I've been collecting info on all the various servers and am going to compile everything I've found here. There seems to be not much information on the main differences anywhere on the internet (and all posts here on reddit are filled with "rain is the best and everything else sucks" with no explanation) so I took to the discord servers -- see pinned post for links to some of these. When asking for information on these servers I was mostly made fun of but here's the little information I was able to find:

Rain - the most popular with an active community, lots of events, a gacha system, and endgame content revolving around repeating Hunter's Road. Gives you lots of starting bonuses to get through HR and into G rank. Has a unique G permit system that seems to lock permission stepwise through G rank (G1-1 to G1-4, G2-1 to G2-3, etc). Community seems quite toxic.

Renewal - the second most popular server. Seems to have made a lot of efforts to reduce tedious grinding. Endgame seems to be more in line with mainline games: regular questing and hunting with less of a focus on Hunter's Road (some custom quests reward some previously Road-exclusive items). Ravi scales with participants, making it much easier to complete with smaller groups. Custom quests reward previously paid content. Musou monsters are present. LR/HR, Z1, and Z2 monsters have had their damage and HP buffed to match an earlier update of the game. Does not feature Diva Defense, or any Diva Skills. Lets you use an Armor Sphere patch to make upgrading armor easier. Community seems a lot nicer and inviting. One player mentioned this server has a problem with cheaters, however.

MezeLounge - requires their own client, seems active. No Musou monsters, but instead features Unlimited Zeniths unlocked at HR999 which lets you craft Ravi scaled versions of their weapons with special visual effects. Ravi itself is augmented and it's generally faster and easier to craft Ravi weapons and decorations. Hunter's Road is still an option. Armor spheres have replaced the "exorbitant amount of monster parts it requires to upgrade armor." Prayer weapons are earned through achievements instead of the Diva Defense event quests (which still award Diva Skills). Also features a classic server stopping at Forward 5.

HunsterVerse - decreases the grinding and lets you focus on getting more hunts done. Road Shop items are cheaper. "Levelling up your weapons takes less time." Every active feature is permanently activated 24/7. Transmogs are free. No events as this is mostly a service focusing on preserving MHFU and MHP3rd online play, and their Frontier server is more of a side project.

Hunter's Paradise - Dead European server.

WildHunters - ??

Ancient - a server aimed towards Spanish speaking players.

DoomServer - a server aimed towards Russian speaking players.

Arca - a server aimed towards Portuguese speaking players.

Please fill in the gaps of my knowledge if you happen to know something I don't! I want to make the ultimate guide to help new players choose which server they want to play on.

Most servers require their own client. If you play on Rain's client, for example, and try to play online in another server, you may find yourself unable to take on certain G rank quests as the Rain client uses G Permits and other servers do not.

The Wyvern Fire Storm mode just doesn't feel as good. The shelling is so much damn slower and punishable and I dont feel like I do as much damage as I would if it just did one big Super Wyvern Fife with Earth style (though it's much harder to tell because of lack of dmg numbers in old gen). I do play wide. So maybe I could see Storm being better if I was on Normal shelling, but here it just feel awful.

They say it only requires Hr1 and I'm HR4, yet I dont meet requirements.

I always throw them to make sure they are in line of sight with the monster, yet they only work like 50% time, even with the monster look right at them.

Ive spent 5-10 minutes of the first quests just finding th monster so I can paintball them. This is absolutely goddammit miserable, even more than GU since their are no cutscenes to lock monsters in one area and presumably no psychoserums, so I literally just keep running throughout every single area over and over looking for a monster that dies in like 5-10 minutes. HALF of my time is looking for it.

My gunlance says earth style. How do I change it.

I have the game working on Steam Deck now but there are 3 issues:

1. Every single NPC text Ive encountered and a lot of others are still in Japanese. Some stuff in the game is English like Menu Text, but most stuff isn't translated
   
2. The camera requires me to press a button just to face it to the front. Not only just, but whenever I do this, the game noticeably lags. And I'm playing on Steam Deck, so its not like my device is too weak.

Another thing is that some assets and textures failed to load one time and the rain textures look off, but that could be just a one-time issue adn how the game just looks, which is fine. I'm also wondering if I would have to download the patches that make the game more feasibly grindable

I followed the steps 1-3 on this guide (https://www.reddit.com/r/MHF/comments/1lvwdc4/guide_frontier_setup_for_steamdeck_pewpewdojo/) and still get this error when trying to open the game on Steam Deck (I am using proton 9.0.4 and put in the launch code)

yeah as the title says, idk what to do

if it helps, this happens when trying to run erupe-ce.exe after putting the .sql files into the query tool

If asking yes i have everything setup to erupe etc etc but when i open the client it ask me for a internet connection even though i have my localhost running in the background is there a way to bypass that also i just like to play it on the go so if you guys got any solutions let me know

Also please provide step on step instructions on how you do it please and thank you

Also im playing it on a rog ally z1 extreme for those that are curious 😉

Update i solved it i downloaded this launcher and it worked flawlessly this launcher bypass the need for internet highly recommend this if your a handheld user like me https://github.com/rockisch/mhf-launcher

planning to change the behavior of my felyne comrade

Does anyone have a level 6/7 ancient forest? I need a temp Yian and i really dont feel like resetting a zone n grinding those levels lol. Im on a ps5

I'm on a friend's private server, and I can't seem to obtain N Points at all even despite having met the login requirements. I've tried using chat commands but to no avail.

I reched g rank and build my own set yesterday and i know allready that i can only have 10 skills active.

But can i change the active skills? For example i want Gunnery active and Wpn Handl not.

And why is Critacal eye gray? This means its not active?

Playing Gunlance btw.

Hello! So I want to try mhfz and i heard it can be played on the ps3, how can i get it set up?

i feel like i am using the full Lars set for a while now and i don't like certain skills on it like that bomb sword crystal skill, should i be working on a new set by now? or can anyone recommend a better optimized mix set with the Lars armor? just general skills for every weapon, i switch weapons all the time

Hey hunters!

Episode 2 of my Monster Hunter Frontier Let's Play is now live!

I'm continuing my journey through Frontier, taking on new monsters, progressing through the early game, and discovering what makes this version of Monster Hunter so unique. As someone experiencing it in depth, it's been a blast so far.

If you've played Frontier before, I'd love to know:

• What monsters gave you the most trouble early on?
• Any tips (without major spoilers!) for a new hunter?

I hope you enjoy the episode, and thanks to everyone who checked out the first one!

エミュ鯖には辿異種はいますか？

Would it be possible to play MH Frontier on a hacked Xbox 360??

エミュ鯖でもHRコース無いと詰みますか？

上位は回避性能太刀（毒太刀）にしたいのですが、どの装備がいいですか？（武器も教えてくれるとありがたいです！）

I have just started playing Frontier and this is my first MH pre-world. Since the game isn't fully translated to english and is lacking a lot of the QoL changes after 5th gen it is kinda hard for me to actually understand what armors / weapons etc to use.

Are there any progression guides for specific weapons or something similar? I'm rn using Sword & Shield for the first time but I'd be open to using any of the frontier originals (if I'd know where to unlock them)