User blog comment:BannedLagiacrus/Discussion of the Week: Frontier's End - Part 4/@comment-28847569-20191208165027

1) Despite overly-flashy effects, Zeniths were surprisingly pretty enjoyable from my experience, and I prefer them over most of the additions in G.

2) I've only really fought one of them, so I guess Zenaserisu. If a Zenith species counts as a "original monster," then (surprise surprise) Zenith Espinath or Zenith Daimyo Hermitaur.

3) Haven't fought it, but Blinking Nargacuga just looks really annoying. Once again, if Zeniths count, then Zenith Hypnocatrice, since that fight essentially makes most of its attacks OHKOs.

4) None. By this point, Frontier was way too far gone to ever fit into the mainseries in my opinion lol.

5) I'm playing on the TW server, so I can't really check them out. However, from what I heard, it somehow surpassed the unbalanced Tonfas created, so I don't think that they would work in the mainseries.

6) It's alright. I prefer MHO's Wonderland Expedition, due to the random armors and weapons that mode has, along with the fully fleshed-out map akin to the Guiding Lands, but it's an alright mode that's useful for grinding rare materials.

7) He's filled to the brim with noob traps, but after learning them all, he's kind of boring. Flashy, sure, but his fight feels less like a fight and more like a routine where you get under/away from him depending on what tell he does.

8) Eh, I wasn't really a fan of the concept of "original Zenith species," since I thought part of what defined a Zenith species was that they differed from their base species, making an "original" one kind of impossible.

9) I'm on PC so I can't really speak off personal experience, but, from what I've seen, Iceborne seems to be taking many cues from Frontier, such designing monsters to be more flashy and destructive with attacks that cover a large area and "super moves," along with buffing hunters in a variety of ways (main examples being the new combos introduced in IB and the Clutch Claw).

10) It's a solid part of the series history, and it will be missed. I may not had been a fan of everything, but it's pretty undeniable that Frontier has been the inspiration for many aspects of MH; even within the mainseries and Online.