User blog comment:BannedLagiacrus/Monster Appreciation Week: Gold Rathian (4th Gen)/@comment-26421638-20160202125903

If I say Exactly What I think about this "Golden Wyvern", I'll get perma-banned due to excessive swearing and use of Foul language... So... I'll try to do my "appreciation" with moderation...

This is the Worst Rare Species and one of the Worst Monsters of all MH... (Worst but not that useless)... take all the downsides of the Pink Rathian, Make her a Tank and we got one of the Most Frustrating Monsters of MH4U...

The Design is Weird, While Pink Ian looks Great, the Golden Ian look Weird... Yeah the Golden Color on a Rathian could de great as a Concept, it looks really bad because is really badly colored... It Seems colored with a bad graphic software... This Rathian is supposed to have a Gold skin, but it looks made with a yellow plastic skin... Seriously, the Coloration was Better in older Gen Games, that Rathian had a true golden skin...

The Battle is... Frustrating... If Pink Rathian can Be Kinda Annoying, Gold Rathian is Even Worse... She Continues to spam the 360 Backflip making the Hunt a true pain in the arse... And of course the Triple Super Fireball Attack can cause some troubles too... But not too much... I also hate the Tough Head who Needs Purple Sharpness to prevent bouncing with attacks...

The Equipment have good and bad sides... The Weapons, at least, are really good, if all Pink Rathian's Weapons are Interesting, the Gold ones are forced to be even better... Both really good in terms of stats and design (Most of Them)... But the Armor is... Kinda Useless IMO... Yeah, of course the Skills are interesting in terms of farming, but most of the Skills are useless/not vital for hunting purpose... And... Yeah... The HR One looks better than G Rank one, in terms of design, I simply don't understand, why was used the Design of the 2nd Gen G Rank Gold Ian Armor (same for Silver Rathalos)

It's a shame to know that in MHX this S**t Returns... Molten Tigrex or Lucent Nargacuga Were a better choice IMO...

Overall: Thumbs down for the Golden Moon... Bad Coloration... Difficult, Boring and Frustrating Fight and the Weapons are Kinda Meh... The Only positive side are the Weapons which are really Good, making the only good reason to Farm this... Thing... This Monster Should be reworked from scratch... P.S. Excluding Named Variats who I haven't Faced yet for Obvious reasons, This is the Worst and the Most Difficult of the Raths Family...