1. Each boss or big monster in MH ( short for Monster Hunter) is uniquely different. The only time they aren't really different are cousin monsters or gender based. Cousin monsters are monsters that are basically related to each other but have different properties. They can have like one or two same moves but they still have different moves and abilities. Gender based is Rathalos and Rathian. Rathalos is in the beta he's red. Rathian is green but not in the beta. Rathian is female and Rathalos is male. Rathian prefers to fight on ground Rathalos prefers to fight in the sky. There are other differences between them.

2. I don't know how they going to do it in this game but previous games, yes monsters were reused in different missions. Reason for this was because there was no story mode so they just had multiple quest. For example, the white bat would appear in its own quest and then it would be in another quest where you would have to hunt that and another monster. When monsters are reused they mostly appear in double monster hunts. They would also appear if you have to deliver an item to complete the quest as a foil to mess you up.

3. There are alot of many maps but it depends. The genreal idea of maps is volcano, ice/cold land, desert, island, forest, abandoned temple, boat, and mountains. There are different derivatives for each. There are some monsters who have their own map. Let's say there is volcano 1. Volcano 1 will have regular heat based or fire based monsters living there for its natural habitat. However, there is also volcano 2. Volcano 2 would specifically cater to one monster and that monster is usually an endgame monster which is usually an Elder Dragon. Volcano 2 would look different have usually have 1 or 2 zones in the previous games.

4. The movelist is usually to start you off. You don't unlock combos but each weapon have more than what that movelist resented. This particular movelist gives you most of the combos right away but it also doesn't show you everything. For the weapon you posted, Switch Axe, you can do various combos that's particulary up to you. You can morph the weapon in the first combo if you like. Also in to the upper right corner there's a list of commands. It may sound confusing but there are youtubers who breakdown every weapon and I highly recommend you watch to get a better understanding. Arekkz gaming and Gaijinhunter.

In the old games you had a minute to pick up loot after killing the monster. The bad thing about this is if you're playing multiplayer and you die and right after you die ur friends kill the monster, you have to run your ass back to the monster before the countdown finish. But carving the monster is not the only loot. After the quest is complete, you are brought to a rewards screen. In the rewards screen they give you loot from the monster. More loot than the 3 carves. 

Ya the timer starts soon as the quest begins but in the real game actual missions are 50 minutes not 20. Time may seem like an issue but the more you play and get use to the monsters time will be non existant. You will get better and better where you will know how to actually hunt a monster efficiently. Now with all this clue searching I don't know if they're going to extend the time or what. In monster hunter Tri there was exploration. Exploration had no time limit just go out and do whatever. If you needed a specific monster there was like a "weather forecast" which showed you which monster was appearing this time. The whole point is to prepare before the mission like you pointed out. This game however made spending in the campsite longer so I don't know how the full game will adjust the time problem for beginners.

This game is a new experience to old and new players, sorry if I can't answer most but if you have more question I'm glad to answer.

Its crazy to me that the game has time at all why cant they just let you hunt without time? At lest 50 minutes is far better than 20 I dont understand why they did that seems damaging to me and its nice to know that theirs exploring missions. 

What about PS4 Pro?

I will be maining Jyura Hatchets then followed by Evergreen blade and Steel Axe.

I am trying to beat Diabolos now.

Just played the Beta now (only the tutorial an single player missions as I could not connect in multiplayer for some reason). I was never a massive MH fan, but did play a couple PSP and 3DS versions and the Wii (Tri) version.

- Love the new visuals (finally the game looks better than something released during the PS2 era).
- Controls are roughly the same, with issues and all. The combat still feels a bit slugish for my taste but the camera control is at least far better.
- Helping felines are a huge plus
- Fireflies make tracking pointless... feels a bit like hand holding for me
- The story will be a pointless filler just like in 4
- Massive amount of content was given and this is obvious from the Beta as well
- Levels seem highly dinamic when it comes down to monsters. There are plenty of smaller bugs and weird behaviour, but that was always the case with MH. Never the less environments are a HUGE step up.
- No in-level loadings

All in all IMO it looks like a pretty big leap in the right direction. If there was one thing I did not like, it is the firefly tracking. It makes things way to easy and I am in no way a hardcore MH player.

You're misreading I'm describing the different between MHW and other MH games, BB and DS are Bloodborne and Dark Souls btw which MHW feels more like when moving, demos aren't a good way to Gage info from the series as the are changes done to them over the final game and the are things you won't see as far as the full game goes and youtube videos won't give you a full picture as you're not actually playing, I'll break it down as best as I can:

Sluggish is in reference to start up of attacks for some reason it feels slower in MHW, for the movement the previous games your characters movement had a bit of weight to it as did the collisions (both hitting and taking a hit) what it feels like here is that they've either removed that weighted movement or reduced it so what happens is the turn circle feels more instant although the default run is slightly slower so you aim your first hit and muscle memory causes you to turn too much and you end up missing with the second with certain weapon types. Some weapons benefit from this like the Glaive and Bow gun, the reduced weighted feeling is also felt when a hit occurs as when you're hit you fly back a lot more in MHW compared to other MH games while you don't impact the monster as much with your hits.

Maybe its because its no more on Nintendo consoles? Some of my Friend who are nintendo fans, suddenly didnt like the game anymore after it was anounced only for the PS4.Xbone and PC... It is the best Monster Hunter i ever played, and i play it since the first one, and i am glad it made its way back on playstation, were it belongs. This game is almost perfect for an MH game, only the 20 minutes timer is really annoying, but i think this is only a beta issue / settings. Finally MH Fans getting nice Graphics and new features, it was the best thing that could happen to the franchise to go seperated ways with Nintendo Consoles / Handhelds. I hope they have good sales so they dont have to go back to nintendo for handheld sales in japan

The fireflies are ok somehow. I would love it to track monsters like in mh1 with paintballs and so, but without these fireflies it would be to hard with only 20 minutes time to hunt them down. But like you said it feels like hand holding, throw paintballs at the monster would be cool after you found them..

Agreed. Hwll I would be more than OK to have the hunt times doubled as well and maybe have more hidden clues scattered around. From what I have seen from the first trailer I taught that we will have far more telling signs from the environment to track the monsters, but in this beta it lacked almost completely.

Maybe they should reword it. I can see how people could get confused.