Monster Hunter U Q&A thread

First topic message reminder :

this is a thread to post questions for monster hunter U (both wiiu and 3ds versions),
just ask anything related to mhu gameplay,tips,general info,etc.




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What's the average population count at any given time on Ultimate? Every time I head on there's around 600-700 people in Free A, 100-150 in the entirety of Novice, Experts is empty as is Help! and there's a further 500 or so in G-Rank.

I'm guessing that's just Super Mega Ultra Great British times, although even then Tri beat that by miles within months of its release. So what's the most amount of people online anyone's seen, and does it beat this paltry number?

I noticed a huge drop in players after a month of release. I remember seeing the servers almost always full, then more servers opened and those started to fill (well the Free and G-Rank atleast). Then all of a sudden, less people are on. Ive seen both Free and G-Rank servers completely full one time.

Eastern Times, early morning, the servers seem to be close to full, with B servers on both Free and G rank with a few hundred people on. As the afternoon rolls around, they seem to go down to mid 600s, and they hover up and down as the day goes on. Prime-time on the eastern board sees it go up to about 800, but I have not seen completely full servers since around launch time. I am pretty sure if they hadn't joined the European servers to the US, the numbers would have been much lower throughout the day, specially in the morning here (later afternoon in Europe).

Question: Anyone know how to delete an individual save spot?

I have only made one character, mainly because when I first got the game, I noticed that I couldn't find how to delete an individual save, and had to wipe the entire save file.

Edit: Woah, sorry... didn't notice I was the last one to respond to this thread.

I have looked and can't find a way to do this through the Wii U, it seems like the 3 save files are attached to your MH3U save file for that Wii U ID =/ Though if there is a way to do this I would also like to know ^.^

Q: A good LR set to star gunning? Both for light bowguns and for Bows (HBG are too.. clunky for me. Too slow). Also, good weapons too.

PerfectHeaD wrote:

Q: A good LR set to star gunning? Both for light bowguns and for Bows (HBG are too.. clunky for me. Too slow). Also, good weapons too.

I second this. I'm a longsword main and I'd like to get into bows.

I used wroggi for a while before better sets became available, but really there's not much in the way of awesome gunner sets for lr. Just use something that gives you a damage up skill like Au_, Critical eye + _, normal up, bombardier, etc...

Crystalis wrote:

PerfectHeaD wrote:

Q: A good LR set to star gunning? Both for light bowguns and for Bows (HBG are too.. clunky for me. Too slow). Also, good weapons too.

I second this. I'm a longsword main and I'd like to get into bows.

 
Keep in mind that bows are different than bowguns and the skills work a bit differently.
 
Advice is about th same though as what master said. Depending on the bow you are using though you may want to set your skills more towards it.. FastCharge is a good bow skill as a higher charge does more damage every time. If you are not good at evasion on your own use Evade skills also.
 
Pumpking armor once you have the beasties in the woods for it is a good bow armor if you are starting and it gives you lot's a chances to practice while getting the items you need for it.

There is also some good information and videos here you can check out to learn more about Bow's: https://mhwiki.forumotion.net/t9548-bow-guide-fun-with-arrows

I killed Silver los solo in less than 10 minutes with Bamboo Kaguya with Water Atk+2 as only offensive skill. I was thinking what can i do to buff its elemental value even more? I guess HH buff from The Apocalypso is the only way to go? I wonder what would happen if there were a team of 3 Bamboo Kagyua users with Water Atk+2 and HH supporter with The Apocalypso playin only Element Atk Up song.

So the question: how can i buff elemental more outside of above methods?

As far as I know, there are no buffs besides the Miralis HH and water/elemental up.

Antari18 wrote:

I killed Silver los solo in less than 10 minutes with Bamboo Kaguya with Water Atk+2 as only offensive skill. I was thinking what can i do to buff its elemental value even more? I guess HH buff from The Apocalypso is the only way to go? I wonder what would happen if there were a team of 3 Bamboo Kagyua users with Water Atk+2 and HH supporter with The Apocalypso playin only Element Atk Up song.

So the question: how can i buff elemental more outside of above methods?

They're not reliable, but the shakalaka dances can buff elemental attack. Waka-Waka + Woo-Hoo. Not sure if dance effects stack with HH songs, either.

Is Nibelsnarf suppose to take FOREVER to KO, or can you just not KO it when it's upside-down?

His KO resistance is pretty high. I am able to get one KO before it dies.

Ah okay. I fished him out so many times and just went to town on his head, but I still only managed one KO.

Does the G rank Alatreon have more hit points that the village Alatreon? Or are the hit points increased considering you could have up to 4 players doing it?

it has more HP, that's for sure.

What are Cosmic Tickets and how do you get them? I was looking up drop rates and I saw rare items that you could get by trading these tickets.

You need to exchange your guild card and play with that person which you exchanged it. After some time drunk Captain will give you them. You can exchange it for rath mantles, durambolite, palliums and zin skymerald iirc

Got a question. Why in 3U clust isn't good option? People just abandon clusting for some reason, and i remember in Tri it was popular strategy to speedrun Ala. What happened?

Antari18 wrote:

Got a question. Why in 3U clust isn't good option? People just abandon clusting for some reason, and i remember in Tri it was popular strategy to speedrun Ala. What happened?

Two words: Kelbi Bow.

Yeah but still why literally nobody uses clust? Can't find even one video with clust specific gunner set. WTF.

So, which platform would you guys recommend this on? Soloing is no object to me, but I wanna see the pros and cons before buying.

WiiU costs more, and 3DS is portable for road trips and such.

But 3DS has no multiplayer over the internet.

I have 3DS because I'm poor. ._.

Hey guys, I have a question about HR Volvidon armour. What kind of tali's and gems do I need to get attack up and slime damage up? I am going to farm Volvi today for the mats but I need to figure the rest out as well

Antari18 wrote:

Yeah but still why literally nobody uses clust? Can't find even one video with clust specific gunner set. WTF.

god's arch uses clust to do damage during all it's para/ko etc.