Why am I still hunting Low Rank?

[Semantic Dragon]

So, it seems apparent to me that some BRILLIANT decision maker at Capcom wanted us to move on to High Rank once we'd gotten through the story. There aren't even any low rank expeditions or investigations, it's just a few Low Rank optional quests.

So why is it there are so many weapons that require me to farm up low rank monsters? Why do I have to hunt 50 Low Rank Guardian Rathalos to get enough flame sacs to get the G Rath weapons STARTED? Why am I slaughtering hordes of Low Rank Guardian Doshagumas to get the Arkveld weapons under way?

It isn't as if we can't bypass the Low Rank material requirements for a goodly number of weapons, but here we are, with a few select nuisance choices that DEMAND my time be WASTED in the most tedious portion of the game. They don't even bring low rank parts on the supply ship.

It'd be really nice if I could, you know, get back to playing the ACTUAL game, since Capcom clearly didn't care about Low Rank beyond the vehicle of a story, because this makes me not want to hunt those monsters again, even in high rank, because I just associate them with a mind numbing, tedious grind.

[アンジェル]

Originally posted by Semantic Dragon:

Why am I still hunting Low Rank?
So, it seems apparent to me that some BRILLIANT decision maker at Capcom wanted us to move on to High Rank once we'd gotten through the story. There aren't even any low rank expeditions or investigations, it's just a few Low Rank optional quests.

So why is it there are so many weapons that require me to farm up low rank monsters? Why do I have to hunt 50 Low Rank Guardian Rathalos to get enough flame sacs to get the G Rath weapons STARTED? Why am I slaughtering hordes of Low Rank Guardian Doshagumas to get the Arkveld weapons under way?

It isn't as if we can't bypass the Low Rank material requirements for a goodly number of weapons, but here we are, with a few select nuisance choices that DEMAND my time be WASTED in the most tedious portion of the game. They don't even bring low rank parts on the supply ship.

It'd be really nice if I could, you know, get back to playing the ACTUAL game, since Capcom clearly didn't care about Low Rank beyond the vehicle of a story, because this makes me not want to hunt those monsters again, even in high rank, because I just associate them with a mind numbing, tedious grind.

What are you even complaining about? Once you finished the game it is an easy task to get all the items fairly fast. If you do not want to do that, then do not get the weapons - they have also higher versions you can craft right away.

[Gooubliette]

Ill fix this post real quick

"Man i hate having to hunt a monster more than once in a game about hunting monsters so I'm going to scream at the clouds about it while being hyperbolic as ♥♥♥♥."

There you go little guy.

[Mechanique]

What if there was a system in the game that allows you to pick a weapon type and obtain a top tier weapon of that type without any low rank monster parts or whatever else you don't normally get from just playing the game? Would be cool, innit?

[[Asgard] Thor]

I had to hunt a LR maybe once or twice once I hit HR. You must be doing something wrong.

[Tenz]

Originally posted by Gooubliette:

Ill fix this post real quick

"Man i hate having to hunt a monster more than once in a game about hunting monsters so I'm going to scream at the clouds about it while being hyperbolic as ♥♥♥♥."

There you go little guy.

How can anyone not enjoy monsters while playing a game about hunting monsters???

[Gooubliette]

Originally posted by Tenz:

Originally posted by Gooubliette:

Ill fix this post real quick

"Man i hate having to hunt a monster more than once in a game about hunting monsters so I'm going to scream at the clouds about it while being hyperbolic as ♥♥♥♥."

There you go little guy.

How can anyone not enjoy monsters while playing a game about hunting monsters???

oh look, its the "rage baiter" :P

[prpl_mage]

I also had to hunt 2 Low Rank G Rathalos to get the basic weapon. Flame Sacs was the problem, none of the other low rank monsters drop them, and you can't get them in HR.

Guardian Fur / Skin / Pelts whatever I had dozens of, both from fighting the main story and also for taking on the low rank Arkveld.

Still, I don't mind there not being any investigations for low rank, there wouldn't be much point to include them into the system when you have the optional quests for each large and small monster you need parts from.

[Black Lamb, Rock Enjoyer]

Yea, you get to the point where your gonna hunt Low Rank more than High Rank cus of how railroaded they make the quests to push you into HR.

[PurpuluDragon]

I don't understand, you can litteraly hunt low rank monster under 2 minutes (maybe 3, sometimes they are far from camp). And with one voucher or 2 hunt you'll get near everything you need...

I'd rather fight only a few times the monsters in low rank, than having to be stuck in low rank to get so much materials i'll never need it anymore. And just go back to do a hunt or two to the monster in 5 minutes and go back to high rank.

[Han Daimond]

I think people are missing another issue.

Honestly, separating the difficulty with ranks is so archaic and I wish Capcom would just ditch it once and for all.

Like OP said, there is no other reason to go back to Low rank but to get unique materials, hunting weak monsters just isn't fun later on, so why even justifying its existence?

Capcom should come up with another kind of system to bump up the difficulty while using the same monsters without the use of ranks.

[Mr Danglarium]

Originally posted by Han Daimond:

I think people are missing another issue.

Honestly, separating the difficulty with ranks is so archaic and I wish Capcom would just ditch it once and for all.

Like OP said, there is no other reason to go back to Low rank but to get unique materials, hunting weak monsters just isn't fun later on, so why even justifying its existence?

Capcom should come up with another kind of system to bump up the difficulty while using the same monsters without the use of ranks.

They did it well in Rise by having the Kamura Twins, one was low rank and the other did everything else.

It was just a simple way to seperate quests instead of yet another menu in a menu disguised as a menu

[RipleyHRGiger]

Originally posted by Semantic Dragon:

So, it seems apparent to me that some BRILLIANT decision maker at Capcom wanted us to move on to High Rank once we'd gotten through the story. There aren't even any low rank expeditions or investigations, it's just a few Low Rank optional quests.

So why is it there are so many weapons that require me to farm up low rank monsters? Why do I have to hunt 50 Low Rank Guardian Rathalos to get enough flame sacs to get the G Rath weapons STARTED? Why am I slaughtering hordes of Low Rank Guardian Doshagumas to get the Arkveld weapons under way?

It isn't as if we can't bypass the Low Rank material requirements for a goodly number of weapons, but here we are, with a few select nuisance choices that DEMAND my time be WASTED in the most tedious portion of the game. They don't even bring low rank parts on the supply ship.

It'd be really nice if I could, you know, get back to playing the ACTUAL game, since Capcom clearly didn't care about Low Rank beyond the vehicle of a story, because this makes me not want to hunt those monsters again, even in high rank, because I just associate them with a mind numbing, tedious grind.

Bro, you're playing the wrong kinda game. MH games and ARPGs are about grinding for loot to obtain better gear. That's it. That's the point. If you don't like that then move on.

[IvoryTemplar]

Originally posted by Semantic Dragon:

So, it seems apparent to me that some BRILLIANT decision maker at Capcom wanted us to move on to High Rank once we'd gotten through the story. There aren't even any low rank expeditions or investigations, it's just a few Low Rank optional quests.

So why is it there are so many weapons that require me to farm up low rank monsters? Why do I have to hunt 50 Low Rank Guardian Rathalos to get enough flame sacs to get the G Rath weapons STARTED? Why am I slaughtering hordes of Low Rank Guardian Doshagumas to get the Arkveld weapons under way?

It isn't as if we can't bypass the Low Rank material requirements for a goodly number of weapons, but here we are, with a few select nuisance choices that DEMAND my time be WASTED in the most tedious portion of the game. They don't even bring low rank parts on the supply ship.

It'd be really nice if I could, you know, get back to playing the ACTUAL game, since Capcom clearly didn't care about Low Rank beyond the vehicle of a story, because this makes me not want to hunt those monsters again, even in high rank, because I just associate them with a mind numbing, tedious grind.

This clearly isn't the series for you if you don't want to grind and/or improve your character in order to get to better content. It's not for everyone. You'll probably enjoy Roblox more.

[Zerostrikesback]

Low Rank is the weenie hut jr's level of play, and the developers do not act two ways about it. Low rank is a stepping stone for High Rank, which is where the game's difficulty is (supposed to be) present.