User blog comment:PitchBlack696/Blog: Admins Board/@comment-969093-20110612081118/@comment-969093-20110614103053

I've actually done G-Rank Gold and Silver a few times yesterday, Plexioth, and it only took 10-15 minutes with 2 people. Long story short, to solo the quest with my current gear the quest is likely to take... around 20-30 minutes I suppose.

I've also been doing some research into what people think of those 2 in MHF1. All I see is "they're so hard! They're the hardest/strongest sub-species of the family!". -_- I want to add this, as a Rath Slaying afficionado... that's all a load of bullcrap.

Gold Rathian is indeed the hardest of the 3 but remains piss easy if you actually got some decent skill. Silver Rathalos on the other hand, is the easiest of the 3 in mhf1. His head is weaker to impact damage than of the other 2 and he's more air-focused like Azure than the red one, giving out a load of free superpounds to the head.

I noticed a unique combo for the Gold Rathian. A charge > backflip combo. It's basically an altered version of the multi-charge as we know it. She charges once, turns and then backflips. How to counter? Stay close and away from her front.

Now if I would already get me some fucking Gold and Silver Plates/Rubies (yes... those exist...) I could finally start making the armor. -_- Got the feeling I got all materials save for those 2 items by now. I don't mind hunting them though. As I said in my profile, it's easy, pays well and give good stuff. A gold mine. ;)