User blog comment:Lord Loss/Monster Hunter Frontier Season Forward 5/@comment-70.128.20.68-20130228225519/@comment-969093-20130301122325

If you're above average you already got the foundation in my opinion to get started. When I say hardcore or die-hard I am talking about the kind of player you might want to be if you're end-game and going for the max. Example: Picante, Pike, myself.

Personally I'd say anyone who's an above average player (can take down at least an Alatreon with some sort of ease as in little-to-no items being used, taking little or no damage and getting the job done at the very least without taking the majority of the quest). You don't have to be an Adrenaline/Heroics Speedrunner though.

When I speak of average players I am referring to all the nubtards that make up most of the people you see on the MH3 servers. The ones that can't even survive a mere HR Rathalos (and in worse cases a Rathian) and forget they are in groups (team-launchers).

Frontier works with 2nd generation mechanics though, but it's also smoother and more intense than Unite and such in many ways. So for a more accurate sketch of what I would consider average myself is that you can fight the majority of the monsters skillfully on your own at the very least by MHFU-standards. At least High Rank monsters. But MHFU is more mechanical in gameplay than Frontier, so if you can do well there you perform better in Frontier where things feel more natural, smoother.