Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Hunting the Giadrome

Question

I'm a total newbie Monster Hunter player and have just started playing Freedom Unite on PSP.

Having breezed through the tutorial levels (though I haven't played all of the weapon tutorials yet), I'm attempting the quest which, according to the game, is the easiest quest available - the Giadrome. But, in 4-5 attempts so far, I've been unable to defeat it!

I do feel I am getting better at the game - I'm familiar with the Giadrome's movements. I'm dying less. I've been able to isolate the Giadrome in an area by itself (so I don't have to deal with Giaprey at the same time). I've managed to get the Giadrome to flee into a neighbouring area several times. But it seems that no matter how many times I hit it, it never goes down!

What am I doing wrong? How many times do I have to hit this thing?

Answer

I've found an interesting YouTube video of a Giadrome hunt here.

In the video, the player is using some HP hack which shows the monster's health. What's interesting is what happens to the Giadrome's health when it runs away into an adjacent area (see 2:59). It's health immediately jumps up from 65 to 119!

Therefore, it seems not possible to simply "finish it off before it can get rest". You obviously have to prevent the giadrome from leaving the area to stop it continually healing.

That's what I've been doing wrong. I've hit the giadrome plenty of times, more than enough to kill it, but have not been able to stop it running off when its HP gets low.

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