Weapons of the lodge worth doing?

[Themightyred92]

Is this quest worth doing? Do I need those weapons? I really dont like the whole hunting grounds thing so if not needed i dont wanna waste my time.

[XxzodazZ]

Originally posted by Themightyred92:

Is this quest worth doing? Do I need those weapons? I really dont like the whole hunting grounds thing so if not needed i dont wanna waste my time.

I didn't and had no trouble with the game.I'm with ya,didn't care much for the hunting trials stuff.Just did what I had to do to get admitted into the lodge and went on

[Themightyred92]

Originally posted by SkunkJ:

Originally posted by Themightyred92:

Is this quest worth doing? Do I need those weapons? I really dont like the whole hunting grounds thing so if not needed i dont wanna waste my time.

I didn't and had no trouble with the game.I'm with ya,didn't care much for the hunting trials stuff.Just did what I had to do to get admitted into the lodge and went on

Yep same. Good to hear I will skip that

[Emromulus]

You get very decent weapons for 100% completion. These weapons are only replaceable with the Frozen Wilds weapons. Very optional though and many of the challenges can be frustrating - and frustrating is not necessarily fun.

[Burt Macklin - FBI]

The hunting grounds challenges aren't there for casuals so just ignore them little man.

[Teefa]

The first lodge was the hardest, IMO. I finished the rest in about 30 minutes near the end of the game. I thought they were a fun challenge. I liked being able to repeat challenges until my tactics were perfect, kinda like speed running.

[XxzodazZ]

I prob will try and at least complete them this time. I beat the game on ps4,did all side quest etc,except all the trials.Also didn't get every vantage point,metal flower,banuk figure etc. Would be fun to do a complete run this time I'm thinking.

[Engels78]

Use this guide below. Those trials really are not that hard! The main enemy was time!!! And with last trials use rope caster!!!!

Oh and read comments on YT 😉 Some are really helpful.

https://youtu.be/sUatPm1tckY

[ErzPaladin]

If you mean the lodge's rope caster, then no. It equals a Shadow Rope Caster (not to mention that a Caraja Rope Caster is cheaper ropewise).

If you mean that tear blaster: that thing is actually not bad, but mainly for stripping monsters off some cannons or upgrades (like stalkers or ravagers) which makes them easier to hunt. The Tear Blaster itself doesn't do much dmg. It's rather like a rattler with tear arrows equipped which always does single close range blasts with a medium stun chance.

[Themightyred92]

Originally posted by Sweep The Leg:

The hunting grounds challenges aren't there for casuals so just ignore them little man.

I play games to have fun not to be frustrated..if that makes me a casual so be it

[Fifty Three]

Not needed. I got all 3 just to have them, and I do use them over the normal counterparts.

If a trial is giving you trouble or you just want to know how to beat them right away just YouTube them. That's what I did.

[River Victor]

The weapons are second best tier in the game. It's better than purple tier, and inferior to purple w/ blue veins tier.

If you want to collect the ultimates like in FFX, you should try. However, it's only marginal difference in damage. You can go without. But it's nice to have a spare set of weapons for specific elements so you don't have to switch runes all the time, see.

[ErzPaladin]

Originally posted by Fifty Three:

Not needed. I got all 3 just to have them, and I do use them over the normal counterparts.

If a trial is giving you trouble or you just want to know how to beat them right away just YouTube them. That's what I did.

The Shadow and Lodge Caster are too expensive in case of using "HEAVY" ropes which affords more material to craft them. IMO i prefer the Caraja Rope Caster and mod 100+ Handling into it. That's more than enough and almost 50% cheaper.

The Warbow is stupid. Not worth it, cause if you put 3x max. mods into the shadow warbow you won't really see a difference. And you get only 1. Guess it was meant for corruption, cause that's the overall speciality of that bow and even THAT sucks.

The lodge's explosive sling is slightly a bit better than the Shadow explosive sling, but only in terms of handling. The Shadow starts with 40 handling while the lodge's has 70 to start with. That's all! No dmg difference!

You don't need those weapons unless you want them. It's like the overall trophy hunt-crap which appeared in all games since a few years. BUT! Unless you've the Iris-trophies they aren't worth it, either xD

[Engels78]

Originally posted by ErzPaladin:

Originally posted by Fifty Three:

Not needed. I got all 3 just to have them, and I do use them over the normal counterparts.

If a trial is giving you trouble or you just want to know how to beat them right away just YouTube them. That's what I did.

The Shadow and Lodge Caster are too expensive in case of using "HEAVY" ropes which affords more material to craft them. IMO i prefer the Caraja Rope Caster and mod 100+ Handling into it. That's more than enough and almost 50% cheaper.

The Warbow is stupid. Not worth it, cause if you put 3x max. mods into the shadow warbow you won't really see a difference. And you get only 1. Guess it was meant for corruption, cause that's the overall speciality of that bow and even THAT sucks.

The lodge's explosive sling is slightly a bit better than the Shadow explosive sling, but only in terms of handling. The Shadow starts with 40 handling while the lodge's has 70 to start with. That's all! No dmg difference!

You don't need those weapons unless you want them. It's like the overall trophy hunt-crap which appeared in all games since a few years. BUT! Unless you've the Iris-trophies they aren't worth it, either xD

I used Shadow rope caster and was really good... Those biggest machines were tight fast and lasted long.

[Just Chill]

Originally posted by Sweep The Leg:

The hunting grounds challenges aren't there for casuals so just ignore them little man.

I am a casual player as I also play games just for fun, but I did all trials on PS4 (imagine doing this with a controller) as I wanted the gear and the extra modifications from Frozen Wilds.

Who are you to judge what is for what player?

It's highly subjective.

[ErzPaladin]

Originally posted by Engels78:

I used Shadow rope caster and was really good... Those biggest machines were tight fast and lasted long.

I don't see any difference between Shadow- and Caraja Rope Caster in terms of tangling bigger enemies. But I also never stopped the time of monsters being tangled (which isn't that important, cause attacking those monsters destroys ropes).
I don't say you can't use the Shadow-/Lodge's Rope Caster, but for that little speed bonus you almost pay twice the crafting price for your ropes.

for the same amount of ropes (6 with ammo crafter, 5 w/o it)

light ropes => 4x metall piece, 4x wire
medium ropes => 6x metal pieces, 6x wire
heavy ropes => 10x metal pieces, 10x wire

That's why I would rather recommend the Caraja with two max. handling mods.