User blog comment:Kogath/Monster Hunter XX Discussion/@comment-33581177-20170408212504/@comment-17735225-20170409071348

As someone who's still alternating between 2nd gen and 4th gen. I'll say that I recommend you to try and experience 4th gen before making judgement. Watching speedrun videos or a really good team doesn't really really do some monsters justice at all. For example when I watched video of Molten Tigrex I found him to be meh, until I actually fought him and he tears my anal canal a new one. Worse then his g-rank version can predict the direction of where you're running and try to 'lead' you at point blank range, combined with his large size that makes his hitbox almost as big as FU tigrex and Blast status. Given you mainly find CB/Lance/Team vids on him it's possible you won't even notice it. I think this problem exist for Frontier vids as well.

At my skill level I'd say that 4U's g rank is only easier because you could do a prolonged wakeup, not cleaner hitbox nor decreased damage. It literally cut away like 75% of situation that you will cart to.

I can totally understand how people can get upset over the new flashy effect. When people played and liked 2nd gen monster hunter it used to be pretty down to earth. We all have a different limit to how much fantasy/realism ratio we can take anyway, when things change there's gotta be some people that get upset. Personally I like them because it allows a lot of weapons to become a bit stronger.

There's actually a lot more to talk/'vent' about the changes in monsters but I guess it'll be too long.