#If Wilds Gore cannot change my mind I WILL write a full length rant on why Gore's bad and I should say it

[scrion7]

mh wilds liveblog, this time in HR!

note; HR means High Rank, not High Resolution. no pictures here...yet. Here's the Low Rank post.

Anyway, High Rank usually brings a whole host of moveset additions to low rank monsters, plus a few brand new ones. Of the monsters so far fought, Lala Barina's new extremely delayed pounce is by far the most impactful on the fight. I can't precharge an offset when Lala dances anymore, it's too delayed. Chatacabra and Quematrice also got a few upgrades, though not as severe.

But that's not the fun part. The fun part is that Wilds threw most of the returning monsters into High Rank, to be hunted at your leisure. I hunted both of the Raths before the next urgent, and hoo boy they were distinctly different, Rathalos especially. Both of them got this oddly graceful sidestep reposition that Rathian uses quite effectively, but they also got a wound weak point that gets exposed whenever they fireball. Hard to get the timing to exploit it, but a free down's a free down. Also the fire looks AMAZING? Like, it looks even better and hotter than World Fatalis at his best.

Rathalos especially got quite a make over, even after Rise/Sunbreak's make over. He's got Rise's dragline of fire and World's Azure double charged fireball, but most of the moves and combos are brand new! Of note are the drive by double fireball and an aerial counterpart to the double firebite.

Most importantly, he's got his own theme back! It actually sounds good this time, with a neat little callback to the Kokoto Village theme.

Also, Frenzied Nerscylla is a thing. The new sixfold web shoot is cool, but that's really about all I saw. Then there's the whole Frenzy thing, and... well. I'm gonna be absolutely crucified for saying this...

I first fought Gore in Sunbreak, and my opinion on him is... really bad. As in, tied for last place with Azure Rath for worst flagship. Long story short, I think Gore doesn't really have an identity beyond 'ooh frenzy,' which fails because I also think Frenzy doesn't really do anything? It didn't change my playstyle at all in Sunbreak, and against Frenzied Nerscylla I found my playstyle being exactly the same as well.

I am REALLY hoping that Wilds can turn around my opinion on Gore... but it's not looking good.

(shagaru and to a lesser extent chaotic are decent tho)