Can the handler please just go away?

[Netsa]

I disliked her in the main story, and I hate her even more in Iceborne. For some reason we keep bringing her into dangerous areas even though she has no ability to fight whatsoever, and her personal story that no one cares about keeps taking center stage. After me but mostly my cat do 100% of the work, she comes in and says "we" and "us" as if she contributed, then makes everything about her and some vague reason she's here, forgetting that she's not a hunter, she's not the Tracker, and she's not the main character of this story so I DON'T CARE. I want her to actually get hit by a monster's attack in one of these unskippable cutscenes but she never does. Instead I get to see my character put himself in harm's way to save her, or for an attack to barely miss so we can hear her say "that was close", when she should be getting carted. Permanently. Maybe then, she could focus on doing her job and less on trying to be my "partner".

I also want "Excitable A-Lister" to jump off a cliff, but at least he barely shows up past the start of the game.

[Imasock]

Just give me a Serious Handler DLC and we'll call it a day.

Edit - Or bring back the actual guildmarm Sophia from previous MH 4/Gen games. At least she had a sense of humor and could follow hunters around and take notes during fights without putting herself in danger.

I miss being called Doodle.

[Rocket Witch]

Originally posted by JPM岩:

We aren't escorts, why is she even there with us?

In old MH games there was an item you could find in bonepiles called "unknown skull" with a description implying it was owned by a hunter who died in the field. I imagine the Guild introduced handlers to keep track of hunters and prevent these occurences.

So she's supposed to protect you (not physically, just confirm if you fall and notify the cart felynes) and be the reason you faint instead of literally die when your health reaches zero. Not that you could die in the old games, but that handlers should start becoming a thing is a surprisingly consistent logical progression for the lore of the series.

Of course, she endangers herself (and therefore the PC) more often than not. Her foible is that she is literally useless at this job, and has the kind of personality that makes you realise she doesn't even know it, ergo everyone hates her.

[funewchie]

Originally posted by Vassal of the Wan Clan:

Originally posted by JPM岩:

We aren't escorts, why is she even there with us?

In old MH games there was an item you could find in bonepiles called "unknown skull" with a description implying it was owned by a hunter who died in the field. I imagine the Guild introduced handlers to keep track of hunters and prevent these occurences.

So she's supposed to protect you (not physically, just confirm if you fall and notify the cart felynes) and be the reason you faint instead of literally die when your health reaches zero. Not that you could die in the old games, but that handlers should start becoming a thing is a surprisingly consistent logical progression for the lore of the series.

Of course, she endangers herself (and therefore the PC) more often than not. Her foible is that she is literally useless at this job, and has the kind of personality that makes you realise she doesn't even know it, ergo everyone hates her.

Although, they've had that kind of stuff before.
In some games, you could sometimes see some Guild Felynes in balloons, watching you, and presumably monitoring your status.

I get the feeling the Handler is more for the story purpose of the breaking research they're doing in-story.
(As the Guild is trying to figure out why those monsters are migrating to the New World. I think it was that some Elder Dragons were migrating there, and acting odd.)

That said, I could stand for her to be a little less "Leeroy Jenkins". (i.e. charging right into danger, consequences be hanged)
She can talk all she wants (since we're silent protagonists), but she really needs to show a little more professionalism.

[InstableMonster]

We see in Iceborne that she can go away, the sad part is that she comes back.

[👽✨ a l i e n s ✨👽]

I like her. She's adorable.

[Rocket Witch]

Originally posted by funewchie:

Although, they've had that kind of stuff before.
In some games, you could sometimes see some Guild Felynes in balloons, watching you, and presumably monitoring your status.

That's the Elder Dragon Observation Team; watching you isn't their main job but they evidently pay attention since they respond when you do the wave gesture at them. The main occupants of those balloons are wyverians, but I think they are assisted by felynes as well. They're shown in more detail in a cutscene for MH2.

Originally posted by funewchie:

I get the feeling the Handler is more for the story purpose of the breaking research they're doing in-story.

Yes, pretty much. I'm doing a bit of theorycrafting more than anything, like "why do handlers exist" rather than "why does THIS handler exist".

[Petra]

Give us an option to change our Handler to Serious Handler not mod but in-game because OMG Serious Handler much more better and more dependable.

Liker seriously our Handler sucks as hell.
Her infamous quote "You can do it, We can do it!" is seriously piss me off.
When we got Serious Handler I was like "Bye Handler and never come back."

[Netsa]

I can buy that explanation for handlers in general. It would explain Serious's behavior.

[Juno Brier]

I'd accept a different Handler if it was the Moga Sweetheart from MH3.

[Flip_Light]

Am I the only one who really doesn't find her that annoying? Like I actually like her in iceborne. Don't get me wrong sometimes she's annoying but honestly she's a likeable, well-meaning character overall.

[myhr2]

He, I actually don't like Serious Handler that much, she's a bit dull in comparison to the Handler. Yes, the Handler goes into harm's way and the Hunter has to shield her, buy her time to escape, or outright save her, but I feel Serious Handler would just be content with you hunting already known monsters, so with her, the game's roaster would be, what, 9-10 monsters tops? Some jokingly say that the Handler is only useful as a bait, but I'd jokingly reply that a bait is pretty useful for a Hunter.

[Kuradoberry]

Monster hunter was really good about the guild girls until recently; seriously, the handler isn't even in the same tier as the past girls were.

The fact that there's contention AT ALL with the handler shows just how much Capcom screwed the pooch with her character. Annoying overly giddy genki girl with a penchant for gluttony and crying like a helpless kid for people she barely knows, wow so charming. Overbearing characters like her are best left with minimal screentime and not basically the whole ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ game.

I was really hoping they'd do her better in iceborne, but she's still the 12 year old little ♥♥♥♥ that insists on going into the field with you that she was in base game.

And no, I won't accept any sort of head canon or fan theory as to why she exists or does the things she does at all. Serious handler exists and my time with her was simple and she basically serves the guild girl purpose to the letter, especially when she knows she needs to plant her ass back at camp and stay there. 4 generations of monster hunter, and we go at the field ALONE or with other hunters (HUNTERS, not HANDLERS) and that's how I'd like it to stay.

[Juno Brier]

People only want the Serious Handler because they prefer boring zero-dimensional characters without personality.

[Netsa]

Originally posted by Juno Brier:

People only want the Serious Handler because they prefer boring zero-dimensional characters without personality.

I think it's more that The Handler is so bad that pretty much anyone else is an upgrade. Being stupid isn't a personality. Besides, I wouldn't call Serious zero-dimensional when you're only with her for two quests.

[based]

Originally posted by Tiasmoon:

Serious handler actually gives you tips on how to deal with the 2 monsters you fight with her. Aka, she's not useless.

if WOOOW THEY HELD MY HANDS THROUGH A PROBLEM AND I AM INDEBTED is your criteria for character usefulness, then why do you conveniently forget the handler that couldn't shut up about glavenus's tail in that fight?

waifubabs are truly hilarious

Originally posted by Juno Brier:

People only want the Serious Handler because they prefer boring zero-dimensional characters without personality.

i don't find any character in this game to be more than a cardboard cutout but i'm inclined to agree with this assessment; i always felt a dry, sterile, robotic vibe about SH, as if purposefully designed to be as inoffensive to fragile babies as possible.