User blog comment:SethOmega/Bracchidios Discussion/@comment-108.199.194.232-20130428133936

While I was looking up the easiest way to get a gem to make the armor, I saw that people were really hating on the armor and the slime status effect. They said the armor is terrible and for noobs because it has evasion down that encourages people not to dodge. Isn't that pretty easy to get rid of with a decoration? Also, being a veteran of the series, I know dodging is probably the single most important aspect of combat. The hating on slime weapons had no argument for it; it was just considered "slime spam". Do these people fail to realize that slime weapons are actually good? The dual blades especially got hate because apparently the dual blade users are "jerk offs who use demon dance on a sleeping monster that is about to be sleep bombed.

As a very experienced player of this game who plans to use Brachydios armor and dual blades, I find these people to be ignorant and stupid. I have been playing since MH 1 on the PSP, and I'm striving for the Brachydios armor and dual blades because they make sense strategically. I think dual blades are the best weapon for slime because you can get many hits on monsters in quick succession, which means your slime is working more often. The armor has challenger and adrenaline, which are pretty great skills. It also has bombardier which increases the damage done with all bombs, including the slime explosions. Evasion down can easily be removed with a single decoration. With eight total slots, you have room to improve existing skills or use a talisman with slots to add a new skill with decorations. This combination gives you a high damage output very quickly. Get the attack, health, and stamina boost from a meal and you're golden. I typically kill monsters quickly and easily and I don't even have the armor yet. Since I'm experienced enough to know that you have to put a huge emphasis on not getting hit, I can afford to go all out offense on these monsters. I've put several hours into the game and have only died a few times total.

If this strategy for an all out offense is for noobs, I'd really like to know a better one. I'm not being sarcastic here.