Here is a little run down, copy pasted from what I sent to one of my friends:
Lagiacrus was something they wanted to add to MH World. It was in the very first REVEAL TRAILER for the game. But it never got added- they couldn't figure out a way to get it to stop clipping into the environment. Come the DLC, Iceborne, they tried again but STILL couldn't get it to work.
Next game comes around, Rise. They made it their MISSION to try to get Lagiacrus in. A huge portion of the base roster are Leviathans, which is what Lagiacrus is, so it was clear they were working hard on the skeleton.
it was obvious from the get go getting Lagiarcus in was a important to the devs, so much so they made ALL the maps areas that monsters can enter near completely flat, that way there would be no clipping.
Then, Lagiacrus couldn't get added. It was too large, which caused clipping issues despite ALL this. Come the Rise DLC, they try again. Didn't work, they coulden't get Lagiacrus to work properly.
MH Wilds comes around, people are expecting SURELY they will get him in this time, right? Nope. He didnt come with the release, despite almost half the population of the base game being Leviathans. It was obvious Lagiacrus was another major goal on the devs mind.
First title update announced; Mizitsune. A Leviathan. But also one from Rise. No signs of Lagiacrus
If I recall, Agnaktor was going to be added in Sunbreak but the volcanic map was too small and tight for him. I believe Magma Almudron was explicitly made to replace Agnaktor in the roster slot. It was made smaller then base Almudron specifically cus they needed a small fire leviathan for the volcano.
I do not remember where I got this information however and I have heard plenty of people argue otherwise, so its possible this was common fan theory that was never actually confirmed by the devs. If anyone has a link to a dev talking about Magma Almudron and Agnaktor in Sunbreak please LMK.
Regardless, but I am certainly happy to transfer my Lagiacrus cope to Agnaktor.
I wonder what the justification for Pyre Rakna Kadaki is then. It has to be the most superficial monster in the expansion.
It's like a Gen 2 subspecies that snuck into the modern design philosophy
Small note but I do really generally hate seeing the smaller species and not having the bigger version in the game.
Seeing Jaggi and Jaggia in Rise made me nostalgic for 3 as well; since it was my intro to the series and doofus Great Jaggi is first thing you hunt iirc
I guess maybe there is some lore that not necessarily EVERY smaller species has the possibility of becoming a greater version of itself depending on the environment but it always strikes me as odd to see one without the other, another example from rise being the Jagras or Zamitrios.
Would’ve loved to see a big ice shark thing in rise, or whatever Agnaktor is (never fought either greater one)
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u/-Erro- 13d ago
I'm new to Monster Hunter and dont know why we are excited.