The Monster Hunter: Rise Thread

rejj

I’m curious, was Sunbreak a hit amongst the Monster Hunting crowd in here? I never got around to grabbing it, being perpetually engaged by other also interesting things to play.

Seeing this thread float up to the front page here on IC again makes me feel a slight urge to dive in, but I also know that by now any lobby I end up joining after doing my own run through the new quest(s) solo would be full of MR999 players with finely-tuned builds and I’d just be a spectator.

I wonder if it is worth holding off on that urge to go Monster Hunting and wait for World 2 or whatever comes next, in probably another year or so?

◉◉maru

rejj My usual MH pals were stuck in the “too many cool new games to play right now”, which is a good problem to have, so we have no played through it yet, but nothing’s pressing, it can wait until Christmas time.

Gaagaagiins

My depressing reason for why I didn’t play Rise was because my Switch was in Korea when it came out. My mundane reason for why I didn’t play Sunbreak was because I’m broke

YerryMina

Bought Rise + Sunbreak when it was on sale digitally while waiting for Xenoblade Chronicles 3 to arrive in the mail and I’m closing in on 100 hours now compared to like 10ish in XC3 (I’ll get around to playing it for real someday lol). Turns out the endless grind for better gear activates the same part of my brain as World of Warcraft did back in its glory days. Addiction isn’t bad if you’re having fun, right?

Tried the demo around the release of both Rise and before Sunbreak and bounced off hard having never played anything in the series before but it sure is compelling once you buy into it.

Thinking of picking up another weapon but feels daunting to learn something more fast-paced after almost exclusively playing Strength Hammer until now.

◉◉maru

Coming to Xbox (+Game Pass) and PlayStation 4&5 on January 20! It’s just base Rise for now, with Sunbreak coming later.

rejj

Has anyone restarted on a new platform? I put many hours in to base Rise on my Switch (as I’m sure I’ve mentioned in this thread earlier) but never got around to grabbing Sunbreak.

Even if the game is “free” via GamePass, I don’t know about going through all of that time again just to get back to where I was previously. I imagine a whole bunch of that (previously) endgame grind is no longer relevant, as Sunbreak introduced Master Rank and likely every piece of armour, weaponry, and all talismans would be immediately useless.

I’m curious how long it would take to get through LR/HR again, fresh. My gut says something like 20-40 hours, which feels like it is too long for me to bother with.

◉◉maru

rejj I play MH on portable anyway so I think I would only dare replay it from scratch on Steam Deck, if anywhere.

Still haven’t come around to play Sunbreak either! Maybe during the New Year break.

YerryMina

rejj Armour and weaponry get replaced fairly quickly especially if you’re just trying to get to MR as quickly as possible. A good talisman however can last you well into the Sunbreak endgame even if the new melding options eventually should produce better results. Something like a core skill (AB2, CE2, WEX2 and so on) + 2-2-0 slots is still really good. I’ve put hundreds of hours into Sunbreak and still haven’t got a talisman that’s better than good Rarity 7 ones (currently running an AB2 3-1-0 and it’s honestly not great even if I can make use of the 3-slot for my Lance sets). The latest title update did introduce a new melding method that allows you to pick the main skill for the talisman with a 100% rate of getting it which should make the endless grind somewhat faster unless you are aiming to get a real “god charm”.

I started an alt character for fun/weapon practice and it basically took me 25-ish hours to get to the start of Sunbreak, but that also included stopping to grind out gear pieces every now and then and not using the OP Defender weapons that have insane raw damage for their level or Black Belt S gear (Rarity 7 gear available from the very beginning) that were added for Sunbreak’s release and are meant to speed up your progress through the base game significantly.

◉◉maru

A fun recap of all Monster Hunter collabs.

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