In Monster Hunter Wilds, the creatures you hunt fight back with powerful attacks. Therefore, it is also important in battle to block or dodge at the right moment. Players have now found another method: photo poses.
In Monster Hunter Wilds, you can’t just mindlessly hit the monsters. In battle, besides preparation, it is also necessary to block or dodge attacks. If you don’t pay attention during difficult quests, it can quickly happen that you get taken out by a monster.
Players have now found a method to dodge some attacks even more spectacularly. Instead of relying on good timing, you can also opt for paid photo poses.
In the new event in Monster Hunter Wilds, you can secure costumes:
With a paid emote, you can dodge well, at least one attack
What kind of emotes are those? A user named @sayurin_kk posted a video on x.com showing how she dodges the water beam of the hardened Mizutsune. Instead of relying on a well-timed dodge roll, she reaches for an emote in the radial menu that throws her into the air and keeps her there.
The emote is the Photo Pose: Shinobi
from the Photo Pose Set No. 1 (via Steam). You can only get the emote if you purchase the set for €3.99.
As automaton-media.com reports, you can also use other emotes to dodge. With the gesture Impossible…
from Gesture Set 1 or the Cheer Kneel
, you can make the character kneel and thus dodge high attacks.
How does the community react? Under a tweet on x.com that jokingly shares the video saying Wilds is pay-to-win, numerous memes and positive reactions gather, finding it funny. A few users (via x.com) don’t find it that funny and question the cost.
Is this already Pay to Win
? Since Monster Hunter Wilds is not a PvP game, one can generally discuss whether something like this can even be pay-to-win. In this case, it should also be noted that such emotes are of course only useful in specific situations. They are more of a gimmick than a useful tool because they only work against specific attacks. Even in the case of the Mizutsune, the emote is only useful against that specific attack.
In this topic, you can see how well the hitboxes of characters and attacks are actually designed in Monster Hunter Wilds. Monster Hunter World also had various emotes that could be used in other contexts. Even a weaker weapon shows that you shouldn’t underestimate it: With a completely underestimated weapon, you can defeat the final boss in Monster Hunter Wilds in just a few minutes – A player shows how it’s done
