I'm trying to craft the Tetsucabra S armor set for high rank, but I cant freaking find any Rhenoplos in high rank anymore. I'm reasonably sure I grassed every area while passing them on quests, and these dudes are nowhere to be found.
Btw, is anyone else finding the Insect Glaive to be slightly op? I was doing the Tetsucabra Hunt-A-Thon a few times, to get the materials for the high rank armor. Initially, I used the Ursupers Boltslicer (Longsword from Zinogre), because Tetsu is weak to ligthning. Not only was it nigh impossible to break the back of the dudes I killed, it also took quite a while to take them down. I usually had to follow them around 3-4 areas and finally killed them when they went to sleep.
On the third run, I went with the Stealth Glaive (Poison damage, from nerscylla). According to the stats, it does a bit less regular damage than the Boltslicer, so I expected the fights to take longer. I swear to Kirin, I took down each Tetsu in the area right where they spawned, in around 3-4 minutes, with breaking both their back and tusks without any difficulties whatsoever.
I dont know if it's the damage increase from the juices, the increased amount of hits or the fact that you can basically do the little "ride a monster"-minigame around 3 times with the Glaive, but it seems that they outperform most weapons in terms of raw damage. I had the same experience with Gore Magala. The fight was really hard with both the charge blade and the longsword. But the Glaive tore trough that guy like he was made from plastic.