Does HR mean anything? Skill/knowledge etc.

[Joshi184]

I have seen some people discuss in my other thread about HR, continue here

[Jethro]

Not really.

Just a measure of time spend in the game tbh

[[VGM] Redbl0odx]

I would imagine that the higher the HR, the more likely that the player would at least have a general understanding how to play. I forget what HR you are by the time you've completed the main part of the game, but anything after that doesn't really mean much other than playtime.

[Greb]

When you can creative custom characters or switch to different platforms (essentially the same as making a new character) no, HR does not mean anything. At the same time, the higher someones HR the more equipment they'll have access to, the more farming they've done for decorations, the more times they've successfully hunted something and the more times they've potentially used their weapon and thus are skilled with it.

You can pretty much guarantee a HR 200 will be better geared with a much nicer variety of weapon augments and decorations compared to a fresh faced HR 49 about to defeat Tempered Kirin for the first time.

Personal skill level is harder to judge, as well as monster knowledge, because of alternate characters and the like, though.

I find myself "looking down" on lower HR players in a gentle, non vicious / toxic kind of way, like they need help or whatever, and I know that's pretty terrible assessment to make most of the time because I was pretty damn competent coming into PC MHW after my time on the PS4, so even at HR 13 etc I knew my way around the game - I just didn't have the gear.

So uh yeah. Generally you can't reliably tell someones skill level and overall game knowledge from their HR alone, but you can judge how much equipment they'll have access to. That's about the only reliable constant.

The weapon itself isn't necessarily an indicator of their skill either. You come across plenty of meme Chargeblade users who don't know how to use the "best weapon" and you meet some pretty competent Longsword, Bow and Dual Blade users too. I guess there's a bigger "focus group" of annoying players using specific weapons and at certain HR ranks, but, meh.

Don't judge a book by its cover - unless it's wearing full Drachen armour

[crispb]

More of a gauge of time the player has spent on the game, dedication, grind, gear. Like having an HR15 in a Behemoth run might be frowned upon as they are most likely inexperienced....

Whereas an HR100 would typically have experience with their build, max Augments, items for Buffs, etc.

[Malfeasance]

Really the only thing that HR can be equated to is play time, and that's it. As mentioned, more play time should mean better gear, decos, proper augments, and knowledge about monster movement and such.

FWIW I've just passed HR 125 at 234 hours played on this version and have a couple builds I'd call complete while others still (and probably will continue to) need decos and augments until they're "finished."

The other people in that thread were just pointlessly d**k waving for no reason, as I notice happens sometimes on this board. I just ignore people like that (as well as elitists, especially version elitists) and continue to do my own thing.

Also, I'm sure there are people out there who have cheated and made their character HR 999 without the skill to back it up. I've seen it happen in other games - take away their cheats and they can't play to save their lives. Such is the nature of multiplayer gaming.

On the flip side, if you get a Japanese player in high HR, they are most likely going to be a total badass, at least in my experience.

[Washing Machine]

Mostly I think it means they should pass any gear check, so I wouldn't expect them to cart in one hit or whatever. It kind of gives the idea that they should know how to play, but not a guarantee.

HR999 I usually assume it's a modder who'll ruin the quest oneshotting the mons, it's rare af for people to actually bother grinding the dumb event quests for that.

A lot of the threads here are really silly about this though, dudes throwing play hour numbers like you have to speedrun story mode and quickly get your drachen set or you suck. Flexing at PVE games, whatever.

[ggAkatsukiP]

For some reason, I've sit at this post comment box for some minutes. I don't know already why I keep writing and deleting. That probably means I should just go play games and stop surfing mhw discussion, I feel dumb.

[CourtesyFlush09]

The only thing it measures is how long or little you've played the game.

[Doobitron]

Originally posted by Washing Machine:

Mostly I think it means they should pass any gear check, so I wouldn't expect them to cart in one hit or whatever. It kind of gives the idea that they should know how to play, but not a guarantee.

HR999 I usually assume it's a modder who'll ruin the quest oneshotting the mons, it's rare af for people to actually bother grinding the dumb event quests for that.

A lot of the threads here are really silly about this though, dudes throwing play hour numbers like you have to speedrun story mode and quickly get your drachen set or you suck. Flexing at PVE games, whatever.

I know so many legit HR999 people out there. Not all HR999 are cheaters.

[primobrainlet]

I have found it means nothing other than playtime. Call me unlucky, but other than HR 25 and below, its a total crapshoot in terms of player skill.

Usually everybody just plays "fine". Nothing stands out other than on rare occasions, and ive had both low and high mrs do some nutty stuff

On the flip side bad players stick out like a sore thumb, and again, plenty on both ends of the spectrum. I can forgive a mr 14 carting to a black diablos, or a hr 25 carting to kulve's lava puke, but when a hr 200+ carts to pink rathian...

[Fat Pigeon]

Originally posted by RoboVonHoboTron:

Originally posted by Doobies:

I know so many legit HR999 people out there. Not all HR999 are cheaters.

I kick anyone HR999. Sure there are legit HR999 but the majority are cheaters who used a modded quest to gain 100 HR ranks in one quest. They want to appear accomplished and skilled when they are not. My apologies to any HR999 that I have kicked but it just isn't worth the trouble. Go take your unearned pride else where to do your one shot monster cheese.

How about ask for their Guildcard and watch their stats like killed monster,
quests done, time played etc

And then watch his/her sets, and how he/she behaves ingame,
you can still kick him/her if something is fishy

[Smug Kot]

its means you did event quest to boost it, nothing more.

[Greb]

What quests give the most HR XP outside of the lame bonus HR event quests? I'm assuming that'd be stuff like Arch Tempered monsters and Behemoth / Ancient Leshen.

I knew a guy with 3000 Gunlance uses and basically nothing else who was HR 800 once. Not sure what he did to get up there, I've got 2000 combined weapon uses and I'm only HR 390 though.

Once you get to a certain point though, and you've done everything, what else is there to do but grind out HR anyway, assuming you care about it? Would it be better to limit these kind of boost quests until you are HR 100? Would annoy achievement hunters and those who just wanted all quests done though, I would imagine.