I found Malachite Ore also in the sandy plains. But yeah, not Shrine Ruins or Frost Islands.

Ive played the game for 40 hours since release.. I cant stop playing...even better gonna have a 4 day weekend this weekend with easter..so theres going to be some monster hunting :D

There is a video with a *basic* guide how to use each weapon. For anyone want to trying out another weapon and is initially confused what to do.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rl9vu3laDA&ab_channel=CaptainAstronaut

I'm using the sword and shield atm. I'm thinking I'll stick with this and then try out some of the ranged weapons

Sword and shield and lance are the two easiest weapons to use, I find.

They're my two mains, though once I've progressed a bit further and I have a bigger stockpile of materials I plan on also getting into the dual blades, charge blade, insect glaive, and gunlance.

What's everyone else's main?

As I said earlier I play dual swords. 

I tried swtichaxe for a brief stint, but the play style was to different and since I'm still a n00b I feel I need to get the hang of one weapon first. And because I'm an idiot I just found that there is a sheet with the combos for the weapon in the game (like X+X+X+A+X) etc. 

I've been going through the single player mode, and I gotta say, I love the random Palamute designs you get from the buddy trainer.

Been using Gunlance, but I think I'll give the Bow n' Arrow a try for my second playthrough, or when I hit the highest ranks.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypK914dS3uk&ab_channel=Blunty

I'm currently using charge blade and having so much fun. I have been maining different weapons since tri (Great sword, long sword, hammer, dual blades, gun lance and switch axe) and charge blade is my favorite. 

Also regarding the discussion of transporting items. I noticed when transporting berylium that using a wirebug straight down on the ground after a big fall saved it so if you just put yourself close to the ground after the wirebug the object being transported won't break regardless of how big the fall is. Difficulty is of course timing and aiming but it wasn't too bad.

I'm having so much fun with wirebug and the new explorable areas went to the 5th area for the first time late yesterday before going to bed. I did an exploration quest and wandered around avoiding large monsters and spent 70-80 minutes just wandering about. I went to bed about 50 minutes later than planned but it was so much fun. 

I just learned that I can wall-run. I knew after I wirebugged myself at a wall, my character runs a short distance on the wall, but I thought that's it. But I can hold the Dash-button (R) and keep running up the wall until my stamina is off. Also drifting with the Palamute is fun. All these new mobility options are fun. Make traversing the environment much more enjoyable.

And with the relic records there is actually a reason to explore. It kills me that even fro Shrine ruins I just found two of the ten so far. Speaking of exploration, did you all found the Cohoot nest in the Buddy plaza?