I’ve been playing World and can’t settle on a weapon - what are peoples’ favorites? What do you like about certain weapons, what do you think is the main draw, what do you think is fun to do or play with?
Basically, sell me on a weapon type (or specific weapon), or just rant/infodump!
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Gunlance user here! When I started playing Monster Hunter World I just picked it on a whim and ran with it. Managed to keep it consistent and use it as my main weapon in Rise and Wilds.
It’s almost prohibitively massive (which is always a big draw for me with weapons), combines both melee and boom, and has a big shield. There’s just something magical about not having to dodge out of the way, just plant down that big shield (ofc there is a stamina penalty so can’t be hiding behind shield all the time!). Wyvern’s Fire is also such a cool looking move (also massive boom).
Other weapons I dabble with are the Hammer (another big weapon, big spinny and smash), Insect Glaive (absolutely GORGEOUS movement but takes some practice to not completely miss and fly over the monster) and Bow (sometimes I like to stay as far away as possible and shoot from afar rather than get into the melee).
The Arena is a good place to experiment with weapons you might not have thought of using before, sometimes you get given a specific weapon and armour set to go in with. I’ve discovered some weapons I hadn’t really given much thought to are fun to play!
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I played so much World that I ended up spending significant time with every weapon and def have some favorites.
Hunting Horn is my all time fav and one of my favorite implementations of a “bard” class in games. It helps that HH’s attacks are fairly easy to understand even if the music doesn’t click.
First love was Charge Blade - I beat base game with it without even knowing all its mechanics.
Bow in World felt incredible too - not flashy but constant pressure that I loved to bring to multiplayer.
In Iceborne Greatsword got a combo that let you skip to true charge by using your slinger, so I got into that for a while. It being so slow was my biggest issue with it, but once I acclimated I loved it.
But the weapon that benefited the most in world IMO was the hammer. Sliding down hills and flipping into the air while doing mounting damage is still such an incredible feeling.
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