Capcom FIXED the Guiding Lands

[@gaijinhunter]

10x bad carves to anyone who says "first"

[@MrClean-lk6vi]

“first”

[@patricklechtenberg3173]

Second?

[@hkyle33]

whoop. I almost did.

[@izacb07]

My file got corrupted soooo, FIRST ☹

[@ballpuncher45]

Last

[@stratus42]

One thing I've always loved about the guiding lands is that the lures use different endemic life native to that region.

[@tatotiteta]

Yeap, it isnt random items

[@drxavier1870]

Im just wondering how the Hander got a Bristly Crake for the rotting zone summon

[@Shadax419]

@@drxavier1870 Hands down my favorite lure critter. That birb schmoove.

[@AquaAmazake]

Can I swap sets after using fortify twice with a different set?

[@drxavier1870]

@@AquaAmazake as long as Fortify is on the other set I think it transfers

[@Avarn_]

I honestly believe that the guiding lands is a test bed for Capcoms ideas for future installments. They have done a brilliant job evolving and tweaking it and it will be very interesting to see where they take the series going forward with these ideas in mind.

[@stedysteelsted9174]

Im happy that i dont need to farm month for max potions to make big stock of them so i dont need to worry about them for while and i honestly dont miss mining 80 earth crystals :D and getting materials easy means i got more time help others hunt difrent monster no need to hunt same one 20-200 times

[@akmalamni]

I think it’s a more refined endgame grind of MH4U’s expedition grind. It’s really good at this point, and I can’t wait for what it’ll bring to the next installment

[@robinottmann8301]

imagine mhw 2 being an single enormous map with, basically like openworld, so the guiding lands in big

[@abyssalrayz9499]

@@robinottmann8301 no

[@Elyrium42]

@@abyssalrayz9499 its likely tho. Capcom wants MH to be fully open world at one point and i can imagine that working somehow

[@johannessburg]

1:28 "Sept. 28th Daylight..." "The monsters have overtaken the city." "Somehow" "I'm still alive..."

[@ShadingNight]

See I thought Guiding lands before the lure crafting was implemented was fun. Gave reason to hunt monsters you usually wouldn't hunt and gave (me personally at least) a new perspective and respect for some of them. Except Laviasioth, he still sucks and I hate him.

[@caiopatric]

theres still good reason to hunt all of them because of all the materials you need. but i get what you mean.

[@Martin-yh7vi]

Still hate lavasioth, he's the less hunted monster for me for not the name's lavasioth event quest in High Rank.

[@gallixypegasuss1546]

Use bomb pods when Lavasioth is in the lava and he will pop out

[@acrab6527]

@@caiopatric Yeah, except no one ever uses the 1/4 the materials for the "Add Defense to your weapon" augments. And the 1/4 for "add slots to your weapon" are almost as rare.

[@slenderhatesmillennials195]

clutch claw makes lavasioth tolerable, git gud

[@maxwellbrody3260]

I didn't know about the banishing ball!

[@astven94]

i knew about it, but didn't even know where to get it. I didn't even try to check it... damn I'm lazy

[@kevinmulia6503]

yep same here, and i've just realised that item exists after i no longer need to go to GL. but i felt bad for my past self for putting up with bad grinding mechanics in GL

[@gabgalla7403]

You guys are all missing out then!

[@ashb3378]

SEND THEM TO THE SHADOW REALM!!

[@astralnaught9431]

Yeeted it at rajang and he fuckin dipped

[@laurenssteel4054]

Correction: You were always able to trade tempered materials for normal materials from day 1, what they changed was that you didn't need to have obtained the non tempered version prior anymore, for example if you encountered tempered radobaan before ever getting normal radobaan in GL, you wouldn't have the option to meld the tempered material down into the normal material.

[@atraxian5881]

I love how the MH Team iterated on the Guiding Lands making them better and having the courage to revisit old decision based on player feedback instead of saying "they are like that, if you don't like it, don't play it!". This places the MH Team on a much higher pedestal than most game developers. (only those behind Monster Hunter, tho, not the entirety of Capcom, which most of the time sucks).

[@juantsu2000]

Capcom has weirdly been doing good these past months... It scares me tbh

[@ewngzedward6182]

Would of liked this a year ago. Now I just don't care.

[@connorverra8857]

@@ewngzedward6182 no reason not to try it out

[@xeroze01]

It feels like the devs don't have a good feel of how the design of the game will turn out for a lot of stuff, and had to adjust accordingly after. Some stuff can't be changed, but i suspect they will probably be removed/changed in future mh series (like clutch claw mechanics basically)

[@taloutezero]

@@ewngzedward6182 Iceborne isn't even a year old yet...

[@care6994]

Ah yes, the "lurr" system. I remember him fondly as the ruler of omicron persei 8.

[@Duplicitousthoughtformentity]

Been meaning to rewatch Futurama, thanks for the reminder ;)

[@FarikoWishless]

You deserve a cookie

[@MegaGeewee]

Why does Zorah Magdaros, the largest of the Elder Dragons, not simply eat the other 14?

[@DAAraiz]

Don't forget his beatiful queen nnda nnda!

[@koopakinkreet]

It honesty baffles me the amount of common words that are mispronounced in KZbin videos Lurr lol

[@alexquah784]

For anyone interested, I found Brachydios to be the perfect candidate for raising the Volcano Region’s levels. Just so happens that the monster who is the most slimiest happens to leave the most tracks behind.

[@Dinorex01]

Yeah, its improved *a lot*. However there's still one mayor flaw: picking up shienies for the GL materials. It's an absolutely horrendous design flaw, because it distracts you from the fight, makes you completely vulnerable, and makes you waste time juggling between pod ammo and shinies, and they are sometimes missed and forgoten. I cannot tell you how much this ends up frustrating me, for the reasons above. Solution? Auto Pickup or Endscreen rewards.

[@MomoSu88]

and that's the essence... manage your timing well and you will be rewarded..

[@SinfireTitan]

Or have the option to set our Palico to a "gather" mode instead of combat assistant.

[@robertbailey3739]

SinfireTitan that’s actually a good idea

[@Hateloveanddrugs]

If you can't pick up shinies without dying, that's on you.

[@samhein321]

@@Hateloveanddrugs it's hard sometimes when there's 15 shinies at once and you pick them up twice.

[@jonathanlange5769]

Damn I played other games when Iceborne came out then had to do a lot of stuff irl so I just made it this month to the endgame of Iceborne. Didn't know that huge wait was giving me so many quality of life changes I didn't even know about. So this video actualy made me kinda happy.

[@SnakeTheBoss13]

yeah, you're jumping into the best version of the guiding lands

[@FernandoPerez-us1rp]

Same dude

[@KsanUwU]

same, i had been waiting for my friends to get interested in iceborne for ages, just 2-3 weeks ago we finally got around to doing it. this is the biggest bullet we've dodged i think.

[@dbrowdy]

Same here, 5 month later! lol

[@theepicone8996]

It always annoyed me how the ONLY normal monsters that aren’t in the guiding lands are Jyratodus and Beotodus.

[@tn7403]

Not enough water or snow for them I guess

[@CloudWind0643]

Ok but did you really want to hunt those assholes

[@lordofdarkness4204]

fisty baby they are the most boring and useless monsters ever, seriously they have noting going for them. Their armour is bad, their weapons are meh at best and are inferior to many other weapons in every single way, and they are rubbish fights in general.

[@knightlyfiver9733]

@@lordofdarkness4204 then why is great jagras there :(

[@fyu823]

@@knightlyfiver9733 To flex

[@ryaquaza3offical]

Not being able to Max out more than 3 regions and sometimes having to level up regions again still gets on my nerves tho Granted it is much better than it used to be but i still say once we maxed an area you should be able to increase the level if it was ever decreased

[@Zaki_Arx]

what im going to do is that, i will level all region to 7 once, then which ever region i had to lower, i will just meld the mats, so i don't need to keep changing the region level. Better way, if you could join others' land, and just fight all monster once, then u can meld everything.

[@arstulex]

@@Zaki_Arx Except as far as I know you can't meld tempered versions of items, only turn tempered versions in non-tempered ones. I could be wrong though, it's been a while.

[@goldmeistergeneral]

@@arstulex you can meld tempered items all the way up to threat level 2 monsters

[@poopertonthepious6150]

I wholeheartedly agree with you. Making the player re-level an area when they've previously maxed it out is a very annoying way to add artificial grind.

[@naromaster9796]

John Dela Cruz thats literally just cheating and completely destroys the meaning of the guiding lands

[@not_donovan]

Dude after watching your video about the mining I've been playing non stop and switching from ps4(my main) and pc. Im having fun again! I've always been a solo hunter because of bad internet so being able to have fun again on my favorite game is such a relief

[@extexc280]

What mining vid?

[@not_donovan]

@@extexc280 It's the "easy armor spheres" video

[@tratamarack441]

I got a feeling that wilds is trying to attempt to make one gigantic and complete version of "guiding lands".

[@TwistedTriggerEnduro]

Pro tip: level an area quicker by continually trapping a monster while collecting tracks.

[@XRADU97]

How many traps needs be consumed?

[@projectxrapture]

@@XRADU97 all the traps

[@XRADU97]

@@projectxrapture so better just spam same monster lure and hunt it Not worth it

[@MrDekasOne]

And if you don't have friends to do it with equip the flash fly cage on your palico for the free shock traps it will place

[@projectxrapture]

@@XRADU97 lol its a little grindy but I guess it just depends how much you like the game! You can beat anything in ice borne with sub par equipment so ya it is kinda grindy for no reason but if u like min maxing builds and having the best shot for the day fatalis finally comes.. then u gotta do it 😁

[@Brumoth]

Been grinding so hard to get to the guiding lands, patience is a virtue indeed.

[@pooPbutwhole]

Just wait for the grind to level them up

[@MubarakMarafa]

I just unlocked guiding lands! Super excited 😁

[@SnakeOmni]

You have not even begun to grind :)

[@sarcirinsdaefarin3950]

I can show you the world!

[@piruchiruchi]

What grinding to get to guiding land? I play a month ago and been 300hrs and not that hard at all... because the community really helps

[@blobeyeordie]

Its still incredibly grindy to level up areas, even if youre just going after elder dragons. Going from lv5 to 7 gets tedious and stale after youve hunted dozens of tempered elder dragons only to have your progress bar go up about 1/14 of the way each time. I wish they would just completely re-adjust the progress acquisition to be much more lenient. Or be able to allocate progress from other areas to ones we need.

[@gaijinhunter]

it took me 1 hour to go from 5 to 7. Maybe you are hunting non area specific monsters? I just gather tracks until 5.5 or 6 then hunt 2 tempered or so and it's level 7 at that point

[@blobeyeordie]

@@gaijinhunter I had thought that too, and tried luring out area specific or native monsters but no avail(Velkhana or Stygnogre in tundra for ex). Gathering tracks, mining, bone piles does very little too sadly :(

[@causeifeltlikeit8092]

If you summon a weaker monster and get a bunch of part breaks it’s better than trying to lvl up using harder monsters if I remember correctly

[@blobeyeordie]

@@causeifeltlikeit8092 I will try that out, thank you sir

[@prawn1717]

@@blobeyeordie Which areas are you trying to level? Oftentimes, it's more efficient to farm lower level mons that are exclusive to that region ex: Coral Pukei for the highlands

[@allsin03]

this was a very useful explanation of the updates and on how to use that said item or addition. you doing this community a huge favor still in late 2021.

[@SlightlyCivil]

You mean, Grinding Lands

[@Helianthus_]

Or the Grindr Lands, where you poke "dragons" with a "stick" to get them to "eject" something white.

[@CloudWind0643]

It was once the grinding lands BUT NO LONGER

[@SlightlyCivil]

@@CloudWind0643 still is a grind fest

[@yzh2154]

He meant “Cheat Engine”.

[@IdocarebutIdont]

Well.. Endgame has to be grindy in a way. Otherwise.. the endgame woud be pretty.. non existent ? There is no reason to play anymore, If you already have everything you wanted. So the grind just keeps the motivation up for most players. (Even tho I wished it could be tamed sometimes, cause Im losing my mind on getting some Jewels lol)

[@PrinceRevolver]

I fell out of MHW for awhile. The quality of life improvements sounds like something to get me back into it.

[@Playable4all]

So MHGU is exactly your type of game x)

[@PrinceRevolver]

@@Playable4all I've played every single mainline MH game since Freedom. I simply got bored of Worlds and other things came up.

[@man_like_forg1121]

@@Playable4all mh4 and mh3 is good aswell, along with the older ones

[@MenacingCupcake]

I play on Xbox just came back a month ago when safi arrived and I’ve gained 200 master ranks and gotten my gold name, the experience is thrilling and fast paced. I’ve never had such a good time on mhw please give it another try

[@MenacingCupcake]

silver xxi I won’t lie to you the grind of it all isn’t for everyone if you don’t enjoy it then don’t force it upon yourself but try mixing it up if you do play again, use a different weapon, respond to some sos flares, hop in a lobby and do a siege. There’s a large variety but I do understand if it’s not your cup of tea!

[@ramadhanbenny6640]

My highest hope for MH6 still have guiding lands, and ACTUALLY add the Tower integrated in like a dungeon. I want to explore the lost civilization

[@anubrakahn2970]

That would be absolutely amazing. Basically a game mode that plays like Monster Hunter but with light dungeon crawl/exploration mechanics? Opening up loot chests after tackling a massive beast with a rag tag group of hunters?! Great idea!!

[@man_like_forg1121]

@@anubrakahn2970 this isnt a shitty mobile rpg, it really wouldnt. If you like that bs go play stories or somet

[@anubrakahn2970]

@@man_like_forg1121 sorry what? I only speak English.

[@man_like_forg1121]

@@anubrakahn2970 yeah, same -_- maybe go back to school then. I was suggesting playing monster hunter stories, that has a dungeon crawler mechanic somewhere in the story.

[@anubrakahn2970]

@@man_like_forg1121 well you should have said that the first time. Anyway, that's a shitty mobile RPG. Totally different than what the adults are talking about.

[@frg6954]

I'm glad you're coming back around to liking Iceborne again. It truly is the greatest game I've personally played, if not one of.

[@ewngzedward6182]

You should play MH4U

[@Scuuurbs]

Vazazell Oh my goodness I hate the clutch claw, lol. Mantles, too, come to think of it. They’re handicaps, and it’s not as fun when people abuse them. 90% of hunts in World are already pretty darn easy even without launching the monster into a wall at every opportunity. It reminds me of all the hate IG got back in 4U. Nobody liked a mount spammer.

[@abyssalrayz9499]

@@Scuuurbs yeah I remember that. It sucked too because you couldn't hit while mounting or you'll knock the person off

[@iiangmariiomega2639]

@@Scuuurbs all mh games are easy^^ when you played thousands of hours ds1-3, bloodborne and nioh and sekiro. You all do its so difficult games but its not like the souls games

[@timsar4809]

@@iiangmariiomega2639 so what?

[@obbububu]

Most of the people I've seen skipping the guiding lands did so because there's just so little new content, and it gated the few new hunts behind so many levels worth of grinding content you've already done. I went through the grind - but most of those people I saw who bailed after shara did so at the moment they learned they had to fight old monsters a whole bunch of times to access each step of the new content. I can see good things coming out of this if they wanted to throw MMO/open world style ideas at the wall to see what sticks, but as far as this game goes, the guiding lands still aren't good, to my mind: They're a workable system, just one that lacks content.

[@zephyrerazortail5478]

I played 3U and 4U a ton before my 3DS broke. Loved World for the main and Iceborne quests, but then I reached Guiding Lands... I'm more of a casual player with a lot of time on my hands, so each hunt is mentally draining. But the quest/investigation type hunts mitigates that immensely. GL is just constant hunts, which drains me quickly. And because of that, I don't have endgame stuff like augs and final weapon upgrades.

[@RzfX15]

You hit the nail on the head. This is the exact reason why I quit after Shara, and still find no reason to come back despite the improvements. My problem is with the Guiding Lands as a whole. I would have much preferred to just get a new quest list and fight exactly what I wanted when I wanted, not have to go through all these hoops. So I went back to MHGU and am having the time of my life

[@kennyxie1879]

Valid

[@cartoonvideos5]

Agree, this game really has a content drought problem. That's why I keep going back to MHGU, so much to do.

[@najalala]

from my point of view, Guiding lands are basically a more modern and improved version of expeditions in 4U and i like that

[@TheRealOtakuako]

Really glad to see you having a good time again in the Guiding Lands, captain.

[@WaddleDee45]

As a solo player, the only fun I remember having in the Grinding Lands was Zinogre being invisible in his introduction cutscene. I just hope one day they let you increase the level of the region if you previously lowered it already. Though that's probably a change that'll only ever happen when the game is at the end of its lifespan, same with event quests not being time-gated.

[@revthescatman137]

Lmao this sounds like an ad for the guiding lands 😂

[@kcufdnim2670]

"for materials to custom buff your weapons and gear" oooor you get materials for all the layered armor in the game. Fashion Hunter endgame is best endgame! Still waiting for the MR layered, no idea why it comes so late, but at least I can already grind the materials beforehand.

[@blackblade99009]

i need mr layered mostly because coral pookei gear looks dapper af

[@kcufdnim2670]

​@@NashNeji06 True, but still annoying for the fashion hunter part of the community. We kinda need that stuff, it's our literal endgame ^^

[@Gomeshiro]

I think the reason about the layered being late is pretty obvious is a easy way to release "content" and keep people coming back They know we value the visuals of our characters I feel like MR Kulve Taroth is the sole reason they released unique design for layered weapons people would complain alot cause Kjarr weapons is just iron weapons with a coat of gold and monster parts attached

[@Spore9996]

@@blackblade99009 I want to be the Barroth Queen again :/

[@angelomendoza6666]

MR odogaron armor 🤤

[@Mr._Sherwood]

This explains a lot, I heard horror stories about the Guiding Lands back in the day, yet I never had much of an issue with it now that I've started mucking around with it recently. It's really zen, just mucking about and snapping up crystals and bones (assumed I can SEE them) and slapping monsters around.

[@linux750]

Their needs to be an inclusion of the Frostfang Barioth into the tundra region of the Guiding Lands. Also, there needs to be a vast new section added to the Guiding Lands added where I can fight huge monsters like Shara Ishvalda and Xenojiva. That way I can farm parts from them without worrying about carting.

[@deinonychus1948]

it they added Frostfang during the Tundra update, I guarantee that they would have done that but by then they decided it was too late to add him

[@colinomelia153]

Welcome back Gaijin! I missed your content. The old monster hunter music is so you, hearing it reminds me of watching your videos on guard pointing in MH4U.

[@WineZ22]

Yeah. I need to spam the Grinding Lands. Need those Health Regen so I can beat Furious George 😂 Always cart when I'm about to heal up.

[@GenshinLover283]

Let me guess, it's the move he does when his arms are armored?

[@reikojimenez7669]

Use max potions

[@contracide]

Savage Devil jo armour.

[@winterknight5923]

I just used Blackveil Hazaak arms and leggings.

[@WineZ22]

I tried to fight him with Sticky HBG. With the slow sheathing speed I am a dead hunter to that angry boi 😂 Due to no health regen I can't heal without sheathing my weapon. Maybe I should stop to cheese the game and use GS instead. 😁

[@deinonychus1948]

They also added that Tempered Ruiner Event Quest for those who don't want to constantly hunt Tempered Elders in the 2-3 zones that are lvl 7, I usually just do lvl 7 Coral, Volcano, and Tundra for A) Temp Namielle Materials for Health Regen, B) Temp Rajang Materials for Extra Augment Slots and C) Temp Stygian Zinogre and Ruiner Materials for Extra Augment Slots!

[@keviosaur1269]

The only thing I like about Guiding Lands is the Molies, because their stories is really interesting. For example, regular Moly ecologic story said that they shape *the* Guiding Lands with team work.

[@Duplicitousthoughtformentity]

Bro... I didn’t know the Moly even existed. I saw a bristly crake for the first time fishing in the rotten vale the other day, it amazes me that after two years I’m still discovering new endemic life. As an avid critter/bug fan, I love exploring and capturing rare endemic life while I gather mandragoras and whatnot. It’s such a relaxing and peaceful change of pace from the usual “Dear god there’s a Savage Deviljho hot on my trail”!

[@PixelPhoenix]

Gaijin, this is really cool. I am so glad to see they fixed the end game. That was what got me to stop playing Iceborne. However, I've already moved on from World/Iceborne. I just want another handheld MH. Still, I applaud their dedication.

[@anthonysayegh8187]

Well I’m late but u got what u wanted

[@iamergoproxy3476]

I wish they would've made it so that your level 7 regions dont get touched when you are leveling a 3rd region to 7. You are right, it is a nuisance

[@hootle4641]

I love the guiding lands. I hope they expand on it more. Just so much fun wandering around monster infested lands with friends. It feels like I'm actually hunting as opposed to doing missions.

[@Forkontheleft]

If you're solo hunting in the guiding land, take your palico and give them the bug trapper gadget. Everytime they trap a monster it helps level up your region

[@FlyingLime]

Man I can’t believe I haven’t subscribed to you earlier. Your videos are so informative that I can listen to you like a podcast or something while working from home.

[@ozzie4863]

I unfortunately don't have a capable PC or have PS4/Xbox to play MHW. However, regardless of not being able to play MHW, I really enjoying watching your videos. I truly hope that the next MH game comes to Switch. Regardless, keep up the good work, you're such a wholesome KZbinr.

[@ChaoSTrophicS]

Hopefully next MH game comes to all platforms 🙏

[@millionshadesofdarkness2165]

MHWorld will never come to switch, it cant handle it at all. Maybe another MH Generations is coming to switch, but it will never be MHWorld

[@ozzie4863]

@@millionshadesofdarkness2165 I'm fully aware that MHW will never come to Switch hence why I'm hoping that the next MH game at the very least comes to Switch.

[@stedysteelsted9174]

@@millionshadesofdarkness2165 but there is again rumors about switch 2 so maybe downgraded version is possible🤔 but i be happy if the combat stays fast and smooth like in mhw

[@BreezyBag]

You guys could try Generations Ultimate if you want MH on the Switch. Graphics are a bit old school but it's a really fun game nonetheless

[@thelargo]

Bey I stopped going there because of all the hassles but now you make me want to go back there and enjoy it! I learnt so much in this one video things I didn't even know existed! I must watch it again!

[@nothingtoseehere9648]

Thankfully they actually listen to peoples ideas/struggles So many companies don't give a shit and just want money

[@MrThedoctor101]

Cof cof blizz cof cof

[@AizenJabberwock]

The thing I always wanted from the Guiding Lands that I never got before running out of content and moving on to other games after several hundred hours and its still not in the game today is that if I lower a Region's level, I want to be able to add that level to another Region, even if the option is only available after maxing out all of them at least once with regular hunts. Eliminating the overall Region cap would also do wonders to make it even better.

[@stevennorris2774]

I like the fact that now with the increased shiny drops, it's somewhat more realistic in the fact that you don't have to kill multiple monsters of the same species to get a full set of gear. Like in the manga

[@Golden910]

Your videos always teach me soo much. I'm soo happy to see you are back too mhw. I hope all is well with your personal like (your kid and family) and keep up the great work 👍

[@feircy]

If levels didnt go down i would have been grinded them all up to 7. The armor spheres from steamworks def made my life easier coming back from a long break

[@Akko1]

You just convinced me into returning to the Guiding Lands with this video. I don't have much time for playing and I was stuck with the early game's guiding lands concept.

[@darkchaozbringer785]

All they have to do is remove the level caps on how many I can have maxed and I'm in. It'll be bonus points if they do that AND allow us to tweak them at will so long as we've achieved that level in a specific region prior.

[@alyserse2876]

you can, it has been there from the start... but it's a big grind to do: kill 7k tier 3 tempered monsters in the guiding lands, and your level cap will be high enough to max out all lands.

[@darkchaozbringer785]

@@alyserse2876You're misunderstanding. I want to have ALL regions level 7 AT THE SAME TIME with no arbitrary cap. As it is, the cap is just there to stifle players from progressing "too fast" - that or just bad design in general.

[@Scuuurbs]

Alyserse Yeah, that’s actually retarded. By the time you do that, you could’ve just maxed 3 to 7, farmed everything you’d ever need, then reset and repeated with the other 3 areas... many times over.

[@alyserse2876]

@@Scuuurbs yep, so it's your own call on what to do then. Then again, doing tier 3's happens over time when doing rajang, ruiner and stygian for their materials. And grinding for gsg when the event isn't available aswell.

[@alyserse2876]

@@darkchaozbringer785 again, you can have them at the same time if you grind for it. Monster hunter at it's core is a grind game+a coop game. You grind monsters and play with friends. You can have some lands of yours at max for the augments, your friends for others and work together that way.

[@briancaudill4817]

Glad to hear that you're enjoying the changes to the Guiding Lands, also glad to see you posting more again. Happy Hunting!

[@enixxe]

I've loved the Guiding Lands since the start, though I certainly have appreciated the changes as well. One final change I'd like to see is the ability to raise your region levels to anything you had previously unlocked. I would even have been OK with them not buffing region XP gains if they had done that. Of course, I loved expeditions in base game when they were mostly a waste of time.

[@MrNubnoob123]

Always love your videos ! Soothing narrative voice and very well thought and structured.

[@aleywqs]

Man I have to say, your videos really encouraged me to play Iceborne again, I'm having a blast, thank you!

[@riduy211]

I was with you, on launch, trying to get a region to 7 was such a grindfest. That first tweak was such a major one, and the subsequent ones have been nice quality of life changes that I hadn't even thought of. Hats off to Capcom.

[@Manueln99]

The grind was the main reason I stopped playing, might give it a try now though

[@zenosebeth4173]

Hey GH, I'm glad to see you back in Iceborne and enjoying it; your moves video helped me a lot back in the 4U days, hope you can keep enjoying Monster Hunter even if they've changed quite a lot of things with World and Iceborne.

[@DigiTism]

I love the Grinding Lands. I hope it comes back going forward. I feel like this is the best MH end game we’ve had.

[@WeeWeeJumbo]

it's the best end game i've ever played. i normally ignore end games because they're painfully boring and they feel pointless (hello MHW), but i can just roll around in the Guiding Lands because of the number of different resources and mechanics involved

[@kptsjn]

I know you can't do this for every video but I like this format of the video. So informative and fun to watch for some reasons. I didn't know you can craft the banishing ball. Every time I try to hunt for something Banbaro just rekt up my hunt.

[@XerXesRemiX]

The only thing missing is to be able to max out all bioms.

[@corgborg1288]

I mean, you technically can. If you wanna hunt thousands of velkhana that is

[@vzkronos4759]

I have volcanic and coral at level 7 for namielle and rajang. Would love to have the hoarfrost too because of stygian zinogre.

[@XerXesRemiX]

As far as i know you can have three bioms at lv7. So there is a fixed amount of "Points" you can earn for the bioms in total. So i think with Velkana you would not hit lv7 with all bioms, maybe lv5 all bioms in total. But i aint gonna try it out xD.

[@timothywyatt3269]

If a couple regions didnt go down as one goes up then I'd have all em at 7

[@thechilzer7803]

Zerx It was found a while back that hunting tempered mons in the Guiding Lands gives you a very small amount of extra points you can use to upgrade regions, so with enough tempered hunts (T3s and elders are most efficient) you could get all region levels maxed out legitimately, if you killed literally thousands of them

[@BloodReaperZ]

I hope by the end of Iceborne's updates, all regions can be Lv7. Allowing a solo hunter to hunt anything they want for materials to augment, that and perhaps combine Spiritvain Shards into Gems, and Spiritvain Gems into Great Gems.

[@squalltheonly]

The worst aspect of the GL is that you have no way to access your harvest box while you are in there. So you can come back to town and find all the fertilizers to be empty. Why not have an NPC in the GL camp?

[@Jadbalja]

Or.......they COULD give that job to the otherwise useless handler who Is at camp already being well...useless

[@themightypicklerex7688]

..... people still use the farm? most everyone i know hasn't touched it in months thanks to steamworks

[@squalltheonly]

@@themightypicklerex7688 the steamworks dont give you ammo. Gunners always have something growing in their farm.

[@themightypicklerex7688]

@@squalltheonly i use bowguns all the time. i have so much zenny i don't need that i just buy ammo or grab the plants on the go when i'm hunting

[@squalltheonly]

@@themightypicklerex7688 you cant buy the plants or bugs. Who goes out of their way in a hunt to pick up items? The farm gives you so much. Play how you want

[@SPAGGET_T]

Once I’ve finished Ghost of Tsushima I’ll likely come back thanks to your recent vids. I’ve not played since before safi was added

[@chinedur.8137]

Meanwhile, in the other side of the community, im still playing GU.

[@adrianlim5144]

No shades, GU was a great game. It's a cool alternative to the newer World IMO.

[@pathologicalfrolic8641]

Yea but world doesn’t have the cool anime hunting arts and the weapon designs are way better.

[@doctorjeimz]

I've been away for a long time now. And your video makes me wanna try again today. Thanks!

[@Nando75549]

*Seeing thumbnail* Rajang... Ya ok buddy..?

[@stygiandragon3865]

3:09 I laughed so hard at the two tumbsup Rajang XD

[@Ramotttholl]

my problem is that now that they fixed it.. they still don't bring attention to it like a new monster to the region. No Raging Bracy as its quest only, No Furious Rajang again event Quest only, NOT EVEN Frost Fang Barioth, My hope is they add Chameleos at some point but i also doupt it. i get that to really add a monster is to also add new weapons to augment but you could even do that by adding the monster's weapons to the game or better.. if lets say the next update is Fatalis and Silverwind add silver wind to the Guidinglands and have his material be required for some Augments on Fatalis weapons etc.

[@punypufferman180]

Weird to hear lure produced "luhr" instead of "loo-wer" 😂

[@screech3859]

i came to the comments to find this comment specifically. that pronunciation was driving me insane.

[@smishdws]

I am Lrrr of the planet Omicron Persei 8

[@chinad34th]

Is it wrong to pronounce "lurh"? English is not my main language, sorry!

[@smishdws]

​@@chinad34th nope it's not wrong, and I would guess that it's quite common among certain groups of English natives. Language is just endlessly fascinating and we like throwing shit at video creators for the pronunciation of every word they say.

[@chinad34th]

@@smishdws HAHAHAH I see man, thanks for the clarification!

[@kuaikukia]

I used to hate grinding land because certain monster only approach on certain lvl cap. So in order to farm that monster, I need to find people with that lvl cap map and pray that he/she won't leave soon enough before I ask that particular monster. Now I can do this on my own to summon that monster I want. Thank god for this

[@Dredabeast95]

Thank you for saying it Gaijin, i really do think the constant leveling and de-leveling of an area is just annoying now, most of the community have did the hard work, lets make it to where all areas can be level 7 finally please Capcom 🙏🏾

[@bopadeefunk]

That is the final thing that Capcom needs to do to make the guiding lands a perfect endgame area.

[@zero1343]

Yeah I feel like it should be something we unlock after getting each region to level 7 once. To have you be able to choose at the level adjustment screen.

[@captainace1277]

You can technically make all regions level 7, but it takes a ton of work and you need to hunt around 3000 t3s

[@taloutezero]

@@captainace1277 Does that strategy work if you have your levels locked?

[@Dredabeast95]

Brajesh Parija I tried to figure it out, but what is 3000 t3s?

[@cistim]

This is great to know. I quit due to GL as well so now I'm actually interested in returning. Thanks for the information.

[@xyrenity6703]

E-excuse me? Banishing Balls are a thing? What?? I just found out about this holy shit

[@develtusletrin5410]

Im in the same boat as you chief, I’m just glad I found out about this cause I’m trying to level up Tundra region but keep getting forest region monsters

[@hheecckk526]

@@develtusletrin5410 lure monsters that only go into tundra to level it up faster. You can meld lures to.

[@_Geedorah]

I’ve been away for a while myself & now I have the urge to hoont again. These changes are very much welcomed 🙌

[@GuiSF9]

I’m beginning to kill my first tempered monsters, still at HR 25, is it worth to buy Iceborne now?

[@unknownethos4419]

Iceborne is basically another whole game. It’s probably one of the best dlcs I’ve seen for any game.

[@dukemustdie4822]

Yeah for real iceborne is basically a whole different game and then some. I definitely recommend it dude. The monsters in iceborne are also a lot cooler ngl

[@dreadking6142]

Basicly another game as Dlc where you take your save with you. I've put in way too much time into Iceborne. (maybe like 700h over my ps4 and pc) So id say yes.

[@shadowkhan422]

Its a huge chank of content (think its comparable to main game in size . maybe 20% less) . Also , a lot of ways to get rare HR decos(so no much point to gring HR tempered instead) . If you finished base game its worth it

[@moldyshishkabob]

Oh, it's well worth it, in my opinion. If you want to double your playtime with a greater variety of monsters, it's a must-buy. If you want a challenge, the latest monsters also ask a lot from the player(s). Layered weapons and armor make it awesome for fashion hunting as well.

[@RevaXartist]

And now we're gonna get master rank layered armour which is gonna add even more use to the guiding lands

[@Leo-ht5sy]

"used sleep sns + geologist" "gets 20-40 mats per monster"

[@dann1est]

Love these docuseries with lot of info! Great content!

[@Johtoboy55]

So glad I didn't do grinding lands until now.

[@ewngzedward6182]

You lucky SOB! I spent way too much time on this only for now to get some improvements.

[@camusarchetype9326]

I'll be honest. I've been playing Iceborne on and off since it dropped on PC, but I've been avoiding the guiding lands since then. I had a really hard time with the levels system in the beginning (completely my fault, I'm kind of stupid) and it stressed me out to the point where I stopped trying to bother with it and just went back to normal hunting. I haven't tried going back yet with the new changes, but honestly this video reminded me that I need to, so I'll def another chance soon. Especially since it looks so easy to level the areas now, i like that

[@alessandroferrucci6087]

pretty funny how you got back into iceborne just when everybody else starts to get fed up with it :D

[@SephyClone7]

Even though I'm a huge fan of monster hunter, I find that burning yourself out is the biggest thing that can making a negative experience to monster hunter. If you're having difficulty with a monster or just been playing for say 50+ hours a week, take a break, I can't stress that enough, even with another game for a week or just not touching the game for a few days. It really helps with not being mad/annoyed with the game

[@rayaneflx]

I got a huge burnout about 2 months ago, not because of GL, but because I went Gold Crown Hunting... Even going on the crown events, it was so grindy I just felt tired and took a break to play other games. With the Alatreon update though, I came back and I gotta say, I feel eager again to play MHW! Sometimes a break can help you realize why you actually enjoyed something in the first place.

[@extexc280]

@@SephyClone7 first week I bought the game, I spent around 120 hours lol... And not even slightly burned...

[@swocky2017]

Thanks for the video and I also took a long break after reaching grinding lands after release. Having so much fun now and soon I'm MR 100 and the real endgame begins:)

[@kingofflames738]

I hope the next game shows the return of the Everwoods. Sure, Guiding Lands is nice, but it's no Everwood.

[@stedysteelsted9174]

I never understood why people like that map so much

[@Liolaeusu]

@@stedysteelsted9174 after thousands of quests to farm relics you start to really appreciate it

[@jaredrosa3415]

I just unlocked them last night(7.28.2020) for the first time. Good to know it won't be a pain to level up.

[@razor5694]

Now remove the mining and bone gathering requirements for augments and custom augments and it would be near perfect. I play 11 weapons and augmenting is soooo Grindy it's unreal. I mean running around for 5 hours and collecting guiding crystals and bones is tedious and stupid

[@moldyshishkabob]

If you ever want to reduce your grind, my friends and I have taken to just removing and reaugmenting weapons.

[@endolori]

You need to install certain fashion mods from the nexus and just watch your character's ass. ;)

[@ewngzedward6182]

@@moldyshishkabob After awhile, that shit gets so annoying. Many of times, I'd run Safi set with a weapon with no health augment.

[@razor5694]

@@moldyshishkabob Yeah, I've started to do that but it's annoying to keep track of what I augmented and upgraded and I'll sometimes go in a fight with a pre loadout and realize I've removed the augments mid fight 😑

[@razor5694]

@@ewngzedward6182 Exactly and when you're in someone else's sos to help them it's so frustrating to know that you're actually less effective lol

[@mattiaberti9160]

The QOL changes are pretty nice; But I feel like there's still room for some improvements: -some "normal" monsters are left out of the farming cycle (namely Beotodus, Jyuratodus, Furious Rajang and sadly Frostfang Barioth will as well). They may use these 4 for a brand new tier of augments tbh. -Just like you can decrease level, I feel like we should be able to increase levels in an istantanous way. Of course provided we already unlocked that certain level of a region once via good old farming.

[@uncledeez1964]

I agree with the first point but the second point i feel like it would make it too easy

[@mattiaberti9160]

@@uncledeez1964 I mean, if you farmed a region way up to lv7, doing it another time isn't hard... It simply takes time.

[@MrClean-lk6vi]

But I thought they already fix the GL since 2019?!?!?!?

[@Memnion]

Between the qol improvements to the guiding lands not making me dread fully augmenting my weapons, and the challenge alatreon poses, I can't stop playing. I haven't been this hooked since the game released.

[@martinhall9497]

God I love Guiding Lands. It’s such a well implemented area.

[@ewngzedward6182]

Too tired to disagree

[@eremitaex]

Me too, for me is a "Hunter Dream", you can hunt monster after monster test build after builds get rewards like decorarions, materials, rank, minerals etc... it' s a true playground and perfect end game the only limitation is my fatigued fings and fisiologic needs.

[@HansAlRachid]

Oh wow, they changed the Guiding Lands? Wasn't aware of that at all - that place was the reason I stopped playing the game quite a while ago. The endless, frustrating and inefficient grinding left me with intense MH burnout. I guess I'll install the game again and give 'em a look - thanks for the heads up!

[@dagu454]

poggers

[@henrywang8679]

Anyone who hates the shiny drop mechanic? I am a HBG main, and for me this ruins guiding lands. In a normal quest I takes like 5 min to kill a monster, but in guiding lands its usually double the time just because I have to constantly unsheath to pickup drops, and HBG sheathing animation is very long. Not to mention how picking things up could cause a tenderized zone to disappear before u could get the next clagger. Also I can't stun lock a monster like usual because if I do too much damage shinies start to disappear. It doesn't make any sense. why did they put it in the first place?

[@cuddlecakes7153]

Took them ten months. Some people aren't coming back at this point

[@taloutezero]

Those people weren't coming back anyway.

[@Fissiccisst1]

One protip that was given to me about the guiding lands is that regions won't decrease if other regions are also very low level. Not sure which levels are the breakpoints in general. But if every region is level 1, you can get 3 regions to level 7 and 1 region to level 4 and none of your progress will decrease other regions. I currently have my Hoarfrost, Coral, and Volcanic regions to 7 and my Forest to 4, and that allows access to almost every monster in its tempered form, except a few. BUT with knowing the previous information, I could, for example, drop my Coral to 1 and safely powerlevel my forest to 7 for a Scarred Garuga or something, and since wildspire and rotten are still level 1, I don't run the risk of de-leveling my Hoarfrost or Volcanic in the process while the regions are unlocked.

[@JackgarPrime]

I wasn't able to get very far into the guiding lands because of the qol issues. I'm glad they've been fixing it a lot!

[@nathanielnizard2163]

silver melding ticket got me the 2 of the rarest lvl2 decos. Only missing the bow one but got sharp and the super guard one. Out of events, the best place to get those is a high rank event wich sucks hard. For guiding land I recommend leveling up only 3 regions as it is still time consuming. Once it is done try to befriend people and leech their lvl7 regions for the things you can't get. One player with a sleep build is a must there. 2 to 3 added wall bumps is a must, I was sceptical at first but it is really great. Generally you tend to level up wildspire waste and forest faster, so if you want something neat go for other regions ^^(as in pub parties you'll be likely to get into those regions maxed)

[@Seri3992]

Dont forget that getting lures is shared throughout ur team. Like if I get a Barioth lure, my team also gets my Barioth lure to use for themselves.

[@ReccaWolf]

I only leveled up my Guiding Lands to grab the pendants in each region at Level 7. GL from before was ok and fun, but it did had problems you mentioned before. I still would like to see more improvements to the GL in the future.

[@wearblackclothes]

A small change they could make is add 1 randomized node in between the primary zones that spawns at either bones or ore the nodes that are found in the adjacent zones. So the half forest region/ coral region can spawn a node of there zones

[@eireyouok101]

as someone who is super late to the endgame this is very nice to see, explains a lot about the endgame that i hadnt known about

[@HarveyRSM00]

Banishing ball exist "surprised Pikachu face", that info alone was worth watching this video. I stopped playing for about 4-5 months

[@menos1230]

When i look back at the older Monster Hunter games and compare it with Icebornes end game and decoration system, i think they did such a genius work on that.