I'm trying to get full Alatreon armor,but, those horns are hard to break off and webbing is hard to get as well. I did manage to get 4 broken skypiercers yesterday. I got enough money for armor,but, not the items yet.

I finally did all my offline quests yesterday and I already finished my online quests last weak. I going to buy Super Mario Galaxy 2 later today. I'll still be playing MH3,but, not as much.

Late game monsters have attacks that are either unblockable, or which consume most of your stamina to block, or which still do serious damage even when you do block them, so blocking is not a good late-game strategy.  If you do need to block though, using advancing guard can be helpful, since it lessens the stamina cost, usually gets you out of the danger zone, and expands the range of your block so that everything that isn't directly behind you gets blocked.

Even so, getting the Evade skills is a huge help for lancers.

Gobulu lance, represent!

 Raw damage is better if you're only going to stock one weapon, elemental ones are better if you plan on switching weapons depending on the monsters' weaknesses.

So when are we getting together again to play as a group?

PAL or US?

Well it would be good if both groups got a time setup, but personally I am only interested in the US group times and dates. 

It seems like Monday nights at 6 Pacific (9 Eastern) works best for most folks, so I propose we try it then.  I'll just have to wall-spam a few days in advance this time.

Finally gotten Long Sword back, and i've completely forgotten how to use it compared to the time i invested in the demo.

:/

how, talk about hyperbole.

I found rathian to be medium hard offline. Took me till my third try to take her down. But note, I did not figure out how to eat(never realized the importance of it) so I was doing here on 100 health.

Online? She is wicked easy. As long as you dont have a dumbass on your team that cant live than you will be ok...

The trick? Be cautious until your d is around 140 or so. Go for her head after a fireball and give her 2-3 good wacks. When she down the vertical tail swipe (the poison one) roll then hit the tail.

If you do that the tail will fall off about 2/3 the way through the battle without ever having to try to get behind her.

Also a huge tip Always keep her at either your 2 or 10 O'clock. She does a quick turn, but if you are there she turns past you. You will either easily avoid her quick charge.... or Be able to go for her head when she shoots fireballs.

It is a slow fight based on these tactics and using rare 2 weapons. Expect 30 min fight offline if things run smothly (ala you dont die)

my first non exam day all week :D so i'll be on for a lot of that day if any pal chartzers want to jump in. ID is MLHLAL and name is kozy