an hour ago, the information for the Autumn Festival went up, and the exclusive armor looks pretty neat:



runs from september 21st to october 4th. most of the events including extreme behemoth are back as well as kulve taroth. both USJ quests are listed as PS4 exclusive, but we'll see how true that ends up. also of note is that apparently the blossom layered armor will still be obtainable from Gajalaka Outbreak according to the quest description - this might mean that the spring bug armor will also still be gettable from the Vespoid Infestation quest.

also, no news yet on what the Festival will bring to PC, since their event calendar only shows two weeks instead of console's three.

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as far as Behemoth goes, i can usually take hits from him (i always attack his back legs when possible, so there's not much that reliably can) and don't cart in most of the 4-person attempts i've done - though i recognize that i'm not exactly a DPS either, so i've relegated myself to meme-wiggler-support-who-also-attacks-sometimes duty.

i've gotten to phase four quite a few times, and i've never hit the clock - it's always the ecliptic meteor that seals the loss. i do take the blame for one of the slayed-while-simultaneusly-triple-carted because i put a comet up against a wall accidentally, though.

also i usually like to duck behind the comets just cuz, but sometimes it makes me misinput. still clutched it though, somehow.

also i haven't tried forming up a group myself yet, i just search for SOSes or search for hub sessions that have a focus of Behemoth - this is largely due to me just not knowing anyone who still plays it on xbone

also dang my hyphen usage really went through the roof on this post

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mosswine mask and faux feline cosmetic armors coming tomorrow, along with USJ part 2 for xbone players. there's also mention of a new "fluffy" low-rank Dual Blades weapon. the AT Kushala event has been extended through the festival, and the Gajalaka Outbreak event now mentions a Gajalaka set for palicoes.

still no word on if/when PC will get a festival. they got an update yesterday for improved mouse options, but people still seem upset that it doesn't support ultrawide monitors..?

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been a few months!

AT Kulve Taroth is currently going on, with some behavioural tweaks and a new phase that gives new "rainbow" (even though it's just sky blue) raid drops labelled as Incandescent Weapons, which may get appraised into new Kjarr variants of the same ol KT weapons. The new Gamma armor has a lot of nice skills on it though, unfortunate that it takes so much materials...

coming up next month is the Appreciation Festival to celebrate the launch anniversary, rocking a snazzy suit (and it looks like the cosmetic armor might be the same this time?) as well as advertising the return of past Festival quests


Also coming up in the spring months is the Witcher 3 crossover event, the Monster Hunter series 15th anniversary, and AT Nergigante, then no more major content until.....


the Iceborne expansion comes out next fall! who's excited for nargacuga? lagombi? bologna? jam cloth? i find it kinda neat that the snow biome is an endgame/postgame area now instead of like, second or third. I wonder if they'll add the crafting ingredient for hot drinks to like, wildspire wastes instead of just the biome it's required in (like the chillshrooms!!)? But yeah, new biomes (plural!), monsters, equipment (oh boy here come more mantles i'll never use), "moves" (might just be gestures), and a new quest ranks. continues the story past the end of the base game.


and as for PC, they get the FFXIV crossover today and AT Teostra in a couple weeks. they still have a bit to catch up on, but it seems to be a nice pace. Iceborne is coming to PC as well, but it's unclear if they plan a simultaneous release with consoles.

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i totally agree that AT zorah is way more fun and interesting than regular ol zorah (plus it's like the easiest way to get augment stones that i still need, heh)

if Iceborne was a seperate release that wasn't multiplayer-compatible with MHW, i'd understand if they changed when certain skills and quests can be obtained, but i really don't think they'd lock things that are already obtainable behind a new paid add-on, that'd really upset people (esp. considering the amount of people new to the series with this game). I'm really hoping they do try to make at least some of the earlier stuff for iceborne on par with things like the temporal mantle, give some variety, but i don't mind if they get even more busted if they keep making monsters more difficult (i, uh, still have difficulty with most of the ATs...)

and uh, i'm not familiar enough with the older games (or at least the endgames of them) to be able to answer that last question

EDIT: looks like a new year's event got announced today too - no details just yet, but it's only available for 24 hours from the 31st to the 1st

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I really enjoyed the special investigation quest, might have to play a Witcher game at some point.... but monsters like Extremoth and Ancient Leshen i think i'll keep holding off on until i've run out of other things to do. Still haven't slayed the investigation Behemoth!!

But yeah, the AT monsters have been a solid experience for me once i've realised 1) i do better at them solo, and 2) making an armor set revolving around each elder dragon is a Good Idea. As i've mentioned before, World is the first MonHun i've played far into, and i'm still learning how to adapt to lategame play. I missed the AT Kirin cycle last week, but this week i've now gotten all the AT Vaal Hazak tickets i'll need.

Speaking of, if they plan on cycling through each AT monster again before unleashing AT Nergi, then we're looking at April 25th for it (and possibly this year's Spring Blossom Festival? they did confirm that they're yearly, right??)

also also, yesterday was monster hunter's 15th birthday! the US site lets you download a wallpaper with the flagship monster of each game, while the JP site has a lot of neat stuff on it.

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i'm actually a bit curious about how much defense boost and extra health is optimal given X amount of slots, but i haven't really tried looking up the multipliers or really any sort of hard data taken from the game

for AT Van Halen i've been using this, actually. the three Vaal pieces for effluvia resist + super recovery, swap out my usual vitality mantle for a health booster to counteract heavy effluvia, and the rest's basically my usual getup. down a mega armorskin at the start, get defense up L at the canteen, and damage isn't too much of an issue for me. (i do plan on getting health regen as my next weapon augment) i've also not been making weapons for different monsters yet either, just mostly relying on dragon to be decent against most anything

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Originally posted by Delpolo

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Iunno what they're gonna do for the AT schedule when there's stuff like AT Kulve Taroth and Extreme Behemoth and Ancient Leshen that may or may not count

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so my estimate was counting Tarot as an AT, but not extremoth or ancient leshen (Taroth is listed in the AT masterpost on the site, but not extremoth or leshen; AT Taroth was also already in the schedule for this week, with Teostra for next week)


with that said, extreme behemoth is on the event list for two weeks from now, though suspiciously it's one of only two listed for it (the other being Chew The Fat). maybe they'll announce AT Nergi for that week soon.......?

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hi it's me again

spring fest starts in two week, and even is bringing back the AT jagras and lavasioth for a week each! afterwards the AT cycle will continue where it left off with AT Xeno.

PC side of things has been exciting, they got a free HD texture dlc earlier in the week and they get AT Kulve next week! AC collab starts may 3rd, Witcher collab May 9th. they're just about caught up!

with AT Xeno ending on May 26th, you think that's when they're gonna finally drop AT Nergi? at that point, it's not gonna be much longer until Iceborne drops! or at least hopefully get some news for E3!

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with the second Blossom Festival going strong, i've finished up all the stuff that requires Teostra and Lunastra tickets, leaving me with only needing Kirin and Xeno tickets (and some of the AT Kulve crystals)

.......though i still need to complete He Taketh It With His Eyes, as well as extremoth and ancient leshen (i've had some good runs of the latter so far though, up to the third area of the fight). behemoth and AT Xeno seem very hard to do solo without knowing the meta for it, so i'll prolly hold off on those until my friends are available to help - kirin and leshen are next on my list, though (i keep surprising myself whenever i finally try an AT beast solo and kill it without any carts)

also..... i'm really loving the look of the guild cross armor

(sorry if that breaks anything, for some reason max-width didn't want to work so)
i think once i finish up all the AT tickets i'll be working on getting more crowns...

console versions now have a complete DLC pack (sans the Deluxe Kit items) for $40, and the PC version is currently on sale for $40! PC is also getting the Witcher quests on the ninth!

has anyone else still been playing?

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