stretched out...

Okay, I did some speed runs to test out the different weapons, I only did it on the great Jaggi though, didn't want to deal with a potential head ache Rathian against kurrepekko especially since I didn't look around for dung.

Anyway here it goes my personal best times which should be indicative as to which weapons I'm best with or maybe which weapons are just easier to use for the great Jaggi fight.

All times are from engagement

1. Switch Axe - 3 minutes on the nose.
2. Long Sword - 3 minutes 21 seconds
3. Hammer - 3 minutes 53 seconds (I'm not that great with this one)
4. Great Sword (No Charges) - 4 minutes 10 seconds
4. Great Sword (Charges) - 4 minutes 40 seconds
5. Heavy Bow Gun - 5 minutes 30 seconds on the nose.
6. Sword and Shield/Mid Bow Gun/ Light bow gun - All around the same amount maybe 10-12 minutes.

Sorry to lance users , I don't use those.

For those wondering about the disparety with 6 to the others on Great Jaggi, I'm not very good with the kinds of ammo supplied for the guns vs the ammo used for the heavy bow gun.

The Sword and Shield has never been my thing unless it's against a big monster.

I'm going to put up some more vids in a bit.

Also since the game is 14 days off, I'm going to add some more content to the main page and hopefully get sets of vgc teams going for each Hunter Rank, we'll see how that goes.

Ok this is the Switch Axe or Slash Axe apparantly.

The weapon seems to be great for soloing like the old great sword but I'm not sure about online.

Anyway, everything this guy does is just about how it should be done, enjoy.

First TV ad.

Ah not bad at all, the ending was pretty effective.

Apparantly this is the US announcement Trailer.

Pretty cool stuff.

August 2009. How late are you? -_-

That was from August O.O, the site I got it from said new >_> couldn't get it so I found it on youtube. =P

Doesn't really matter, I like some of the gameplay they show that you don't normally see, like the beer games and so on.

I think the video accounts for less than half the armors in the game, theres a few other vids with armors that I dont see here.

As for the weapon vids, I saw 2 or 3 melee weapon types that aren't shown here, one looked like dual swords.

General Info:::

Monster Hunter is not Poke'mon' and it is not a mmorpg, it is a game made in the same vein as Diablo 2. The concept is that you have access to various environments to explore and hunt monsters or simply get raw materials.

The game is gear centric, while this may sound normal and it is. The game is very streamlined on gear and raw materials to make them. This means you won't be doing a whole campaign to get your gear only to find that your gear is useless later on. The reason this doesn't happen is because the game does not have a level up system, so your character wont ever reach a point where your gear is the reason your dieing.

This doesn't mean gear has no effect but it does mean that preparation has a greater effect than gear. Preperation is very important, if your going for a monster it works best to know what kind of damage that target puts out and what they are weak against and equip yourself for that.

It's always good to have 1 set for each type of combat and then your all around set for that situation that you don't know what to expect. Clearly your all around wont be as great as the others but it should not score you any penalties in combat.

Some armors though they grant tuns of fire defense due to the source of the parts of the armor, they may also be weak to the same things the source of the armor is weak to.

Also wearing a complete set will usually score you a bonus of some kind.

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Hunter Ranking is the next step, Ranking isn't your level but it is a track of your skill, essentially the most successful you are the higher your hunter rank. When you go to the mission merchant you can select the hunter rank you wish to participate in, the higher your rank the more ranks are available and that is the range of the hunter ranking effect.

As a side note, by defacto the higher your hunter rank, the better gear you can make as you'll be facing stronger targets.

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While weapons and armor upgrading is a plus the game comes down to reflexes and prediction, but upgrading is a tell tale process. As you progress through the game you usually get no help until you get the materials when it comes to crafting.

In other words a Rathalon Great Sword wont show up on the list of creatable weapons until you already have all or most of the parts needed.

On the plus side if you hunt Rathalons enough you'll eventually get enough materials to know what else you will need.