Noob questions from 2022, possible to speedrun?

[Retrolicious]

Sorry if this asked before, please no major story spoiler, thanks ^_^

Disclaimer: I played MH3U, MH4U, MH stories, MHgen before. so not complete "noob"
Got the Ps4 version, testing with Ps5 IMO. Didn't buy this for PC, since Denuvo is crap and i prefer Dualsense true haptic rumble support :p
Just finished Horizon Zero Dawn wanted to see cross-game content on MH:World
So far only played the story mode up until you see the first Barroth with the science convoy etc

• Saw this on sale for like 20 bucks with iceborne, worth it to play it still in 2022, is community active? Good content?
  
• How to access the bonus content for Horizon Zero Dawn? Is it possible to play as Aloy? Would be cool :3
  
• Since this year we get tons of interesting games like Elden ring, Horizon Forbidden west, Dune spice wars, is it possible to speedrun this? I'd like to finish MH:world in like max 60-100 hours. Nowadays ain't got time for online 2k hour grind insanity
  
• What's the difference between quests and expendition with registered quests? Like i got 3 different "Big jagras" quest. One with 5 possible faint, one with 3 faints and one with 1 faint. Can i combine all 3 and make them at same time or why different faints? Confusing
  
• Is there better city map with dense nearby house, chest, smither, vendor positioning? Personally i don't like the new Lift mechanic.Do i need to go to the multiplayer hubs for this?
  
• Is multiplayer still active or all people went to play Elden ring instead? Or can i even solo this game with balanced damage / hp for singleplayer?
  
• For good armor / weapon speedrunning, What is a good weapon / upgrade tree? I try to reduce grind and just want to make efficient minimum armor sets. Sorry time constraints. So far i made charge blade out of great jaggi parts and made the Bone armor set to start with some 10 armor each piece.
  
• Do i need to go to the scientist after EACH quest for the path finding bonus and leveling up? The path leveling / gaining experience is kinda confusing .... I find so many times ??? food prints. Are they like useless? Why is so much ???

TL;DR
Event content still active in 2022 for example i want to claim the Horizon zero dawn skins / content. Is it possible to speedrun this game like with average HZD time of 60 hours? I want to reduce grind to a minimum and mostly only interested in new monsters / content / endgame. I already got abit bored by the recycled Barroth mud fight in the story 3 star mission ^^

Will add more questions and keep updated possibly.
Thanks for reading <3

[Ember]

1. No, it's exclusive to Playstation. The game is pretty good, you might dislike some of the changes since you mentioned you've played previous titles, but it's definitely worth your time. Game is still pretty active, and still will be for quite some time.

2. Depends on how good you are in the game. Defender/guardian gear allows you to skip most of the grind in base game, if not all of it.

3. Those are investigations, they are quests that provide more rewards based on the risk you're taking, in this case less faints. You cannot combine them though.

There are normal quests that do not have these features like optional/event/assigned/special quests.

4. Seliana has everything you need, gotta get to Iceborne though.

5. Multiplayer is based on download region. MH games live for quite some time, there is still an active playerbase on older titles. Expect to find most of the playerbase in endgame though.

6. Already mentioned it above, no alternatives in iceborne unfortunately.

7. They increase your "research level" allowing you to see the monster in the map instantly depending on your progress. If you memorize their pathing, you can go there instead of gathering tracks to find them. They also unlock the possible rewards you can get from said monster in Hunter's notes, as well as tips on fighting them.

You can ignore the researcher if you want to, it's completely optional. You should only visit him to update the Hunter's notes or if you have a quest on him.

I personally don't recommend you to speedrun the game, that's not an ideal thing to do if you ask me. Even if you don't have as much time as before, you still want to enjoy the game as much as possible. No, i am not saying you should do every single quest, but try to enjoy the game instead of rushing through it. Make your moneys worth.

There is also skippable cutscenes through modding if you're interested. Maybe it can help you out a bit.

[Andy_RK]

I think you should skip this game for now. Monhunt games truly shine when you're learning the monster & mechanic imo, and that takes a lot of your time. You do have the option to just mod your equipment to the endgame build and steamroll the campaign, but you will probably not going to feel the "sense of achievement" that way. Btw, the monster's HP scales according to the number of players. You can solo all of them, but 2 specific monsters may irritate you because you need to fight it several times

[Vudash]

Totally worth it

[CookedMeat]

One vote for "skip the game instead of wasting it's content via rushing".

About the base design, you can choose to return to the assembly area instead of Astera. It combines quest counter, item box and dining area, it is also near a lift so you can access smithy faster. There're also mods that move some essential NPC to that area if you need.

If you want to speedrun an MH games maybe play Rise. You can finish village quests under 10 hours, and hub quests under about 50 hours if you don't bother grinding too much different stuff while progressing.

Still, I recommend not to rush this game as you might miss some of its beauty.

[cruste]

Originally posted by Fun:

1. No, it's exclusive to Playstation. The game is pretty good, you might dislike some of the changes since you mentioned you've played previous titles, but it's definitely worth your time. Game is still pretty active, and still will be for quite some time.

yes it is available as mod, but already hidden on nexus so you may need to join a modding discord to get access to the content, good old copyright drm ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CulIEYllaDs

2. use all item shop cheat/mod to unlock instantly fatalis armor or go with the defender gear, artemis gear isn't available anymore for iceborne but every other armor will do the job too if you are half way used to the mh mechanics

[Ember]

Can't use her gear though. Not really a big deal if OP only wants to play as her.

[Retrolicious]

To clarify currently im playing the ps4 version on PS5. Thus why i asked about the official Horizon zero dawn content. But i read that MHW seems to have time exclusive online event stuff, so it might not be possible anymore? You know those stuff for assassins creed, street fighter etc?

Or is this stuff aviable for all people on MHW via free DLC or download? Preferably also as singleplayer?

[Ember]

Originally posted by 󰀀 Redhead 󰀈:

To clarify currently im playing the ps4 version on PS5. Thus why i asked about the official Horizon zero dawn content. But i read that MHW seems to have time exclusive online event stuff, so it might not be possible anymore? You know those stuff for assassins creed, street fighter etc?

Or is this stuff aviable for all people on MHW via free DLC or download? Preferably also as singleplayer?

Thought you were planning to buy it on PC, since denuvo is gone for a while now.

Pretty sure the capcom collabs won't be removed, but the other ones might in a future date. The MH movie event and the AC one are already gone, leaving FF, Witcher, Horizon and others.

You already have them available when you download the game, and you can access them through event quests. No DLCs required other than Iceborne.

Everything except Behemoth and Ancient Leshen can be done comfortably solo, assuming we are talking about the collabs. Most of the game is scaled for solo play so don't worry too much.

[MantisUK]

why did they do that, well guess ill use cheat engine to get them then the ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥

[MysticalPotato]

Originally posted by 󰀀 Redhead 󰀈:

Sorry if this asked before, please no major story spoiler, thanks ^_^

Disclaimer: I played MH3U, MH4U, MH stories, MHgen before. so not complete "noob"
Got the Ps4 version, testing with Ps5 IMO. Didn't buy this for PC, since Denuvo is crap and i prefer Dualsense true haptic rumble support :p
Just finished Horizon Zero Dawn wanted to see cross-game content on MH:World
So far only played the story mode up until you see the first Barroth with the science convoy etc

• Saw this on sale for like 20 bucks with iceborne, worth it to play it still in 2022, is community active? Good content?
  [*How to access the bonus content for Horizon Zero Dawn? Is it possible to play as Aloy? Would be cool :3
  
• Since this year we get tons of interesting games like Elden ring, Horizon Forbidden west, Dune spice wars, is it possible to speedrun this? I'd like to finish MH:world in like max 60-100 hours. Nowadays ain't got time for online 2k hour grind insanity
  
• What's the difference between quests and expendition with registered quests? Like i got 3 different "Big jagras" quest. One with 5 possible faint, one with 3 faints and one with 1 faint. Can i combine all 3 and make them at same time or why different faints? Confusing
  
• Is there better city map with dense nearby house, chest, smither, vendor positioning? Personally i don't like the new Lift mechanic.Do i need to go to the multiplayer hubs for this?
  
• Is multiplayer still active or all people went to play Elden ring instead? Or can i even solo this game with balanced damage / hp for singleplayer?
  
• For good armor / weapon speedrunning, What is a good weapon / upgrade tree? I try to reduce grind and just want to make efficient minimum armor sets. Sorry time constraints. So far i made charge blade out of great jaggi parts and made the Bone armor set to start with some 10 armor each piece.
  
• Do i need to go to the scientist after EACH quest for the path finding bonus and leveling up? The path leveling / gaining experience is kinda confusing .... I find so many times ??? food prints. Are they like useless? Why is so much ???

TL;DR
Event content still active in 2022 for example i want to claim the Horizon zero dawn skins / content. Is it possible to speedrun this game like with average HZD time of 60 hours? I want to reduce grind to a minimum and mostly only interested in new monsters / content / endgame. I already got abit bored by the recycled Barroth mud fight in the story 3 star mission ^^

Will add more questions and keep updated possibly.
Thanks for reading <3

Didn't buy it on PC yet here you are. Go back to your console forums maybe? This is a steam forum, for games on PC, not console.

[Retrolicious]

thanks for all the feedback, but i don't think it is really necessary to necro this thread, i guess people are summer bored ? xD

Btw i reached endgame and now free roaming the guilding lands for thx for the tips. Now struggling with fatalis x_x

PS: This thread is from april, idk why people now try to spam here after 3 months x_x

PS2: This weird event & forced online features from capcom is still a crappy system, wanted to emphasis that :p

Other solo games like RE7 VR edition ( capcom title done right ) work flawlessly and u don't need online crap there. Spooky in virtual reality xD

Btw rumor has it that capcom is working on a remaster of RE4 in virtual reality for PSVR2 and also on a RE8 VR edition so cool :D