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ThirdFleetHunter👻🎃 @3rdfleethunter.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Also got some great Guild quests from it Finally have a G Rank Deviljho quest

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ThirdFleetHunter👻🎃 @3rdfleethunter.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Ruby Basarios, Yian Garuga, Shrouded Nerscylla, Deviljho and Plum Daimyo Hermitaur Definitely my best G Rank expedition yet

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ThirdFleetHunter👻🎃 @3rdfleethunter.bsky.social · 31/10/2024

To the peeps that are worried about Swaxe counter, this is the damage you take from countering Rey Daus attacks So yeah, there’s definitely a lot more balance to it Still think it didn’t need one, but it ain’t too bad

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ThirdFleetHunter👻🎃 @3rdfleethunter.bsky.social · 29/10/2024

So, my guy Erik said that even monsters that usually aren’t in packs in the West actually move in groups over here

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ThirdFleetHunter👻🎃 @3rdfleethunter.bsky.social · 29/10/2024

So, I guess the Sand Dunes completely by themselves don’t really slow you down, but in combat it happens a lot, that monsters, especially when doing attacks, loosen up the ground, which actually slows you down or makes you sink in, etc., & I think that’s what I meant at Gamescom. So damn peak!

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ThirdFleetHunter👻🎃 @3rdfleethunter.bsky.social · 28/10/2024

Colorful Zamtrios! Guess I‘m 20 now. Only gotta stay away from Murica for 1 year from now on.

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ThirdFleetHunter👻🎃 @3rdfleethunter.bsky.social · 28/10/2024

Nice Btw Brute Tigrex is a goated subspecies

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ThirdFleetHunter👻🎃 @3rdfleethunter.bsky.social · 28/10/2024

Why is it always the Wyporium quests, that are so cool?

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ThirdFleetHunter👻🎃 @3rdfleethunter.bsky.social · 27/10/2024

The lack of facial expression from old Rajang is unintentionally scary

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ThirdFleetHunter👻🎃 @3rdfleethunter.bsky.social · 26/10/2024

My 3 returning monster picks for each locale: Windward Plains: - Pariapuria - Qurupeco - Akura Vashimu Scarlet Forest: - Najarala - Seltas Queen -Gobul if it had UW/Baruragaru without UW Oilwell Basin: - Gravios - Agnaktor - Gogmazios Presumed Ice Map: -Gigginox -Gammoth -Zamtrios

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ThirdFleetHunter👻🎃 @3rdfleethunter.bsky.social · 23/10/2024

This is great, Sunken/Volcanic Hollow are one of my favorite volcanic maps & having this concept be actually put in one single map with a dynamic season system is great. Also, having those machines being an active part of the hunt, like environmental traps & probably threats, looks interesting too.

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ThirdFleetHunter👻🎃 @3rdfleethunter.bsky.social · 23/10/2024

This reminds me of Sunken Hollow. You’ll have the normal cold state with oil & tar. When the forge is active, everything heats up & maybe we even gotta clear some quests first to get it in shape. Then everything overheats at some point & this is the main season for Mr Black Flame.

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ThirdFleetHunter👻🎃 @3rdfleethunter.bsky.social · 23/10/2024

So, we got an Apex for Fire 🔥, Water 💧 and Thunder ⚡️, now we just need one for Ice 🧊 and Dragon 🐉

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ThirdFleetHunter👻🎃 @3rdfleethunter.bsky.social · 23/10/2024

Also, new Monster Type?! Octopus looking ass - we’re actually getting a monster type based around them! Think I already tweeted of that idea long ago🤔

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ThirdFleetHunter👻🎃 @3rdfleethunter.bsky.social · 23/10/2024

So the Black Fame guy is like the Apex of the new map I think and he always appears when the Smith Oven thingy is like active and hot and everything is heating up or something and this is basically what the season system is of this map I guess?

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ThirdFleetHunter👻🎃 @3rdfleethunter.bsky.social · 22/10/2024

Alright, my High Rank set is done😊 Attack+2 and Critical Eye+2 No belly free Kecha chest anymore tho :(

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ThirdFleetHunter👻🎃 @3rdfleethunter.bsky.social · 21/10/2024

Crafted a few sonic bombs for High Rank Monoblos

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ThirdFleetHunter👻🎃 @3rdfleethunter.bsky.social · 21/10/2024

I kinda find Ruby Basarios visually very appealing Very excited when I’m going to fight him, almost never fought him back then

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ThirdFleetHunter👻🎃 @3rdfleethunter.bsky.social · 21/10/2024

Shagaru Magala - The evolution of Gore Magala, a powerful Elder Dragon with golden scales, a contrast to the dark frenzy virus it controls. It’s attacks are much stronger ofc, it got a few new moves, tho I’d expect more from it to stand out, especially for such a showdown. Theme is great tho. B-Tier

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ThirdFleetHunter👻🎃 @3rdfleethunter.bsky.social · 21/10/2024

Seltas Queen - Giant bug with a unique mechanic. She has a Seltas on her side, that she bonds with, opening a new repertoire of attacks & making her able to fly. U can kill Seltas to ease the fight, but she calls another later. She can eat the Seltas if exhausted & is guarded when she sleeps. S-Tier

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ThirdFleetHunter👻🎃 @3rdfleethunter.bsky.social · 20/10/2024

Follow me and with a chance of 0.01%, this Gobul Baby will be on your doorstep tomorrow

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ThirdFleetHunter👻🎃 @3rdfleethunter.bsky.social · 20/10/2024

Gore Magala - The iconic flagship who’s presence & importance within the story is undeniable, from the frenzied monsters to the super tough Apex monsters. It’s design is the definition of cool & I adore the colors. Fight is great & I love the frenzy mechanic, since it pushes aggressive play. A-Tier

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ThirdFleetHunter👻🎃 @3rdfleethunter.bsky.social · 20/10/2024

Najarala - Harmony between combat & ecology. It incorporates its preying methods into the fight very well, using its long body to circle U in, making the circle smaller as U try to get out & then paralyzing & finishing U. It shoots scales that explode into sonic waves & it digs in the ground. S-Tier

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ThirdFleetHunter👻🎃 @3rdfleethunter.bsky.social · 20/10/2024

Zamtrios - Perfect mix of cool- & silliness. In his 1st form, he has an ice armor, making it harder to damage & is quite mobile, charging at U & digging in the ground. In the 2nd, he inflates like a balloon, reaching a massive size & rolling U over or jumping at U. Very silly, but fun. High A-Tier.

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ThirdFleetHunter👻🎃 @3rdfleethunter.bsky.social · 20/10/2024

Nerscylla - Our first big spider. Gets teased by it’s nest with dead Gypceros hanging there - so cool. Fight is great, got cool moves around the webs in the area, adding verticality. It stings U making U sleep to finish U off with its poison scissors. It also shoots spider webs to drag U in. S-Tier

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ThirdFleetHunter👻🎃 @3rdfleethunter.bsky.social · 19/10/2024

Tetsucabra - Big frog, teaching you about good positioning with his bigger attacks. It’s cool to see how 4U starts of with so many new and unique monster skeletons. Pretty solid monster, like the rocks he pulls out of the ground. Also, his equipment is always cool. B-Tier

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ThirdFleetHunter👻🎃 @3rdfleethunter.bsky.social · 19/10/2024

Kecha Wacha - Silly monkey, who’s pretty mobile & fun to fight. Makes great use of 4Us verticality by being able to hang from & climbing on vines. Also teaches U about sonic bombs & effective item usage, cus he’ll be knocked down if U use them when hanging from vines, but only when not angry. A-Tier

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ThirdFleetHunter👻🎃 @3rdfleethunter.bsky.social · 19/10/2024

Let’s start the list with Seltas. It’s a nice starter monster, which’s in the air quite a lot, teaching you about flashbombs & utilizing 4Us verticality with mounting & jumping from ledges. You can also make it charge against a wall, so that it gets stuck, creating a big opening. + its a bug B-Tier

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ThirdFleetHunter👻🎃 @3rdfleethunter.bsky.social · 19/10/2024

So yeah, they really really do focus a lot more on having to deal with the rough nature, like all the environmental threats and circumstances, as well as weathers, which I find super epic. Also, focus Mode is based too imo, except that it shows you monsters weaknesses. (19/21)

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ThirdFleetHunter👻🎃 @3rdfleethunter.bsky.social · 19/10/2024

You kinda sink into the sand like you’d normally expect irl too, slowing you down, especially when climbing the dunes & you kinda slip away when you’re on the other side down. Monsters are also able to destroy them or create little pits in the sand, like we already saw. (18/20)

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ThirdFleetHunter👻🎃 @3rdfleethunter.bsky.social · 19/10/2024

Let’s get to the the dunes, which is where we mostly fought him. They’re a fantastic environment! These are by far the best sand physics we ever had, not only are these dunes pretty high & steep, creating some verticality, I felt they also present a movement obstacle. (17/20)

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ThirdFleetHunter👻🎃 @3rdfleethunter.bsky.social · 19/10/2024

The fight was great! He hit like a truck & has some delayed moves. He attacks a lot with his wings, but remains pretty distinct from Astalos. Ofc you have his „railgun“, where he can shoot smaller lightnings multiple times in a row & also that big full charged one. (15/21)

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ThirdFleetHunter👻🎃 @3rdfleethunter.bsky.social · 19/10/2024

Our supposed target was to slay a Doshaguma Alpha, who’s often surrounded by a bunch of regular Doshas. Me and Lolli didn’t really fight him tho, we ofc went for Rey Dau, who appeared a little later together with the Thunderstorm, letting the other two alone with Dosha. (14/21)

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ThirdFleetHunter👻🎃 @3rdfleethunter.bsky.social · 19/10/2024

As I said, it’s much more open, you can freely walk around Windward Plains, which are huge, so it’s good to have a Seikret. You also have so many large monsters running around at the same time, Chatacabra, multiple Balahara & Doshaguma & later even Rey Dau. It’s so cool. (13/21)

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ThirdFleetHunter👻🎃 @3rdfleethunter.bsky.social · 19/10/2024

So yeah, there’s not much else to say about the single player demo. I encountered these super cool bug monsters, that even got a little knock down/grab attack, despite being a small monster. But yeah, this is where it’s pretty much over. (11/21)

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ThirdFleetHunter👻🎃 @3rdfleethunter.bsky.social · 19/10/2024

After choosing your weapon, you’ll go into that cave, where you have to save the child’s dad from Chatacabra. Yeah, it’s just a neat little tutorial, nothing exciting really, he’s like the Great Jagras of this game. Still a cool monster with a whole lot of personality. (9/21)

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ThirdFleetHunter👻🎃 @3rdfleethunter.bsky.social · 19/10/2024

We find out that the dad of that child is stuck in a cave, but before going there, you chose your weapon by talking to Alma. You can directly chose one or ask what weapon fits you the most, where you’ll have to answer some questions & she’ll then give you a tip. (7/21)

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ThirdFleetHunter👻🎃 @3rdfleethunter.bsky.social · 19/10/2024

Yeah, it’s just a very scripted, somewhat interactive story chase sequence. Think we will have more such chase sections later, like the one we saw in the trailer (the 2 pics below). So far I’m not the biggest fan of how it’s executed tbh, it’s rather unexciting. (5/21)

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ThirdFleetHunter👻🎃 @3rdfleethunter.bsky.social · 19/10/2024

This sequence is very restricted. You don’t have much control about what’s happening, you can move to the side a little and later also shoot some sonic bombs at the Balahara, but I think that also doesn’t really matter how well you do or if you even do it at all… (4/21)

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ThirdFleetHunter👻🎃 @3rdfleethunter.bsky.social · 19/10/2024

The single Demo is the beginning of the story. You’ll start on the sandship & you see a child fleeing from a group of Balahara on their Seikret. Your heroic hunter then jumps from the ship onto their own Seikret & tries to help them while also dealing with the Balaharas. (3/21)

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ThirdFleetHunter👻🎃 @3rdfleethunter.bsky.social · 19/10/2024

There were two Demos you could play, one for single player and the other one for multiplayer. Both were very distinct from each other and I got to play the single player demo three times and the multiplayer demo once. (2/21)

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ThirdFleetHunter👻🎃 @3rdfleethunter.bsky.social · 19/10/2024

Alright, here’s the Thread about my overall impressions of the Wilds Demo that I played at the Gamescom a few weeks ago🧵 [MINOR SPOILER WARNING FOR THE BEGINNING OF THE STORY FROM PAGE 3-12] (1/21)

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