A player from Monster Hunter Wilds reports a frustrating multiplayer experience during a capture quest. The community jumps in with advice and reveals how to easily avoid such situations.
What kind of experience is it? On Reddit, doomcomplex reports that after finishing the story mode, he wanted to complete one last quest before planning to switch to high rank. The goal of the quest: He is supposed to catch a Yian Kut-ku.
When he started the quest, he got support in the form of three teammates who had already reached hunter rank 100 or higher. Doomcomplex’s initial thought: Fantastic, this will go quickly. However, the reality was quite different.
Instead of helping to weaken the monster and lure it into a trap, they threw dung at the creature to scare it away again and again. When there were no more dung balls, they used barrel bombs to sabotage the quest. A targeted capture was not possible this way.
The cruel part: Even in the next two attempts to complete this quest, the trio was back – as if they had it in for doomcomplex. The affected player could only master the quest after blocking the three and trying it solo.
This is not only what doomcomplex expects but also what you can expect after the main story of MHW:
Use your power as a quest host
How does the community react to the report? With over 4,900 upvotes and more than 630 comments, including many helpful tips on how to prevent such a frustrating situation.
- T4Labom explains on Reddit: “As the host, you have the option to kick them out of your quests at any time.” The tip is accompanied by a screenshot showing the relevant option.
- GruncleShaxx adds on Reddit: “And set the search so that only AI hunters can help you.” You can set the group to consist only of AI companions in the options at Alma.
- DullCow8691 does it differently (via Reddit): “I set the maximum number of players to 2, partly because I still needed the Palico achievement and the multiplayer achievement, and partly because it doesn’t feel like you’re absolutely stunning a monster 24/7 with 2 people, but that’s just a personal preference.”
- ItsYume reassures on Reddit: “At least from my own experience (over 100 quests in multiplayer, I always set my SOS to automatically active) I can say that this is an outlier. So just see it as a strange, maybe even funny one-time experience and move on.”
- SupaflyRobbE also writes on Reddit: “I can guarantee that this is about 1% of the MH community. Most players are very helpful and friendly. You just had bad luck with some bad apples. I hope this doesn’t discourage you from multiplayer because most of the community wants to help, and even the veterans are really good with info and knowledge.”
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