3rd Fleet Podcast #45 | Guest: Socks | An Inside Look into Monster Hunter World and Beyond

[@jakeabbott249]

Love that minor earthquake and how casual gaijin is lol

[@a_tarasevich]

I live in Italy and here earthquakes are quite frequent, but Japan is on a whole other level lol

[@daveturlow5967]

Was prolly a cover up for him hitting his wife..

[@yiangaruga4928]

Well that's one heck of an impressive guest to have! This will be interesting especially if it's a more inside look into MH stuff. I love to hear about what happens in MH's production and so on

[@marcofromtropoje3169]

1:05:30 I love this. There is power in good communication skills. Criticism and wishing for better is totally fair, but if you actually want change or improvements, it is our responsibility to communicate that in a specific and meaningful manner.

[@KnightsDisillusion]

This was the best episode by far. The part about Socks not being a people person and yet still taking the job to better himself was really inspirational.

[@lynxfresh5214]

I'll never get tired at looking at the MHW concept art (Especially the Elders Recess one with the Hunter exploring while Teostra, Lao Shao Lung, Akantor and Yama Tsukami just vibing in the background). It doesn't even feel like years have past since I first watched Socks play the MHW demo/beta on the MH channel.

[@attacpowdergaming7098]

Socks provided some very good insight into the process of improvement from the developers’ stand point. The way he elaborated on what he thought capcom did wrong with the Alatreon fight shows how the information is ultimately processed, and I’m on the side that says nothing was really wrong with Alatreon. Maybe the only thing I would say could be critiqued is that the best weapons for hitting the elemental threshold were locked behind kulve taroth, so a lot of people didn’t have kjarr king or kjarr stream so it was harder for them to hit that element threshold starting off and we all know how bad the kjarr grind was. But yeah, good episode guys!

[@gleipnirrr]

I see you guys are working your way up to Ichinose! Amazing that you had Socks on.

[@MeekCrayon]

Before this, I didn't know who socks was... I am now a fan Looking forward to the next podcast guys. .....(Its what keeps me sane until Sunrise. 😳)

[@dragonbournee5270]

Sunrise? It won't be long till it's Sunrise, it happens in about a few hours

[@XenithflareGaming]

Infinity Blade was sooooo good! I still have all three on my account, I should go back and play them again.

[@mhk6943]

Rurikhan gonna hate on Charge Blade mains, now that he knows the weapon exists because someone at Capcom thought Sword and Shield was trash 🤣

[@joshmay2944]

That was a hilarious moment!

[@GeorgeK340]

Who said "Sword and Shield was trash"? JoCat want to know this man location.

[@mhk6943]

@@GeorgeK340 Can't remember his name or what time it was in the podcast (aside from being in the first half of the podcast). All I can recall is that he designed Charge Blade

[@ZephyrusRaine]

@@GeorgeK340 18:38 start of the conversation

[@stevenalvarez2924]

If you want really good "Documentary" type videos for ffxiv from 1.0 to Heavensward, there are two of them. One is the "Fall and Rise of FFxiv" done by players who played the game from 1.0 to present date. That one focuses more on what the players had to put up with in 1.0 and a better "foot on the ground" telling of a players perspective. This documentary is about 5 years old and Stormblood was next expansion about to be launched. So there is no fear of spoilers on much in that series. The No Clip FFxiv Documentary is on the Development side of FFxiv launch. It is great to let you know how the original devs choices were made and how things were fixed.

[@sacred944]

Davi vasc and music topic when

[@vivid8979]

I'm so happy to see this episode since alot of criticisms nowadays is more like: "What I want for the game" when it should be.. "What the game needs to improve" Lot of ignorance and such from gamers that doesn't even have any idea on what they are saying. Seeing comments like "MH is EZ now" every generation and saying that's a proper criticism and expecting Devs to acknowledge that shallow complaint and make the game suddenly harder just makes no sense.. You gotta show proper unbiased arguments specially if you want to change something. Yes you can put preference in your criticism but when it overly drowns your argument it makes it superficial and rather a whine rather than a proper informtion for the devs to process.. The Devs are not stupid people mind you and 99.99% of the time already taught of your criticism already.. But decisions must be made and you can only have 1 product at the end.. So presenting the arguments and criticism properly is the best way to let the devs hear your voice..

[@conormaccarthy249]

Gaijin mentioning Duncan and Beryl at 11:43 makes me want you guys to have DuncanCantDie and M1ssBeryl on the podcast so much more

[@casperabysstract1106]

That Fire Emblem quest in Generations Ultimate was incredibly intense. Hypers were fun and I would be pretty down for then to return.

[@lolz0r16]

i'm Glad Capcom is doing well, There was once a day they had it hard, It's about creativity if it clicks & Works, that's a massive move that will grant success.

[@theFakesign98]

Remember meeting James on a event for the launch of monster hunter 4 - capcom UK were always really cool!

[@iamrathercool12121]

Socks seems like a proper cool dude! Thanks for the podcast

[@pyoheliobros5773]

So how could be tell the team behind MHRise at Capcom to fix some issues with the Gunlance then?

[@icymoe1024]

Socks!!! The man... The myth... The legend!

[@casperabysstract1106]

The ambush factor should come back in the future. And I think more monsters should utilize the feature. A Narga ambush or a Chameleos ambush would be dope as hell.

[@lemon582]

Solar cry (the +30 kinship gene) is probably from Silverlos

[@lobokael9851]

100% agree community managers are super useful, I mean look at the fall guys CM on twitter. That game did really well during it's launch, in large part to the CM

[@Wyverian]

Ayyyyyyy yoooooo SOCKS!!!

[@BooryanChillin]

Socks' laugh is so full of joy hahahah

[@Bjorn_in_Orbit]

Yeesssss! Socks is awesome!

[@GarliccDread]

I love seeing Socks's 🧦 uplifting tweets. 🌞 I'm also autistic and can relate a lot on not being a people person lol. MH games became a special interest of mine for the past 4-5 years and I like having the community as an outlet so I don't drive my IRL friends too crazy 🥺😅

[@kban6748]

I just drive my friends crazy telling them about MH lol. Gotta have more hunting buddies.

[@stardustdragonx3612]

When it comes to final fantasy 7 remake it's understandable that people are mad that is broken up because you gotta take into account age comes into play some people may not be around for the game before we complete it's the remake.

[@Vulcanfaux]

It takes longer to beat ff7 remake than it does to beat ff7 original. So yeah even though the remake technically only covers what happens in like the first 2 hours of original, the fact they expanded it to 40-50 for yout initial playthrough and yet somehow make it feel like you are going and hitting all the main points of the original Midgard is amazing. I'm curious how they will even do the rest of the game while still making it more fleshed out like remake. Anyways, what he said about people reaction to world during its reveal, I think thats sort of similar to what people thought during rises reveal. I do remember seeing a few people's reaction thinking rise was going to be like an rpg spin off similar to stories but with a different art style at first.

[@XenithflareGaming]

I don't think anyone who played it actually cares that it's split into parts, the people who complain typically do so because of the unnecessary alternate timeline changes. They'll need a serious payoff to justify making such a massive change in what was already a very good story.

[@ajaafive1384]

The special palamute Thor's original owner?

[@ChompDude]

My complaint with Alatreon has always been Escaton Judgement. I don't mind punishments for not reaching an elemental threshold or the elemental threshold itself. I like changing up my build for specific monsters. But why did it have to be an unavoidable instant kill? At least give me a chance to survive if I fail to hit it. Make it a chaotic attack that I have to bullet hell dodge through at the very least. The fight itself was fun and challenging. Just not the instant kill.

[@ilyanawolf5524]

PC will gain more track as they get closer to the price of console. So as the 2 start to merge in the same price range, people will see PC as the better option.

[@Ryio5]

PCs we're already at a better price last generation. A budget to mid-range PC from like 2014 was already better than the base Xbone and PS4. Unfortunately, PC started to get really expensive the last 3ish years and then COVID resale prices absolutely butchered any concept of value. :(

[@DJMJ4]

This is amazing!

[@tendermoisturized4199]

WOW this is an important episode everyone!!

[@Aaron-xk9hs]

Infinity blade was a masterpiece, even the 2nd and 3rd

[@victorribeiro6772]

What a Legend!

[@hypercombo7202]

We need Endo san to come back and fix the charge blade.

[@wilddreams]

the german community manager is an actual angel

[@sebecktv]

Does she have Twitter?

[@marcofromtropoje3169]

Socks!! Be still my heart 😩

[@HunterGendo]

Holy crap SOCKS! 🧦 you guys are killing it!

[@moomanchu608]

im vegan and i love monster hunter, and pokemon, and other games that don't show "fair treatment" with animals. they are just video games

[@hypercombo7202]

So glad Socks isn't leaving our community.

[@sarcirinsdaefarin3950]

SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOCKS LETS FREAKING GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Not watching just yet, but this might be the best podcast yet!

[@CodinskiSchwartzando]

Aw shit dude, I loved the original Infinity Blade

[@GarliccDread]

Yesss let's gooo! 💖✨

[@Backinmywhey]

Eyyy an actual Monster hunter themed podcast. Missed these. Curse no monster hunter news.

[@darksiders678]

I hope to see another monster hunter world some day

[@gorgorthehunter3875]

Let me tell you, the Hell I have e gone thru, trying to get Soul Sacrifice Delta, ots only built the desire for me. Thanks guys for making even the build up amazing! Is it Wednesday yet!?

[@Proto724]

Stay kind everyone!

[@xHideousFoxx]

i still can't get dragon's dogma to run on my pc. bought on STEAM and it won't launch...sigh

[@90zillas4]

Yoooo it’s socks

[@justsomejojo]

59:19 Oh woooow. I thought I was being an idiot for thinking that, but yes. For YEARS I could not get into anything mobile gaming related because "my phone could go off at any moment". I even had that for my laptop way back, like "my Skype could go off at any moment". I really like Socks' take on Alatreon. I just don't think MH's current way of utilizing elements is the correct environment. If its weakness systems were more like, say, Pokemon in that a weakness/resistance actually makes or breaks your damage, it'd be great, but MH never built that kind of environment. A quest line preparing for Alatreon that employs such mechanics might have fixed peoples' issues with Alatreon in particular, but I think a fundamental change to how Element affects weapon damage is much more needed for the series in general. If blights in Rise could work inherently off elemental weapons for example, that would do SO MUCH to incentivize using an element rather than none. Dragon weapons inflicting Elderseal in World is kinda like what I'm thinking here. Oh, that'd be so cool :D

[@LayZKimochi420BlazeIt]

Yuri next would be awesome

[@sangheilicommander1056]

my biggest issue with rise is monster hunter imo works better on a more horizontal playing field. the verticality added in rise really throws off the monsters moveset and how to dodge the attacks. also its focus away from a hunting simulator to more of an action game. its still fun and the gameplay feels like monster hunter but its more monster hunter mixed with DMC than actual monster hunter. also soul reaver is amazing

[@crispy_querem]

wait what??? You can knock Ebony Odagoron out of dragon mode???

[@moviegamelife]

Funny, i never have good experience going in with raw builds. Most of the times the monster goes berserk at some point and i never could put a hold. But with elemental i always have more control on the fight. Still, that maybe possible sure it was rng. But seriusly, the 20 times i went with raw, 15 the monster kill me once. Since that Day elemental builds was my life. The joy when i learn the kjarr could be upgraded. The one mistake for preparing players to the Alatreon fight its the máster rank requerimient. Lv 24 is not the one. It should have been lv 50 (maybe 70 because Golden, silver and Brute are only available at them) (before they put the Brute one that its 24). Still will be missing the health augment but the experience of hunting those will give more knowledge.

[@nergalrior7841]

56:48 THANK YOU GAIJIN! THANK THE LORD SOMEONE ELSE HAS PLAYED INFINITY BLADE. I played all of them and loved them to death!!! Before the mess that Epic became this was one of The Best mobile games ever! And it makes me so sad that they turned it in to a gimmick and throw it ti the trash like nothing. THATS the reason I hate epic.

[@s1ggamer595]

It's shame we can't swim. Please bring back that system.

[@DivineHunter1995]

Sooooooooccks🧦🧦🧦

[@Fatlumpthe1st]

Great episode, very interesting to hear more about community managers and the work they do. But it hurts to hear Socks praise the Bungie community managers though when they were involved in such awful things, lied and hurt people in the Destiny "community", regardless of their good communication about the game. They should be an example of what NOT to do as a CM.

[@tolontolon5538]

yo i wanted the original version of mh world 😢😢😢

[@meikahidenori]

People who think you can't give criticism to companies you work for haven't seem Sims KZbinrs who are game changers. Some are utterly brutal with their criticism to the point it's still surprising they stay in the game changers program. 😅

[@crazymangaming3391]

I hate Alatreon because he still hasn’t taught me that elemental and status are DIFFERENT. The internet taught me that. I will never give that trash fight credit for anything other than pissing off for hours on end.

[@test_workshops]

TBH MH franchise is not good at teaching players the game mechanics.

[@yiangaruga4928]

I'll be very disappointed if this episode doesn't include Socks shouting "NO IT'S A SWITCH AXE!"

[@lynxfresh5214]

MH memes hit differently... :/

[@yiangaruga4928]

@@lynxfresh5214 Sadly it seems this meme is very dead

[@michaelmeissen844]

Socks talking about needing logical, reasonable, well-articulated criticisms as evidence to bring to the higher-ups describes Ratatoskr’s many discussions of the game to a T.

[@stevehkng6560]

Way too many unga bunga brain criticisms out there sadly

[@daveturlow5967]

Itsuno chose the right game l…

[@ookamibr1918]

I would kindly accept dogma from Gaijin, as he aways bring this game and SSD on the podcast

[@jockpackage1770]

well ya with the main team's ambition and the plans 4 world they kind of had no choice but 2 break from Nintendo since switch is hybrid portabl/home console. they wanted 2 push the limits 2 realize thier vision in a way that couldn't b done before so they had 2 go home consoles 4 world thus not Nintendo. i can't wait 4. as much as i've looking forward 2 sunbreak.like 6th gen will b nut. like them likely using World's engine but not being new 2 it so not say spending a year on Zorah Magdaros cause coding a moving platform in a wider zone that doens't have u slide off of it is fucking hard 2 code but now that all that groundwork is dine in the MHW engine we'll see its quality and depth of world and map design with much more content and monsters since they can just port old skeletons nad focus on making new ones like reworking the leviathans is likely 1 of the top priorities 2 make up 4 the tease of Lagi not bearing fruit

[@MyCruelYoungHistory]

In regards to colonialism, both Astera and Seliana are settlements in a new world and there are quests where you explicitly go out and attack native populations. So I don't think the comparison is that outlandish.

[@Dante190884]

I unsubscribed Gaijin Hunter because I couldn't hear about his daughter anymore. In every movie he has to brag about what his daughter did. As a viewer, I am interested in the opinion of veteran players, not children, about the game. How much can you talk about your children. Gaijin Hunter - will you finally change the subject?

[@rurikhan]

You jealous of how awesome Yuna is at MH?

[@sangheilicommander1056]

? Honestly man all he ever really says is " i played it with my daughter and she loved it" i dont see whats wrong with that. But think about it from his point of view. Shes literally his whole world. I think gaijin is an awesome dad and i wish my parents tried to spent time with me like that. When i have a kid i wanna be a dad like gaijin the mans earned my respect for sure

[@IceWolfAlphaheart7777]

I find his relationship with Yuna very touching. I too wish I had parents like that. I also love to see Yuna progress in Mh, she’s really good at it and it warms me to see such kindred spirits as her and Gaijin. I don’t understand how that bothers you :/