Writing Characters is hard

Using a free Program called Vroid Studio along side blender to make proof of concept renders of these characters.

First up is Terra the All Mother. One of the four main deities of a world I've been slowly making.

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Name: Terra

Race: Deity

Preferred Avatar: Voltarian Human

Known Avatars: Deer, Finch, Redwood Tree

Primary Domains: All things tied to Earth and Nature, Patience, Hospitality.

Minor Domains: Unity, Companionship, Maternity.

Equinox is a single frame with two forms that change how her abilities work

Sirius and Orion are two individual frames with unique kits that have intended, fresh off the foundry synergy. Hell you can customize them individually. You can't do that with Equinox.

Similar but only just.

Yes the new generation of frames under reb are insane compared to what came before, but people either don't know or forget that Wukong, Hydroid, and Vauban use to be hot garbage before their reworks.

Hell Nidus proves you don't need to do a complete rework to make a frame remain viable. Just a few small touch ups can make a world of difference.

Also not all frames need to do stupid damage, they can just be fashion or utility to the Guns and blades you wield.

Me:

I feel like there are people who don't quite understand the significance of beloved characters like Lagicarus and King K Rool returning after a decade or more of being M.I.A.

Nostalgia bait, Simply to keep a trademark, etc. Doesn't matter when it shows, even if only slightly enough to see the money signs, that the devs are listening.

I never understood the love for Lagi until I got to fight him myself in Wilds, and it wasn't until the under water segment that, as a wise man once said, I finally got it. I love his fight and he has become a "comfort monster" (Monster I hunt because it feels like a dance)

I was the same with K Rool. Fun to play in smash bros but not much else. Then Bananza happens and same thing. Hail to the King of the Kremlin Krew.

Fighting AT Uth Duna and Gog has helped me learn that calling my Uber or panic rolling during a monsters "attack chain" as I call it, is the fastest way to get carted.

"Isn't the carve vs capture debate founded on maximizing RNG rolls to get rare mats?" Before Wilds did away with capture and carve having different reward pools. Now its just a "How many seconds do I want to shave off of the hunt"

Also

"Isn't the whole draw of monster hunter 'here's a sharp stick go kill a god of nature' so the on rails hunts were kind of an eventually if they kept wanting to up the stakes in terms of pushing the limit of what a hunt is. 'This monster is a living refrigerator the size of an airship and has a move that requires cover to not be TPK'd. Have fun :)"

Like with most of the internet it could just be the vocal minority of world babies and veterans who, much like pretty much every other franchise i enjoy, have the "New = Bad" or the "if its not soulsbourn difficult its not worth doing" mentally.

Like pretty much all my other video game posts I'm exaggerating heavily but like...

At what point do you just acknowledge that this thing, what ever it may be, is no longer for you. And let the new blood get what enjoyment out of the dystopia hell we live in currently that they can without telling that new blood to jump off a cliff cause they are enjoying something you don't that isn't a debate of morals.

Someone saying "I like killing people" is bad but somebody saying "I like fighting Gog in Wilds" is just an opinion. If you don't agree then just keep yor mouth shut unless your willing to have a proper conversation about why.

It's why I refuse to touch World because it feels like people only have praise for it, and that praise for me boils down to it looks pretty with the proper hardware and the tracking mechanic. Anytime I see talk of the gameplay its just "monster hunter with a gimmick no one asked for" which can describe all three new gen games so far. I like the pack animals, claw, silkbugs and wounds but like can we be more original with our complaints?

It's the same "This is bad" "Why?" "Because it is" or my favorite "It's not the same as what I remember growing up with"

Just stop trying to flash Gore, poor bastard is blind and won't notice.

If you use it while I'm on the monster opening wounds.

In just two games I've gone from a very defensive hunter who only engaged when I absolutely knew I was safe to being very confident in my ability to recover from a hit should I get a little to greedy with Savage Axe mode.

I can perfect guard now, though not consistently or often

The skill system still makes my brain hurt but I'm starting to get a feel for what skills to look for and what I like to run. Divine Blessing and Ear plugs my beloved.

My only real grips are with Gore and my only experiences with him between both games being on small, tight parts of the maps he spawns in.

And the ever increasing system requirements in the pursuit of ever increasing graphical details that horribly unoptimised.

I shouldn't need 16gb of Vram to play the funny Smack the Giant Monster till it Dies Game™️

I'm exaggerating Wilds runs perfectly fine on just 6 gigs after using the Nvidia app to auto optimize the game and all my settings default to high at minimum.

Model and lighting by the amazing @0pooleart