First 'Monster Hunter' as a Solo Player?

[speedY [ Я v Ь ]]

So this could be my first Monster Hunter game, but before I buy it I have a question: Can I easily play it solo without problems? Since I don't have friends who play Monster Hunter, I had to play it solo, but I'm not sure if it's even fun to play it alone or more like frustrating

[Nezuko Pizza Delivery]

This has ai hunters that can join you with sos flare

[★ Moonlight ★]

It's got solo scaling and is perfectly fine as a solo experience, but it IS admittedly more fun with friends

[RotGoblin]

It's definitely MORE fun with friends, but yeah I've solo'd basically all of the last game.

Wilds also gives you AI "fake friends" who you can call in and they do a really good job, to be honest.

But if you are social enough, there will be LOADS of discord groups for Monster Hunter looking for players exactly like you who are looking for company to blast your way through a local monster extinction program.

[Vexillarius]

I played world solo. You can get people to join your pub match if you need but i really didn't bother until i got to very end. The HP scaling when people join is pretty brutal so i prefered to just play solo most of the time.

[LonesomeSparrow]

a lot of people follow this self-made hunter rule that they have to defeat a monster solo before they join the fight in multiplayer to help out others. so they know what the monster does and how to properly fight it etc.

so yeah, it's perfectly fine to play it solo. it's fun.
it is of course even more fun to goof around with buddies and slaying monsters in a team but which game isn't more fun with a couple of good friends?

[Cú/Moon]

Originally posted by speedY Я v Ь :

So this could be my first Monster Hunter game, but before I buy it I have a question: Can I easily play it solo without problems? Since I don't have friends who play Monster Hunter, I had to play it solo, but I'm not sure if it's even fun to play it alone or more like frustrating

I've beaten every game solo, (bar some required online hunts) and I haven't really done online play since my freedom unite days. You'll be fine.

[Yig]

In terms of difficulty If you're ok doing Dark Souls/Elden ring solo then you wont have a problem with MH Wilds (mostly talking end-game).
As with nearly every game it's better with friends but without friends solo is the 2nd best option with Monster Hunter, ignore the online until you hit a wall you cant beat.

Once you're done with the story, seen every monster and farmed your end-game set you can join random lobbies and help people maybe you'll find new friends !

[Nall]

Apparently this is the easiest MH game yet so I doubt you'll have any issues.

[zero]

short answer: yes

enemies scale if you are in multi, to account for more players

i find it fun solo if you just enjoy the "big boss fight" concept, if not, no idea if you will

[★ Moonlight ★]

Originally posted by Nall:

Apparently this is the easiest MH game yet so I doubt you'll have any issues.

That's got literally nothing to substantiate it but go off

[Xaelon]

Personally I play MH primarily solo and I have a great time.

As a new player it's arguably a better idea to play solo anyway. It's a rougher experience, but also WAY better at teaching you how to play.

If you always play multiplayer you probably won't learn the fights because experienced players can often end fights pretty quick. Depending on how good they are at staggering/traps/counters etc the monster may not get to do much at all.

And if you run into a monster you just can't beat and you've given it your best shot then consider using an SOS flare to either summon some players or NPCs to help you out.

And don't worry about getting downed when you're new. When I tried playing MH for the first time I spent a few hours getting sent back to town by the tutorial's Alpha Raptor. Don't give up though. Given enough persistance you can and WILL get your first win.

[Nall]

Originally posted by ★ Moonlight ★:

Originally posted by Nall:

Apparently this is the easiest MH game yet so I doubt you'll have any issues.

That's got literally nothing to substantiate it but go off

Multiple previews and now the leaked reviews say that they easily cleared the first half of the game. MH used to throw ♥♥♥♥ players on their ass by the time they fought their first large monster.

[Shugo]

Originally posted by speedY Я v Ь :

So this could be my first Monster Hunter game, but before I buy it I have a question: Can I easily play it solo without problems? Since I don't have friends who play Monster Hunter, I had to play it solo, but I'm not sure if it's even fun to play it alone or more like frustrating

1 - yes, solo playing is fine, you can do it no problem
2 - you can play with the NPCs only if you want, they will help you a lot
3 - if you try, monster hunter can be the game to make friends to play together, you can give a chance

[RotGoblin]

Originally posted by Nall:

Originally posted by ★ Moonlight ★:

That's got literally nothing to substantiate it but go off

Multiple previews and now the leaked reviews say that they easily cleared the first half of the game. MH used to throw ♥♥♥♥ players on their ass by the time they fought their first large monster.

That must be pre-World because World and Rise I didn't run into any walls until.. well, high rank, frankly.

[zero]

Originally posted by Goblin:

Originally posted by Nall:

Multiple previews and now the leaked reviews say that they easily cleared the first half of the game. MH used to throw ♥♥♥♥ players on their ass by the time they fought their first large monster.

That must be pre-World because World and Rise I didn't run into any walls until.. well, high rank, frankly.

thats normal honestly, low rank is mostly just a warm up, unless your especially new to arpgs you wont struggle through low ranks