User blog comment:Lord Invictus Pane/Monster Hunter Quad: Invictus Game Idea!/@comment-2040723-20110104050703/@comment-3039270-20110104073509

Yeah, I might add in frontier monsters, trying to get the basics down first. Story is later. Upper Rank and G Rank are practicly the same as they were in Unite. Difference is simply dificulty. Hardcore quests are Harcore for the following reasons: Limits on number of items you may bring into the quest, monsters are statisticly stronger, ranging from High to G rank in stats. There is also no map whatsoever, and no supplies. There may also be other conditions such as armor and weapons. It's completely optional, you only miss out on a couple of old monsters, and some of them will have DLC.

Castle Noctborne is a quest creator, you cannot change the level of rewards, and it's mainly just for fun. Although you can change size, strength (default strength is the weakest for that level. Default G Level is G level, although you can make them twice as strong if you wish. You can only fight monsters at levels you've already fought them at, although some monsters can only be fought here (Kao Adarna!) if you fuffil other requirements.