Don't feel bad about using earplugs, they are great in this game. They are relatively cheap compared to world, there are way fewer monsters with i-framable roars in the pre-world games, and margin for error in dodging them is smaller.
It is. It also has a HR13 and up requirement so you'll have to be at the end of G rank.
If it's any consolation, the intruder monster you need to kill for the dozens of charms in the subquest rewards has a whopping 10× attack multiplier (compared to the 7.9 - 8.8× multiplier of a Hyper G rank version), so it's inadvisable to go after it without a specialized team and/or endgame gear.
There is a Guard Up skill which causes previously un-blockable attacks to become blockable.
The Gore Magala family inflicts the Frenzy Virus, which has a big part of 4 Ultimate. When infected, you'll notice a purple bar next to your hunter's name which goes up over time or as you take more hits from Gore. If you inflict enough damage before the bar reaches the end, you'll overcome the virus and get an affinity boost for a short time. You can postpone the virus by chugging a Nullberry. But if the bar reaches the end, you'll get fully infected and won't get any regenerating red health for awhile.
I used SnS a lot towards the end of High Rank, and used the Narga set with either the Narga or Gore Magala SnS. It worked pretty well for me. I was Striker with the 3 main SnS hunter arts.
You can use a Deodorant to get rid of that if you didn't know.
I've been struggling on that quest actually.
It was by far the hardest Advanced quest for me. Took about 15+ tries.
I'm personally focusing on Rajang first. I feel like the less time he is running around the better. lol
Essentially, yes. At the very end of High Rank Village once all the other village requests have been done, there's several challenge quests featuring G rank monsters and inspired by previous challenge quests in the series ("Proof of a Champion" being similar to "Mark of a Hero" from 3 Ultimate, "Wycademy Challenge" being similar to "The Caravaneer's Challenge" from 4 Ultimate, etc.). Because they're all single-player and often feature multiple monsters at once, they can be difficult to beat.
To unlock a good deal of them, you have to beat the final HR12 urgent online too. That urgent quest itself is something everyone who plays MonHun needs to experience because it's cool af.
You have to make progress in the Hub for the advanced quests to unlock.
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You can adjust the camera's position to be nearly any angle; it's not just a few discrete vertical steps like it was in MH3U.
