The voices in my head tell me to do all the non rampage quests :P

You can always do it in multiplayer, you get the checkmark either way so your voices are silenced. I am not at that point just yet, but I probably will do some quests with others just to get the checkmark.

Yeah Zinogre has always been one of my hardest fights. He just moves so strangely. He has one attack where he jumps at you can lands on his back. That always gets me to think he's falling over, so I start to commit to a large attack animation. And then he nails me with it! Fighting a Zinogre is like fighting a drunken Kung Fu Master. Good luck predicting what he'll do next!

Is anyone a little confused about the HR8+ quest where you capture Rajang for a petalace? I did it and unless I just totally forgot I feel like I didn't get an NPC dialogue to get it. It might have been a direct quest reward, but if so I don't know what petalace it is, as I don't see any that look out of place in my inventory.

Similarly confused about the event quest for the unique gesture

Are there any hammer mains out there? How many times do you have to bonk a monster on the head to stun it? 

This is such a great idea that I feel it needs more exposure. I was going to post this idea on the Monster Hunter subreddit, but I didn't want to steal your idea. So maybe you can post it there instead? 

Third attempt and I got that damn Zinogre. But it was a really close call :P

Skipped reading the entire thread just to say:

How 'bout them Bagels?

What I hate about Zinogre is how relentless he is, like he'll just hit you again and again and again never giving you time to breathe or get some licks of your own in, and his flip attack covers so much ground and hits super hard.

And if you hate him here, don't ever try him on MH 4 or 3 Ultimate, believe it or not they actually toned him down for Rise.

Yeah, thought it was messed up too. The Advanced quest in the Village is similar since nobody says s*** after you come back. For the Petalace, just open your box, go to Manage Equipment and it's gonna be there.

OK, a quick summary of my feelings of monsters (didn't got to the elder dragons in the update yet):

my most liked monster: Arzuros (as always, I love that guy)
most elegant monster: Mizutsune
ugly, ugly: Khezu
most frustrating monster: Basarios
most terrifying monster: Zinogre
most epic monster: Magnamalo (that music alone)
most difficult monster: Zinogre
most respectable beard: Almudron

What are your feelings?

EDIT:

most terrifying sound: Rathalos drawing a deep breath