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[Chattox]

This is going to make me sound like a complete noob since I'm barely into the game at all but god damnit giant frills are hard to get

[Seriyu]

Well I meant stunning inparticularly, like when you get "hit" by a roar or wind or a tremor or whatever, not damage. I know there's still a ton of stuff that would cause damage.

Actually, now that I think about it... I don't think it can block currents like when the Gobul inhales.

Oho, that's a fine point actually.

This is going to make me sound like a complete noob since I'm barely into the game at all but god damnit giant frills are hard to get

If you're referring to King's Frills off the Great Jaggi, make sure you break the head (You'll know it happened when he flinches and little bits of... well him go flying everywhere. His frill will also look a little ragged.) AND be sure to fight it in a quest. It's a wound reward and you only get them from quests. If you break his head you'll get it pretty regularly, about half the time if I recall right. It's pretty tough to do it just starting out, but you'll get better at it. If you're using dual swords or sword and shield or something that otherwise has a hard time contacting with his head, don't be afraid to switch to a longsword or great sword or something for the fight so you can hit his head a little easier. People talk about "maining" weapons, but it seems to me that even people that do that tend to switch to other weapons from time to time for breaks.

And if you knew all that and are just having trouble with it, nevermind!

[Chattox]

Are you sure it has to be a quest? I managed to get one while free hunting in the woods. Also, longsword is the weapon I use most; so hopefully hitting it's head wont be a problem. I didn't know you could break specific parts for specific drops; that's really cool! Is there any way to find out what other parts of monsters are breakable or is it just a case of finding out by trial and error?

[Knirisk]

Are you sure it has to be a quest? I managed to get one while free hunting in the woods. Also, longsword is the weapon I use most; so hopefully hitting it's head wont be a problem. I didn't know you could break specific parts for specific drops; that's really cool! Is there any way to find out what other parts of monsters are breakable or is it just a case of finding out by trial and error?

A quest has a far higher chance than usual. Occasionally, with certain monsters, there's a shiny that's dropped when you break a certain part, which usually has a teeny 5% or so chance of being the part in question. Some rare drops can be carved, but a lot of the drops are from breaks.

Not to mention that breaking all the parts of the monster (and cutting off the tail) increases the reward at the end because there's a specific section marked for break and capture rewards. But yeah, generally, it's easier to do quests for parts and just hunt monsters in the woods for resources. Don't do like I did when I first started, hunting the Royal Ludroth 5+ times in the woods to make a set of Ludroth armor.

As to the final question, all monsters have breakable parts. If they have a tail, usually it can be cut off. If they have an obvious head, usually it can be broken. Capcom does a good job of making breakable parts really noticeable, and it's obvious when certain parts are broken. Don't worry about it too much, and if you want to know how to get a certain part, just go to the Monster Hunter wiki.

[Neyvn]

While chatting with a friend within our fledgling Gaming Group we discovered that we both own and love Monster Hunter Tri. While neither of us have the WiiU and Monster Hunter Ultimate for it (though I have the 3DS and Game) we both agreed that we need to get online and slaughter.... I mean capture and release some of the big Monsters out there, cause yeah...

The quick question though is...
Should we just go from the get go with BRAND NEW CHARACTER for the fun of it and hit the Online Hunts together as fresh hunters or should we look into have a solid Single Player Character all set up with both gear and such before we touch Online together. Has anyone ever done something like that before? Do you miss out on things like I know that in Tri the Long Sword and Switch Axe are unlocked in the single player, does not playing the single mean we don't have access to those tools???

[Baneling]

You don't have to "unlock" them in online play, but you can't buy any of either for a while - you have to get to Gobul before you can get any, either way.

[Furtuka]

Aren't the old servers getting shut down this month?

[Neyvn]

Aren't the old servers getting shut down this month?

Shut your mouth...
Please tell me this isn't true...
If so more the reason for us to just get into it asap...

[Baneling]

Yeah, official statement says the 30th of April.

There's no real point in trying to play, really.

[DeKaFu]

To answer your question, online and offline are largely the same. Almost all the offline quests are repeated online, with the main difference being that monsters have more HP online (something like 1.5x). The main differences come in once you get into high rank stuff online, since that introduces a lot of new items and drops which in turn open up a lot more armor and weapons to be made. That takes a long time, though, and you might not make it in time.

There's nothing you need to play offline to unlock, and I don't think it would make things particularly easier or harder if you start a new character for online, so it's up to you.

But yeah, a beautiful thing is dying forever at the end of the month.

[Seriyu]

Are you sure it has to be a quest? I managed to get one while free hunting in the woods. Also, longsword is the weapon I use most; so hopefully hitting it's head wont be a problem. I didn't know you could break specific parts for specific drops; that's really cool! Is there any way to find out what other parts of monsters are breakable or is it just a case of finding out by trial and error?

Knirisk beat me to it mostly but yes, generally tails can be cut or broken, at least if they're fairly long (the only tails that can't be broken that I can think of are the raptor boss tails (Jaggi is the first of them), qurupeco, and.. that's about it really) heads can be broken, from there, it's kind've a hodgepodge but some common ones are some part of the wing, sometimes the entire wing, sometimes a specific little bit, and in general if a monster usually has a huge defining physical feature it can almost always be broken.

While I'm here I'll also go over regional damage, in great jaggi's case he takes the most damage when you hit him in the head (not all breakable parts are weakpoints, but heads usually are a pretty good bet, if not the best; again, not always, it'll typically be obvious if they aren't), and takes fairly good damage everywhere else. Later monsters will, for instance only take decent damage to the main trunk of the body or head, and the rest of the body will only take minor damage. Sometimes the best area to attack are the arms, etcetcetc. There's also different damage charts for cutting and impact damage but generally they're fairly similar.

If you just need to know right now what parts are breakable and their damage charts, feel free to check out the wiki, just typing in monster hunter wiki should get you it. Right now it's still updating for 3U, but most of the 3 stuff is still fairly accurate.

[Knirisk]

And thus, at HR2, Gigginox becomes the first monster to actually make me use a Mega Potion. After all 9 first-aid meds and 4 antidotes.

Nice to know he's still as much of an asshole as I remember him to be. This reminds me that I need to make a fucking fire hammer just to deal with this bastard. I hate him. I hate him so.

[Geen]

I just went back to Tri and it's quite fun! My only problem is I'm still early game so the best weapons I have are a Ludroth Nail, a bone hammer, a bone lance+, a Rugged Sword, and a Bone Axe, and all the standard bowgun parts. My armor kinda sucks apart from my Rhino-whatever helmet. Any suggestions to not get my ass kicked? Also, when do I get the longsword?

[Seriyu]

From an LP I watched on tri you get it shortly after your first Barroth. As for armor I'd make great Jaggi Armor, it's really good just for the attack boost and looks decent to boot. As for weapons, it largely depends on what you're dealing with, but you should probably just fiddle with various types until you find one you like.

[penguinofhonor]

the only tails that can't be broken that I can think of are the raptor boss tails (Jaggi is the first of them), qurupeco, and.. that's about it really

In addition, you can't cut Plesioth or Nibelsnarf's tails at all. Ceadeus and Gigginox can have their tails broken, but not cut. And you can cut a hunk off the Duramboros' tail but not the whole thing.