piercing vs normal shot?

[Kasa]

So far how are people finding these two ammo types?

I know for large monster piercing is really good but on general monsters isn't it better to go normal shot since unless the monsters particularly long your shot won't it all that many body parts?

Also piercing 3 vs 2? I know in previous titles 2 was actually better because even though it hits less parts then 3 it's individual damage was higher and few monsters were actually big enough for 3 to go though enough parts to make it worth it.

[Sákuyá]

normal shots have a better "ideal" range pierce generally is better at long range but it honestly depends on what you are fighting

IE: anything kut-ku size normal is immensely better but anything goa magala size pierce is better

[Kasa]

I figured as much since that lines up with my older generation knowledge but not much is documented this time around and people are swearing by piercing shot.

[Platapoop]

Whoops I misread it. For bowgun, I think elemental > pierce > normal for almost all cases.

[Angel]

pierce is awesome for pretty much everything

[Platapoop]

Originally posted by Kasa:

Also piercing 3 vs 2? I know in previous titles 2 was actually better because even though it hits less parts then 3 it's individual damage was higher and few monsters were actually big enough for 3 to go though enough parts to make it worth it.

In this game it's more simple. Pierce 1 hits 5 times, damage decreases by 10% every hit after the 2nd. Pierce 2 is hit 6 times (10% every hit after 2nd), pierce 3 is hit 7 times (10% every hit after 2nd). It's not that hard to get 7 ticks head to tail.

Normal 3 - 18.525 * 3 = 46.575 MV
Pierce 3 - some magic math... = 54.482 MV

Honestly it's not a big deal which ammo you use, the difference is gonna be tiny.

[Kasa]

Originally posted by Platapoop:

Originally posted by Kasa:

Also piercing 3 vs 2? I know in previous titles 2 was actually better because even though it hits less parts then 3 it's individual damage was higher and few monsters were actually big enough for 3 to go though enough parts to make it worth it.

In this game it's more simple. Pierce 1 hits 5 times, damage decreases by 10% every hit after the 2nd. Pierce 2 is hit 6 times (10% every hit after 2nd), pierce 3 is hit 7 times (10% every hit after 2nd). It's not that hard to get 7 ticks head to tail.

Normal 3 - 18.525 * 3 = 46.575 MV
Pierce 3 - some magic math... = 54.482 MV

Honestly it's not a big deal which ammo you use, the difference is gonna be tiny.

It matters more for monster size, as others have mentioned your typical monster sized like a Kut your shots will most likly get 4 or so hits so you have to make sure to try and shoot from nose to tail or wing to wing to make the actual DPS count else normal is a better go to since you don't have to worry about lining your shots up perfectly as much IIRC.

But then again that only TRULY mattered in older monster hunters where you could only have 99 shots per ammo type at a time and had to craft more on the fly.