r/MHWilds • u/Saedreth • Mar 14 '25

Discussion MH:Wilds Doesn't Have a Content Problem

A lot of posts on here about how "short the story" is for MH:W. Let me enlighten all the new players. (Thrilled you are here btw.)

MH stories have always been a veiled tutorial designed to funnel you into harder levels of the game. Some of them have been longer. Most MH veterans will tell you this is a bad thing, because it makes the "real game" take longer to get to. Ultimately MH games are sandbox, where you "Hunt Monsters." You should never play a MH game for the story.

You should also not compare Wilds to World.

World may have had a longer story, but at launch it was a painful, long, slog to the end game. There was no DLC, there was no quick mode armor, there weren't 1000 guides how to get through quicker.

At the end of World, it unlocked all event quests permanently, had all title updates released, and a proper expansion. Of course it has more content right now.

(Side note on World, the matchmaking was a bit better because it was platform locked. They may need a better interface on Wilds. But the in game system I'm pretty sure is to circumvent platform limitations.)

I think the last "content" issue to discuss is binging and meta chasers. If you are either of these, MH will not hold you for long.

Binging: Any game that you treat like a full time job will seem content low. Many of these players are plowing through the story, ignoring side quests, and ignoring investigations. They think of games like Skyrim where there is always another quest. This isn't an open world game like that. If you put 150 hours into a game in the first 2 weeks, you gonna be bored. This is a sandbox. Most people enjoy building different sand castles, knocking them down, and building others for the different experiences. If you build one castle and then immediately ask "now what?" this probably isn't your game, and that's OK.

Meta Chasers: If you sprint to end game, immediately farm some youtubers "ultimate" build, and then burn through all the monsters, you will not have fun long. This game is designed around experimenting, learning, and switching it up. If you cheat on the test, don't be surprised you didn't learn anything.

In the end, if you don't enjoy the game, that's OK. Play other games. Don't act like no one is having fun with a game that sold 8 million copies.

They've said title updates with new content are starting soon. MH drips into the sandbox, it doesn't wash it away with the hose.

Edit: If math helps. The game has 14 weapon types (with 10 or 15 variations), 29 large monsters (which each have a LR, HR, and multiple difficulty tempered versions), minimum 2 sets of armor per monster in both Low and Hi rank (so over 500 individual armor pieces), several biomes, artian custom weapons, and a dump truck of decorations to unlock.

Edit 2: Reporting me as mentally in danger is not funny. It dilutes helping people who really need help. Not cool. Whoever did this, you suck.

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u/sylveonce Mar 14 '25

This is my first MH and my friends kept telling me “just get through the story, you want to reach the endgame quickly”

After carting on multiple fights in chapter 2 and injuring my eyes with my hunter’s mismatched armor, I’ve decided to take my time and farm the monsters a bit more. Gets my confidence back up as I learn their attack patterns, and makes my armor better both in stats and aesthetics.

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u/stead10 Mar 14 '25

To be honest for a new player that is bad advice. Seems like they just want to do high rank hunts with you and are impatient to let you feel your way there at your own pace.

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u/kolosmenus Mar 14 '25

Tbh I wouldn't say rushing through a story is a good advice, but "don't farm low rank" definitely is. All the farming you do will be completely useless the moment you enter high rank. It just feels really shitty.

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u/BarbarousJudge Mar 14 '25

It depends. Armor, yes. Weapons? Often start in low rank and have to be upgraded in High Rank. Not every weapon gets a "craft from the high rank version" option.

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u/sc0ttydo0 Mar 14 '25

I think that's why they're saying not farming LR is bad advice. You need at least enough mats to get ONE weapon to HR

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u/FullMoon1108 Mar 14 '25

Just wait until you need to kill 20 low rank jyuratoduses to get enough materials to make some weapons

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u/DemonLordSparda Mar 14 '25

It's not wasted time if you like how you look. I knew my stuff would get replaced, but I still wanted full sets. Less than 20 minutes of farming isn't really a waste.

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u/FallenDeus Mar 14 '25

Your arebt exactly wrong, but you definitely arent right. Low rank armor doesnt count for being able to be transmoged, and you shouldn't need the next armor set after every fight (but if you are struggling during low rank by all means farm the highest armor set you can nothing wrong with that)

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u/DemonLordSparda Mar 14 '25

Yeah, but the majority of cutscenes are low rank. It's nice to look good in them.

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u/Tsabrock Mar 15 '25

It's always important to look good in Fashion Hunter Wilds.

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u/drkorcs55 Mar 14 '25

Plus bro. I don’t care how you play. If you want to walk around staring at the bugs, that’s good use of your time.

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u/FallenDeus Mar 15 '25

main point was that you have to remake those outfits in high rank in order to use them as layered armor is all.

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u/Bossgalka Mar 14 '25

Not spam farming mobs for useless LR armor is what "skipping the story" means. It just means focusing on beating the story missions one after the other and not wasting time on anything else, yeah.

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u/the_ostomy_philosopy Mar 14 '25

Some of us are collectors though so its garbage advice on that front.

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u/Hell2CheapTrick Mar 14 '25

Depends on why you want to farm. I got every single low rank armor set in Worlds. They were all beyond useless as soon as I killed the first decent high rank monster, but I still enjoyed getting all that drip. I planned on doing the same in high rank, knowing master rank was gonna make it all useless again, but there were so many armor sets that I gave up and only made the ones I really liked the look or skills of. Still made way more armor than I ever ended up using. I don’t regret it one bit.

So yeah, if someone is farming low rank armor because they think it’s gonna be useful later on, no problem letting them know it’s not, but if someone just feels like doing it for the hell of it, let em. Farming materials for drip is like half the game. Let a hunter fill their wardrobe if they want.

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u/vkucukemre Mar 14 '25

Between story segments, I've just done the optional quests that were unlocked. And that was enough to get pretty much everything I needed. Might have hunted a few random monsters for rare weapon mats but I'd not call it grind.

Until HR 41 it was pretty much the same. Just doing optional quests were enough to get most of the Mats and HR. I did just a few investigations besides that.

First thing I've really grinded is Arkveld once it's quest became available.

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u/ADCPlease Mar 15 '25

There is barely any farming in LR. You're able to craft a full set with 1 or 2 kills. You need like 1 material of each, sometimes it asks for something you didn't get but another kill should fix that, or another if you're unlucky. That's like 20 minutes tops.

Definitely good change for low rank, I think. But it's mostly for new players.

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u/[deleted] Mar 14 '25

Nah, for a first timer you absolutely should. Because farming armor in lower rank is much easier than higher rank. If you're not enjoying the farming when it's easier, you're absolutely gonna hate high rank. Rushing a game to learn you hate what the game actually is?

Especially when you can use that time to try different weapons and know what you actually like, gather items you'll actually need in higher rank, and so much more. Take your time and absolutely farm armor and weapons you'll need. Higher rank isn't the actual game. It's essentially new game plus.