for bow.

[J0e Musashi]

I did it with a Brazencord myself. 264 raw and 50 fire.

[fuse]

Is there a recommended method or tactic for getting Barroth tails? I could really do with getting one so that I can finish off my armour set. Think we're looking to do another 3 player session tonight, so it'd be good to get that sorted out.

[J0e Musashi]

It's a 70% drop rate in Low Rank, so just keep trying I suppose. The Desire Sensor is being unfair.

[fuse]

Haha, my MH knowledge is limited, however I am familiar with this.

[kryss]

Obviously cutting the tail off helps...

[J0e Musashi]

You realise that I rely solely on yourself and Jim for my tail pickups?

"LIKE A BOSS".

[kryss]

I've not been able to think of a better catchphrase for after slicing one off than that.

[J0e Musashi]

Maybe something like "Die tail, die!"

[kryss]

I've had:

"Slice and dice!!"
"Got your tail!!11!!"

I had something similar on the Japanese Tri. If I'd had space, I would have had "tsumaranai mono wo kite shimatta"

[J0e Musashi]

What's that? Something about boring?

[kryss]

It's like a samurai thing.

"I've cut an insignificant object..." or something similar.

[jimtendo]

Today's DLC event was supposed to be the Giroro mask (at least for Japan it was) but what do we get... Squat diddly.
Not even a re-skin.

Though the loss of Pirate J armour is a bigger loss. Now my uber leech armour combo of great luck and carver pro along with some other skill (no weapon slot) can't be achieved without Pirate J armour pieces.

Blah.

[S3M]

Right anyone got some good tips for a beginner, I've just picked this up on Wii U and want to give it a fair crack of the whip so to speak.

Till now I've always found this series to be a poor man's Phantasy Star Online. The inface and design still seem a little backward, but it's improved since the PS2 era.

I quite liked the Wii U demo of Monster Hunter 3 and didn't have any trouble with the Yeti creature, when using fast characters. The Underwater creature in the demo I couldn't beat but I found as a archer I did the most damage. Based on the demo I'll go with the faster weapons and the bow.

But as a starting out character what's the best quests to approach?

Also did they remove the region server lock? If not I'll be stuck with PAL players only.