How can I actually complete quests with friends?

[David Baguetta]

Hi,

just started playing Monster Hunter overall yesterday and I've been trying to do quests with one of my friends.
But every time, even when we're at the same level and doing the same quest, it doesn't let us join each other.

So what are the requirements, what do we have to do, to actually play together?

[HotButterKnife]

If it's a new quest and a new monster you're fighting, you need to go through the cutscene, and then you can invite your friends to the quest

[Thunaer]

It is a stupid thing about this game if the quest has a video in it or a Monster reveal until the each player has watched that they can't join each other.

Lets use the mission that you fight the Barroth as an example. During the boring walk with the cart section two players doing that mission for the first time wouldn't be able to join each other. Yet once both of them finish that bit and the Barroth fight starts one player could abandon their quest and join the other. Good news is that the quest completion will count for both players. This is just a very stupid thing that the game does.

Sorry that the only way to do it, for story progression, if this round about way. Good news is once you are out of the story sections it wont be a problem ever again.

[Standylife]

If i recall correctly you can only do story missions together if either you or your friend(whoever started the quest) has finished watching whatever cutscene is playing at the beginning of the mission, after that its a joinable quest. That does not count forn on story quests, you simple post a quest and your friend joins it and you depart together.

[David Baguetta]

Originally posted by Thunaer:

It is a stupid thing about this game if the quest has a video in it or a Monster reveal until the each player has watched that they can't join each other.

Lets use the mission that you fight the Barroth as an example. During the boring walk with the cart section two players doing that mission for the first time wouldn't be able to join each other. Yet once both of them finish that bit and the Barroth fight starts one player could abandon their quest and join the other. Good news is that the quest completion will count for both players. This is just a very stupid thing that the game does.

Sorry that the only way to do it, for story progression, if this round about way. Good news is once you are out of the story sections it wont be a problem ever again.

Yup, it's the Barroth quest right now.
Well no idea why they did it like it is.

At least I know how it works now.


Thank you all for the fast help.

[Kreddi]

So just to see if I got this right.
I just did the Story Quest involving A Great Jargas.
The Cutscene for the Great Jargas didn't happen until well into the mission.
Does that mean I had to play through the entire first section of the mission first, where I had to kill 3 males and 5 females of some other animal, before I could join my friend doing the same quest?

Even then, would I use the SOS flare to summon him in or to join his game?