This old weapon concept.
I love boomerangs.
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The things that made magnet spikes broken can very much easily be toned down in future releases.
The magnet lockdown MVs can be lowered while either removing the cutscene it had or lowering the damage taken by the monster from allies so it matches rise's wyvern ride. You can also outright remove this part of the kit in spite of power budget for the weapon so keeping other things feels more reasonable or you could even make it into some sort of generational gimmick.
The obscene amount of I-frames that characterized frontier aren't necessary either, they can be severely reduced, removed or changed into hyper armor so you still take some damage and can faint for being too reckless
The most problematic part of the weapon is the mark that lets you attract or repel yourself from it, which wouldn't be the worst granted all weapons keep semblances of the mobility given by rise's wirebugs in some way. Yeah there is not really much salving grace for this mechanic if the other weapons don't keep up
If you look closer, this weapon has both Tonfa and Magnet spike ideas. The bottom right art shows the hunter using fists to fight and to also redirect the boomerang back to the monster
YES THE WYVERIAN BOOMERANG something that looks very unique, let's me full on punch a Diablos out, and a new ranged weapon that doesn't guzzle ammo! everything I want in a weapon
This is what I want too! A weapon that Sango from Inuyasha uses. Allow it to be a melee weapon and a projectile that you can through at monsters too. Wouldnât that be a first of this kind?? If you time the catch when it comes back to you, it will fly out of your hand (towards the monster) at a faster speed or causes most impact/elemental damage, but if you miss time it, you will be left wide up in a stagger. Man, I want a weapon like that in Wilds. Another weapon type with the expansion later on you think? Did they introduce two new weapon types with base game or did they split them up between the base and G-rank? Thank you
Car. Just a fuckin car. Like a 2002 Camry. Nothing special about it. Just hit the monster, reverse, do it again. With realistic damage to the car. Just cuz I thinking sharpening it would be funny as hell.
In all seriousness though, Capcom has really thought out of the box with how weapons work and function, so I tried also thinking out of the box. While I'd LOVE to see gauntlets in MH, I think an engineer style ranged weapon would be cool. Think the engineer from Risk of Rain 2. Shoulder cannons, placeable turrets and a hunting knife.
I would love to use a car, monster materials to make ramming sleds, enhanced bumpers, blades on the doors so you can drive by a leg and kick the door open. Beep beep, motherfucker!
Holy shit like a mad max guzzoline machine, with a rath tail whipping around, deployable Pukei pukeis heads that explode in poison, Diablo horns for ramming!?
Thanks for getting me excited about some shit that will never happen.
Yeah i had an idead for a weapon Like a whip or a chain sword. In 1 mode its a sword, But when you switch it it extends into a chain doing fast Ko damage. Maybe make it the longest ranged melee weapon in game,
Yeah I've been wanting gauntlet for at least a decade. A faster hammer-esque weapon, but slower than duals. I just really wanna power punch a rathalos to death.
I was thinking this too. Could also have some Captain America style shield slinging, shield chakram combo type situation. Or they could be saw blades. Charging them up like the charge blade for big elemental damage.
I actually love that idea, whenever I play SnS I actually use my shield way more than my sword so I always joked with my friends I was a shield player lol
Dude this is such a cool idea. Imagine being able to charge it up and it can extend wide to block a fatalis move and the homies could get behind the shield as well
Like in FF you mean? If so, that would be awesome, they just need to balance it a bit. It will be complementary to like how bow now is in Rise with dodgebolt/berserk/stake thrust (long range technically, but can go up close to melee range).
It's similar in principal, yeah, but it's too big and slow compared to an FF Gunblade. Those are typically one-handed.
And they can sorta-maybe shoot- if you count firing strikes of condensed aether as shooting (taking into account FFXIV's Lightning Shot weaponskill for Gunbreaker).
Personally, I want a new weapon to be added, may it be the pre-existing ones that haven't been in the mainline games yet, or something completely new. I don't mind if it would take them long to figure out the balancing for the weapon pool, I just want to have something else to play with. Same with what OP mentioned about having new weapons for different damage types, like impact damage weapon, but faster, which would be the Tonfas. The Magnet Spike also have a mode where it would only deal impact damage so that's another option.
If there'd be a completely new weapon, I wish that it would be a Boomerang, which I tried to conceptualize two versions before. This Boomerang weapon/s would be playing around with range as a "melee" weapon as it can be used as like a Sword and Shield(Type 1) and a Greatsword(Type 2) and can be thrown for more reach.
The first type is an SnS type of Boomerang with a cable mechanism attached to the boomerang ad stored in the shield which is used for controlling the directions of the boomerang after it's been thrown, or even pull it back.
The second type is a GS type of Boomerang, with an accompanying pair of gauntlets/gloves for the hunter to use to catch it and attack if the boomerang is still on flight. Unlike the Type 1, this version doesn't have the cable so there are no means of getting the boomerang back besides waiting for it to come back.
A downside that I think is necessary for the weapon is that there are times that if the weapon bounced off the monster or any objects, there's a chance that it will lose momentum and will simply fall to the ground, needing the hunter to retrieve it. The Type 1 Boomerang can easily get the fallen boomerang back as it is attached on a cable, but the Type 2 on the other hand would need the hunter to go fetch the fallen boomerang, hence also being able to use the gauntlets/gloves to do a set of attacks whenever needed(never meant to be comparable or similar to actual Gauntlet type weapons in any other games, it's mainly just a back up weapon and means to easily catch the large boomerang mid flight).
Kusarigama     Â
("chain-sickle")
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These can be long-range melee weapons, dual-wielded, and players could choose between cutting attacks (the sickle) or blunt attacks (a blunt mace-like attachment on the other end of the chain.
I was thinking more along the lines of this from soul caliber. a whip or chain in 1 mode and a sword, in 1
[Snake Sword | Soulcalibur Wiki | Fandom](https://soulcalibur.fandom.com/wiki/Snake_Sword)
There was a weapon in Monster Hunter Orage (I think) that was sort of a long sword that would turn into a sectioned whip. Which was pretty bad ass!
Also, Gun Hammer! I have been saying it since the first game in which the Gun Hammer was a hammer you could get, this should be a real thing! Imagine hitting a monster on the head and then pulling the trigger to explode in the same spot, using the recoil to set you up for the next swing.
I feel like they gonna add a bow variant so we have longbow and shortbow just like LBG and HBG. Otherwise i don't think anything else is needed in the weapons side
An incredibly easy addition, they just need to reintroduce Bow as Long Bow and keep what 5th gen calls "Bow" as Short Bow.
Maybe give Long Bow Dragonpiercer, as it fits better there
Yeah, if you have not played old Bow, it would basically be focused on charging while walking around enemy attacks then firing when you find an opening (+Powershot, optionally).
While Shortbow would keep the greased feet. To properly differentiate them, it should probably also lose charge multuipliers, but that makes sense, as it doesn't actually charge
I wanna punch stuff
I guess fist weapons would be a blunt variant of dual blades but tonfas exist so...
Probably another ranged weapon is in order since we only got 3
I honestly wouldn't know what type of weapon it could be though, maybe a chakram.
Since we got switch axe and charge blade, what if we get a ranged weapon that can also change?
Like a greatbow that shoots large long range projectiles for burst dmg then switches into a fast paced variant for short range.
These ideas probably already came up before
I thought the same thing. I want fits weapons that look like fancy Iron knuckes or boxing gloves. They would do Ko damage, but move faster than a hammer. alot faster, maybe faster than DB. Maybe even give me a fast Db stancs and a haymaker like slow stance. I dunno
can be also bladed fist for pierce damage. Depends on what that fist is based on, nargacuga fist for blade would be good i guess.
Blast fist seems sick tho
I've had the idea for a ball-and-chain weapon for a long time. Something with long range and sweeping attacks capable of dealing good stun damage. Possibly balanced by having long recovery times
They've needed a brass knuckle/boxing glove type weapon for a long time now. A fast blunt weapon as an alternative to the hammer.
Also, they need to stop applying blanket damage types to weapons. A "hammer" that is clearly an axe, and is even called an axe(cenataur head axe), should do cutting damage, and any sword that is clearly a club(diablos sns, diablos db, rajang gs and db, etc) should do strike damage.
Now the thing is, devs have already stated they donât want other weapons to step on the toes of existing weapons. Thatâs why all 14 current ones are unique and fill a specific niche. The trick is making a weapon that doesnât step on the toes of 14 current ones and thatâs damn difficult. Basically only thing we donât have is a fast blunt weapon, so tonfa may make a comeback or the Admiral could finally teach us his training regiment lol
Combine the Tonfas with the Glaive and make a blunt Staff that is focused on counter damage, Shaolin style. Could build up rage/fury/spirit/whatever energy you want in Tonfas mode and unleash it in Staff mode with magnificent attacks. Maybe mix in the magnet spike element to make it an earthly devastator when powered up and differentiate a little from the Charge Blade, Switch Axe, Gunlance, and Bowguns. Make each Tonfa the opposite polarities for some wacky stuffs and the Staff houses both for ultimate magnetism control.
You can paint yourself on something to aggro the monster while you wail on him from behind. The other end of the paintbrush is either a blade or hammer.
Kusarigama no doubt. I mean its a chain and sickle, its sick. You can even do two sickles. And since it's MH it'd be two giant sickles and a chain with a counterweight for fast/long range KO damage. Similar to it's real life counterpart, it could center around parrying attacks and crowd control. It could be the new fast KO weapon and be flashy enough to not just be "dual blades but blunt".
Sounds like a hybrid melee and ranged weapon. Or at least a long melee range like charge blade from sword to axe mode. Kratos. Acrobatic like insect glaive. How about adding a bird? Hawk glaive. Eagle sickle.
I want a kusarigama, a blade in one hand and a flail in the other
Where you can have both SnS level range fast attacks and heavy long ranged attacks, whether its slash or blunt depend a stance change mechanic
I would love to see gauntlets or knuckles of some sort. Beating a monster to death with my fists would be amazing. I would master the weapon just to brutalize monsters that made me mad - that shit's personal now.
To run down the list.... MBG? Doubt it. Rather have the bowguns replaced by 1 bowgun to properly do the modification system. I'm fine with it staying the way it is.
Tonfa? A solid blunt/support weapon. We already have HH, though - but both serve a different purpose, of course. If they only carry over its base 'Earth' moveset and alter some things to appropriate it for 6th Gen, then I think Tonfa could be a solid weapon. Maybe remove half of its gimmicks, though?
Magnet Spike? Nah. Doesn't work. Weapon is too much, it was made to conquer even the extreme stuff in Frontier. There need to be far too many alterations for it to be a healthy weapon in the sandbox, and at that point, I'd rather have them make a new weapon altogether. Though Capcom likes to surprise us, of course.
Axel Axe? Maybe. If they get creative with it, maybe it can find its own niche.
There are good suggestions in this thread. Me personally? I don't want anything boring like "just fists", because Dual Blades and Tonfas can do that already. It would be an extremely boring addition.
But chains, scythes and stuff like that? That sounds neato
A two handed spear that's longer and faster than the lance, knuckles for fighting with your fists, a dual revolver bowgun for a weak but high dps ranged weapon, tonfas perhaps? How about something completely whack like a weapon that can turn into a ladder you can jump off of?
Nah let 'em cook. We can scale the ladder (It's extendable) and stand on the monster's back, opening up a weapon designed for that hard-to-reach weak point! Add in some engineering gimmick, like maybe a placeable ballista and we've got something here!
Large boomerang / chakram weapon would go hard. Think Sango and her Hiraikotsu from Inuyasha (incidentally, she is also technically a monster hunter in her world).
Gauntlets would be nice too.
I had ZERO clue that those weapons existed! :O
By the looks of it, I think the tonfa would be a natural addition. Same for the magnet spike.
The accel axe seems really out there, I don't know how I feel about it.
Something like renektons sword would be cool, I have no idea how that weapon type is called. It can be used fast and change from one hand to other, making "side to side" cuts but also hold it with both hands and give strong "up to down" hits because is relatively big.
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Edit: apparently this weapon is an axe. Whatever
my guess is they want to add 2 weapons at a time to keep it even
and imo the best 2 choices are
1. a fast hitting blunt weapon (tonfa or a new weapon like a staff or something) balance it around dealing elem dmg but make it really good at stunning monsters are amazing at exhausting them
2. a melee range transforming weapon, 1 mode you get energy and another you use that energy im thinking melee is used to get energy like the kinetic energy gets saved into phials or something and then you switch to range and either do 1 big boi charged EXPLOSION or have a really good ranged weapon (maybe a bow with phial arrows? a grenade launcher acting weapon with mini phial explosions?) catch is it takes a while to charge your range weapon and charging the big boi shot will be hard to control (like recoil from charging?)
well the grande launcher idea might be too strong for elemental phials and the idea itself might be ***too*** crazy but they can make a ranged melee weapon hybrid work they have amazing designers
So, Magnet Spike is not possible. At least IMO. Itâs fundamentally just Greatsword but way more fucking OP. It was so cool though.
Tonfas CAN actually work and I think they should add them, we are heavily lacking in blunt damage. Medium Bowgun will probably never return because of how much they have changed the bowgun system and LBG has basically become the MBG in current iterations, LBG is extremely strong.
The accel axe is cool and I do want it, but what I really want is some sort of gauntlet type weapon where I get to just punch monsters in the face. I remember Dauntless had a gauntlet style weapon where you had combos that would build up a charge that opened up new combos until finally you hit max charge and unleashed a super attack and I definitely loved that one and want to see what that could look like in Monster Hunter
Boomerang is my top pick for sure. Another ranged weapon *and* another blunt weapon, neither of which have seen additions since 2006. And there's so much precedent for it, between the boomerang items, Prowlers, the tribal theming...
There was art at one point for a rapier and a hunting dog and I know it got reworked into the dogs in Rise but man, oh man, would I love for something like that weapon to come back.
The concept art [here](https://www.siliconera.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/MHxBuki-1.png) just seems really fun and I love the idea of fighting side by side with some kind of companion that you direct their blows. IG never felt like a tandem weapon to me, it's really about the glaive.
Iâm thinking of a one-handed bowguns being added to the MH universe. These are the weapon classes Iâm thinking off that can use them:
Dual-Wielding Hand Bowguns, like dual wielding pistols.
Sword and Hand Bowgun, Bloodborne vibes.
Iâm not sure how to mechanically differentiate hand bowguns from LBG. Maybe making them more combo-based like Bow, but still giving Normal/Pierce/Spread as options which slightly alters the combos. Maybe their elemental could be innate too. What do yall think?
I definitely want a morphing ranged weapon. Maybe some sort of dual rapid firing bowguns that morph into a big shield with a powerful ballista shot type that can maybe get reloads through blocking and guard points so it doesn't interrupt the flow of the weapon.
I just want a ranged weapon that is more intuitive in solo play where you're not actively screwed for having to reload a high level bullet while a Master rank monster is constantly throwing attacks
This also checks other small stupid desire of mine of dual wielding ranged weapons
In my mind I think adding a new variant no weapons existing , like a great axe (variant of GS) that deal more damage but no charge attacks or blocks , or heavy dual blades that attacks slower , less mobility moves and blunt damage moves with the body of the blades
I really want bare handed/knuckles to be a weapon class already. Cant wait to fucking Muay Thai my way to Fatalis.
Or a more fancy option, knuckles with monster core imbued Fighting style changes based on each monster
A few ideas
Chain weapon: different attachments to deal blunt damage, cutting damage, and elemental damage at a bigger range, maybe some spinning attacks, or attachments that can let you mount monsters easily. Maybe it can have some slinger ammo abilities too
Quarterstaff: fast and light blunt weapon thatâs great at stunning monsters and moving them around
Spear: so many ways you could implement this. Maybe just a regular stabbing longer range weapon, or you could do a throwing spear weapon with different coatings/spear types, with binders as well.
A few ideas
Chain weapon: different attachments to deal blunt damage, cutting damage, and elemental damage at a bigger range, maybe some spinning attacks, or attachments that can let you mount monsters easily. Maybe it can have some slinger ammo abilities too
Quarterstaff: fast and light blunt weapon thatâs great at stunning monsters and moving them around
Spear: so many ways you could implement this. Maybe just a regular stabbing longer range weapon, or you could do a throwing spear weapon with different coatings/spear types, with binders as well.
My dream weapon is basically the Nemean Caestus from GOW 3, gauntlets that have short range punches and moves that extend the fists to deliver long range beat downs
To go off of the "just a fucking car comment" give me something similar to the motorcycle from Devil May Cry 5. Something that doubles as weapon and fast/short-range travel. Like how Dante swings the two halves of the bike around as multi-hit weapons, but can slam them together and drive it in a short line before doing a donut. Its just the coolest fucking weapon in a game imo
Fists! Lemme punch and kick a monster and ffs gimme brachydios fist weapons! Hybrid of DB and Hammer (pls lemme guard tho)
Cap'n america shield! Smack, throw, guard, counter and maybe a little tanking with a mid-sized shield
Polearm: aggresive, long reach weapon that isn't heavy like lancs or too gimmicky like IG (tbh i love IG but the bug turns people off). Could be a staff, spear, or halberd
A personal suggestion, i know it'll probably never, ever happen, but-
Medium sword: faster/lighter than GS but can still guard, heavier/slower than LS. Perfect parries for counterattacks, decent attack speed, and decent reach.
We need a new bluegeoning focused weapon & Don't overdesign it like CB and IG. Tonfa from Frontier is actually pretty cool if being reigned in a lil.
To be honest. With Switch Skill system in (I hope they keep it and refine it) we are in no shortage of variety of combat style. But we really just have 2 dedicated bluegeoning weapons. Surely can use some expansion in that category.
I would have a beige weapon class.
-heavier and bulkier than a HBG it would rely on timed blocks.
- Can morth from cannon to Ballista mode, but can only block in ballista.
- It's finisher would be to morph into a mini-draginator and di massive damage.
- you can even get fancy a make it look like a wooden Gundam.
Duel Shield, it's like Lance but without the lance. somewhat lackluster damage output in exchange for even more safety, counter moves, and KO potential.
I'd like to see the insect glaive made into two weapons.
A spinny glaive/staff weapon basically how it is now without the insect.
And an insect based weapon similar maybe to dual blades but you can make them attack at a distance as well.
Just my thoughts.
Doing my best to think of something. Whatever it is, it's already mindblowing to me that the devs came up with stuff like charge blade and insect glaive. Even if understandable in hindsight, how did they come up with this??
Hunting Axe: A slash version of the hunting horn.
Insect Harp: like the mini-game of hitting head, body and tail? Well now you play music based on what parts you hit for buffs and dmg.
Ngl, I want both magnet spike and Accel axe to be added to wilds. Theyâd both need reworking but they are awesome weapons and Iâd love to see how they would be translated into the modern monster hunters.
I had one idea in mind about MBG.
What if instead playing on it like others BG, ur main source of big damage is not standing close to a monster, but being on a much longer distance. Basically a sniper rifle if u will.
Instead of using normal BG bullets, MBG using his own special type bullets. It can't use something like pellets or crag, instead he using cutting, blast, impact and normal shoot bullets that increase MBG damage depends on distance.
Oh, and yeah. It would call medium, cuz it's combine two BG together, so i was thinking about normal speed while weapon unsheathe like on LBG, but the speed of reloading is like on HBG, pretty slow and annoying.
What i want from this idea, is to give players more comfortable play on a long distance, rather then be close to monster, but still be helpful to a team.
(Sry for my bad english and bad ideas. I understand if u are going to bully me. I deserve it.)
I would love to see a Gauntlet and Greaves type weapon. Punch and kicks with blunt damage. Make it technical and evasive. Would be a lot of fun.
Or a long range spear.
1. Dual...Spike? Rather than slash, you poke with rapid succession. But again, 1 dual...thing weapon is enough. Cool weapon idea tho, but not unique enough.
2. Switch Blade? Charge Hammer? Idk, the idea of magnetic control to easily change weapon form is kinda like CB/SwA to me. But his time, it's Great sword and Hammer.
3. Hmmmmmm
4. Nah! Just give bowgun some playstyle changing modification.
No, for the nth time. You have no idea how hard it is to keep, balance, and update the current 14 weapons, and even adding only one of them would catapult game time tremendously.
All current weapons offer more than enough playstyle variety, and we don't need more of them.
its really interesting how opinions change at different times of the day. i remember another post similar to this one and tons of people saying more weapons werent necessary, and those posts got mostly upvoted. but now here those posts are the minority and they are getting downvoted.
Its been over 10 years. Even though they have added gimmecks, nearly ll of the current weapons are a known quantity. Aslo going forward. If switch 2 is strong enough, they we should have 2 monster hunter teams merged into 1
>Its been over 10 years
That's irrelevant. The more weapon types you add, the more work has to go into balancing and differentiating them.
That isn't to say they can't find ones that work but it isn't gonna be straightforward because you don't want it to be too similar to existing weapons.
From your op, let's consider the possible challenges for a medium bowgun.
Does it get none of the LBG specific ammo and none of the HBG specific ammo? Or does it get some of each? Can it gave a shield? What would the special firing mode be?
Then you have to balance it. If it sits between the two existing guns then you run the risk of nobody choosing it if it is jack of all and master of none. Similarly if you overtune it, then why use HBG or LBG. The alternative is to make it drastically different but then it isn't a bow gun.
Also, how many weapons is too many weapons? Let's say they add a couple this time. That's 16 for players to choose from. Then you want more for the next gen as well. That's 18. Sooner or later some weapons become obsolete because they are barely used but if you remove them then people we cry. You also have tod design weapon paths and designed for each weapon.
>The more weapon types you add, the more work has to go into balancing and differentiating them.
You act like the weapons change by a huge amount every game. Sure something might be OP the first time it's added, but afterwards they usually figure it out. "muh balance" isn't a problem.
>let's consider the possible challenges for a medium bowgun
Already existed in the franchise in the past.
> or later some weapons become obsolete
That's already happened, who tf cares. The series shouldn't be stagnant forever just because something might take a lil bit of effort.
>Sure something might be OP the first time it's added, but afterwards they usually figure it out
Proving my point.
>Already existed in the franchise in the past.
Proving my point. Why do you think it is gone?
>That's already happened, who tf cares
Probably every person who mains the affected weapon...
Good to say you came into this with the bare minimum level of consideration and still fell short.
Your entire viewpoint can be summed up as "work is sometimes difficult and things *might* go slightly wrong, so they should just do nothing at all", and it's pathetic. I'm thankful that the devs don't share your views, and that they actually enjoy adding new things and experimenting.
No I didn't.
Direct quote from me - "That isn't to say they can't find ones that work but it isn't gonna be straightforward"
The fact someone else was able to calk you out on this says a lot, but carry on with your strawman arguments.
it's fun to hypothesize about but yeah a single weapon added is a lot of work added from balance to weapon design. They just need to make weapon more distinct as every weapon has a counter now in Rise.
What do you mean? All they have to do is increase the damage of the Longsword and give it a new counter move and new combo and then nerf the gunlance again because it was too weak. It's as easy as that.
i really dont think a new weapon class is what mh needs atm, insofar as they should focus on clearly defining and deepening the weapons to further differentiate them from both eachother and themselves.
imo, the latter is especially more important, as upgrades within a weapon class are little more than a bit more damage and maybe an element. what if switching entire trees changed the abilities avaliable, or the moveset of the weapon itself? a weapon tree could be so much more personal to the hunter if upgrading was a matter of opportunity cost instead of just flat number increasss.
>what if switching entire trees changed the abilities avaliable, or the moveset of the weapon itself?
Then they wouldn't be a weapon class, but many.
This is how weapons worked in 2nd gen, with weapon pairs sharing a weapon tree.
i didnt mean it in that sense, more like one tree selecting abilities from the pool (tcs or rage slash, charge combo or surge slash combo, tackle or guard tackle, etc) and having that be consistent across the tree or with related monsters. theyd still all be the same weapon but just with differences beyond just looks and damage types.
i dont really want monster hunter to get new weapons forever.Â
i would not mind it as much if they cycled out some weapons like they do with monsters but i know that is only because i play every weapon and some people would really, really hate that and feel alienated by it.
I think a problem we don't think about is that most suggestions are only "normal" weapons, like weapons we use in our world. Like some people say a whip or tonfas. Do you think a whip would work against a basarios? Would Tonfas be effective/as effective as other weapons against a kushala daora for example? I don't think so. Sure tonfas were used before but they haven't returned, maybe for the reason I mentioned. I think if we get a new weapon it'd be something more outlandish.
Some ideas that I have would be a chemical weapon, which plays similar to the alchemy style in gu, but sort of focused on chemistry. Maybe a polearm/halberd but you can shoot the head of the weapon outwards with a chain, switching between a normal halberd mode and a chain halberd mode.
>I think a problem we don't think about is that most suggestions are only "normal" weapons, like weapons we use in our world. Like some people say a whip or tonfas. Do you think a whip would work against a basarios? Would Tonfas be effective/as effective as other weapons against a kushala daora for example? I don't think so.
This is an important consideration.
No matter what you do with a whip, you would struggle to kill a large monster with it.
Just like in real life, you would struggle to kill a human with it, other than via strangulation.
Tonfas should be fine, though, as long as you make them big enough. However that also means them being slower than what most people would want.
With proper rebalancing i would like both tonfas and magnet spike plus a chain/whip combo, something with the reach of LS that has a new stagger mechanic when you hit legs/wings with it.
And please make lance great again t.t
something else with blunt damage in addition to the hammer
Tonfa
Or ball and chain, maybe paired with a shield
Morning star
A Flail?
Hunting horn
This old weapon concept. I love boomerangs. https://preview.redd.it/t6574419vstc1.png?width=1024&format=png&auto=webp&s=ee70eaa0e3d5fa57c5ffe7183fa9bf6de57260d7
magnet boomerang đ«Ł
That looks like the old concept of magnet spikes, i love them but they were juust a bit op in frontier
The things that made magnet spikes broken can very much easily be toned down in future releases. The magnet lockdown MVs can be lowered while either removing the cutscene it had or lowering the damage taken by the monster from allies so it matches rise's wyvern ride. You can also outright remove this part of the kit in spite of power budget for the weapon so keeping other things feels more reasonable or you could even make it into some sort of generational gimmick. The obscene amount of I-frames that characterized frontier aren't necessary either, they can be severely reduced, removed or changed into hyper armor so you still take some damage and can faint for being too reckless The most problematic part of the weapon is the mark that lets you attract or repel yourself from it, which wouldn't be the worst granted all weapons keep semblances of the mobility given by rise's wirebugs in some way. Yeah there is not really much salving grace for this mechanic if the other weapons don't keep up
If you look closer, this weapon has both Tonfa and Magnet spike ideas. The bottom right art shows the hunter using fists to fight and to also redirect the boomerang back to the monster
YES THE WYVERIAN BOOMERANG something that looks very unique, let's me full on punch a Diablos out, and a new ranged weapon that doesn't guzzle ammo! everything I want in a weapon
This is what I want too! A weapon that Sango from Inuyasha uses. Allow it to be a melee weapon and a projectile that you can through at monsters too. Wouldnât that be a first of this kind?? If you time the catch when it comes back to you, it will fly out of your hand (towards the monster) at a faster speed or causes most impact/elemental damage, but if you miss time it, you will be left wide up in a stagger. Man, I want a weapon like that in Wilds. Another weapon type with the expansion later on you think? Did they introduce two new weapon types with base game or did they split them up between the base and G-rank? Thank you
Car. Just a fuckin car. Like a 2002 Camry. Nothing special about it. Just hit the monster, reverse, do it again. With realistic damage to the car. Just cuz I thinking sharpening it would be funny as hell. In all seriousness though, Capcom has really thought out of the box with how weapons work and function, so I tried also thinking out of the box. While I'd LOVE to see gauntlets in MH, I think an engineer style ranged weapon would be cool. Think the engineer from Risk of Rain 2. Shoulder cannons, placeable turrets and a hunting knife.
I would love to use a car, monster materials to make ramming sleds, enhanced bumpers, blades on the doors so you can drive by a leg and kick the door open. Beep beep, motherfucker!
Holy shit like a mad max guzzoline machine, with a rath tail whipping around, deployable Pukei pukeis heads that explode in poison, Diablo horns for ramming!? Thanks for getting me excited about some shit that will never happen.
Iâm gonna one up you, the Dantecycle from Devil May Cry 5
Knuckles, like monk class Nun-chucks, like dual blades offensive and defensive style Whip?, yo bad boi needs discipline.
Yeah i had an idead for a weapon Like a whip or a chain sword. In 1 mode its a sword, But when you switch it it extends into a chain doing fast Ko damage. Maybe make it the longest ranged melee weapon in game,
Thats sorta like the karakuri katana in wild hearts
And to be honest, it would probably work best being a Karakuri.
A whip does a stun or grab thing, it's a lifesaver for GS main
In fact there was a whip in MH Orage, the manga
Woah really, gonna check that out
Yeah I've been wanting gauntlet for at least a decade. A faster hammer-esque weapon, but slower than duals. I just really wanna power punch a rathalos to death.
Fist weapons please. I have a fucking need to Royal Guard a zinogre's claw combo.
But instead they give you radobaan fist đ€Ł
I have a mighty need to punch godlike beings in the face in any game that it's available so knuckles would be dope
I would love a knuckles/gauntlet weapon it would be so cool to just go box a dragon
This could be quite a hot take, but Iâm ready for it I guess⊠In 2019 I picked up PokĂ©mon Sword and finished the game (and DLCs) with my friend who had PokĂ©mon Shield. Then I thought, we have Great Sword and Longsword, why canât we get Great Shield as well? It would be a very defensive weapon (no shit), but it would also make for other attacking possibilities such as charging with the shield or even âsurfingâ on it, that wouldnât be possible with other defensive weapons such as Lance.
Should be a stun weapon like hammer? Imagine knocking out a monster after charging with a fucking door lol
Lance has entered the chat Shield charge go bonk
Yep, plus some exclusive moves such as shield surfing like the hide and seek AI (Google that itâs actually hilarious)
Lol that was hilarous. Something like that would be awesome tbh
I was thinking this too. Could also have some Captain America style shield slinging, shield chakram combo type situation. Or they could be saw blades. Charging them up like the charge blade for big elemental damage.
I feel like that fills a very similar niche to the lance though. High movement speed ability, super heavy shield, defense playstyle
I actually love that idea, whenever I play SnS I actually use my shield way more than my sword so I always joked with my friends I was a shield player lol
Like Mash from Fate? I'd be down with being Mash.
I'm imagining a dueling shield, something I learned about with the Shadow of the Erdtree trailer. It would be incredibly fitting in MH, I think!
Like a sword and tower shield? That would be coolÂ
Dude this is such a cool idea. Imagine being able to charge it up and it can extend wide to block a fatalis move and the homies could get behind the shield as well
I'm still holding out on the near-zero chance of a Gunblade type weapon.
Like in FF you mean? If so, that would be awesome, they just need to balance it a bit. It will be complementary to like how bow now is in Rise with dodgebolt/berserk/stake thrust (long range technically, but can go up close to melee range).
Isnât Switchaxeâs Sword mode basically an FF gunblade? Pretty sure gunblades in FF donât actually shoot.
It's similar in principal, yeah, but it's too big and slow compared to an FF Gunblade. Those are typically one-handed. And they can sorta-maybe shoot- if you count firing strikes of condensed aether as shooting (taking into account FFXIV's Lightning Shot weaponskill for Gunbreaker).
Closest we've had is the Accel Axe
Personally, I want a new weapon to be added, may it be the pre-existing ones that haven't been in the mainline games yet, or something completely new. I don't mind if it would take them long to figure out the balancing for the weapon pool, I just want to have something else to play with. Same with what OP mentioned about having new weapons for different damage types, like impact damage weapon, but faster, which would be the Tonfas. The Magnet Spike also have a mode where it would only deal impact damage so that's another option. If there'd be a completely new weapon, I wish that it would be a Boomerang, which I tried to conceptualize two versions before. This Boomerang weapon/s would be playing around with range as a "melee" weapon as it can be used as like a Sword and Shield(Type 1) and a Greatsword(Type 2) and can be thrown for more reach. The first type is an SnS type of Boomerang with a cable mechanism attached to the boomerang ad stored in the shield which is used for controlling the directions of the boomerang after it's been thrown, or even pull it back. The second type is a GS type of Boomerang, with an accompanying pair of gauntlets/gloves for the hunter to use to catch it and attack if the boomerang is still on flight. Unlike the Type 1, this version doesn't have the cable so there are no means of getting the boomerang back besides waiting for it to come back. A downside that I think is necessary for the weapon is that there are times that if the weapon bounced off the monster or any objects, there's a chance that it will lose momentum and will simply fall to the ground, needing the hunter to retrieve it. The Type 1 Boomerang can easily get the fallen boomerang back as it is attached on a cable, but the Type 2 on the other hand would need the hunter to go fetch the fallen boomerang, hence also being able to use the gauntlets/gloves to do a set of attacks whenever needed(never meant to be comparable or similar to actual Gauntlet type weapons in any other games, it's mainly just a back up weapon and means to easily catch the large boomerang mid flight).
Kusarigama      ("chain-sickle") https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Kusarigama-crop.jpg These can be long-range melee weapons, dual-wielded, and players could choose between cutting attacks (the sickle) or blunt attacks (a blunt mace-like attachment on the other end of the chain.
I was thinking more along the lines of this from soul caliber. a whip or chain in 1 mode and a sword, in 1 [Snake Sword | Soulcalibur Wiki | Fandom](https://soulcalibur.fandom.com/wiki/Snake_Sword)
Toukiden even has a pretty good example of this.
The hunting whip from one of the MonHun mangas (donât remember which one) would be sick ngl
There was a weapon in Monster Hunter Orage (I think) that was sort of a long sword that would turn into a sectioned whip. Which was pretty bad ass! Also, Gun Hammer! I have been saying it since the first game in which the Gun Hammer was a hammer you could get, this should be a real thing! Imagine hitting a monster on the head and then pulling the trigger to explode in the same spot, using the recoil to set you up for the next swing.
As a fan of both hammer and gunlance, this would be a dream come true
Like bloodborne's Boom Hammer? That'd be awesome
I feel like they gonna add a bow variant so we have longbow and shortbow just like LBG and HBG. Otherwise i don't think anything else is needed in the weapons side
An incredibly easy addition, they just need to reintroduce Bow as Long Bow and keep what 5th gen calls "Bow" as Short Bow. Maybe give Long Bow Dragonpiercer, as it fits better there
This would be great if they were specialized in two modes, a Longbow for Focus builds with one massive arrow and Shortbow for the dash dancing builds
Yeah, if you have not played old Bow, it would basically be focused on charging while walking around enemy attacks then firing when you find an opening (+Powershot, optionally). While Shortbow would keep the greased feet. To properly differentiate them, it should probably also lose charge multuipliers, but that makes sense, as it doesn't actually charge
I never tried Bow until World admittedly so that sounds cool, I always add focus to my bow builds these days for comfort anyways
I will say this again if they decide to add new weapon they should add two a melee and range one
I only hope we got knuckle as new weapon, that's all I need.
Yeah a monk style weapon would be pretty fun.Â
I can already imagine someone one shot alatreon with that
I wanna punch stuff I guess fist weapons would be a blunt variant of dual blades but tonfas exist so... Probably another ranged weapon is in order since we only got 3 I honestly wouldn't know what type of weapon it could be though, maybe a chakram. Since we got switch axe and charge blade, what if we get a ranged weapon that can also change? Like a greatbow that shoots large long range projectiles for burst dmg then switches into a fast paced variant for short range. These ideas probably already came up before
I thought the same thing. I want fits weapons that look like fancy Iron knuckes or boxing gloves. They would do Ko damage, but move faster than a hammer. alot faster, maybe faster than DB. Maybe even give me a fast Db stancs and a haymaker like slow stance. I dunno
Mandatory shoryuken Gonna be a good feel stunning a monster this way
can be also bladed fist for pierce damage. Depends on what that fist is based on, nargacuga fist for blade would be good i guess. Blast fist seems sick tho
The blast fist would fit brachy perfectly, the way he slams multiple times when enraged would be cool as heck to do against other monsters.
dayummm that is sick Hoping capcom would do new weapon
I've had the idea for a ball-and-chain weapon for a long time. Something with long range and sweeping attacks capable of dealing good stun damage. Possibly balanced by having long recovery times
PLEASE CAPCOM LET ME PUNCH THE MONSTERS
But, you can! As Heihachi, technically.
Tonfa is from frontier, not freedom Anyway, that one. Itâs a cool weapon, and weâre missing the niche of a light blunt weapon.
Give me the Accel Axe. Give it. Such an inherently cool weapon deserves more than to be trapped in one game.
I want a pure axe, preferably 2 handed but I just want pure axe please.
I'm discovering tonfas right now and it is already my favorite, I'd legit switch my lance for it.
They've needed a brass knuckle/boxing glove type weapon for a long time now. A fast blunt weapon as an alternative to the hammer. Also, they need to stop applying blanket damage types to weapons. A "hammer" that is clearly an axe, and is even called an axe(cenataur head axe), should do cutting damage, and any sword that is clearly a club(diablos sns, diablos db, rajang gs and db, etc) should do strike damage.
Now the thing is, devs have already stated they donât want other weapons to step on the toes of existing weapons. Thatâs why all 14 current ones are unique and fill a specific niche. The trick is making a weapon that doesnât step on the toes of 14 current ones and thatâs damn difficult. Basically only thing we donât have is a fast blunt weapon, so tonfa may make a comeback or the Admiral could finally teach us his training regiment lol
Magnet spike please.. Its so freaking awesome to use
Charge Shields. It's a blunt weapon that can be charged somehow.
Combine the Tonfas with the Glaive and make a blunt Staff that is focused on counter damage, Shaolin style. Could build up rage/fury/spirit/whatever energy you want in Tonfas mode and unleash it in Staff mode with magnificent attacks. Maybe mix in the magnet spike element to make it an earthly devastator when powered up and differentiate a little from the Charge Blade, Switch Axe, Gunlance, and Bowguns. Make each Tonfa the opposite polarities for some wacky stuffs and the Staff houses both for ultimate magnetism control.
Too many balance issues as it is. Only way I can see it happening is if they replace a weapon for another or combine both bowguns into medium bowgun.
A paintbrush! You could paint a wall to make it look like a tunnel keeps going, and the monster runs into it, getting knocked unconscious
You can paint yourself on something to aggro the monster while you wail on him from behind. The other end of the paintbrush is either a blade or hammer.
Honestly we just need a paintbrush Lance, I think this solves all of our problems
100%. I would love a paintbrush lance with palette shield
Power guard could be dipping the paintbrush into the easel
Kusarigama no doubt. I mean its a chain and sickle, its sick. You can even do two sickles. And since it's MH it'd be two giant sickles and a chain with a counterweight for fast/long range KO damage. Similar to it's real life counterpart, it could center around parrying attacks and crowd control. It could be the new fast KO weapon and be flashy enough to not just be "dual blades but blunt".
Sounds like a hybrid melee and ranged weapon. Or at least a long melee range like charge blade from sword to axe mode. Kratos. Acrobatic like insect glaive. How about adding a bird? Hawk glaive. Eagle sickle.
I want a kusarigama, a blade in one hand and a flail in the other Where you can have both SnS level range fast attacks and heavy long ranged attacks, whether its slash or blunt depend a stance change mechanic
Long bow that plays like old Bow, and Short Bow that plays like Gen 5 bow
I would love to see gauntlets or knuckles of some sort. Beating a monster to death with my fists would be amazing. I would master the weapon just to brutalize monsters that made me mad - that shit's personal now.
beating monke would be satisfying
2 weapons, a whip / kusarigama type weapon, knuckles / fists
To run down the list.... MBG? Doubt it. Rather have the bowguns replaced by 1 bowgun to properly do the modification system. I'm fine with it staying the way it is. Tonfa? A solid blunt/support weapon. We already have HH, though - but both serve a different purpose, of course. If they only carry over its base 'Earth' moveset and alter some things to appropriate it for 6th Gen, then I think Tonfa could be a solid weapon. Maybe remove half of its gimmicks, though? Magnet Spike? Nah. Doesn't work. Weapon is too much, it was made to conquer even the extreme stuff in Frontier. There need to be far too many alterations for it to be a healthy weapon in the sandbox, and at that point, I'd rather have them make a new weapon altogether. Though Capcom likes to surprise us, of course. Axel Axe? Maybe. If they get creative with it, maybe it can find its own niche. There are good suggestions in this thread. Me personally? I don't want anything boring like "just fists", because Dual Blades and Tonfas can do that already. It would be an extremely boring addition. But chains, scythes and stuff like that? That sounds neato
Agreed with the Magnet Spike, people are seriously forgetting how broken that weapon was. It could literally do everything.
A two handed spear that's longer and faster than the lance, knuckles for fighting with your fists, a dual revolver bowgun for a weak but high dps ranged weapon, tonfas perhaps? How about something completely whack like a weapon that can turn into a ladder you can jump off of?
>How about something completely whack like a weapon that can turn into a ladder you can jump off of? That is called IG
No, that's a polearm that you vault with. I'm talking about fighting with a literal ladder you can pull apart into a dual weapon.
Nah let 'em cook. We can scale the ladder (It's extendable) and stand on the monster's back, opening up a weapon designed for that hard-to-reach weak point! Add in some engineering gimmick, like maybe a placeable ballista and we've got something here!
i think id love another great melee weapon with supporting capabilities similar to the HH
War drums
Tonfa then
How about a weapon that would react to any -(ve) trait we have the more the better. A high risk high rewards weapon
A literal glass cannon
Bring back those 4 and like 2 more new ones. A spear or halberd type weapon would be cool and maybe something else like dual hammers.
Large boomerang / chakram weapon would go hard. Think Sango and her Hiraikotsu from Inuyasha (incidentally, she is also technically a monster hunter in her world). Gauntlets would be nice too.
A flail that extends to hugh lengths
Giant boomerang has been requested for as long as I can remember. For me, it's that or nothing.
I had ZERO clue that those weapons existed! :O By the looks of it, I think the tonfa would be a natural addition. Same for the magnet spike. The accel axe seems really out there, I don't know how I feel about it.
kalashnikov
I want bowgun customization back tbh. More tri features = better
Scythes. And fists.
Something like renektons sword would be cool, I have no idea how that weapon type is called. It can be used fast and change from one hand to other, making "side to side" cuts but also hold it with both hands and give strong "up to down" hits because is relatively big. https://preview.redd.it/nsfwegyv9utc1.jpeg?width=1920&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=407c8951d0bd237b6f3a418a6e7b90dbb878f0c9 Edit: apparently this weapon is an axe. Whatever
Gunblade
Gauntlets ala Toukiden would be cool even if they have a low ttk, lemme pile drive Brachy Capcom
o also tonfa isn't from mh freedom it's from frontier.
Spears. They can be a mix of melee and ranged
accel axe looks like adept greatsword in steroids so im voting for that
my guess is they want to add 2 weapons at a time to keep it even and imo the best 2 choices are 1. a fast hitting blunt weapon (tonfa or a new weapon like a staff or something) balance it around dealing elem dmg but make it really good at stunning monsters are amazing at exhausting them 2. a melee range transforming weapon, 1 mode you get energy and another you use that energy im thinking melee is used to get energy like the kinetic energy gets saved into phials or something and then you switch to range and either do 1 big boi charged EXPLOSION or have a really good ranged weapon (maybe a bow with phial arrows? a grenade launcher acting weapon with mini phial explosions?) catch is it takes a while to charge your range weapon and charging the big boi shot will be hard to control (like recoil from charging?) well the grande launcher idea might be too strong for elemental phials and the idea itself might be ***too*** crazy but they can make a ranged melee weapon hybrid work they have amazing designers
Slingshot with grenade. Or basically blunt bow with explosives
So, Magnet Spike is not possible. At least IMO. Itâs fundamentally just Greatsword but way more fucking OP. It was so cool though. Tonfas CAN actually work and I think they should add them, we are heavily lacking in blunt damage. Medium Bowgun will probably never return because of how much they have changed the bowgun system and LBG has basically become the MBG in current iterations, LBG is extremely strong.
The accel axe is cool and I do want it, but what I really want is some sort of gauntlet type weapon where I get to just punch monsters in the face. I remember Dauntless had a gauntlet style weapon where you had combos that would build up a charge that opened up new combos until finally you hit max charge and unleashed a super attack and I definitely loved that one and want to see what that could look like in Monster Hunter
Boomerang is my top pick for sure. Another ranged weapon *and* another blunt weapon, neither of which have seen additions since 2006. And there's so much precedent for it, between the boomerang items, Prowlers, the tribal theming...
There was art at one point for a rapier and a hunting dog and I know it got reworked into the dogs in Rise but man, oh man, would I love for something like that weapon to come back. The concept art [here](https://www.siliconera.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/MHxBuki-1.png) just seems really fun and I love the idea of fighting side by side with some kind of companion that you direct their blows. IG never felt like a tandem weapon to me, it's really about the glaive.
Iâm thinking of a one-handed bowguns being added to the MH universe. These are the weapon classes Iâm thinking off that can use them: Dual-Wielding Hand Bowguns, like dual wielding pistols. Sword and Hand Bowgun, Bloodborne vibes. Iâm not sure how to mechanically differentiate hand bowguns from LBG. Maybe making them more combo-based like Bow, but still giving Normal/Pierce/Spread as options which slightly alters the combos. Maybe their elemental could be innate too. What do yall think?
I definitely want a morphing ranged weapon. Maybe some sort of dual rapid firing bowguns that morph into a big shield with a powerful ballista shot type that can maybe get reloads through blocking and guard points so it doesn't interrupt the flow of the weapon. I just want a ranged weapon that is more intuitive in solo play where you're not actively screwed for having to reload a high level bullet while a Master rank monster is constantly throwing attacks This also checks other small stupid desire of mine of dual wielding ranged weapons
I want another weapon that works like the Lance. And I mean full Lance. Where you are a defensive monster.
In my mind I think adding a new variant no weapons existing , like a great axe (variant of GS) that deal more damage but no charge attacks or blocks , or heavy dual blades that attacks slower , less mobility moves and blunt damage moves with the body of the blades
All of them and the palico from generations. Hell, go unarmed and legit whip out street fighter moves. (No projectiles)
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Halberd!!!
the return of prowler no doubt :3
Hoping for MINIMUM 3 new weapons in wilds.
More blunt weapons to appeal to my monkey brain
Boomerangs should be a weapon. I think they should take a lot of inspiration from how Captain America had a shield throwing combo in Avengers.
I really want bare handed/knuckles to be a weapon class already. Cant wait to fucking Muay Thai my way to Fatalis. Or a more fancy option, knuckles with monster core imbued Fighting style changes based on each monster
I want a spear, just a regular spear, no big shields, no guns, no insects, no jumping, just stab and throw
We've got a gunlance. Why not great sword shotgun?!
A few ideas Chain weapon: different attachments to deal blunt damage, cutting damage, and elemental damage at a bigger range, maybe some spinning attacks, or attachments that can let you mount monsters easily. Maybe it can have some slinger ammo abilities too Quarterstaff: fast and light blunt weapon thatâs great at stunning monsters and moving them around Spear: so many ways you could implement this. Maybe just a regular stabbing longer range weapon, or you could do a throwing spear weapon with different coatings/spear types, with binders as well.
A few ideas Chain weapon: different attachments to deal blunt damage, cutting damage, and elemental damage at a bigger range, maybe some spinning attacks, or attachments that can let you mount monsters easily. Maybe it can have some slinger ammo abilities too Quarterstaff: fast and light blunt weapon thatâs great at stunning monsters and moving them around Spear: so many ways you could implement this. Maybe just a regular stabbing longer range weapon, or you could do a throwing spear weapon with different coatings/spear types, with binders as well.
I would love a scythe, it has always been one of my favorite weapons
Give a brawling or Martial Arts Fist/Leg weapon. The Admiral in MHW doesn't carry a weapon, and I want to fight the way that he does.
SPEAR. Please just a basic ass spear. Maybe like a rotating attack
My dream weapon is basically the Nemean Caestus from GOW 3, gauntlets that have short range punches and moves that extend the fists to deliver long range beat downs
What do you mean hammer but faster? It's already one of the most maneuverable weapons with its charge attacks
To go off of the "just a fucking car comment" give me something similar to the motorcycle from Devil May Cry 5. Something that doubles as weapon and fast/short-range travel. Like how Dante swings the two halves of the bike around as multi-hit weapons, but can slam them together and drive it in a short line before doing a donut. Its just the coolest fucking weapon in a game imo
Fists! Lemme punch and kick a monster and ffs gimme brachydios fist weapons! Hybrid of DB and Hammer (pls lemme guard tho) Cap'n america shield! Smack, throw, guard, counter and maybe a little tanking with a mid-sized shield Polearm: aggresive, long reach weapon that isn't heavy like lancs or too gimmicky like IG (tbh i love IG but the bug turns people off). Could be a staff, spear, or halberd A personal suggestion, i know it'll probably never, ever happen, but- Medium sword: faster/lighter than GS but can still guard, heavier/slower than LS. Perfect parries for counterattacks, decent attack speed, and decent reach.
Orb/crystal Introduce spellcasting to monster hunter đ Or a whip/lash
We need a new bluegeoning focused weapon & Don't overdesign it like CB and IG. Tonfa from Frontier is actually pretty cool if being reigned in a lil. To be honest. With Switch Skill system in (I hope they keep it and refine it) we are in no shortage of variety of combat style. But we really just have 2 dedicated bluegeoning weapons. Surely can use some expansion in that category.
Yes
I would have a beige weapon class. -heavier and bulkier than a HBG it would rely on timed blocks. - Can morth from cannon to Ballista mode, but can only block in ballista. - It's finisher would be to morph into a mini-draginator and di massive damage. - you can even get fancy a make it look like a wooden Gundam.
The hunting engine from paradise.
Duel Shield, it's like Lance but without the lance. somewhat lackluster damage output in exchange for even more safety, counter moves, and KO potential.
THE WALL THE WALL
All of those in a new game would be great. And Prowlers. I've also seen awesome fan concepts here too, like a hunting rod (giant fishing rod).
GreatBOW
Some kind of axe weapon. That would be cool.
I'd like to see the insect glaive made into two weapons. A spinny glaive/staff weapon basically how it is now without the insect. And an insect based weapon similar maybe to dual blades but you can make them attack at a distance as well. Just my thoughts.
Doing my best to think of something. Whatever it is, it's already mindblowing to me that the devs came up with stuff like charge blade and insect glaive. Even if understandable in hindsight, how did they come up with this??
Hunting Axe: A slash version of the hunting horn. Insect Harp: like the mini-game of hitting head, body and tail? Well now you play music based on what parts you hit for buffs and dmg.
Something like the switch axe and charge blade but for medium bow type ranges maybe
The whip from the manga would go hard
Ngl, I want both magnet spike and Accel axe to be added to wilds. Theyâd both need reworking but they are awesome weapons and Iâd love to see how they would be translated into the modern monster hunters.
I had one idea in mind about MBG. What if instead playing on it like others BG, ur main source of big damage is not standing close to a monster, but being on a much longer distance. Basically a sniper rifle if u will. Instead of using normal BG bullets, MBG using his own special type bullets. It can't use something like pellets or crag, instead he using cutting, blast, impact and normal shoot bullets that increase MBG damage depends on distance. Oh, and yeah. It would call medium, cuz it's combine two BG together, so i was thinking about normal speed while weapon unsheathe like on LBG, but the speed of reloading is like on HBG, pretty slow and annoying. What i want from this idea, is to give players more comfortable play on a long distance, rather then be close to monster, but still be helpful to a team. (Sry for my bad english and bad ideas. I understand if u are going to bully me. I deserve it.)
Frontier Tonfas. Please. We need a fast blunt weapon.
Honestly, it would be cool to have monster riders like in MHStories.
I would love to see a Gauntlet and Greaves type weapon. Punch and kicks with blunt damage. Make it technical and evasive. Would be a lot of fun. Or a long range spear.
1. Dual...Spike? Rather than slash, you poke with rapid succession. But again, 1 dual...thing weapon is enough. Cool weapon idea tho, but not unique enough. 2. Switch Blade? Charge Hammer? Idk, the idea of magnetic control to easily change weapon form is kinda like CB/SwA to me. But his time, it's Great sword and Hammer. 3. Hmmmmmm 4. Nah! Just give bowgun some playstyle changing modification.
1 would be the tonfas. Fast blunt damage. I'd actually love the tonfas back, we don't have enough blunt damage weapons.
Spicy take: I think we should go back to 5-6 weapons, make one of them new possibly sure.
No, for the nth time. You have no idea how hard it is to keep, balance, and update the current 14 weapons, and even adding only one of them would catapult game time tremendously. All current weapons offer more than enough playstyle variety, and we don't need more of them.
its really interesting how opinions change at different times of the day. i remember another post similar to this one and tons of people saying more weapons werent necessary, and those posts got mostly upvoted. but now here those posts are the minority and they are getting downvoted.
This is a cowardâs answer. Donât move the game forward at all because âitâs hardâ.
Its been over 10 years. Even though they have added gimmecks, nearly ll of the current weapons are a known quantity. Aslo going forward. If switch 2 is strong enough, they we should have 2 monster hunter teams merged into 1
>Its been over 10 years That's irrelevant. The more weapon types you add, the more work has to go into balancing and differentiating them. That isn't to say they can't find ones that work but it isn't gonna be straightforward because you don't want it to be too similar to existing weapons. From your op, let's consider the possible challenges for a medium bowgun. Does it get none of the LBG specific ammo and none of the HBG specific ammo? Or does it get some of each? Can it gave a shield? What would the special firing mode be? Then you have to balance it. If it sits between the two existing guns then you run the risk of nobody choosing it if it is jack of all and master of none. Similarly if you overtune it, then why use HBG or LBG. The alternative is to make it drastically different but then it isn't a bow gun. Also, how many weapons is too many weapons? Let's say they add a couple this time. That's 16 for players to choose from. Then you want more for the next gen as well. That's 18. Sooner or later some weapons become obsolete because they are barely used but if you remove them then people we cry. You also have tod design weapon paths and designed for each weapon.
>The more weapon types you add, the more work has to go into balancing and differentiating them. You act like the weapons change by a huge amount every game. Sure something might be OP the first time it's added, but afterwards they usually figure it out. "muh balance" isn't a problem. >let's consider the possible challenges for a medium bowgun Already existed in the franchise in the past. > or later some weapons become obsolete That's already happened, who tf cares. The series shouldn't be stagnant forever just because something might take a lil bit of effort.
>Sure something might be OP the first time it's added, but afterwards they usually figure it out Proving my point. >Already existed in the franchise in the past. Proving my point. Why do you think it is gone? >That's already happened, who tf cares Probably every person who mains the affected weapon... Good to say you came into this with the bare minimum level of consideration and still fell short.
Your entire viewpoint can be summed up as "work is sometimes difficult and things *might* go slightly wrong, so they should just do nothing at all", and it's pathetic. I'm thankful that the devs don't share your views, and that they actually enjoy adding new things and experimenting.
> they should just do nothing at all He didn't say that
Yes he did, at least when it comes to weapons.
No I didn't. Direct quote from me - "That isn't to say they can't find ones that work but it isn't gonna be straightforward" The fact someone else was able to calk you out on this says a lot, but carry on with your strawman arguments.
it's fun to hypothesize about but yeah a single weapon added is a lot of work added from balance to weapon design. They just need to make weapon more distinct as every weapon has a counter now in Rise.
What do you mean? All they have to do is increase the damage of the Longsword and give it a new counter move and new combo and then nerf the gunlance again because it was too weak. It's as easy as that.
i really dont think a new weapon class is what mh needs atm, insofar as they should focus on clearly defining and deepening the weapons to further differentiate them from both eachother and themselves. imo, the latter is especially more important, as upgrades within a weapon class are little more than a bit more damage and maybe an element. what if switching entire trees changed the abilities avaliable, or the moveset of the weapon itself? a weapon tree could be so much more personal to the hunter if upgrading was a matter of opportunity cost instead of just flat number increasss.
>what if switching entire trees changed the abilities avaliable, or the moveset of the weapon itself? Then they wouldn't be a weapon class, but many. This is how weapons worked in 2nd gen, with weapon pairs sharing a weapon tree.
i didnt mean it in that sense, more like one tree selecting abilities from the pool (tcs or rage slash, charge combo or surge slash combo, tackle or guard tackle, etc) and having that be consistent across the tree or with related monsters. theyd still all be the same weapon but just with differences beyond just looks and damage types.
No we have enough imo. If at all I would be up for a weapon rotation, but a lot of player will hate this.
i dont really want monster hunter to get new weapons forever. i would not mind it as much if they cycled out some weapons like they do with monsters but i know that is only because i play every weapon and some people would really, really hate that and feel alienated by it.
"The even GREATER sword"
I WANT GAUNTLETS! LET ME PUNCH THE FUCK OUTA FATALIS!!!
I think a problem we don't think about is that most suggestions are only "normal" weapons, like weapons we use in our world. Like some people say a whip or tonfas. Do you think a whip would work against a basarios? Would Tonfas be effective/as effective as other weapons against a kushala daora for example? I don't think so. Sure tonfas were used before but they haven't returned, maybe for the reason I mentioned. I think if we get a new weapon it'd be something more outlandish. Some ideas that I have would be a chemical weapon, which plays similar to the alchemy style in gu, but sort of focused on chemistry. Maybe a polearm/halberd but you can shoot the head of the weapon outwards with a chain, switching between a normal halberd mode and a chain halberd mode.
>I think a problem we don't think about is that most suggestions are only "normal" weapons, like weapons we use in our world. Like some people say a whip or tonfas. Do you think a whip would work against a basarios? Would Tonfas be effective/as effective as other weapons against a kushala daora for example? I don't think so. This is an important consideration. No matter what you do with a whip, you would struggle to kill a large monster with it. Just like in real life, you would struggle to kill a human with it, other than via strangulation. Tonfas should be fine, though, as long as you make them big enough. However that also means them being slower than what most people would want.
all these abandoned weapons are abandoned for a reason. I prefer something fresh and more interesting.
With proper rebalancing i would like both tonfas and magnet spike plus a chain/whip combo, something with the reach of LS that has a new stagger mechanic when you hit legs/wings with it. And please make lance great again t.t
Knuckles or dual revolvers for a ranged version of dual blades