Sleep bombing.

[astranabeat]

Do you guys still do it ?

It feel like a wast of time. Also if monster go back to its nest. That mean captureable.

[zmanbuilder]

If i'm using a weapon that can inflict sleep i will.

[Riukensei]

Originally posted by astranabeat:

Do you guys still do it ?

It feel like a wast of time. Also if monster go back to its nest. That mean captureable.

You know you can put them to sleep right? It does a ton of part dmg to the head. So really only useful if you are doing big hits to break a head after putting it to sleep, not after it falls asleep when low hp. This has ALWAYS been the case.

[Lisa]

That's a hard debate.. Some People prefer to kill, some to capture. But i agree that sleep bombing on non Elders is pretty ""useless"". But if the Group wants to kill than capture, then it's good to Sleep Bomb, as long as it doesn't take too long to place Bombs!

[Sawblade Shieldslave]

nah not using it atm, its useless unless theres elder dragons that u cant capture

[palacentes]

I think generally it is a waste of time. Even before then, you stop the hunt so one GS guy can TCS the head, and sometimes when there is no GS or obvious heavy hitter guy, all of you stare at each other and think... ok who goes first? but your whole team could be setting up some nukes of their own if you dont bother. Most online teams arent that coordinated.

Its more of tradition. Mounting also isnt that efficient, but its fun. Or like you bother breaking all the monster parts instead of gunning the head only. Esp all of Nudra's tentacles. Not efficient esp when the group is chasing that last tentacle and nudra keeps rotating. Player just wants to goof off, its a game.

I think for a new player tho.... sleep bombing can be a big deal. You could break a part they had trouble with reaching or something and anything that brings a knock down closer is very good, since new players have a hard time fitting combos mid attack. They dont position, they wait it out.

[Khergit Horse Archer]

i do the new meta where i run in with the bomb and the monster wide awake

[アンジェル]

Originally posted by astranabeat:

Sleep bombing.
Do you guys still do it ?

It feel like a wast of time. Also if monster go back to its nest. That mean captureable.

No. Going always straight for the kill, unless I am after a drop which has a better chance via capturing.

[Comrade Bread ☭]

I'll stop to see if others are going to but otherwise no. Any monster not temp Ark or Gore die in at most 5 minutes anyway so it's just faster to unga bunga it anyway

[米飛]

Some times the HP are not low enough, I still bomb it.

[Washing Machine]

I don't even know what the drop differences in kill or cap are, the materials are so plentiful anyway I don't see why I should care either way. I got surplus of everything anyway.

Only time I really go for cap is same policy as MHRise, if the co-op dudes have carted twice and I ain't trust em to finish without messing up again, I'll go for capture just to finish it faster and safer.

[Lorethys]

Sleep bombing always has been and will always be the strategy of groups who need to break specific parts but will neither work on positioning and/or targeting, nor take Partbreaker. The number of times my friends have been disappointed a tail doesn't get cut while they spend half the fight beating on the monster's skull is uncomfortably high.

I only ever sleep bomb occasionally for the lulz. And only when a monster happens to sleep when I happen to have bombs on hand. It's just kinda funny.

[★Brosef]

Bombing makes a satisfying sound and the mats grow on trees.

[~°MØTG°~ GЯINDS€T [Fndr]]

My Priority: Capture first, Kill second

[Iggi]

Originally posted by Khergit Horse Archer:

i do the new meta where i run in with the bomb and the monster wide awake

This is the way.

[Scooter]

Still do.

Ofc reserving the wake up hit to the biggest hitter but setting up bombs in the monster's head/ weakspot while the GS/ Hammer, etc readies their "big bang" doesn't hurt, easy 200+ damage per bomb.

If someone woke the monster up then oops, not a big deal considering how fast things die anyways.

With how "selfish" the franchise has become as of late, the small things like this where people who appreciate the intricate (if aged) mechanic that has everyone huddle up together without any word spoken but connect through knowledge alone is as close as we'll get to real life "direct drive zone" bullcrap. That silent albeit international camaraderie just hits different.