User blog comment:Lord Loss/Discussion of the Week: Greatswords/@comment-219.89.184.193-20120418060738

Greatswords aren't my weapon of choice when hunting. Sure, they have tons of power backing them up and can be even more powerful if a charge attack lands and have decent elemental power to them. But they are slow and clunky and in most cases, if you miss, you're gonna be open for an attack. I use them only on monster i know i can beat with no problem. Plus, GS's with status ailments like poison and sleep end up being kinda.... unhelpful.

Now time to answer the questions:

1. Greatswords work well on large, slow moving monsters (Gravios, Fatalis, etc.)

2. They don't do so well against agile monsters, unless you have patience and good timing (Narga, Kirin, etc.)

3. MHFU. Tri is good to, but the underwater part kinda bothers me. It wouldn't hurt if they would just integrate some of the controls from Frontier to some of the console/handheld games. :(

4. Considering I don't use them much, I don't have a favorite. :P

5. Somehow, the Jinouga Greatsword looks pretty cool. The way it folds when you put it away is pretty eye catching.

6. As I said, I don't really enjoy using these things. the other weapons can fare better in speed and damage.

7. Either spelling is fine. It's just a matter of one's preference.

So yeah. In short, this is not my type of weapon to use on a daily hunting basis