Since you seem to have some good tips in general, what do you think of these builds for LS? https://fextralife.com/monster-hunter-world-iceborne-the-evolution-of-long-sword-builds/
Make sure you check your global driver settings. Those can override in-game settings.
Wasting a charm on razor sharp when you can use it for 4 levels of 5 level skills like agitator or handicraft is a bad idea, and you're still going to be sharpening all the time without master's touch for weapons like dual blades, lance, insect glaive, etc. Plus with the Safi weapons you really only need 2 piece Teo, and the head and gloves are pretty good anyways. I agree that master's touch is a waste for weapons like hammer and greatsword though.
I mean, if you're just interested in the best and strongest gear then yeah just wait until Iceborn endgame to grind. But at least weapon wise you're going to need the lower level stuff to upgrade as well so it doesn't hurt to do some farming in low and high rank too.
See if you have an investigation for Narga. Gold rewards in investigations are your best bet for mantles. Plus once you get the mantle once you can meld it for a celestial wyvern print, which you can get once per week at the steamworks and once from the weekly bounties. Also dual blades are one of the better tail cutting weapons so focus on that during the hunt.
I'll see once I get there but Lance tends to eat through sharpness like crazy too and master's touch was way way better than styx weapons with the old razorsharp and decent white sharpness for example. Especially any time you try to chase down a monster moving between areas with the charge. For slower weapons though I could see it as a valid point, dropping master's touch can be done probably on a bunch of weapons, although it also depends on how the weapon is made, if you have 20hits of purple you kinda want to have master's touch but if you have 80hits of white you can probably do without on some.
You either do investigations with gold boxes, pair with someone that will cut the tail for you or use a weekly ticket on the melder.
Oh shit didn't even think to check mods... That's awesome, thanks very much!
It's part of the Monster Hunter Festa, so they're probably doing it when most people can be there live.
Oh, thanks for the clarification. I had forgotten about Monster Hunter Festa.
There's a pretty good selection available in the base game, but Iceborne adds a few new ones (and a few variations to the existing ones as well).
Master's Touch is def not a waste for Hammer if you're playing cleanly. Purple sharpness is a worthwhile damage boost and even if you only get 10 hits on the best non DLC weapon (Grinding Mallet) with the right set up, you won't lose sharpness until you hit somewhere other than the head 10 times if you're maxing Affinity and using WEX. Even if you start with purple and go down to white mid hunt the DPS is better than alternate builds. I don't think we should be suggesting Safi stuff to PC players as he won't be available for awhile.
Yeah, all of my safi weapons (except bows obviously) have sacrificed 1 slot for a sharpness V because the standard sharpness just doesn't last long enough.
It's more viable than vanilla World Master's Touch(vanilla Teo armor sucked), just not as viable as Drachen or AT Teo sets which pretty much shut down any reason to use any other armor for melee weapons.
It's not, do it. The save is from an older version than current so it will work with save editors. You can use the character edit voucher to change the look.
