Before dismissed hear me out Return of Prowler Mode

[Yurei]

with the ridiculous increase of mods of being palicos in world and even playing as palamutes as a mod for this game... why not make that dream official .Why not bring that mode back with 2 new buddy stories I say that because gathering hub and default story are 2 separate things you need to level up plus you can bring back legacy armors for palicos and hunters alike as well make new ones for palamutes to go with it bring some new exciting hunts as well from previous games you can use references give love to the series even more and have playable buddies and unlockable skills to bring further hunts new variety of tricks to get those beast even new rampages you seem to have a lot of games to promote too give them love too

[kampfer91]

If they want us to play as cat they would have done it in World already...
Hah prowler , such great feature but Capcom just brush it off ....

[mitspieler]

Prowler mode was the best broken thing ever

[Thermal Lance]

I miss that too. Didn't use it often mind you but it was a great way to break up the routine for a bit and have some mindless fun.

[mitspieler]

I also don't know anyone hating on prowler mode. You could easily ignore it like a weapon you don't play. But maybe Capcom was not happy with the reception or balance. I still hope they're just reworking it.
Maybe there will be some sort of ultimate version for the new gen titles where it fits. But my gut tells me they're probably going to reimplement underwater combat first -.-

[MimicMachine]

Originally posted by mitspieler:

But my gut tells me they're probably going to reimplement underwater combat first -.-

I wan't a fan of 3ds (with one control stick) water combat but I honestly thought the wii underwater combat was one of the better water controls schemes I've played in a game.

[Netsa]

Even if someone was able to create a mod to play as cats, it won't be as good as the official Prowler mode was.

I don't even see where there were balance problems, honestly. Prowler was always weaker than using a real weapon, if I remember correctly. They were just easier to play because they didn't have to sharpen, could die multiple times without counting as a cart, and could essentially use their skills infinitely. It wasn't much different from playing a chibi DB, they were just super fun. I remember playing one with Taunt and Adept Guard, and I just spent as much time as possible spanking myself in front of Diablos (while my friend killed it).

It didn't need any balancing. Maybe too few players were playing it or something.

[JPM岩]

The problem with Prowler mode is that its either horribly broken, or horribly weak. Look at how Gunners vs Blademasters work. Gunners effortless shread monsters vs blademasters. Adding a third "weapon class" just will make worse problems.

[Netsa]

Originally posted by JPM岩:

The problem with Prowler mode is that its either horribly broken, or horribly weak. Look at how Gunners vs Blademasters work. Gunners effortless shread monsters vs blademasters. Adding a third "weapon class" just will make worse problems.

It's only been implemented once. It was weak, but weak is better than broken.

Also, the gunner problem isn't a real problem. They tend to have overpowered combos, yeah, but the actual usage statistics are never in their favor. Everyone's been using Longsword, even before it was buffed by Rise.

[Yurei]

I take as no one wants extra content after sun break give the game four months of gameplay like iceborne did only to uninstall after the game is completed of all its grind lets all talk about off topic under water combat instead when the topic was would prowler mode be fun to comeback and by the thoughts of weak or strong < broken or balanced is the better half of that because you do not want an easy win fact you want to feel like you earned the reward you worked hard for the carves or even unlocking skills or tools with legacy armor should come arts with respective armors we now have better controllers to use or even better ways to play it now we should never worry about underwater battles because we dont have creatures or an area to even contemplate that nor should we truly want too
we should look into having fun with the game with friends and hunts even if they drop 1 new weapon type it wont be enough content because we all probably would have the materials to craft every tree by then

[kampfer91]

Originally posted by JPM岩:

The problem with Prowler mode is that its either horribly broken, or horribly weak. Look at how Gunners vs Blademasters work. Gunners effortless shread monsters vs blademasters. Adding a third "weapon class" just will make worse problems.

Weak or strong , it doesnt matter at all. When you buff and nerf , weapon just swap theirs place and never truly on equal ground . Hoping for a game with balanced weapon is like chasing unicorn at this point .
Prowler mode either bursted or weak , it is what it is but it is not a problem . What matter is the class itself required some efforts and time to master thus people have fun playing as cat.

[mitspieler]

It's still feasible that Capcom actually see's its potential and tries to make it viable like other weapons instead of just a gimmick. That's what I hope for.
It's a tad harder to get some sort of "balance", since prowler mode changed some core mechanics. But it's such a neat way to lighten up the formula. However, with all the qol changes we got for hunters now, the prowler benefits aren't that huge anymore.

[Pisaro]

Nodoby serious would be play as a Cat or a Dog. Wtf...totally weird.

[Asedora]

As long as it does not repeat the same mistakes of GU where it was pretty much only abused for boomerang spam or entirely useless otherwise,sure,must be pretty easy to implement

[MrLuckless]

How many mechanics from previous games have been transferred over to following titles? I know one game had water combat and it hasn't returned since, Prowler was a thing and now is not, and nobody seems keen on Clutch Claw and mantles returning. It doesn't look like the odds are high that it'll return in Sunbreak. Who knows, stranger things have happened, maybe the ultimate weapon to save the kingdom is a cat.

[Talon]

I just want an excuse to enjoy the landscape as an OP cat and have some laughs with buds