User blog comment:Aandrew07/Discussion of the Week: Rage Mode/@comment-5020152-20131215152548

1) My favorite Rage Mode? Why, Goa Magara's, of course! It's so awesome how the horns spring out and that screaming roar blasts out from his jaws, the wings unfurl and become used like weapons, and how the atmosphere darkens. It gives the already menacing monster a dreadful, panic-inducing twist - the hunter is fighting Magara and having a terrible time keeping up with it, wondering how things could get any worse... and then the hunter strikes that final blow, and Goa Magara gets enraged.

Chameleos' Rage Mode is pretty neat as well. He starts fading in and out of existence, as if he can no longer control his invisibility when he gets enraged. It's pretty cool, and the music is great as well.

2) My least favorite is Yian Garuga's. I remember fighting the horrible Bird Wyvern on MHFU, grinding it for parts and always having a difficult time, and I would always groan when it started hopping around and breathing fire. "Oh God, not again!"

A close second is Crimson Qurupeco's Rage Mode. Every two seconds - DEVILJHO!

3) I'd give Blangonga a better Rage Mode. When he gets enraged, the ruff of fur around his neck and shoulders would stick straight up as ice forms and causes the hairs to freeze stiff. Meanwhile, his roar would echo around the Snowy Mountains and cause Blangos to continuously spawn every time one is killed.

I'd also give Amatsumagatsuchi a better Rage Mode - maybe the wind and rain that she summons chills hunters to the bone and causes Hot Drinks to be required during that second part of the fight.

4) One of the Rage Modes that kind of goes a little too far is the Tigrex Rare Species' enraged state. He already looks like a tough cookie when he gets enraged normally, but then he goes into that second state of rage and he starts doing those super-strong screams. One is enough, but two in a row?! No, no, absolutely not.

5) In Rage Mode, I'd like the fight itself to change somewhat. Added attacks, a change in the lighting (Goa Magara), or simply some environmental change that alters the course of the battle.