Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-13237238-20150528172024/@comment-2123858-20150529073549

To clarify, hunter rank starts to be come sort of like "exp" in an RPG after you cross HR7, when you beat high rank, all of the quests you've done will jump shot you to some much higher number of hunter rank and gives you the next hunter rank after doing enough quests (doesn't matter which quests you do and you won't need an urgent to get to the next rank). If you need someone to play with or show you some neat stuff, the guild hall chat is open on the wiki and both my friends and I are free.

Here are some useful links:

-For weapon tutorials and other videos:

https://www.youtube.com/user/SocialDissonance

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCT84SVapAfSSD_iMfpKbFbA

-For some general weapons, armor, and skills in MH4U:

http://kiranico.com/en/mh4u/

Lastly, don't let anyone talk down to you just because you are starting. I'd definitely encourage you to learn your own meathods of doing things, but be open to trying different weapons and finding different stratagies. Good Luck out there and welcome to the world of Monster Hunter!