User blog comment:BannedLagiacrus/Discussion of the Week: Hunters/@comment-7584137-20160319111336

1 - Well, yes, although the real stars of the game, for me, are the monsters. They just show more personality than your hunter. Still, I particularly liked how, in 4U, your hunter was more or less treated as the only sane guy/girl among the Caravan fellows.

2 - I didn´t know about the shady past of some hunters. For all I know, my hunter could have been a bandit who sought redemption for his crimes, or was forced into the job against his will.

3 - I once wrote a backstory for two of my hunters back in FU. One of them was a guy who grew up fascinated with the monsters and the stories the hunters told about them, and thus became a hunter himself to witness those creatures. The other one was a very hyper and energetic girl that had genuine talent for the hunt but whose hiperactivity and easily-distracted nature often caused her to fail. I actually put them together too, to make a classic duo of "down-to-earth scientific guy, hyperactive girl".

4 - If I could become one, it would be due to the nice rewards the quests give you, but not only that. I would become one just for the opportunity of seeing those magnificent creatures with my own eyes. Seeing a monster like a Kushala Daora or a Teostra could be a once- in- a- lifetime event. Finally, it would feel good to know my job was helping the local communities survive.

5 - Well... not really. I would probably feel sorry for the monsters in real life. Dangerous they may be, I would still feel bad about bringing down such amazing creatures. Besides, with my actual speed, not even a Seltas would have much trouble destroying me. No wonder a hunter´s job is not for every one. Although they become little more than jokes later in the game, monsters like a Velocidrome or Great Jaggi are likely a living nightmare for the average person.

6 - If I was fit for the job, maybe a regular hunter. Even if I would spend my entire life as a low-rank one, at least I could still use a weapon and defend myself in the case a monster attacked me while I was out doing anything else, like travelling to another town.

7 - Yes. It makes them feel less bland IMO.

8 - While I don´t think I could EVER become a G-Rank hunter, any monster that is an Elder Dragon or as strong as them feels like a good choice to me.

9 - I use usually full sets unless I have to grind too much for a specific item. As for weapons, I am pretty much an exclusive Hammer user.

10 - My dream nickname would likely be something like "The Wanderer", as in, a wanderer that only appears when someone truly needs his help. Realistically, it would likely be something like "He who cannot even bag a Great Jaggi".

11 - Well... maybe not "love". I am not a guy who is interested in an actual relationship, and I can´t see many hunters doing it, honestly, when they have such dangerous jobs. A REAL and loyal friendship, however, would certainly happen. We could be those friends who are always arguing and bickering, but that would willingly give their lives for one another.

12 - There are many, many HORRIBLE ways to die as a hunter, and just to name a few, I would pick: "A Rathian beating me to a pulp and then taking my very weakened body back to her nest to teach her young how to kill", "becoming a Deviljho´s dinner guest", and "being shocked by a Lagiacrus while underwater".