whoo boy i'll try my best here:
Can the camera zoom back even more than the max, will different weapons make it zoom out more ?
I don't think so. You face a lot of huge monsters which justify the camera choice in my opnion. I believe it zooms out/in depending on the environment and if you're in a battle or not
MY game is offline but am I really offline?
NPC's or notices everywhere are a bit confusing and I even saw a notification of someone left my
quest party... so I'm really not sure what's going on.
You're probably online, I'm guessing starting out they had you join a lobby randomly. Not sure how the game starts out. You can opt out of that if you choose
The game loot system is overwhelming and slow to pick up items- And there is this annoying timer (10 seconds) to pick up all
the loot after I beat the boss, which does not allow me to pick up anything and boots me out from the quest quick.
Welcome to monster hunter, but this is actually the best entry point in the series especially for newcomers. God forbid if you tried any of the earlier ones.
When you kill a monster you have 60 seconds to carve the monster. If you cap it(have it fall into a trap and tranquilize it), it's much shorter (10 secs i believe since you can't carve it because its captured) because you automatically carve after the quest is over. It's also more beneficial to cap as you get more carves overall.
I really didn't like any of the weapons except the slicers - How does demon mode work - at some point it seemed like it was infinite.
I'm mainly a Greatsword and Longsword player, but I think demon mode is enabled after you do enough hits on the monster and get the gauge(shown on the screen) up i believe
Is my Cat a pawn like NPC - Can I make him pick up crap for me- cause I'm not liking how slow these animations are just to loot and loot,
is border line red dead redemption.
The cat is your partner for single player and 2 player co-op quests. You can attain those abilites by meeting certain requirements in the game. You'll always be carving and harvesting, it's just an aspect of this game. What it seems like you may be doing wrong is not holding down the gathering button to automatically keep gathering which is making it seem longer. Holding down the button will keep your hunter gathering the item until it depletes.
I have to constantly sharpen my blade with a soap stone - holding R stick and selecting it but Im not sure how I'm really selecting this.
Again another aspect of Monster Hunter is Maintaining sharpness. It is an established mechanic of the game. Attacking monsters will deplete your sharpness like real life so you do have to manage it. You can still attack when the sharpness reduces unless your sword gets dull where every attack will bounce. You can get better weapons and abilities that will upgrade this particular attribute so you don't need to sharpen as often as you progress in the game.
Can I beat the game by simply selling all the junk I pick up and defeat the last boss with weapons I buy- I really don't feel like crafting and getting into the loot system and all this.
No you can not. Crafting Armor and weapons is a huge aspect of monster hunter and always has. Again this title is the best entry point for this as it was way more tedious and arduous in previous titles. It way more manageable now. This game does include a reasonable amount of grinding defeating the same monsters and doing the same quests multiple times until you get all of the parts needed to make armor or a weapon that you want.
Why is my potion assigned to square - I was hoping that was my attack button, anyway to change this?
Square is your cycle menu for items. It's always been. i don't think you can adjust the button mapping with the exception of the shoulder buttons i believe.
Overall it initially sounds like Monster Hunter just isn't for you, but i hope this helps.