MHF2 Lightning Round: Village 3 ★ - Water Wyvern in the Desert (Bow)

I finally got the editing program to work. This was both a test of the video after editing and the first attempt at killing the Plesioth in MHF2.

I've put a weapon restriction on myself and forced myself into just using the bow to finish all quests in MHF2 (or at least get as far into the game as possible with just a bow). The equipment I used for the quest was the Sonic Bow I (lightning elemental) and the complete low level gunner Battle series set. I also added some decorations to increase the ability Attack up from low to medium.

For items I brought some power coating, pitfall trap, and a left over sonic bomb. I also brought the demon and armor flute as I had the Felyne woodwinds activated.

I've fought and killed the Plesioth in MHF1 many times so I wasn't expecting a very difficult fight. I was more concerned I'd kill it while it was in the water. The Plesioth had a new attack it can use when it comes out of the water. The slithering on the ground move was only used when it jumped out of the water in the first game and never when it's walking around on the ground. The additional move is not threatening as it does very little damage and it did provide a better opportunity on luring it to a trap compared to the first game so I'm kinda glad they added it. It also seems to move around in the water a lot quicker than in the first game as I did mess up the timing with the sonic bombs twice.

The video cuts out after the guild points but this quest opened up the training quest for Plesioth. I'll probably do those and kill the Plesioth a few times to put together a Runner skill armor set.

MHF1 Lightning Round: Guild 5★ - A Giant Dragon Invades! (Solo)

This attempt was from a post in Capcom Unity. One of the members was having issues soloing and finishing the key quest in MHF1. He posted his initial equipment he was using for the attempt and I decided I'd give it a try myself. Since I wasn't sure if it's possible at all, I brought along some Large barrel bomb+'s and power seeds as well as used the Felyne kitchen to give me same effect as the Mega demon drug (and 150 health).

The video itself is very long since it recorded the whole quest without any editing. I was planning to cut some of the load times short and add a few text to explain some of the action I took in the video. Unfortunately the video editor I was using acted up and just wouldn't co-operate with me.

The equipment I used is as follows:

Golden Serpent Blade

Yian Garuga Helm

Yian Garuga Mail

Garuga Vambraces

Garuga Tasset

Garuga Greaves

Items I took are:

Combo books 1-4

Large Barrel Bomb+ x 2

Large Barrel Bomb x 3

Powercharm

Armorcharm

Monster Broth x 13 (for large bomb+)

Gunpowder x 10 (for large bomb+)

Large barrel x 10 (for large bomb+)

Whetstone x 20

Power Seed x 10

Small Barrel Bomb+ x 5 (should have just used normal small barrel bombs)

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Here's the flow of the quest:

At the start, grab the potions, mini-whetstones, rations, and barrista bullets from the box.

In area 2, use the Large barrel bomb+ on the Lao as soon as his head is in range. Then drink a power seed and attack the head all the way through the first area. Near the exit of the first area, get up on the bridge up top so the Lao will stand up. I do this to delay his movement and give me some time to replenish the sharpness of the weapon as well as drink another power seed.

In area 3, do the same thing with the Large barrel bomb+. Drink another power seed and continue to attack it's head.

In area 4, do the exact same thing as in area 2.

In area 5, use the barrista on the Lao as soon as it enters the area. You'll want to aim kinda at the bottom of the right cliff (see video ). Then proceed to use up all the remaining Large barrel bomb+ and continue to attack the head. When it stands up for the first time, use the farcaster to get back to camp and quickly return to area 5. Lao should be either right at the wall or near it so you should be able to use the dragonator once it's in range. After that, attack it's head when it's on the ground and attack it's stomach when it stands up.

In the video, I actually make 3 mistakes at the end. First, I should of used small barrel bombs instead of the + version since I ran out at the end(can hold 10 for the normal ones). Next, I forgot to combine the last Large Barrel bomb+ so it ends up just being a large barrel bomb (not a big deal). Finally, I completely screw up the timing for the dragonator (I must of been smoking pot or something)!

Despite the screw ups, I was still successful in repelling the Lao. I wasn't really sure if I'd succeed and was half thinking I wouldn't especially after screwing up the dragonator timing. I was pleasantly surprised when I saw I succeeded.

MHF2 Lightning Round: Daimyou Hermitaur Solo Training - Bow

First lightning round post.

The video was taken to test out my new capturing device. It seems to do a fair job and the quality is OK considering the PSP doesn't really output to HD. I didn't do any editing on the video because I was only testing the quality and how well it will look when uploaded to youtube.

As for the content, it was my first attempt at doing the Daimyou solo training quest with a bow. Since I've only been using a bow from the start of MHF2, it wasn't very difficult to finish. I do wish I hadn't screwed up the timing on the Sonic Bomb as that would of shortened the fight a few minutes. The one thing I definitely noticed was how exceedingly useful the Runner skill is for the Bow. Charging doesn't drain nearly as much stamina and makes it possible to constantly shoot charged shots at the monster.

The next gameplay video will be for Plesioth. I hope to test out the editing software to shorten some parts of the video (ie. load times) for your viewing pleasure.

The Art of Lightning Round

Lightning Round - To play a game or translate something in Japanese to English. The origin is from one of penny arcades comics, where they convinced a Japanese guy to translate a Japanese copy of one of the Final Fantasy games to English by pretending he's on a game show.

Lightning Round is a term used among my friends directed at me to do the above mentioned tasks.

This blog will mostly be about my exploits in gaming, but will also include some posts about other hobbies of mine.