User blog comment:BannedLagiacrus/Discussion of the Week: Hunters/@comment-5020152-20160319024951

1) Not as much as the monsters, obviously, but yes, hunters are pretty awesome. Even better, we now know that not everyone can pull off these superhuman feats of daring - the hunter's life is not for everyone.

2) The "What are Their Reasons for Hunting?" part was pretty interesting for me to read. It's nice to see that the Hunter's Guild doesn't discriminate and lets its members in regardless of their past.

3) I never really thought of giving my in-game characters a backstory, to be honest. I just kind of go along what the game says. But anyway, like I said above, the hunter's origins don't matter as far as the Guild is concerned.

4) Ha, I wouldn't be a hunter if my life depended on it. I'm a pacifist, you see. The only creatures I don't feel sorry about killing are mosquitoes. Those little sh*ts do nothing but make life miserable.

5) See above. In addition to the reasons I just gave, I probably wouldn't even last a few seconds on a hunt. A single Jaggi could probably kick my Astalos.

6) If I absolutely HAD to, I'd choose to be a regular hunter. At least regular hunters don't "hunt down poachers, or other illegal hunters, and wanted murderers before killing them". Dude, I've heard of the death penalty, but there's no way I'm signing up to be a trained assassin.

7) Nah. In the end, they're all still regular human beings with unnatural strength and durability carrying around big-ass swords.

8) Does it matter? I'd probably die just as horribly to an elder dragon as to an elder dragon-leveled monster.

9) In 4 Ultimate, at least, I usually find myself sticking to my gemmed-up Chameleos armor set and matching Chameleos Insect Glaive. Seriously, that equipment is almost god-tier.

10) "The One Who Wasn't Strong Enough to Kill that Single Jaggi. May he rest in pieces."

11') Well, if I were to join a select band of hunters, sticking with them through thick and thin and constantly putting our lives in each others' hands so we could defend the greater good, then forming a connection is pretty much guaranteed.

And of course I'd try to find love - not only because I'm kind of a romantic at heart. I'd also try because, in a line of work that comes with a very unpredictable life expectancy, you have no idea how long you have to find your soulmate before your life is brought to a sudden screeching halt. If I were fortunate enough to find someone I loved with all my heart, and who felt the same way about me, at least then I could die happy, knowing that someone will miss me dearly when I'm gone.

12) If I were to list ways I wouldn't want to die as a hunter, this comment would be a lot longer. How on Earth could I pick just three?