This is what I'm hoping for. A ramp up to get me back in the groove. Really don't want to butt heads with AT level monsters while I shake the rust off.
I don't even plan to use meta sets (AT Nergi and Drachen) for early Master Rank stuff lol.
So how shitty is this gonna be for people who hated how difficult and troll-circlejerky* most of the post launch monsters in World were? It'd also be shit if this was designed expecting you to have extreme 500 hour grind gear. I put over 200 hours in and am end game but not like, the extreme bullshit that people still playing would have.
*Difficulty is fine, but monsters designed explicitly around how "LoL tHeYrE sO bRoKeN" or around mp like Behemoth suck ass.
Master Rank early to mid stuff are balanced around people who only cleared Xeno in the story (who don't even augment their armor). Also early Master Rank armor will probably outclass the best High Rank armor DEF wise.