....If this game doesn't come out in the West, I'm going kick a puppy.....out of the pound and into a good home where its happiness will offset my despair from not being able to play this game.
Exhaust and Partbreaker are really tempting. I never used SnS because of its tiny reach, but with the new hunting styles and the blade oils, it definitly caught my attention.
Nice Hunter Skills! Exhaust Oil + Shoryuken is OP! And also the Partbreaker Oil + Blade Dance is awesome too! And Arekkz, are you going to switch over to an English copy if the game comes out in it?
+Awesome KiddoZ im kinda mixed in buying it this year, cause i have so much stuff to buy, i mean i want it so so SO SO much, but my wallet will be full of dust in the end
Oh this'll be good. Deviant Narga set+Narga SnS+Affinity Oil=252 Raw for 2 minutes. How I got this to add up? Well. Flash in the night has Flatline 40% affinity, Whitegale Spirit has Critical Eye+3 and Ultra crit bringing my weapon up to 70% Finally, affinity oil boosts my crit by another 30% for exactly 2 minutes topping me off at 100% affinity. The Ultra crit skill brings 1.25x raw for crits up to 1.4x raw so 180x1.4=252 Raw. or HBG Levels of raw.
I don't even care if it's good or not, but it just looks so badass when applying the oil onto the sword I was already using sns most of the early/mid game, especially in solo, this is really awesome btw. are there now armor skills that buff the oils, like there are skills for bows that buff coatings?
+Niko OH my god that would be fucking amazing. I would main sns if that was true. Well, I was already planning on using SNS a lot if it comes to US #MHXFortheWest
Niko So far I have built all of the flagship monster's sns's and nargacugas and lagiacrus. Ive built all of Astalos's armor too. But I've been rocking bujabujabu for the entire offline. Im waiting for a friend to get the game so i can play online. but i wouldn't mind playing with you if you want. Do you have a kik I could message you at so we could play together if you want?
These are going to be a real game-changer! I could definitely see myself opening the hunt with exhaust or part-breaker to soften the monster up, then putting on the affinity oil to go in for the kill.... the mind's-eye oil I think would be most likely used if an unexpectedly tough monster crashes the party or the monster has a guard-raised form, since I don't think many hunters are going to go on a hunt with a weapon that can't normally cut through the monster in the first place.
They altered the way the critical eye skills work so new crit eye+2 is old +3 and new+3 is Critical God since Crit God doesnt exist in Gen. I have a small calculation just above here.
Hey Arekkz, question that's bugging me - does the Affinity Oil stack with Expert +3? Or Expert +2? For that matter, would the +30 Affinity from the Switchaxe hunter art stack with either of those skills?
So here's the main question. . . How's the solo difficulty? I've never really played much with other people and MH4U had a pretty easy endgame, so how does the gathering hall difficulty compare to previous entries? Is it as ball-crushing as MHFU or more of a MHP3RD affair?
So, will you do a video about you favorite skills for the weapons? Because that would be pretty cool seeing as we won't be getting this game for a while in the US.
I really like the new oils. I picked up SnS before playing MHX and I don't think it needed a boost. It was powerful enough on its own. I especially like the part breaker oil.
the sheer size of Speer-Breaker Diamyo has to make you wonder, just how massive and just how epic would a fight would be with the Monoblos it got the skull from?
came here from the future to find out why people kept talking about the oils they missed. Found a ton of flashy combos that ALSO got removed from SNS in MHW. Dang, I really want those combos.
Arekkz (this is HikarW btw) if you didnt know critical hits such as ones from applying the red oil to sns, theres a red streak indicating that a hit is critical
+David Weaver Oils are SnS exclusive, and the closest thing to oils that other weapons have is the Bow Coatings (which got new ones as well). We're dealing with a direct buff to the SnS arsenal here.
If I imported this game, could I play it on a homebrew US 3ds? I'm pretty sure there is a program that allows you to play region locked games, but I'm not sure if it works
Between 3U and 4(G), the Jump slash was changed to a Lunge in slash. The only attack that Striker SnS loses is the backhop attack introduced in 4th Gen MH which is perfectly fine since it's useless.
im gonna try sns now. I've been using the charge blade many times now and i think it's worth a try doing something that is outside your comfort zone aye? 😉
I was very curious about this as well. Nobody seems to talk about it at all. I just tested it out and it does work with the oils. It increases the duration from 2mins to 3mins, so pretty interesting.
+Juan Perez they don't replace honing they're an item and sns exclusive and there is no honing in mhgen there isn't a g rank so that could have be pretty op
The sns is definitely really good in this game. however, the hammer still deals way more stun damage with each hit and you don't need an item to deal that stun damage.
+Aaron Zoom Yeah, Sharpness +2 is the old Sharpness +1, Sharpness +1 now just extends your current block of sharpness, while +2 pushes you up to the next level.
WHAT!? I thought that sharpness +2 would be like frontier... so now it's even more complicated to get purple sharpness... not that in the last games was that hard... even though what a bummer
you are right but I just assume we, the people who don't have the possibility or just don't want to import a japanese copy, will have to wait till the G version comes out and be ported to the west... from mh3e and so on it became really easy to get the best sharpness in every game... I guess if there ever exists a G version of xross it will not be that hard to get sharpness +2 and purple sharpness
Yeah, and "Destroyer Oil" is the biggest one; the US description doesn't say anything about breaking parts, just "makes it easier to stagger your target". Granted, breaking a part always causes a stagger, but you can stagger a target anyway with enough damage/hits. Not the same.
Too bad this isn't present in world. Oils are just so flavorful and cool and really give SnS the originality they usually lack. It's still my go to weapon when I just want to turn my brain off and play mh since its the one I started with and has such a easy to use moveset and high mobility with the utility of a block.
+Mcdonalduck Ducktania22 probably in the next year or so that typically is how it goes and if we dont get cross we'll probably get the ultimate version in 2017/18
+Mcdonalduck Ducktania22 probably in the next year or so that typically is how it goes and if we dont get cross we'll probably get the ultimate version in 2017/18
+aniel tanis Let's be honest, that would make both weapons stupidly OP. The CB can stun monsters already and the Insect Glaive's Triple up buff has Mind's eye, same as the CBs Discharge.
You can buy armor spheres again!?!? Well, I don't actually mean again, sorry. Ever since MH3U, you could buy ARMOR STONES from the Wyverian Granny every 7-14 days (hunts). that was removed in MH4U so you can only get them at a 12% chance by doing the low rank event quest "Sand Blasted". DUMBEST. CHOICE. EVER.
....If this game doesn't come out in the West, I'm going kick a puppy.....out of the pound and into a good home where its happiness will offset my despair from not being able to play this game.
Hmm.
Doesn't have much to do with the video, but: 1:05
Lagia looks AWESOME.
SnS is a beast in MH X/Gen. I can't wait to use it.
Exhaust and Partbreaker are really tempting. I never used SnS because of its tiny reach, but with the new hunting styles and the blade oils, it definitly caught my attention.
I never touched SnS in 4U but after seeing the oils and the amazing skill I'll absolutely be using it in X!
They called me mad for liking sword and shield back in mh3. WHO'S LAUGHING NOW!! Really wish there were more status inflicting oils/poisons
In 3 it was good, a little boring, but pretty good, but if you like it anything before 3, then your a madman
Nice Hunter Skills!
Exhaust Oil + Shoryuken is OP!
And also the Partbreaker Oil + Blade Dance is awesome too!
And Arekkz, are you going to switch over to an English copy if the game comes out in it?
+Awesome KiddoZ I will indeed :)
Thats too much work.
+Awesome KiddoZ im kinda mixed in buying it this year, cause i have so much stuff to buy, i mean i want it so so SO SO much, but my wallet will be full of dust in the end
Oh this'll be good. Deviant Narga set+Narga SnS+Affinity Oil=252 Raw for 2 minutes.
How I got this to add up? Well. Flash in the night has Flatline 40% affinity, Whitegale Spirit has Critical Eye+3 and Ultra crit bringing my weapon up to 70%
Finally, affinity oil boosts my crit by another 30% for exactly 2 minutes topping me off at 100% affinity.
The Ultra crit skill brings 1.25x raw for crits up to 1.4x raw so 180x1.4=252 Raw. or HBG Levels of raw.
1:46 me too! its especially useful on fast monsters (eg. kirin ,narga ect.)
I don't even care if it's good or not, but it just looks so badass when applying the oil onto the sword
I was already using sns most of the early/mid game, especially in solo, this is really awesome
btw. are there now armor skills that buff the oils, like there are skills for bows that buff coatings?
+Niko OH my god that would be fucking amazing. I would main sns if that was true. Well, I was already planning on using SNS a lot if it comes to US #MHXFortheWest
Well holy shit. I completely forgot I wrote that comment. and here I am months later and i did end up maining sns
RaGiNgBaNaNa101 me too
elemental crit + critical eye+3 + affinity oil works pretty good for me
Niko So far I have built all of the flagship monster's sns's and nargacugas and lagiacrus. Ive built all of Astalos's armor too. But I've been rocking bujabujabu for the entire offline. Im waiting for a friend to get the game so i can play online. but i wouldn't mind playing with you if you want. Do you have a kik I could message you at so we could play together if you want?
These are going to be a real game-changer! I could definitely see myself opening the hunt with exhaust or part-breaker to soften the monster up, then putting on the affinity oil to go in for the kill.... the mind's-eye oil I think would be most likely used if an unexpectedly tough monster crashes the party or the monster has a guard-raised form, since I don't think many hunters are going to go on a hunt with a weapon that can't normally cut through the monster in the first place.
minds eye for kirin bro fuck that enraged unicorns hide
Narga SnS
Affinity Oil
Critical God
100% CRIT haha
or
Elemental/Status SnS
Affinity Oil
Element Crit/ Status Crit
!!
They altered the way the critical eye skills work so new crit eye+2 is old +3 and new+3 is Critical God since Crit God doesnt exist in Gen. I have a small calculation just above here.
What about the Zinogre set? With Gloves Off you get like +50% affinity.
Hey Arekkz, question that's bugging me - does the Affinity Oil stack with Expert +3? Or Expert +2?
For that matter, would the +30 Affinity from the Switchaxe hunter art stack with either of those skills?
Ryan Crossman yes
i already liked the SnS but these are awesome
So here's the main question. . .
How's the solo difficulty? I've never really played much with other people and MH4U had a pretty easy endgame, so how does the gathering hall difficulty compare to previous entries? Is it as ball-crushing as MHFU or more of a MHP3RD affair?
So, will you do a video about you favorite skills for the weapons? Because that would be pretty cool seeing as we won't be getting this game for a while in the US.
I really like the new oils. I picked up SnS before playing MHX and I don't think it needed a boost. It was powerful enough on its own. I especially like the part breaker oil.
Thanks ! i've struggled pretty hard to get that the red one was an affinity boost , and i couldn't get the other ones so thank you :3
SnS master race!
I always write out what the oils do in Notepad and then copy/paste them whenever someone in the Twitch chat asks about it =p So much time saving!
the sheer size of Speer-Breaker Diamyo has to make you wonder, just how massive and just how epic would a fight would be with the Monoblos it got the skull from?
I'm maining in bow and SNS, now. Thanks for the videos!
came here from the future to find out why people kept talking about the oils they missed.
Found a ton of flashy combos that ALSO got removed from SNS in MHW. Dang, I really want those combos.
I may be a Hammerbro in World, but back in the days of 4U and Generations, I was, am and will always be a SnS boi.
Were you fighting the Daimyo variant?
These may be dumb questions, but do you think that MHX is coming to the U.S., and how long would you estimate the time until then?
I'm pretty sure that you can stack all four oils, but you have to do through the Chaos Oil Special attack.
Arekkz (this is HikarW btw) if you didnt know critical hits such as ones from applying the red oil to sns, theres a red streak indicating that a hit is critical
+Matt Currin Hey buddy, yeah I did know that, but thanks for the heads up just in case :)
+Arekkz Gaming when are u going to fight special variant zinogre and special variant nargacuga???
I've yet to get part breaker oil, do I need to progress farther into the game, or is there a key quest?
Can you combine these oils using raw materials? It would mean having more than 5 oils of that type in a single hunt sacrificing some more bag spaces.
Are the Oils only for SnS, or can they be used for any weapon?
If not, is there something like the oil for the other weapons?
+David Weaver Oils are SnS exclusive, and the closest thing to oils that other weapons have is the Bow Coatings (which got new ones as well). We're dealing with a direct buff to the SnS arsenal here.
That's wonderful!
I'm a SnS main, so this is wonderful news.
Thanks!
a para SnS with exhaust is going to be a beautiful combo
Are there oils or similar mechanics for other weapons (like dual blades) as well?
If I imported this game, could I play it on a homebrew US 3ds? I'm pretty sure there is a program that allows you to play region locked games, but I'm not sure if it works
nvm, homebrew (or at least the one I use) means changing your dns, so I wouldn' be able to go online
Where did the SnS jump slash go? Do you lose it in Striker style?
Between 3U and 4(G), the Jump slash was changed to a Lunge in slash. The only attack that Striker SnS loses is the backhop attack introduced in 4th Gen MH which is perfectly fine since it's useless.
im gonna try sns now. I've been using the charge blade many times now and i think it's worth a try doing something that is outside your comfort zone aye? 😉
I'm so excited!! Sword an Shield buffs? yes please
OOH BABY
What is that incredible armor?
It looks awesome for lowrank
+TheMrBlanky It's High Rank Dinovaldo S gear
+Arekkz Gaming Ah awesome thank you
could you please make a video about the variant guild points as well as varient monsters?
Damn, might have to pick up SnS now... So many options.
this is so awesome! I always liked SnS the most!
can use the oils for other weapons or just sword and shield?
Just SnS.
Hail CAPCOM for giving SnS a good buff!... for someone that mains SnS for a long time, this buff is GodSent!
Does Lasting pwr (Item use up) work with the oils?
I was very curious about this as well. Nobody seems to talk about it at all. I just tested it out and it does work with the oils. It increases the duration from 2mins to 3mins, so pretty interesting.
Yeah I had to try it out myself before getting an answer it actually really useful when you're bringing every kind of oil
Sorry if I didn't hear this but can the partbreaker coating stack with an armor that had partbreaker?
+crazyhippo60 probably not, i dont have the game but usually skills like partbrealer dont stack thatd just be really op imo
+sarah hawthorne INB4 100% Partbreaking XD That would be amazing, just go into a fight, click A, instantly break everything.
+RaGiNgBaNaNa101 it would get rid of the challenge and make the game boring for me though :^/
+sarah hawthorne oh I agree I wouldn't do it. I'm just saying it would be funny as hell
Do these items replace honing weapon attribute of the game? Is honing gone?
+Juan Perez they don't replace honing they're an item and sns exclusive and there is no honing in mhgen there isn't a g rank so that could have be pretty op
Thanks Arekkz !
I was wondering which weapon i m gonna "main" in MHX... Looks like i m getting back to the SnS. Now i just have to wait to see MHX for the west...
The green oil doesn't work that much. When I tried it.
I was already hyped for sns! but this is incredible!!!!
With the speed of the SnS does it outclass the Horn in exhaust speed?
yup even hammer and in some cases charge blade
Ohh..., that's the reason why SnS is called the Swiss army weapon...
Doesn't this oils make SNS OP as hell, I mean who needs hammer anymore is SNS can deal better ko damage right?
The sns is definitely really good in this game. however, the hammer still deals way more stun damage with each hit and you don't need an item to deal that stun damage.
Hunting horn deals the most stun damage if I recall correctly
Max B it has a higher exhaust value,not stun
Hold it, did I just see a sharpness +2 or is it just me?
+Aaron Zoom Yeah, Sharpness +2 is the old Sharpness +1, Sharpness +1 now just extends your current block of sharpness, while +2 pushes you up to the next level.
WHAT!? I thought that sharpness +2 would be like frontier... so now it's even more complicated to get purple sharpness... not that in the last games was that hard... even though what a bummer
you are right but I just assume we, the people who don't have the possibility or just don't want to import a japanese copy, will have to wait till the G version comes out and be ported to the west... from mh3e and so on it became really easy to get the best sharpness in every game... I guess if there ever exists a G version of xross it will not be that hard to get sharpness +2 and purple sharpness
they added that
but it doesn't work the same way I've heard
Sword and Shield oils, Ainsley approved
Plutia, plz
is cross coming to America?
Oils need to come back.
exauste sns looks like a lot of fun
Don't need to convince me to use the sword and shield; that is my main weapon type.
The oils have different names in the American Release.
Yeah, and "Destroyer Oil" is the biggest one; the US description doesn't say anything about breaking parts, just "makes it easier to stagger your target". Granted, breaking a part always causes a stagger, but you can stagger a target anyway with enough damage/hits. Not the same.
now sns is pretty cool
Too bad this isn't present in world. Oils are just so flavorful and cool and really give SnS the originality they usually lack. It's still my go to weapon when I just want to turn my brain off and play mh since its the one I started with and has such a easy to use moveset and high mobility with the utility of a block.
Please bring back in ice bourne
holy crap if this stacks with critical eye +3 I can have 100% affinity! aaaaaaaah
yes it does haha.
jesus why did i comment this
is the game out yet?!?!
+ender man it's out in Japan, yes.
***** oh ok also i just beat gore today im soooooo happy ^-^ i used the Khezu Shock Sword on MH4U
+ender man When Do U Guys Thing It Will Be Out In The U.S?
+Mcdonalduck Ducktania22 probably in the next year or so that typically is how it goes and if we dont get cross we'll probably get the ultimate version in 2017/18
+Mcdonalduck Ducktania22 probably in the next year or so that typically is how it goes and if we dont get cross we'll probably get the ultimate version in 2017/18
So sns has become charge blade...
hype!!
Good Share
Oil me up and call me Arnold
Released 5 years ago, and only 5 dislikes
Nice
So you're telling me... that sword and shield with exahust oil... can KO a monster quite easily + doing status aligments like para? damn son
Too bad these oils are exclusive to SnS I would love to use the on my charge blade or insect blade
+aniel tanis Those two classes are already two of the most popular, whereas SnS is probably the most underused of the classes
+David Knehans that is actually the exact reason why it is SnS exclusive, Sns is very underrated
Mark-Leo A.
at least they are finally giving SnS some love :'(
David Knehans true
+aniel tanis Let's be honest, that would make both weapons stupidly OP. The CB can stun monsters already and the Insect Glaive's Triple up buff has Mind's eye, same as the CBs Discharge.
You can buy armor spheres again!?!? Well, I don't actually mean again, sorry. Ever since MH3U, you could buy ARMOR STONES from the Wyverian Granny every 7-14 days (hunts). that was removed in MH4U so you can only get them at a 12% chance by doing the low rank event quest "Sand Blasted". DUMBEST. CHOICE. EVER.
So bad it can be applied on charged blade
Is destroyer oil in mhg?
so only SnS uh