MH4U: Guild Quest Shenanigans! (136-140 Rajang Solo Part 4)

I'm quite surprised that it took me 35 minutes to finish this quest because I was using an offensive oriented set using the Star Knight Armor and added a bunch of skills to it.

The last time I took him down was a long time ago but I remember that it was just under 33 minutes with the same CB (Daora's Thwartoise) and back then I didn't even have honed for attack! This just baffles my mind!

Did the monster have more HP? Did he have higher defense with just one level in difference to the previous run? or maybe I just goofed a bit on my level 139 run? I don't really know but I'll try to do it again with my Honed Blade set just to check it out.

These were the armor skills I used:

Sharpness +1
Steady Hand
Rodeo God
Challenger +2
Weakness Exploit
Artillery Novice

These are mean skills if you look at it, maybe I just didn't utilize this on my part and got rusty halfway through the hunt. Challenger +2 is an awesome skill because Rajang's always angry, angry, angry! So angry that he pulls out a huge chunk of earth and throws it at you.

I fainted once during the whole hunt, got hit with a left hook and there goes all my health instantly. Felyne skills that I ate for was the defender (Hi) which is basically the same as the armor skill Divine Protection.

Used a lot of guard points for his hooks and triple thunder ball because I don't have any Guard/Evasion + skills which for me is totally okay with. Keep that shield in overcharged mode and abuse the guard points' potential!

I always tried to aim for his arms so that he would stumble down and let me get a good super burst on his torso. When I trip him and he goes flailing around when he's in regular mode, I sometimes gamble on using the ultra burst instead of the super, it does a ton of damage but you'll lose your overcharged shield buff.

I recently read in a wiki that the wystones drive and element don't just allow you to hit them without bouncing off and apply elemental/status damage, they also increase the damage it does, like a bonus multiplier.

The drive wystone adds 16% more raw damage whilst the element gives 20% more elemental/status damage. I never knew this up until the time I looked it up, the more you know, the better you'll be!

Took me a lot of tries, about 10 I think? or maybe a bit more than that but nonetheless the level 139 Rajang has now been taken care of and we now move on the maxed out level which is 140! Come join my adventures as I slay the legendary 140  Apex Rajang on my own! Next time! Happy hunting!

Nostalgic Gaming: Resident Evil 2!

One of my favorite PSX games of all time that I love replaying over and over again. Clever puzzle solving with a bunch of face eating zombies set on a post zombie apocalyptic scenario? What more could you ask for!

The thing I truly remember most, believe it or not, is the sound when you select items and go around items in the item menu box. The boop boop beep beep sound it makes really made a mark in my mind and it just seemed to stay there ever since and I know that I'm not the only one who has that Resident Evil item menu sound syndrome (You guys know who you are!). If a remake were to happen I wish they'd retain the item menu sounds because that by itself would give me nostalgia goosebumps.

Enough of the sound bit and let's get on to the game!

There are two playable characters in the main game and both have their own unique scenario you have to choose from. Well it doesn't really matter which one you choose because you're probably going to finish all possible scenarios this game has because it's that good.

As with every Resident Evil game you start with the humble but useful Handgun and Combat Knife which is like a mainstay for every iteration of the game but don't worry about that because as the story progresses you'll find out that there are a lot of weapons that'll be pretty handy in surviving.

Each of the characters have their own arsenal of weapons like Claire has access to the Grenade Launcher, Crossbow and other stuff whilst Leon on the other hand has the ability to customize his weapons with their respective upgrade which makes sense due to the fact that he's a cop, and also because of their difference, they have a sense of uniqueness and character depth that they deserve.

This game doesn't hold back on grotesqueness, all of the enemies that you encounter in this game are either rotting zombies or mutated rotting zombies that are all hell bent on killing you. Yep, just a bunch of cannibals I tell you! But it's all fun and exciting at the same time!

This game deserves a revival of some sort! Bringing new stuff into the game to give it a fresh lick of paint whilst retaining all the other things that we loved about it in the first place. This REmake would be well received by fans and it'll give more life to the series even more! A trip to the Raccoon Police Department again please!