r/MonsterHunter • u/IcePopsicleDragon ​Bonk • Feb 24 '25

MH Wilds Don't worry guys

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u/kevihaa Feb 25 '25

Monster Hunter Wilds is so streamlined, it may have lost its soul

Even High Rank hunts, tempered monsters and all, felt a touch too easy. And as I clocked in at around 60 or so hours, having soloed the main scenario and all of the endgame content, I walked away feeling unsatisfied

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u/dumpling-loverr Feb 25 '25

Can't wait to see how the community gets divided again on difficulty when an Alatreon like monster is introduced.

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u/JGuap0 ​ Feb 25 '25

I stand by the fact Alatreon was sick as hell and escaton judgment was a cool mechanic

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u/theFoffo Feb 25 '25

Because it was. People called it a DPS check, it was a knowledge check rather.

If you spent the time learning Alatreon's move, you could play the fight at your own pace, and always break Escaton, especially solo, where the fight was easier.

You had to actually gear up for the fight, rather than slapping whatever you had been using for the entire game so far.

The Hunt required preparation and knowledge, something most people in here are advocating for but when the game asks you to do that, oh boy...

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u/Herptroid Feb 25 '25

It felt *great* to finally beat it solo but it was a monumental step up in difficulty. I soloed all of IB up to that point (carted 2x to Furious Rajang and got Raging Brachydios on my 2nd or 3rd attempt) but Alatreon made me grind out Kjarr Ice element CB, learn savage axe style, and finally learn i-frame timings to eek out a dub after like nearly 20 attempts. By far the most frustrating aspect of the fight was wasting a flinchshot by missing the wallbang. For someone struggling to get the hornbreaks, that was often the difference between making it to the next stage or being sent back to Seliana. That felt kinda capricious, ngl.

This is all just to say even tho I soloed all the content before it, Alatreon is what finally made me learn the game enough to be relatively "gud". I had a lot of free time because of pandemic and had foreknowledge of the eschaton judgment mechanics. Figuring those out while being a Fiver "intermediate" unable to actually technically carry it out would be way frustrating I think.

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u/DisdudeWoW Feb 25 '25

escaton is cool but should remain a one off gimmick.

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u/kevihaa Feb 25 '25

Alatreon is such a weird choice to bring up.

That was the second-to-last title update for Iceborne, and basically the only monster where elemental damage mattered.

There was nothing especially difficult about Alatreon, it was just an elemental monster in a game that was 99% focused on raw damage. Put Alatreon in Sunbreak and folks wouldn’t have batted an eye at it.

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u/HammerSmashedHeretic Feb 25 '25

Sensationalism is crazy, we know High rank is easy lol