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[umiman]

There was a thread today saying Monster Hunter's PC port was shit.

Then IGN took offense to that and did a stream showing it off, and I watched it. Suffice to say, The PC port looks really solid guys. Runs well on all settings, from low to max. Looks relatively good on low, and great on max. No framerate caps, no hitching, no real issues whatsoever.

Also contrary to IGN's usual shenanigans, the stream was really informative with a guy who knew absolutely what he was talking about when it came to PC performance, and a player who was surprisingly good at the game.

Also the load times are incredible on PC, with an SSD.

Here's a link: http://ca.ign.com/articles/2018/07/25/monster-hunter-worlds-pc-port-actually-runs-great-so-far

[Ozyton]

I can't tell if that's supposed to be sarcasm.

As long as I can get 60FPS I'm good. 144 would be better obviously but I probably wouldn't notice as much as the jump from 30 to 60.

I've been trying to avoid anything MH related (aside form the release date) because I don't want to get spoiled too badly.

Seems the thing most people are complaining about it the Denuvo DRM, which not only is DRM but also apparently is bad for SSDs because of the constant writing. I'm still getting the game, my desire for MH far outweighs my dislike for extra DRM on top of Steam's DRM.

[umiman]

It's not sarcasm

[Malus]

Good to know the PC port isn't garbage. I preordered the PS4 version but couldn't stomach the frequent FPS dips below 30 — on a PS4 pro. I literally played less than two hours, it was terrible.

[umiman]

https://www.destructoid.com/monster-hunter-world-replaces-in-game-squads-with-steam-groups-on-pc-514770.phtml

If we want to play together we need to be in the same Steam group. What group shall we use?

[Ygdrad]

Can't wait to play. I've also been trying to not spoil anything and have avoided most of the info about the game. I did hear that the game was easier than the previous installments and that some veterans were somewhat disappointed, but I was already expecting this since this game's purpose is to attract new blood to the monster hunter series, it was always going to end up more "casual" or newbie-friendly. I just hope it's not a permanent shift/trend in the long run since Capcom has a bad habit or ruining its own franchises with questionable decisions, but if I want a brutal MH game I can always fire up Monster Hunter Frontier.

[Ozyton]

The game comes out tomorrow, hooray =D I actually took the day off from work (unfortunately Friday wasn't available...) just to play this. Unfortunately there won't be a preload and the game won't release at midnight. so hope you have a good internet connection to download the game with.

[Retropunch]

Whilst I never, ever normally pre-order I found a good deal on this, and I also believe that if the PC port is a bit clunky they'll put the work in to make it better. I'm imagining it'll be a long download time though if they're not allowing preloading. 

[JimboM12]

my friend was so hyped he bought the deluxe edition for all the bonuses and stuff.

me, being a monster hunter vet for 4 previous games, decided to save money by getting it through fanatical and getting the standard edition.

im wondering how good they made the deluxe samurai armor. is it a skin you can put over any armor or something, or is it a solid early game set? either way, i know how to slay monsters and i'll have a set of rathian armor asap. or tigrex, if they're in the game at all.

for all my hunter vet bros, whats your favorite weapon? mines the greatsword. i got so good at the timing in monster hunter generations that i could walk underneath a monsters swipe attack and turn around and get a good cut at its backside, all without taking damage.
that said, i do also have a soft spot for the longsword. i love pulling off combos and dodging like a swordmaster. and then mistiming a dodge and getting slapped upside the head and set flying.

[Ygdrad]

I'm rather fond of the charge blade, but my favorite still remains an evade+2 guard up, guard+2 lance. Only going for defensive skills seems silly, but this allows me to stick to a monster and always stay on the offensive with minimal downtime no matter what it's doing so it's still a damage potential boost, it's a pretty fun playstyle. This set carries over to charge blade quite well and makes it into another pretty versatile setup.

Edit: 2 hours till release, get hyped

[Ygdrad]

So the denuvo DRM version on MHW requires the FMA3 CPU instruction set to work, which means the recommended specs on the steam page wouldn't even be able to launch the game. Kind of hilariously sad when your DRM has higher requirements than your game. This was confirmed by the chinese version(by a different publisher) which launched a day earlier. All hope is not lost since the chinese version will be getting a patch to fix this in 20 minutes or so and the steam version releases in 40 minutes, I may be able to to run the game at launch after all. I'm guessing Capcom will patch this issue out of the steam version too since they could get slapped with fines if their game won't even launch on their recommended specs.

There's are legit good reasons to hate denuvo.

[umiman]

FUCKING DENUVO FUCKING I HATE YOU SO MUCH AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGHHHHH!!!!!!!!

[Man of Paper]

I'm a Long Sword user myself. I've found it best for dueling monsters since I usually played on my own. I started off with Dual Swords then went to Gunlance, but I love the combination of raw power, mobility, and selection of elemental attributes and status effect. I've got an estimated +2K hours in the series, most of it with the LS. I feel like, more than the other weapons, you need to have a deep understanding of your target and it's behaviors in order to get full worth from a Long Sword, and, at least in my experience, the one-on-ones with harder things like a Seregios or Rajang can feel more like a mind game than a fight. When I roll with friends I usually wind up taking the role of Gunner/Support though, so you can expect to see some of that from me as well.

I can't wait to get my hands on this and start my genocidal conquest, but I've got a vacation coming soon and work every day until then, so I might as well wait for another week or so. Until then, we definitely need to decide on a Steam group to use to play together.

EDIT: Booooooooooooo denuvooooo

[JimboM12]

ah, the dreaded denuvo elder dragon. beware its ability to prevent you from even starting the game.

[Ozyton]

It's difficult to say what weapon is my favorite, but 3U was my first game on the 3DS and I used lance back then without knowing mucha bout armor skills or anything like that. Throughout 4U I used switchaxe. I was a bit disappointed because I like axe mode quite a bit but if you aren't using sword mode then you're missing out on a lot of damage. I didn't play Generations all that much but I dabbled a bit with longsword in that game.

When it comes to Monster Hunter World I'm undecided on what weapon I'll primarily use. I'm thinking of going back to the lance, but if my friend (who played the first Monster Hunter but never got to play the others) decided to use it then I'm thinking of using either greatsword or hunting horn. Now that the game can be played on an actual controller (or keyboard/mouse) then gunning isn't entirely off the table either, but I probably wouldn't enjoy it as much as a blademaster weapon.