New to the game, Should i use Guardian armor?

[Avipt]

So i just bought the base game and got guardian armor, it does say its very powerful and from what i can gather it is. Am i doing myself a diservice for using it? How powerful is it? Am i ruining the game experience as a first timer?

[Greb]

Nah.

You read the tutorial, right? It's for people who have already beaten the base game and want to rush a character through to Iceborne content, not designed to carry new players through it.

[Furrows]

i'd say you are setting your self up for bad habits, it has massive defense and defense skills so when you switch off it you'll start dying all the time.

[Faust Wither]

you will not die until you face elder dragon. just use it btw, is not like early game was real experience you will learn the game eventually if spend more time in it.

[Zplayer96]

Originally posted by Gordon Klotpung:

So i just bought the base game and got guardian armor, it does say its very powerful and from what i can gather it is. Am i doing myself a diservice for using it? How powerful is it? Am i ruining the game experience as a first timer?

if you use it you're not gonna learn about monster behavior or their weaknesses and what to use on what monster, you'll just power through it.

[Velesianus]

no. most players who run through the base game with it can be spotted a mile away.

[jonathan testicle]

stop

[Avipt]

aight ill just use whatever the game throws at me then ^^ Looks like a pretty cool game btw :) Havent left the town yet on my first mission, figured id sort this out first :D

[Franz]

Defender gear is strong, use it if you want to get to the endgame fast, avoid it if you want to take your time. Either way is fine, it boils down to what kind of player you are, it's your game and you should enjoy it as you please, not how other people think you should.

[Sekaro]

As an added tip, don't craft and use any of the defender weapons either. Once u start using them, you'll never want to let go...

[Chili Dogs]

I would advise using it until you come to grips with the actual game systems, and it will help you not to waste money or resources on Low Rank armor. Don't use the weapons though. they are OP and won't give you a fair shake with each monster.

[Dokainin]

Just because something lets people button mash their way through a portion of the game does not mean it prevents people that would still make a point to learn from doing so.

Defender gear lets players who would otherwise get frustrated 5 or so hours in get more out of the game by carrying them through a chunk of the base game until they still get frustrated and quit or try and rely on SoS forever. The gear doesn't fundamentally change anything about these players it just extends the period of time they will play and makes them more common as a result.

If you have an intention to actually learn and improve at the game then that is going to happen no matter what you use but Defender gear actually does help the learning process in a pretty significant way. Not carting as easily means you will spend more time actually fighting the monster, which means more time to see what the monster does and learn how to respond.

I have a purely defensive set even in master rank that I use at times when I just want to practice I.Frames and learning attack windows without having to worry about the dead air from carting or restarting.

if you want to use it, use it. if not, don't. that's the nice thing about options... they are optional.

[Saber]

Absolutely DO NOT use Defender gear.

It will steal the feeling of growth from you.

Only use it if you are struggling enough to make you feel like quitting the game.
It may be your saving grace at that point.
It was for one hunter, I remember it well. He was thankful for it.

[👾Karmac]

Aww man. I'm also new, I was using that armor and I was actually noticing it was OP, I kept thinking if it's in the game it must be ok. Reading these replies now makes sense to me on why this armor exists... I gotta start forging and improving other armors.

[a7wingedsheep]

I'd say try out the defender weapons.. there's so 14 different types of weapon classes and you'd always be short on materials for most part of the early game.. The defender weapons are a low cost low-commitment substitute to try out various weapons without the sucky feeling of buyers remorse if you end up swapping to an entirely different weapon class etc.. Sure, they might be a little OP compared to your other weapon options available, but even the best weapon needs a good wielder to be used properly.

The defender armours though.. I'd say stay away from them if you can. They are chocked full of defensive abilities which enable you to facetank most monsters with ease.. and facetanking is not sustainable in the late game where monsters hit harder, and learning to evade monster's attacks is pretty much a prerequisite for clearing the mission.

TLDR, go ahead and experiment with the defender weapons. Avoid the defender armors if you can.

[L:D]

Lol defender set still trigger people.