#and i'm like. jfc watch me run into that level-65-ass motherfucking avenger. just watch it happen.

[andromeda3116]

sometimes i feel like my horror stories of getting in over my head due to hunt club rare game might be convincing people not to take on the sidequest until late in the game if at all, but tbh, much though i screech at accidentally running into avenger on my first go through the pharos without magic or coming across disma while i was overconfidently delving too greedily and too deep into the lhusu mines, i actually really enjoy taking it on as soon as it becomes available because like

it adds such a fun element of challenge and chaos to the rest of the game? i mean a lot of them require certain spawn conditions, but others are just like flat 40% chance and so you can just be going about your merry way and suddenly one of these zombies is crawling down your throat and tearing it out through your asshole and you're just like FUCK

and then you have to adapt on-the-fly to a situation you were COMPLETELY unprepared for and either evolve or die (or frantically run from the stage whilst weeping in a phoenix down relay) and that makes it fun!

being able to win or at least survive a near-total wipe against an enemy that was WAY harder than everything else around it and which you were not at all expecting to come across is so satisfying and makes it feel like you're actually good at the game rather than good at breaking the rng or whatever to get the secret overpowered superweapons and shit

anyway i believe that all but first-time players should absolutely pick up the phon coast hunt club sidequest as soon as it becomes available to test themselves and their mastery of the game