User blog:Lord Loss/Discussion of the Week: Statuses/Mechanics

 Welcome to Discussion of the Week: Statuses/Mechanics!

I'm back (not that I was ever really away) and this week I thought we'd look at something quite different to the norm. Something that tends to mentioned in the same tone as voice as tapeworm infestation... I am of course referring to statuses.

Questions

 * Do you have a favourite? No? How odd.
 * Can you think of any new ones to include in future games? It looks like MH4 already has 'Infected'...

Blights
Of course, the 3rd generation games also introduced Blights.

Questions

 * Are these a cool idea, or just really annoying? Should they come back in future games?

Others
K.O: First introduced in MH2, for the first time Hunters could dizzy the monsters instead of the other way around. How to do it? Repeated bashes to the head, of course. The question is, did this initially make Hammers too overpowered? They did a lot of damage anyway, but a pair of free Triple Pounds whilst the enemy is writhing on the floor... Then in 3rd gen the vast majority of weapons can now KO - it's just that most of them are exceedingly bad at it (try KO'ing Alatreon with a Lance. Or SnS. Go on).

Stamina: Now, I really like the Stamina mechanic. I feel it adds a touch of realism to proceedings, and you can always learn more about the monster and their habits from the way they recover stamina. The biggest drawback, IMO, is that some monsters are made way too easy when they just stand there drooling for about 5 minutes non-stop, and Tigrex especially, falling over the whole time, just sucks the challenge straight out. Do people want it back in the future? Personally I'd be ok with monsters keeping the fun stamina recovery animations, but loosing the whole 'stand there dribbling for 5 minutes' thing.

Monster vs Monster: Promised for the third gen, and to my eternal disappointment it never really exceeds what could be seen in the very first Japanese MH3 demo - basically sometimes Great Jaggi and buddies will attack Qurupeco. That's it. I think in P3 Furogi will sometimes attack Nargacuga, but that doesn't really console me. Why no Gigginox vs Barioth when they meet in the Tundra? Why Jinouga vs Rathian in the Mountain Peaks? Sigh.