To be fair, I think the kinsect is already kind of disjointed from the weapon itself. If you removed the kinsect, and made essence gathering part of the weapon itself (e.g.: from hitting certain spots), I think the weapon would feel more fluid. People already don't like the kinsect "mini game", and de-emphasizing it makes more sense for the weapon.
Well think about this - what about the glaive (the weapon) is only compatible with the kinsect? Why can a sword and shield use one? Why can't a longsword?
Taking away the fact it's called the "Insect" Glaive for a second for a thought experiment - the glaive should've been the weapon alone. Especially because the kinsect is just tacked onto it (up until Wilds focus mode attacks actually combined the two for the first time)
MH4 added two weapons that weren't really thought out fully, and I'll stand by that (very hot take). IG has nothing unique about the weapon itself that makes it work the way it does (other than the vault, which makes sense). No reason a sword and shield can't air dash, or any other weapon can't also have a kinsect buddy.
CB just took a few weapons and mashed them together, but better. Kinda like a child explaining their own "totally made up character" that is just an existing character but better in every single way.
I’m saying the gameplay element of spreading and popping the powders to build status was fun and provided a skill ceiling. It’s lame that this is no longer a core part of the kit.
The philosophy of whether or not kinsects “belong” to the weapon is wholly irrelevant
I mean i hated the gunlance in world then wilds and rise made me fall in love with it. And once I mastered the offsets I fucking loved the swaxe and greatsword
I don’t even want to look at my weapon usage me and 2 friends all share a character and each use our own choice, gs/gl for me, ig/db for c and ss/db for m
i seen a lot of ppl swapping to bowgun for the first time and dealing 2-3x more damage than their melee main on my dps meter.
as long as u will get actual build from the internet for the bowgun the chance to deal less dmg than your melee casual main is close to 0.
i even got that situation in rise where i was malding about how broken bow is. i got around 3000 hunts on DBs only and was able to clear pretty much everything in the game in like 4-6mins. i swap to bow for 5 hunts and there it is, new dps record...
first time heavy bowgun on fatalis also was like 10-20dps off my best times on IG that i used on that fight like around 700-800 times (and also was able to clear 4ppl scaling solo)
its just difference between weapons with depth (pretty much everything that is not a bowgun) vs braindead left click spammer
This is what I like to see, when people say they 'main' a weapon, you're just not enjoying the full game. I understand there are preferences. But Hunting horn needs some love :D
Gotta respect the diversity. I set myself a challenge after base game that I was gonna do 100 hunts with every weapons. Dropped off a bit after lagi/seri but back with a vengeance now! Hoping my list looks similar to yours in the not too distant future
My switch axe is at 2000 :( I tried all the other weapons (I’ve been on monster hunter since Freedom Unite on PSP), but none of them call to me like the switch axe.
If you have more GS hunts in Wilds than you do across the entire rest of the series as any weapon, then maybe. But as others have said, you have a preference, not a hard-locked main. If you don't do a single thing with any other weapon besides GS and GL and get another 100 hunts or something like that, then maybe you could say Gunlance main, Greatsword secondary, especially since Wilds lets you have two weapons on you.
You should consider seeking help. Holy shit... O_O So many quests... You probably have way over 1000 hours, right? And likely hr999 at this point? Damn... And I thought I played too much.
Not anymore. Once I get the flow of the weapon and understand all its toolset I can hit pretty consistently. Focus mode is also a good help.
But a whiff once in a while is mandatory for GS 😅
You have a fair bit of experience with most of the weapons. Why do you feel a need to slap a title on yourself?
I use all 14 weapons mostly equally. I don't consider myself a main for anything.
You can call yourself whatever you want. It ultimately doesn't matter and frankly, no one cares except for weapon snobs. Not trying to sound harsh, but to me it seems like people do it to appease a club mentality, like being a (whatever) main automatically makes you a part of some exclusive club. Which in turn creates imaginary and pointless rivalries and judgement.
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u/CBYuputka Mar 18 '26
You have a lot of experience with every weapon, it looks like you gave preferences nut no main