I hate that Nata doesn't leave after you find his home.

[Mith]

Why is he even there after you find his home. I get it to some degree why he followed around in the beginning since he's the only one that knows where the white wreath looks like but the hunter organization shouldn't constantly keep him around in a battlefield, it's child endangerment. Furthermore, they're making him a key element of the story, I don't play this for the story but I bear with it but with this teenager in the mix it's unbearable. He doesn't add to the story and is just a constant annoyance whenever he talks. Honestly, the manager girl should've told him that he can't come since we'll constantly put him in danger and he finally found his home.

I'm so annoyed that he's here, he doesn't bring anything anymore, and the only thing he ever brought was the knowledge of how the white monster looked like. I also dislike the manager following as well, she doesn't do anything; but there is lore to make sense of her presence. The only character I like that follows is the blacksmith that at least has a use and serves as eye candy, i guess.

[Stun Batton]

the story in Mh never really matters
i just skipped most of the dialogue and cut-scenes so i could hunt monsters faster

[Mith]

Nata only gets worse. Yeah, you're right but it's making me skip over the boss intro as well

[Null Winter]

Nata carries an actual plot device; yank it off him and he stops being relevant after he's home.

Alma is a walking, talking menu; her entire purpose is literally (and better) performed by a billboard in your tent.

At least Gemma figures some plot things out and works on roadblocks while you hunt monsters.

There are bad plots, there are excuse plots, and then there are plots that were a waste of the dev's time to make and the player's time to time-gate the actual gameplay behind. Plenty of games do just fine without a story mode.

[Cadaver]

Well he actively wants to see it through, and well, hunters dont just pop into existence, we train from a young age, why would you at all be surprised that we dont mind supporting him in potentially becoming a hunter or researcher

[Cadaver]

Originally posted by Null Winter:

Nata carries an actual plot device; yank it off him and he stops being relevant after he's home.

Alma is a walking, talking menu; her entire purpose is literally (and better) performed by a billboard in your tent.

At least Gemma figures some plot things out and works on roadblocks while you hunt monsters.

There are bad plots, there are excuse plots, and then there are plots that were a waste of the dev's time to make and the player's time to time-gate the actual gameplay behind. Plenty of games do just fine without a story mode.

Alma actively provides you with resources during expeditions, gavering them and delivering you new supplies during missions/hunts

[Null Winter]

Originally posted by Cadaver:

Originally posted by Null Winter:

Nata carries an actual plot device; yank it off him and he stops being relevant after he's home.

Alma is a walking, talking menu; her entire purpose is literally (and better) performed by a billboard in your tent.

At least Gemma figures some plot things out and works on roadblocks while you hunt monsters.

There are bad plots, there are excuse plots, and then there are plots that were a waste of the dev's time to make and the player's time to time-gate the actual gameplay behind. Plenty of games do just fine without a story mode.

Alma actively provides you with resources during expeditions, gavering them and delivering you new supplies during missions/hunts

A function anyone or anything else can do; your feline indentured servant harvests stuff for you when Alma isn't present and sometimes when she is.

[Cadaver]

Originally posted by Null Winter:

Originally posted by Cadaver:

Alma actively provides you with resources during expeditions, gavering them and delivering you new supplies during missions/hunts

A function anyone or anything else can do; your feline indentured servant harvests stuff for you when Alma isn't present and sometimes when she is.

She also compiles the information that you come across to make reports back to the guild.

Like handlers exist for a reason, of course you can just not like them but acting like shes superfluous is silly.

[Kruxis]

Bro he STAYS? For god sake i want this ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ child do just piss off. Annoying, not bringing any value and pestering me like a parasite. ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ i am at a specific point where he tries to throw a rock at 2 duelling monsters and i am like "♥♥♥♥ this kid, let him go down there and do it, not my ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ job to prevent natural selection." Or like "MAYBE THE WHITE BEAST IS THERE, I AM GOING TO JOIN YOU" Why? Are you strong? Do you have weapons? Can you survive on your own? If at least 2 of those questions are answered with no, ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ NO YOU DONT JOIN IN. What he gonna do? "Yepp thats the one who killed my people. I dont know how that helps me to find hope but he sure is it" Great story arc.

I want this god forsaken child to be burried with his tribe in the beginning cave where ever it is. (I am only in Chapter 2 so i have no idea. But every time i see this kid and it trys to say something i wanna ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ smack the ♥♥♥♥ out of it.)

God i needed this vent.

[Stoic]

I'm 100% with you. This kid is obnoxious. Why is he on the forefront? Because he's curious? Who cares? Take him home, leave his ass there.

[Geirfinna Lieselotte]

He is what we call a MacGuffin.
He's utterly useless on itself, but absolutely indispensable for the story. He could have been replaced by anything. Instead of trying to find his village and people, you could just have found the necklace alone and try to find its origin and everything could have expanded on the necklace itself.

[Cadaver]

Originally posted by Geirfinna Lieselotte:

He is what we call a MacGuffin.
He's utterly useless on itself, but absolutely indispensable for the story. He could have been replaced by anything. Instead of trying to find his village and people, you could just have found the necklace alone and try to find its origin and everything could have expanded on the necklace itself.

Story spoilers duh:
The macguffin is never used

[Lunii]

Originally posted by Kruxis:

Bro he STAYS? For god sake i want this ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ child do just piss off. Annoying, not bringing any value and pestering me like a parasite. ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ i am at a specific point where he tries to throw a rock at 2 duelling monsters and i am like "♥♥♥♥ this kid, let him go down there and do it, not my ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ job to prevent natural selection." Or like "MAYBE THE WHITE BEAST IS THERE, I AM GOING TO JOIN YOU" Why? Are you strong? Do you have weapons? Can you survive on your own? If at least 2 of those questions are answered with no, ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ NO YOU DONT JOIN IN. What he gonna do? "Yepp thats the one who killed my people. I dont know how that helps me to find hope but he sure is it" Great story arc.

I want this god forsaken child to be burried with his tribe in the beginning cave where ever it is. (I am only in Chapter 2 so i have no idea. But every time i see this kid and it trys to say something i wanna ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ smack the ♥♥♥♥ out of it.)

God i needed this vent.

Don't worry, he becomes little more than the researcher dude from World that grows honey for you lol

[Necropants]

The monster hunter story has always been a throw away I basically ignore it. You already know what the story is if you have played one of these games before.

[Anna]

Originally posted by Kruxis:

Bro he STAYS? For god sake i want this ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ child do just piss off. Annoying, not bringing any value and pestering me like a parasite. ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ i am at a specific point where he tries to throw a rock at 2 duelling monsters and i am like "♥♥♥♥ this kid, let him go down there and do it, not my ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ job to prevent natural selection." Or like "MAYBE THE WHITE BEAST IS THERE, I AM GOING TO JOIN YOU" Why? Are you strong? Do you have weapons? Can you survive on your own? If at least 2 of those questions are answered with no, ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ NO YOU DONT JOIN IN. What he gonna do? "Yepp thats the one who killed my people. I dont know how that helps me to find hope but he sure is it" Great story arc.

I want this god forsaken child to be burried with his tribe in the beginning cave where ever it is. (I am only in Chapter 2 so i have no idea. But every time i see this kid and it trys to say something i wanna ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ smack the ♥♥♥♥ out of it.)

God i needed this vent.

i think you just hate traumatized children, actually.

Originally posted by Geirfinna Lieselotte:

He is what we call a MacGuffin.
He's utterly useless on itself, but absolutely indispensable for the story. He could have been replaced by anything. Instead of trying to find his village and people, you could just have found the necklace alone and try to find its origin and everything could have expanded on the necklace itself.

he's a little more than just a macguffin. he does actually grow throughout the story, in a way that is conducive to the story's themes. i really do think media literacy is dead when i read these forums

Originally posted by Null Winter:

Originally posted by Cadaver:

Alma actively provides you with resources during expeditions, gavering them and delivering you new supplies during missions/hunts

A function anyone or anything else can do; your feline indentured servant harvests stuff for you when Alma isn't present and sometimes when she is.

you're *with the guild*, on an expedition and research/rescue operation, unlike other monster hunter games, where you aren't tied to the guild in any meaningful way. these "other people or things" don't exist within the setting of this game, because you are in a remote, uninhabited by greater society, location. her role is the same as that of the guildmarm or any other quest giver so far. she generally has less to say than the guildmarm, which is sad, but she isn't The Handler, which is a huge plus. your time of idling in a village detached from the main areas will come again with monster hunter 7.

there is absolutely no way in which Alma not being there would make sense. she directly causes your hunter to join the expedition, and cares deeply for Nata.

i'll concede that gemma's just there to look pretty. as all monster hunter blacksmiths have been.

[Anna]

Originally posted by Lydia:

Don't worry, he becomes little more than the researcher dude from World that grows honey for you lol

that's actually another person in suja that does that. he just manages your trading so you don't have to hub hop.