User blog comment:BannedLagiacrus/Discussion of the Week: Elder Dragon-Level Monsters/@comment-26034899-20160329052845

1) Beukyurosu, due to how intelligent and adaptive it is. We really need more monsters that can adapt to your tactics and counter them; it would really make the fights more interesting.

2) Apex Monsters. They provide more frustration than fun.

3) Yes. Like Steve said below, they help bridge the gap between ordinary monsters and the legendary dragons.

4) Duremudira. The thing is wicked powerful, being the second strongest monster in all of Frontier (for the time being, anyway). No wonder the Guild only lets you fight it for such a short time.

5) No, they're all okay in my book.

6) The Apex Monsters.

7) Yes. Without the proper ecology their placement as Elder Dragon-Level Monsters seems like character shilling.

8) Laviente, due to the incredible amount of damage it can do to ecosystems when hungry or agitated.

9) All sorts of them. Molten Tigrex vs Teostra (lions vs tigers), Kirin vs Akantor (David vs Goliath, monster style), Berukyurosu vs Rajang (brains vs brawn), Lucent Nargacuga vs Chameleos (ninja clash), Laviente vs Dalamadur (clash of the titans), Crimson Fatalis vs Akantor (hot war), Kushala Daora vs Ukanlos (cold war), Shen Gaoren vs Osutogaroa (I'd like to see how exactly their interactions play out)... the list goes on.