User blog comment:BannedLagiacrus/Discussion of the Week: MHWI/@comment-26421638-20190914124612

Precondition: Only played Iceborne beta so far. Planning to get Iceborne in one month if everything goes fine or alternatively at Christmas if everything goes bad.

1) World is a huge mixed bag for me and that's not new for anyone here, I dropped it tons of times between one festival to another to play other games (Really, when you reach World's endgame what was the point to playing it when there aren't any good event quest unless if you're looking for 100%/Platinum Trophy/Crowns whatever?) still need to figure out how I "Platinumed" this game even if is one of my Most-hated MH of all time!

2) When I saw an Icy area and Narga was teased, I smiled, breathe a sigh of relief and I said "About time..."

3) I Would prefer Master Rank because actually has a true meaning this time, but I (or should I say "we") used to call it G-Rank for a long time and I am/we are used for it.

4) Interesting idea, looks good but is extremely forced with an imperative use. Not a big fan of it. Fix it, rework/balance it or shouldn't return. Clutch Claw is probably in conflict with Styles/Arts, they have the same chance to return in a next MH Game however is really unlikely to see both Clutch Claw and Styles/Arts in the same game.

5) Yeah, no preference so far in terms of favorite ride. Would be great if this feature will remain. Sharpening your weapon on the go? APPROVED

6) 2 Player HP Scaling is my favorite Iceborne feature. In every MH Game except for World (playing in duo was the worst thing you could do in World) I always preferred to play in 2 rather than 3... Well, there are certain situations where in 2 you could do a better work than 4 players! Can't really tell about menus and such.

7) Is nonsense without pausing. If game paused during View mode (obviously offline) would be a nice photo mode and would be fun to watch important details of the most aggressive monsters. View mode like this is just a joke feature to spam emotes with your bearded lady PC or alternatively sharing your inappropriate drawings on snow.

8) Pokke 2.0 (or should I say 3.0 or even 5.0?) looks nice and seems pretty handy. World really needed a cold map just like the original MH4 really needed a Desert. Aaaand yes. Hoafrost should have been on World Vanilla.

9) Possibly Fulgur Anjanath, finally Anjanath took some lessons on how to be an original monster! Even Acidic Glavi may be interesting... May be...

10) Nightshade Paolumu smells like Malfestio 2.0, even Viper kadachi seems kinda annoying with Spikes/Noxious Poison and Paralysis combo.

11) Not a big fan of Variants, apparently Seething Bazel is more than a "Additional rage mode", Savage looks really different from before, with Scarred Garuga they perfectly blended a Variant with a Tempered Monster, Ruiner Nergi is all right. Blackveil is good but I'm not really sure if it was necessary and Shrieking Legia is no more than an Azure Rathalos among Legiana.

12) Velkhana seems good but kinda lacks of originality that a true Flagship should have, Namielle is way more original gameplay and design wise. Perhaps Namielle would have been a better Flagship than Velkhana (or alternatively better than Final Boss if Namielle was twice as big). Velkhana feels no more than another cousin of Daora, Teo/Luna, Chammy or Hazak family.

13) They brought back the right monsters, unfortunately some of them are terribly reworked (ahem, Tigrex with shitty hitboxes from Beta). Despite Garuga had an excellent rework, I would have preferred Gravios instead (Both of them uses Fire but we needed more LAZER and more monsters in Elder's Recess).

14) Bring only Glavenus or alternatively all Fated Four, excluding even only one of them would be dumb. Unfortunately due to the neck injury who got Leviathans, Mizu return would be impossible for now.

15) Namielle is probably the best addition of Iceborne, Velkhana see above. Banbaro and Beotodus are simply ok. Can really stand Final Boss however, seems boring.

16) Gravios (really unlikely, and see above), Magalas (would be perfect for a sub-plot), Valstrax and one between Alatreon or Fatalis (more likely Alatreon, no neckpain issues). My wishlist may not matiwith what will actually get for sure.

17) Just something that isn't boring or broken. I'm afraid of collab crap or another Siege monster or simply a Kulve Taroth Subspecies/Variant.

18) I'd expect a MH for Switch who mixes old and new style, possibly a 15th Anniversary game. And there's still some room for Stories 2. MH6 would be too early.