I find it a bit weird that the first 2 updates bring 2 monsters to the same locale though. I really wanted to see what they could come up with in oilwell bassin or some more monsters that can make use of the desert and dune areas in the plains
That's because Lagi was supposed to be a base game, with Mizu always being a TU, but Lagi was pushed back due to development issues. Locale overlap might happen again, given who else was pushed back, but the other areas are going to get more fleshed out as well
Lagiacrus was supposed to be in World, but then got scrapped due to design issues. Now that the team is much more experienced they are able to realize whatever vision they had. Mizutsune has already been conceptualized due to its inclusion in Rise, so the issue of translating it over is much easier.
I think it’s really cool that the biggest limiting factor for the MH team isn’t technology or skill but design. It really speaks to how experienced they are. They don’t want to include half-baked versions of a monster in their games and I really respect that. It demonstrates a lot of maturity, choosing restraint.
Nah, Lagi was unexpectedly delayed, not deliberately dripfed. It has all its weapons and a modelled armor set, HRP values, coding for swimming through areas like Uth Duna, a Seikret Pouch loadout and recommended meal for its quests etc.
Whereas Zoh Shia even in the year-old Beta had two placeholder weapons and they were grouped with the TU stuff. It was never meant to be base game, but seemingly wasn't meant to be TU1 either (guess they underestimated the negativity).
Zoh Shia was also planned to be a TU according to the leaks. The reason why Lagiacrus and probably Steve was pushed back was because Jin Dhaad was apparently a big technical issue.
I mean they are probably gonna add story to these monsters appearing so I suppose it makes sense for one area to have more than one type of monster appearing as a sort of surge in activity. Especially since it is the one area with the most green so far and a strange red liquid repeatedly appearing. Also guess what? The new monster will use red bubbles as well!
I just hope they throw in some other monster. If each TU is just going to be a single monster with a single arch tempered (time limited on top) then i'd honestly be quite bummed about it
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u/NaonAdni 12d ago
I find it a bit weird that the first 2 updates bring 2 monsters to the same locale though. I really wanted to see what they could come up with in oilwell bassin or some more monsters that can make use of the desert and dune areas in the plains