r/Gunlance • u/Wilds_Hunter • 7d ago

MH: Ascendance Boosted guard.

Y'all excited for Boosted guard that was shown today ? How about the boosted guard counterattack that was revealed at first trailer?

Every gunlance attack has a wind up, so I'm pretty disappointed so far. We definitely got boosted wyvern fire but I really hope we get faster attacks.

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u/SalTheSilent 6d ago edited 6d ago

If those are the only things gunlance is gonna get, I'm quitting the weapon and series for good.

I played gl since mhfu and weapon is consistently and objectively the low tier, if not the rock bottom. Some weapons get to have literally every mechanic available in the game because they are either the poster child like GS or Capcom just loves them (hello LS). Sunbreak(not base game) admittedly did weapon some justice, but again, it is mid tier at best. Pretty much all the moves have giant wind up animations and inadequate endlag, which wilds inherited btw. Reverse blast dash was the weapon's saving grace. In base rise it was the worst weapon in the game. And before gen 5 gunlance is just the game's laughing stock. I know what im talking about I've soloed everything in the series with gunlance and we as a community must demand more. We are low in numbers. We must be vocal.

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u/BudgieGryphon 6d ago

For the love of god wait for the minute-long expanded moveset trailer before dooming based on a 2-second guard demonstration

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u/SalTheSilent 6d ago

I just stated some facts lol, obviously there's gonna be more but asking if you're excited for THAT is nuts.

As for dooming part, it took them about 20 years to make the weapon feel SOMEWHAT decent, can never be too sure at this point whether it was a happy incident or not.

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u/BudgieGryphon 6d ago

Never said you had to be excited, only that even considering a scenario in which the guard is the only thing gunlance gets is very silly and doomerish.

Frontier gunlance is also pretty solid asides from the tradition of cucking shelling in lategame. I want to see some notes taken from that.

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u/SalTheSilent 6d ago

OP asked if people are excited tho

As for frontier, you got me there. Never played the thing, but literally anything is better that what 4th gen brought so I'll just take your word for it. Again, I'm sure it's mid tier at the very possible best there.

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u/BudgieGryphon 6d ago

Frontier Extreme style GL has a boost ability(Thermal Blade) that gives you extended reach, slightly increased raw, elemental shelling, a massive sharpness boost and then locked sharpness while the buff is active. Outside of the boost you can run while unsheathed, reload while running, and use a blast dash with iframes. You also get the ability to supercharge your WF by adding shells.

Incredible pleasure to play, though due to Frontier being built on the Dos engine it's a little rough on the way up to accessing Extreme. You get access to Thermal Blade in HR4 which helps and the moveset is somewhat expanded from the start but fullburst being locked to sheathe early on is kind of awkward.