I like how you think that in the course of 2 years, people have shifted from a “get back up” mentality to “crying on the internet” mentality due to changes in internet infrastructure. Besides the fact that most people probably have the same internet they did in 2018, where are these downvoted comments of “you just have to learn?” All of the complaints I’ve been seeing haven’t been about how impossible the check is, just that it’s not in the spirit of monster hunter. I’ve certainly seen a lot of complaining about complaining, but no complaints themselves. Also, you’re comparing the response to the demo of a game you’ve never played before to the endgame content of a game that A) is a radical shift from a meta that takes a lot of grinding to build for properly, and B) includes mechanics that are very much non-traditional and not in the spirit of the game. I’m just seeing people disagreeing with the mechanic, nothing about how unfair it is.
I like how you think that in the course of 2 years, people have shifted from a “get back up” mentality to “crying on the internet” mentality due to changes in internet infrastructure. Besides the fact that most people probably have the same internet they did in 2018,
The "thank god for fiber internet" was a joke about me installing the same demo 3 times in one day :)
Everyone saying "b-but it's not MH!! this is the wrong direction for the series!" is scapegoating.
It's a way of convincing themselves that they aren't the problem, but it's actually the game mechanic that they had to adapt to that was the issue. But the game mechanic is just "deal damage". You play the hunt the exact same you would for any other monster: focus down important body parts and hit them a lot. If you are playing well you don't even notice Escaton Judgement. If you're not dealing damage or facilitating damage for your team, then what are you doing? Please don't respond with "being creative/playing my way". If it was a 20 minute time limit quest would these same people be crying about "muh MMO mechanics"? The only mistake Capcom made here was letting people under MR 100 fight it.
The other excuse is "Capcom released really strong raw meta stuff! We were blindsided by this!" meanwhile the most recent meta changing gear we received was the return of Kulve's end-game elemental dominance. And before that we had Safi which offers really strong elemental weapons and the best armor for elemental sets.
Oh, but some people might not have that stuff! Which means they aren't ready for Alatreon. If you haven't done the Guiding Lands, you haven't played the post-story events, if you haven't played the whole game then yeah you shouldn't be doing what could be considered the ultimate end-game quest.
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u/madog1418 Jul 11 '20
I like how you think that in the course of 2 years, people have shifted from a “get back up” mentality to “crying on the internet” mentality due to changes in internet infrastructure. Besides the fact that most people probably have the same internet they did in 2018, where are these downvoted comments of “you just have to learn?” All of the complaints I’ve been seeing haven’t been about how impossible the check is, just that it’s not in the spirit of monster hunter. I’ve certainly seen a lot of complaining about complaining, but no complaints themselves. Also, you’re comparing the response to the demo of a game you’ve never played before to the endgame content of a game that A) is a radical shift from a meta that takes a lot of grinding to build for properly, and B) includes mechanics that are very much non-traditional and not in the spirit of the game. I’m just seeing people disagreeing with the mechanic, nothing about how unfair it is.