r/MonsterHunter • u/EnderDracon • Mar 02 '25

MH Wilds “Hunter, the Guild authorizes” is so damn cool Spoiler

The handler in wilds feels so much less like some sidekick and more of a HANDLER. Like, we’re the guild’s blade and she is the hand that guides us. The guild has given her FULL AUTONOMY to act on their behalf, and she alone can decide what we are hunting. The lines also came at really good times during cutscenes and overall just fed the vibes lol. Especially the final fight of low rank? SHIVERS

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u/MSGrejs2k Mar 02 '25

Yeah, the handler concept really didnt make sense to me in world, but in wilds, it actually feels like she is there to study the monsters and work as a sort of failsafe so a hunter doesnt just go beserk on an entire population of Kut-Kus or something.

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u/Alblaka Mar 03 '25

To be fair, even in World her job kind of made sense: You don't want the hunter to get bogged down in paper work or tracking of requests. That's why professional athletes tend to have 'handlers' (coach/trainer) that also take care of all the busywork so that the athletes can focus on the actual athleting.

And technically Handler in Worlds did that secretary part correctly, just that she fumbled most of the other stuff around it.

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u/MSGrejs2k Mar 03 '25

True, never thought about the paperwork part but yeah, Alma is definitely more competent than worlds handler haha

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u/Nattidati Mar 03 '25

In a totally unfitting side-note: the verb you were looking for would be "athling", instead of athleting.

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u/thegoldchicken Mar 03 '25

The problem was that we don't get to see enough of the handler doing her job. I don't care if you tell me that she does stuff, all I saw was her nearly getting the both of us killed against velkhana

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u/GarugaEnthusiast Mar 03 '25

Funny you mention Kut-Kus, hunted a large group of them recently, and I quite literally went berserk on them.

But they were starting there, menacingly!