Monster Hunter always got lots of goodies in Japan..  99% of it will never see in the states! >_<

Anyway, heres several of cards from the Mh card game... Most of really good art. Enjoy.

AT end is some other random MH goodies.

 

lol to Cham one..

 

 

Trenya & Nekoht! She is so cute! Trenya isnt half bad ether..

Metal Pin is pretty cool..

 

 

 

So much stuff... will never see...

O well, hope you enjoyed that.

Now, you may have not heard of WounderFest, cause will its in Japan!

Now if you heard of Kenzy, then good for you! If you havnt..well..

I wish i Could link to his site...but there some naughty bits there.

He does insanely good MH art! Even had alot of MH psp wall papers!

He even builds his own resin kits!

Custom Built Luna Gun! = WIN!

Great Job as always!

Kenzy has been at WF2009 past bit.

Showing off his stuff and checking out other peoples stuff.

Here bunch of pictures from Kenzy's Blog, Enjoy.

 

1st up is Lao Shan...  

Now nearly 3-4 years in the works.  Kenzy rates this a must see on his blog.

But since i'm sure 99% of us will not get down there, enjoy the pictures!

Some pretty small...

others 1/8 scale..

Cute Poogie outfits! (kenzy by the way.)

The Khezu!

Akantor! which like Lao wont be finished for a few years. T_T

Das Mosswine!

4000 yen is about 40.00 bucks to give you idea of its priced.

Taco heads! probaly one of my fave monsters of MH!

Mmmm weapons... i want!

Rathalos!

Pretty cool paint job...i wish i could air-brush that well.

And 1 last Lao. There probaly good 687325089673065317 more pictures...but even I don't have that much free time! =3

I've talked to Kenzy a few times, My japanese is pretty average and his english..almost non existant. LOL

I hope one day to have interveiw with him!

O well enjoy the pictures, 3 blogs in unders 24 hours is enough for me...

 

Since Wiki and other sites eem to be alittle misinformed on skills..

I decide to redo the list and check them myselfs.

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Armor skills make the hunter, or break them... along with a monster running you over. 
There are alot of skills, Most are well known, others not so well known.

So lets take a look at how it works, then will get into the skills themselfs.

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Lets take a look at Mafumofu Set you are givin at the start.
You will find the info you need under "equipment detail" from Start menu.
You'll find you can use the left and right on d-pad to read thru info on items.

Now back to the helmet.

You'll notice on the helm it says:

Protection: +2
Heat Res:   -2
Cold Res:   +4
PsychicVis: +3

Skill will activate at -20, -15 -10, +10, +15 and +20.

So wearing the helmet alone will get you nothing but the defense it offers.
As a Full Set it Offers:

Protection: +10
Heat Res:   -10
Cold Res:   +20
PsychicVis: +3

Protection kicked in at +10 and Cold Res actvates at +10 (cold inc low) and +15,(cold inc High)  +20 does nothing.
-10 Heat Res is a bad thing, As all skills that go minus are.

PsychicVis skill does nothing since it lacks the points to go off. (+10,+15) 

Not all skills have minus versions (-10,-15,-20) or even +15/+20.  I'll cover that when I go over the skills.

You can also mix and match armors and use gems to add skills!

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Post 1
-Attack and Sharpness Related SKills
-Resistane Skills

Post 2
-Guard, Stamina amd Evade Skills
-Health amd Defense Related Skills
-Gathering, Map, Sneak, Good luck/Awards, Capture and Carveing Type Skills

Post 3
-Bow and/or Gun Skills
-Other Assorted SKills (didn't find a skill? probaly in this spot)

Post 4
-Cat Kitchen Skills

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The Skills!

Attack and Sharpness Related SKills

Attack Up (Increase the Raw damage of the weapon your using, you'll see the effect in status page)
+20 = Attack Up Large
+15 = Attack Up Medium
+10 = Attack Up Small

Attack Down (lowers Raw damage. Thats bad!)
-10 = Attack Down (Small)
-15 = Attack Down (medium)
-20 = Attack Down (large)

Potential - Multi effect skill that effects your defense and attack based on Hp amount.
+10 = Adrenaline +1 Increases your Defense when your hp is below 40hp
+15 = Adrenaline +2 Increases your Raw damage and Defense when your life is 40hp or below.

-10 = Worry -Attack is lowered when your hp is low

(Adrenaline does not stack with Heroics cat skill as it did in MHf2)

Artisan
+10 = Sharpness+1  Gives weapons better sharpness, (picture)

-10 = ????

Sharpness (Weapons lose sharpness every hit. This will make it take last longer.)
Example,  After 5 hits you lose sharpness from white to blue sharpness, With +10, it now takes 10 hits.
+10 = Sharp Sword -Doubles the amount of hts it takes to lose sharpness.

-10 = Blunt  -Sword loses sharpness twice as fast.  WHen it took 10 hits to lose sharpness, it now takes 5.

Expert -Increase or Decreases the Affinity Precent on weapons.
Affinity is the chance a weapon will do extra 25% raw damage or only 75%  of its raw damage.
Weapons vary what it add's depending if a weapon has affinty already or none at all.

Sharpness also effects the value you receive. Higher sharpness, the more you get. (to set point) 80% would be the Max.

+20 = Reckless Abandon+3 +40 to +30%
+15 = Reckless Abandon+2 +30% to +20%
+10 = Reckless Abandon+1 +20% to +10%

-20 = Reckless Abandon-3 -15% to -20% ???
-15 = Reckless Abandon-2 -10% to 15%
-10 = Reckless Abandon-1 -5% to -10%

Remember Affinity is PRECENT/Chance you will do extra 25% raw, or -25% raw.

Sword Draw -Attacking from the Unsheath stance gives you 25% extra raw damage. Often Called "Crtical hit"
+10 = Art of Unsheathing Skill 

Examples, When your weapon is put away and then you attack, thats Unsheathing.
Lv3 great sword charge, Charged Hammer spin and slam can also be down from this stance.

Specail Attack -Increase the Effects of Stun, Sleep and Poison
+10 = Abnormal Status Attack Up

Element Attack -Increase the Damage for Element Weapons (Fire, Thunder, Water, Ice and Dragon)
+10 = Element Attack Up

Gunnery
+15 = Gunnery King -Increase Damage for Ballista, Cannon S, Craig Shots and Gunlance Shelling.
+10 = Gunnery Master -Increase Damage for Ballista and Cannon S

Fury* (Crimson Fatalis Armor)
+10 = Embolden - Gives Potential and Guts SKills

Edge Master* (White Fatalis Z Armor)
+10 Stelar Hunter -Gives Attack Up Large and Sharpness +1

* These have no Gems

Resistance Skills

All Resist -Effects the 5 element defenses (Fire, Water, Ice, Thunder and Dragon)
+10 = + 3% to all Resist
+15 = + 5% to all Resist
+20 = +10% to all Resist

-10 = -3% to all Resist
-15 = -5% to all Resist

Fire Res -Increase your Element Resist against attacks.
+15 = +10% Fire Resist
+10 = +5% Fire Resist

-10 = -5% Fire Resist
-15 = -10% Fire Resist

Water Res -Increase your Element Resist against attacks.
+15 = +10% Water Resist
+10 = +5% Water Resist

-10 = -5% Water Resist
-15 = -10% Water Resist

Thunder Res -Increase your Element Resist against attacks.
+15 = +10% Thunder Resist
+10 = +5% Thunder Resist

-10 = -5% Thunder Resist
-15 = -10% Thunder Resist

Ice Res -Increase your Element Resist against attacks.
+15 = +10% Ice Resist
+10 = +5% Ice Resist

-10 = -5% Ice Resist
-15 = -10% Ice Resist

Dragon Res -Increase your Element Resist against attacks.
+15 = +10% Dragon Resist
+10 = +5% Dragon Resist

-10 = -5% Dragon Resist
-15 = -10% Dragon Resist

Poison Res -Increase your Poison Resist against attacks.
+15 = Poison Negated
+10 = Poison Duration is Halved

-10 = Poison Duraton x2

Paralysis -Increase your Resist against stun attacks.
+15 Paralysis Negated
+10 Paralysis Duration Halved

-10 Paralysis Duration Doubled

Faint - Reduces or Cancels Knocked out phase and also Gypceros Flash Effect.
+15 = Faint Negated -Cancels Gypceros Flash Effect and KO Status.
+10 Faint Probality Halved -Reduces the chance of Being KO'd (stars above the head)

-10 Faint Duration x2 Stars above the Head last twice as long.

--Don't forget you can press X and Spin left stick to reduce the time stuck in KO.

Fatigue - Prevents effects of Cham Spit. (stam loss)
+10 Fatigue Cancellation

Terrain
+15 = Terrain Damage Negate - Teo/Luna and Lava effects are stopped.
+10 = Terrain Damage Half - Teo/Luna and Lava effects are reduced.

-10 = ???? 

Anticeptic -Immune to the after effects of Poo
+10 = Anticeptic

Anti Chamel* - Cancels Theft, Fatigue(cham spit) and All Poison effects
+10 = Fiery Protection

Anti Fire Dragon* - +10% Fire Resist and Full Terran Skill (+15)
+10 Metalic Protection

Anti Daora*
+10 Frosty Protection -Full WInd Resist and Snowman Effect Cancel

Heat Res -Effects Hot Areas like Desert (day)and Volcano
+15 = Heat Cancel High -Immune to Heat from Desert(day) and Volcano
+10 = Heat Cancel Low -Health drops very slow in Hot Areas.

-10 Heat Inc Low -Health will drop at a fast rate in Hot Areas.
-15 Heat Inc High -Health will drop at faster rate in Hot Areas

Cold Res
+15 Cold Elimination High -Immune to Cold effects of Snow mountain, Desert Night and Caves
+10 Cold Elimination Low -Stam will drop at half the rate in cold areas.

-10 Cold Increase Low -Stamina loss will happen faster in cold areas.
-15 Cold Increase High -Stamina loss is greatly increased in Cold Areas.

Resist Status* (Black Fatalis X Armor)
+10 Self-Defense Immune to all Status Effects

*  These have no Gems

Guard, Stamina amd Evade Skills

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Constitution
+15 = Constitution+2 Stamina use is lowered for Rolling, Side Steps and BackHops
+10 = Constitution+1 Stamina use is lowered for Rolling, Side Steps and BackHops

-10 = Constitution-1 Stamina use is Increased for Rolling, Side Steps and BackHops
-15 = ??? 

Stamina
+10 = Runner -Stamina use is halved for Running, Bow Draw and Dual Swords Hyper/Demonic Mode
-10 = Flat Footed -Stamina use is double for Running, Bow Draw and Dual Swords Hyper/Demonic Mode

Hunger
+15 = Hunger Negated -Stamina No Longer Drops over time.
+10 = Hunger Halved -Stamina drops at half the rate.

-10 = Hunger Increase Low -Stamina Drops Faster.
-15 = Hunger Increase High -Stamina Drops twice as Fast.

Gluttony
+15 = Scavenger - Rare Steaks and such give more stamina and chance to heal Hp.
Fish now have small chance to heal Hp or Stamina.
Potions also have small chance to increase Stamina.

+10 = Filled Up - Rare Steaks and such give more stamina.

Guard
+20 = Guard +1 -Reduces Stamina, Damage Loss and Push Back while Blocking Attacks
+10 = Guard +2 -Reduces Stamina, Damage Loss and Push Back while Blocking Attacks

-10 = Guard -1 ?? -Increases Stamina loss, Damage Loss and Push Back while Blocking Attacks
-20 = Guard -2 ?? -Increases Stamina loss, Damage Loss and Push Back while Blocking Attacks

Guard Up
+10 Guard Inc - You can now block attacks you normally could not! Example Gravios Gas!

Auto-Guard
+10 Auto-Guard -You'll block attacks if your not attacking, eating or using items.

Evade
+15 = Eavde +2 Gives you more "invincable time" during Rolls, SiteSteps, BackHops and Leaps
+10 = Evade +1 Gives you more "invincable time" during Rolls, SiteSteps, BackHops and Leaps

Evade Distance
+10 = Evade Distance Up - Makes you roll futher then normal.

Health amd Defense Related Skills

Protection
+10 Divine Protection - When hit by a Attack there is a 25% chance for Reduce Damage (30%)

-10 Demonic Protection - When hit by a Attack there is a 25% chance for Increased Damage (30%)

Guts
+10 Guts - With Hp of 60 or above, you can survive any attack. Your left with 1 HP left.

Recovery
+10 = Health Recovery Items Improved -Health Items heal much more.

Rec Speed
+20 = Damage Rec Speed +2 Heals Red Portion of the Life Gauge Faster.
+10 = Damage Rec Speed +1 Heals Red Portion of the Life Gauge Fast.

Wide Area
+20 = Wide Area +2 -Some Useable Items effect everyone in that area (full effect)
+10 = Wide Area +1 -Some Useable Items effect everyone in that area (Reduce to others)

Health
+20 = Health +50
+15 = Health +30
+10 = Health +20

-10 = Health -10
-15 = Health -20
-20 = Health -30

Defense
+20 = Defense +40
+15 = Defense +30
+10 = Defense +20

-10 = Defense -20
-15 = Defense -30
-20 = Defense ??

Gathering, Map, Sneak, Good luck/Awards, Capture and Carveing Type Skills

Gathering
+15 Gathering +2 Get even more Chances to Gather from Gathering spots
+10 Gathering +1 Get more Chances to Gather from Gathering spots

-10 Gathering -1 Less Chances to Gather from Gatehring Spots.

Map
+10 Far Sight, Shows the Full Map at all times.

-10 Map Unavailible, Grabbing the Map Item has no effect. You still see area you are in.

Psychic Vision
+15 Boss Monsters are shown on the Map in Detail at all times, Direction Facing, Burrowing and Ceiling.
+10 Boss Monster is Shown at Start of the quest and every 10mins and Can be Painted to show it in Detail.

Sneak
+10 = Stealth - Less likely target to Prey Types and Boss Monsters. (Boss only works in Groups)

-10 = Taunt - More likely Target to Prey and Boss Types.(Boss only works in Groups)

Carving
+10 Carving Iron Man -Weak attacks no longer stop you form carving
+20 Carving Celetbrity - You get a Extra Carve and Weak attacks no longer stop you form carving.

Whim 
+15 Divine Whim -Even Lower chance Axes/Bugnets will break.
+10 Spirit's Whim -Low Chance Axes/Bugnets will break.

Fishing
+10 = Fishing Expert -More time to Catch.

Fate
+15 Increases Awards More (mostly reguler items)
+10 Increases Awards (mostly reguler items)

-10 = Bad Luck -Decreases Awards

Tranquilizing
+15 = Tranquilizing Celeb -Even Better Chance for more Awards on Captureing a Monster.
+10 = Tranquilizing Whis -More Awards for Captueing a Monster.

Perceive
+10 = Tranq Guru - When Painted and Low on HP. Marker will turn Yellow when monster is ready for Capture.
(picture)

Speed Up Skills

Cooking -Oldly named, But increase or decreases rate at which you eat items.
+10 = Quick Eating -Eat Items at twice the rate.

-10 = Slow Life -Eat Items at slower rate.

Sword Sharpner
+10 = Sharpening Skill Inc -Sharpen Weapon twice as fast.

-10 = Sharpening Skill Lowered - Takes longer to Sharpen Weapons.

Speed Set Up
+10 Trap Master - Set up Bombs and Traps in half the time.

High Speed Gathering
+10 = HiSpdGathr -Gather, Mine, Carve twice as fast.

Back Packing
+10 = Back Packing Expert - Move Faster and can fall from slighty higher heights with out breaking Egg Type items.

Short Charge
+10 Focus -Lowers the Charge times of Great sword Charge, Hammer Charge and Bow Draw.

-10 Distracted -Increases the Charge times of Great sword Charge, Hammer Charge and Bow Draw.

Bow and/or Gun Skills

Reload -Effects Bowgun reload and Coating reload.
+20 = Reloading Speed +3 -Increases reload speed
+15 = Reloading Speed +2 -Increases reload speed
+10 = Reloading Speed +1 -Increases reload speed

-10 = Reloading Speed -1 -Decrease reload speed
-15 = Reloading Speed -2 -Decrease reload speed
-20 = Reloading Speed -3 -Decrease reload speed

Auto-Reload -Bowguns can equip a bullet and fire all rounds. Bows never need to equip a coating, Just select and shoot.
+10 = Auto Reload

Warning, This Skill Gives all Bowguns Higher Recoil...Pretty much canceling out decent rate of fire.
It CAN NOT be gemmed out with recoil down.

Recoil -Lowers Recoil from Bowgun shots.
+20 = Recoil Reduction +2
+10 = Recoil Reduction +1

Precision
+10 = Shell Deviation Down -Bowgun shots stay more on center/ Bows lose range, but gain damage.

Capacity
+10 = Capacity Up -Increases the amount of ammo a bowgun holds OR Add next Level Charge for Bows.

BowGun Example: DualCastor Holds 2 bullets for Perice, With Capacity. It now holds 3.
Bows Example: Sonic Bow I Has Lv1 thru Lv3 Charges. With Capacity it gains a Lv4 Charge.

Normal S Up
+10 = Normal S/Rapid Bow Up  -Increases the Damage of Normal Shots and Rapid Shots.
 
Pellet S Up
+10 = Pellet S/Scatter Bow Up -Increases the Damage done by Pellets and Scatter.

Pierce S Up
+10 = Pierce S/Pierce Bow Up -Increases the Damage of Pierce Shots from Bows and Bowguns.

Normal S Add
+10 = Normal S All Lv Add -Adds Normal level 1 thru 3 Shots to a gun.

Pellet S Add
+15 = Pellet All Lv Add -Adds all Level of Pierce Shot to your bowgun.
+10 = Pellet S Lv1 Add -Adds Level 1 Pellet Shot to your bowgun.

Peirce S Add
+15 = Pierce S All Lv Add -Adds all Level of Pierce Shots to your bowgun.
+10 = Pierce S Lv1 Add -Adds Level 1 Pierce Shot to your bowgun.

Craig S Add
+15 = Criag S All Lv Add -Adds all Level of Craig Shots to your bowgun.
+10 = Crain S Lv1 Add -Adds Level 1 Craig Shot to your bowgun.

Clust S Add
+15 = Clust S All Lv Add -Adds all Level of Cluster Shots to your bowgun.
+10 = Clust Lv1 Add -Adds Level 1 Cluster Shots to your bowgun.

Coating Add SKills -Allows Useage of a Coating to the Bow equiped.

PowerCAdd
+10 = Power Coating Add

ClsRngCAdd
+10 Close Range Coating Add

PoisonCAdd
+10 = Poison Coating Add

ParalyCAdd
+10 = Paralysis Coating Add

SleepCAdd
+10 = Sleep Coating Add

Shot Mix
+10 = Bullet Limit -Make max amount of a item.
Example: Combine Huskberry + Needleberry makes 2 to 4 bullets. WIth Bullet Limit, you make 4 every time.

SteadyHand* (White Fatalis Z Armor)
+10 Straight and True - Increase Damage for Normal, Pierce and Pellet Shots.

*Does not have Gems

Other Assorted SKills

BBQ
+10 = BBQ Celebrity -Cooking Steaks is much Easyer

Horn
+10 = Flute Expert -Hunting Horns song last longer, and Flute break less often.

Everlasting
+10 = Item Useage Improved -Edible items Last longer. (Exam: Mega Juice last longer)

-10 = Item Useage Delined -Edible Items Last Shorter.

Throw
+10 = Throwing Skill Up - Increase Distance for thrown Items.

Hear Protect
+15 High Grade Earplug -Immune to all roars
+10 Ear Plug -Immune to Small Roars

Small Roars= Red/Blue Rathalos, Green/Pink Rathain, Blangonga, Garuga, Tigrex, Nargacuga, Rajang, Kushala Daora,
LunaStra and Teostra.

Quake Res
+10 = Quake Resistance -Prevent stutter from ground shakes. Shen Gao Ren, Blango/Rajang Slam etc.

Anti Theft
+10 = Anti-Theft -Prevents theft of items from Gypceros, Melynx and Chameleos

Fencing
+10 = ESP -Allows you to Perice Hard skin with no bounce. Thats it, you will still do reduced damage.

BombStrUp
+10 = Bomber -Bombs do 50% more Damage.

Alchemy
+10 = Alchemy -Allows you to make items from Alchemy Combo List.

MixSucRate -Increase or decrease the combine rate.
+20 = Combine Success +45%
+15 = Combine Success +25%
+10 = Combine Success +15%

-10 = Combine Success -5%
-15 = Combine Success -10%

Comrade Attack up
+10 = Comrade Attack Up -Increase Felyne Fighters Attack.

Comrade Defense Up
+10 = Comrade Defense Up -Increase Felyne Fighters Defense.

Comrade Guide
+15 = ComradeGuidance&Trade -Increase Experience and Skill points for Felynes after a quest.
+10 = Comrade Guidance -Increases Experience after quest for Felyne Fighters.

Torso Inc -Doubles the Base Value of the Chest Armor piece.

Example.
Capcom Shirt (not real item or skills)
Master +2
Party +4

With 1 torso Inc
Capcom Shirt
Master +4
Party +8

Capcom Shirt with 2 Torso Incs
Master +6
Party +12

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That should cover the armor skills. Did I miss one? Didnt understand way i explained it?

Pm me. >_>

 

 

So i've been gone awhile...

I was gonna jibber about oblvion MH mods that are out there and ones i'm working on...

Recreating worlds of Minegarde in Oblivion is alot of work... ALOT of work. >_>

Anyhow how i stop by my old freinds at Hunters Color who happen to get into a Movie/Eat/Play out event. Which happen to star MH releated food and goodies!

Now like Monster Hunter Kitchen (found below)

www.capcom-unity.com/yuffie67/blog/2008/...

 

There line and Tickets required (my japanese is rough..so lol) And not all the items are MH related.

Those look really good...*drools* ...（゜д゜）

Was only one line for food, so line was quite long,

Thou they had Hot Brown Tea for everyone. (at table) JUMBO theme items used.

Now might not notice it, but check out tabel cloth, >_>    =D MH tri logo FTW!

Leaf let for items to buy,

Hard to see whats on the list, What i read its menu and has it spilt and theme like cat kitchen.

The jist of the event, Watch some short movies, play MH with friends and good food.

Not as many bottles as MH kitchen, (maybe fans took them all?)

Veggi + Fish Combo in real life >_>

Not excatly mugs u see in CG moive...good enough for me.

Lava chere ice cream..something?

Some MH cuteness on TV!, NYA!

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And a coup de Grace! That I know Snow would go OOOOOO!!!

Cha Cha Cake!  I'm still fan of the Cat in he Box cake thou.

 

I hope you enjoy this quick Translation of alot of his text, Alot is random stuff that i didnt post.

Also because its hard for me to pick out slang and find right words he's using.. I would Love to link his site, but several of links lead off into stuff thats.. not appropriate for Capcom Site.

But anytime he goes somewhere cool! You can expect me to post it up for all ouf you!

 

Till Next Blog Post!

PS. sorry for my bad english...also not my best...HA HA HA. <_<

Thats sad isn't it...

To be a Monster Hunter, part:1

So you want to be a Monster Hunter? Thats good, cause i'am here to help you out!

So many new hunters past few days, so many simple mistakes being made, does no one ever learn?
So I guess here is your chance to pick up some tips and not be that high ranked player, who has no idea what he/she is doing.

Monster Hunter plays differnt from normal games, 1 of biggest examples is the shear power of monsters vs the Player and how fast they can kill you.
Standing still and trying to "tank" one is gonna get you killed no matter what your wearing. This isnt a battle of gear alone! Its battle of knowledge!

Which bring us to tip number one and one of my fave quotes.
"ooo look a circle button! OMG u can roll!!! who would have ******* thought that up!"

-Rolling, dodgeing and blocking are your friend. A master of rolling can go thru just about every attack known in the game!  
Knowing when to dodge and get out of the way is golden rule#1 to staying alive. Learn what a monster does before he attacks. Some like Rath's love to turn slow when shooting off fireballs and turning fast when they wanna charge! Monster like Nargacuga wages its tail before its leap attack, or makes a rattleingish sound when he flings tail spikes. 

Blocking, well some weapons dont have roll, so blocking and dodgeing is all you got. Don't get greedy with all them attacks it'll only leave you wide open. Block and Counter! Add skill like Guard +1 and Constitution to help reduce push back and stam loss.

Dodgeing isnt so much a move, but walking or running out of the way. Monster Hunter can almost be played like turn based combat. Circle monster so they'll run or attacks past and get in for counter hit.  Again learn where to stand and you'll always be safe.

 

Items and Inventory=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

Knowing what to take on quest is half battle.  Some monster hit you with status effects like Poison and Sleep. Bring right potions and items to counter them will save you trip on kitty cart to camp. =D

Inventory mangement is one of those things i see people not do...  I was watching a Vid of Snow's other day and saw him tumbleing thru his inventory to make traps. =/ 

Thats how you get yourself a kitty cart ride to camp!

Let take a quick look at my inventory!

Page 3 has all items that always go with me on quest and almost never change.

Page one has all my items sorted and easy to get to.  Soon as I open inventory I can make a trap in no time at all! Places item in order helps you cycle thru them better.  Keeping potions next to each other makes it easy to get to one you need.   I throw Books on page 2 so there out of the way.

Always remember to look around before trying to combine on the field, you don't wanna be dead before you can make that needed trap!

 

Now Status Effects and Player Icons -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

-Once you hit Hunter Rank 4 and up Quests, You may find your self randomly placed on Map and no supplys at Camp. Check quest before hand to make sure you don't need Hot drinks or Cold Drinks. Losing stamina and health because you didnt spend extra 5 seconds to check, will only hurt you and party members your hunting with.

Now to learn about some of bad things that effect you and other players!

If you see someone down by Sleep Effect, kick them or hit them to wake them up.  Better you, then Gravios Beam. Flash Effect is solved before most player can hit them.  If your playing with someone new, make sure point out faster recovery via pressing X and spinning left stick.

SnowMan effect can also be fixxed by getting hit, or kicking a player effected with it. When using Thawing Agent, remember your char will be open to attack for a second! Don't try to cure when monster is facing you!

Paralysis Players can do nothign but wait for it to wear off, =(  Inless of course nother player hits them with powerfull attack like hammer upswing, Lv3 Charge(hammer), Lance Charge that sends them flying! He he he.

Upgrading Gear -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

Upgrade, Upgrade! Upgrade and never stop!
Having trouble killing something, quest took 30mins? Upgrade that gear!  Always seek out new parts need to upgrade your weapons. More damage you can do, better off you are.

Armor should be upgrade via armor stones and new Armor itself.  More defense , better hits you can take.

Players should be able to make armor like Battle Gear and Hunter Gear as soon as they star a few quests. Kill and carve them kelbi and bullfangos! These armor may seem useless or weak, But they provide beginner skills to aid you. 

Once you take down your first Kut ku or Congalala, start killing more and make them armors!  You try them out and find skill and sets you like. 

Once you get to Hr:4 You should start making new armors like S and U Class.  These will keep you alive, looking cool, kicking butt and taking names! Near end of 8star quest you should have RED colored armor up. These will get you into G-rank and keep you alive.  Some of these armors are powerful! and have alot of Gem slots.  Mix and Match and you may walk out of your house looking pretty damn cool.

Something about a School Girl and Gaint sword, that just makes killing stuff fun. >_>

-Fancy looks... Save that for the pro's and experenced hunters.  Sure that Ninja armor looks great, but its defense is horrable.
Nothing makes a ninja look bad, like a dead ninja.                                                  Try to Balance them looks and Defense! =D

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-Explore, explore, explore! Can't find item? Try killing new monsters, and search new maps.

Search every nook and cranie and mine all the spots!
Just about every new monster part or ore you get will open up new items and equipment to create. Always be on look out to get new stuff. Every map offers new items and unquie to the area. Sometime one map will have better chances to get such a item.

Places like Jungle and Swamp are great for Bugs! Volcano has the Rare Scarab(hr4-hr6) and Phantom Butterfly(G-rank) depending on the rank.

Volcano, Desert and Swamp are great for finding Ores.

Swamp, depending on level of quest can have Light crystals(low ranks), Nova's(hard rank), and pure Crystals(g-rank) from crystals formations.

Volcano will have items like Firestone and Firecell's.

Don't forget to use Bomb Mining cat or Trenya at Volcano to keep steady ore flow coming in!

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Playing with others! Part 1.

-Team Work

Work as a group, and quest will go by like clock work! Or itlest get futher then you could alone.  

-Being friendly

Nothing screws something up like a Bad Apple.

-Patience

Some people are new, other long time players. Don't expect everyone to know everything.

-Be Ready

Save stuff like farm and such for alone play time. Waiting 5mins inbetween quest can ruin mood. Don't forget you can use (^) Triangle near the door to teleport around town!

Items like Max Potions(max hp 150) and Ancient Potions (max hp 150/ Max stam 150) Can help you aviod cat kitchen and get you ready faster for a quest!

(Blue Mushroom + GodBug) =(Nutrents + Honey) =(Mega Nutrients + Dragon Toadstol) = Max Potion

(Catalyst + Dragon Toadstool) =(Immunizer + Kelbi Horn) = Ancient Potion! 

(Honey + Bitterbug) = Catalyst.

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Elder dragons -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

Tough guys arent they? There some important info you should know before facing them!

Few of them follow normal quest rules, kill them in time limit and failing means restarting.
Teosrta, Lunastra, Chameleos and Kushala Daora and also Fatalis types however do not!

They follow a much more forgiving rule set.  Thou quest say 50mins, they often repel at 25min mark. (dislcuding download events)
As long as enough damage is done, they will run at 25min mark. Now lower rank ones can easly be wounded, G-rank ones sometime wont run at 25min, beat on them abit more and they should flee when enough damage is dealt.
You can also die 3 times and not lose where you left off. Which is one of coolest things about them.  Broke horns, but got Ko'd urself 3 times!?
The next time you do the quest the damage and horns will still be broken! If you cut tail and didnt carve, it wont be there next quest!  So if you broke horns and have 2 deaths, you may want to wait it out till repel to make sure you get them in the awards. =3

Teostra And Lunastra have nasty fire aura that drains your health (much like the heat of Volcano) Items like Imunizier, Gourment fish+ can help reduce this.
Dont forget Terran skill and Damage Recovery 1 and 2 can be added to help.
You can also break horns/face plate to stop it.  You need Dragon Element thou, remember that.
As small oddity, You can damage the face with any type of weapon, but its gotta be dragon to actully cause the break.
Posion also makes them drop the aura.

Chameleos horn also follows along same line, you'll need dragon element to break it. And his nasty spit! Can be cured with a energy drink! Armor seeds and such to remove armor down status.

Kushala Daora's eye can be taken out by any weapon type, just keep attacking head and wind barrier will drop!
Don't forget poison is one of his weakness and will remove the wind barrier!

You'll also need +20 in wind breaker skill to get past Kusha and Cham wind attacks. =D

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(pic is mh tri)

Some simple cat info. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

-Cat are invincable, and cant die.  No worrys!
-Cats gain stats and points even if not selected after a quest (long as there training)
-Cats max at level 20, but stats can still be raised and changed. =3

 Quite few more, I'll save those for Cat Blog!

There are 2 Tempermants that do not come back till after quest! I'll cover that in later blog! =3

Some last bit of tidbits! -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

Don't rush thru game,  getting to hr9 shouldnt be your main goal. You'll miss out on half the game just trying to rush there. 
If you don't keep up wirh armor and weapons, you'll be a liablity to other players and not have skills, armor, weapons to live long enough to be useful.
You'll probaly piss off the other players, who now have to watch out for you.
I've tryed many times to do a hr9 quest, but one memeber who still tryinng to use hr6 stuff keeps getting killed.
Your costing people supplys and zenni by doing this.  G rank is hard for reason, don't go rushing in.

Your better off clearing quests up, then moving foward all time, alot of people find they can't beat a monster...
most of the time its shady gear that hasnt been upgraded, or a weapon not strong enough for the quest.

 

Well this is it for part one.   I hope you were able to pick itlest 1 or 2 things out of this.

Don't Forget BOOK SHELF! next to your bed, it contains info about area's, skills and monsters!

So much info, if only you would spend 5mins reading it. =3

Till next time!  Nya!

 Sorry for any grammers and spellings..no one was around to proof read this for me. =/

 

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Any questions you have, Ask! =3    It'l help me better on next Blog Post.