Thank you so much for this post about the game. I'm still debating whether I should pick it up now or wait until it's on discount. I think I'll do the latter.
I do like the fact it's not really for casual gamers and there's some learning curve. You covered pretty much everything!
It really is not a game for beginners and you can be overwhelmed easily when you start out.
But once you figured out how it works and what everything is for. The game becomes amazing.@azure-infinity I'm a long time monster hunter fan. So i picked up the game the day it came out.
I'm currently doing a Monster hunter weapons series about each weapon, just some information about each of them and their strengths/weaknesses. You can read about them here.
If you ever do pick up the game I'd like to suggest Adopt A Hunter. The Monster hunter community created adopt a hunter, Where they match up a new player with a veteran player. So the veteran player can take the new player on a hunt and show them the ropes and teach them about the game.
There's no rush! The community is extremely welcoming from what I've experienced (although you'll run into a little elitism here and there, not as bad as in some communities though). Perhaps we might meet in-game, someday!