[Shizuka]

Alternate www SR and HC Guide in this post: http://forums.minega...post__p__122952
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I am refining and extending vengro's old SR/HC guide: http://forums.minega...rd-core-quests/
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Once you reach HR 499 or above, you will be able to gain the Book of Secrets from the bottom right corner of your screen. There are Red, Blue, and Yellow books that will depend on the poster and the monster type (brute, crustaceans, piscines, bird wyverns, flying wyverns, or elder dragons) you are hunting. (e.g. Rathalos that you posted gave you Red books, therefore all Flying Wyverns that you post will yield Red books).
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Style Rank (SR)
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Check vengro's guide for a detailed explanation for SR or check the official site: http://members.mh-fr...iden/index.html
To find how to do each new move, figure it out yourself for now...I will make a weapon move set guide in the "near" future.
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Signing up for SR Weapons
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You will need to talk the the Guildmaster and he will give you 3 choices:
-1st Choice: Select an SR weapon to unlock (you need to be HR 500+ and have either no SR weapon or an SR 200+ weapon before picking another SR)
*Note: Yes, you need at least SR 200 per weapon to pick another, so choose wisely since you will be stuck with it for a while.
-2nd Choice: Unlock an SR 100 move by slaying xxx amount of HC monsters (You can log out to change what is required if you do not like to fulfill that request)
-3rd Choice: Tutorial on Main Site
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Equipping/Activating your SR Weapons
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Access your box > Choose 「装備を変更する」:
-1st Option: 「秘伝書の装備」 - ON （装備する）/ OFF （装備しない）
-2nd Option: 「スタイル」 - Normal Moveset (地ノ型 / Land Type) / SR Moveset (天ノ型 / Heaven Type) / SR 100 Moveset (嵐ノ型 / Storm Type)
-3rd Option: 「特殊効果」 - SR Bonus Skill Equip

SR Status Info (from your menu as well - 「ステータス」 > 「秘伝書ステータス」):

-SR weapon type
-SR Level
-SRP of that weapon
-SRP for next rank
-Highest rarity of that SR weapon you can equip
-Defense % reduction
-Resistances reduction
-On/Off Status of SR weapon
-Type of Style
-SR Bonus Skill Activated
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SR Defense Reduction / Bonus Skills / SRP Ranking
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-You will rank you SR as if you are HR ranking without the Urgents, except for book requirements.
-You need to turn ON your SR in order to gain SRP.
Check out my HRP guide if you wanna know how much SRP you need to rank up: http://forums.minega...-rank-up-guide/
-As you rank up your SR, your Defense and Resistance will be back to its original state at SR 100.
-You will also gain an additional skill bonus and be able to use rarer weapons as you rank higher. You can the skill bonus through your armory box (3rd option when choosing your SR weapon).
-You will also need to give books of secrets to the Guild Master to further rank your SR later on.
SR Level / Defense Reduction / Resistance Reduction / Weapon Rarity / Skill / Books Required
1 / -95% / -20 / 1 / - / 3 Books of Secrets of each color
5 / -90% / -18 / 1 / - / -
11 / -80% / -16 / 2 / - / -
17 / -70% / -14 / 2 / - / -
31 / -60% / -12 / 3 / - / -
41 / -50% / -10 / 3 / - / -
51 / -40% / -8 / 4 / - / -
71 / -30% / -6 / 4 / - / -
81 / -20% / -4 / 5 / - / -
91 / -10% / -2 / 5 / - / -
100 / 0% / 0 / 6 / - / -
200 / 0% / 0 / 7 / Defense +10 / -
300 / 0% / 0 / 8 / Random Resist +5 / 100 Books of Secrets of each color
400 / 0% / 0 / 9 / Random Resist +5 / -
500 / 0% / 0 / 10 / Random Resist +5 / 100 Books of Secrets of each color
600 / 0% / 0 / 11 / Random Resist +5 / -
700 / 0% / 0 / 12 / Random Resist +5 / 100 Books of Secrets of each color
800 / 0% / 0 / 12 / All Resist +2 / -
900 / 0% / 0 / 12 / Whetstone Inc (50% Sharp Gain), Gunner HP +5 Heals / 100 Books of Secrets of each color
999 / 0% / 0 / 12 / Critical +5% / -
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This post has been edited by Shizuka: 24 November 2011 - 07:41 PM

[Shizuka]

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HardCore
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What is HardCore?
When posting Hunter and Gou quests, there is a Hardcore (HC) mode option on the bottom option (ハードコア instead of ノーマル). When joining an HC quest, there will be a red flame indicated in the quest board (and the quest list if you are posting, indicating if it is HC-able or not) to tell that it is an HC quest. HC quests basically replaces the original monster into Hardcore mode, having unique and improved attacks compared to its Normal mode. Only hunters with the required SR level can be able to do HardCore quests. Each hunter must pay a 1 HC ticket fee to join each HC quest.

Why do HardCore?
The main reason people do HC monsters is to earn SR tickets and HC carves which I will cover later. Otherwise it is just more fun and it gives the hunter a new experience fighting HC monsters.
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HardCore Monster Carves
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When you kill HC monsters, there is a 2% chance that you will carve an HC carve from them. These carves are vital with making HC weapons, maxing HC Gou weapons, and upgrading SR/HC armors.
The following lists the HC carve names for all HC monsters that are in existence in this game (an x denotes that the carve does not exist):
[HC Monster Name: LR Carve / HR carve / HR 100 carve]
Yian Kutku: 逞しいクチバシ / 猛々しいクチバシ / 神々しいクチバシ
Volganos: 溶岩竜の旋ビレ / 溶岩竜の刃ビレ / 溶岩竜の凄ビレ
Rathalos: 火竜の禍鱗 / 火竜の獄鱗 / 火竜の皇鱗
Rathian: 雌火竜の鋼殻 / 雌火竜の麗殻 / 雌火竜の艶殻
Diablos: 凄くねじれた角 / 凶悪なねじれた角 / 極上のねじれた角
Dodobrango: 雪獅子の砕牙 / 雪獅子の穿牙 / 雪獅子の妖牙
Basarios: 岩竜の沈殻 / 岩竜の頑殻 / 岩竜の厳殻
Gypceros: ゴム質の最上皮 / ゴム質の極上皮 / 毒怪鳥の石頭
Teo Teskator: 炎王龍の烈角 / 炎王龍の闘角 / 炎王龍の覇角
Plesioth: 水竜の旋ビレ / 水竜の刃ビレ / 水竜の凄ビレ
Daimyou Zazami: 盾蟹の断爪 / 盾蟹の斬爪 / 盾蟹の絶爪
Tigrex: x / 轟竜の抉爪 / 轟竜の裂爪
Pariapuria: x / 呑竜の穿牙 / 呑竜の凄ビレ
Kirin: キリンの最上皮 / キリンの銀尾 / キリンの銀角
Oonazuchi: 霞龍の斑皮 / 霞龍の幻皮 / 霞龍の虹皮
Yian Garuga: x / 黒狼鳥の紫翼 / 毒々しいクチバシ
Rajang: x / 金獅子の猛牙 / 金獅子の漆黒毛, 金獅子の王牙(Red Rajang Reward)
Velocidrome: ランポスの鮮鱗 / ランポスの最上皮 / ランポスの長爪
Monoblos: 一角竜の硬殻 / x / x
Kamu Orugaron: x / 響狼の刃牙 / 響狼の破牙
Nono Orugaron: x / 響狼の純白毛 / 響狼の輝白毛
Pink Rathian: 桜火竜の鋼殻 / 桜火竜の麗殻 / x
Red Khezu: プルプルした柔皮 / 深紅色の柔皮 / x
Babakonga: 桃毛獣の蛮爪 / 桃毛獣の抉爪 / 桃毛獣の裂爪
Orange Espinas: x / 棘茶竜の豪棘 / x
Espinas: x / 棘竜の豪棘 / 棘竜の快棘
Azure Rathalos: 蒼火竜の禍鱗 / 蒼火竜の獄鱗 / x
Khezu: プニプニした柔皮 / 純白の柔皮 / アルビノの腹かみ
Shogun Gizami: 鎌蟹の断爪 / 鎌蟹の斬爪 / 鎌蟹の絶爪
Hypnock: 眠鳥の金赤毛 / 眠鳥の銀朱毛 / 眠鳥の極胃石
Dhuragaua: 氷狐竜の冷殻 / 氷狐竜の凍殻 / 氷狐竜の氷殻
Blue Hypnock: x / 眠鳥の純蒼毛 (HR 31), 眠鳥の輝蒼毛 (HR 51) / x
Kushala Daora: 鋼龍の荒殻 / 鋼龍の猛殻 / 鋼龍の暴殻
Blue Yian Kutku: 物々しいクチバシ / 仰々しいクチバシ / x
Doragyurosu: x / 冥雷竜の濃鉛玉 / 冥雷竜の妖鉤爪, 冥雷竜の昂鱗(Phantom Dragy Reward)
Bulldrome: ? / ? / ?
Black Diablos: ? / ? / x
Gravios: ? / ? / ?
Akamu: x / ? / ?
Just match any carve here to know where to get your missing HC carve~ =]

If you want some math (lol), here is the probability of carving at least 1 HC carve depending on the amount of carves per monster:
2 Carves: 1 - .98^2 = 3.96%
3 Carves: 1 - .98^3 = 5.88%
4 Carves: 1 - .98^4 = 7.76%
5 Carves: 1 - .98^5 = 9.61%
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SR Weapon Tickets
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What are SR Weapon Tickets?
As you do HC quests with your SR weapons, you will receive SR tickets of that particular weapon from the reward screen. There are 4 types of SR tickets which you can get depending on your SR weapon and the level of the HC monster:
xxx魂・序 = Low Rank SR Tickets
xxx魂・中 = High Rank SR Tickets
xxx魂・極 = Henshu SR Tickets
xxx魂・天 = HR 100 Gou SR Tickets

What are they for?
HC weapons and SR armors needs several of these SR tickets.
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HC Weapons:
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What are HC weapons?
HC weapons are weapons that you can make by using SR Weapon tickets and HC monster carves. You need to have the HC weapon's SR and accumulate tickets using it to create them.

How do I make HC weapons?
To make and max melee and Bow HC Weapons, you will need about 30 LR tix / 30 HR tix / 15 HR tix with several HC carves. HC Bowguns will normally just need a total of 15 to 30 SR weapon tix with a couple of HC carves.

Why get HC weapons?
A good reason to get HC weapons is that they are pretty great for being low rarity weapons, not needing to rank up to SR 600 to do a great deal of damage. Also, HC weapons have HC Weapon Bonus Skills if you use them on HC quests.

HC Weapon Bonus Skills:
Blademaster: Sharpness Boost (e.g. A weapon with Blue and White sharpness will now have a sharpness of White and Purple)

Gunner: +40% Critical bonus

There are also Rare 12 Gou HC weapon upgrades. These are basically an additional upgrade with the normally maxed Gou weapon, besides bowguns, which will need HC carves and Gou SR tickets. Check out my Gou Weapon/Equipment guide here on how to get them: http://forums.minega...ons-and-armors/
(Note: Maxed Gou HC weapons sadly does NOT get HC weapon bonus skills)
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SR Armors:
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These are basically "end-game" armors for each weapon type since they take foreverrrrr to farm~ w

SR Tickets required to (Create Base + Upgrade to F + Upgrade to FX + Max FX):
HR 1~30 SR tix: 20 + 65 + 0 + 0 = 85
HR 31~99 SR tix: 15 + 45 + 135 + 0 = 195
HR 100 SR tix: 10 + 5 + 95 + 165 = 275
HR 100 SR Gou tix: 5 + 0 + 5 + 75 = 85

Thus, if you set goals: (HR 1~30 tix / HR 31~99 tix / HR 100 tix / HR 100 Gou tix)
To make the base for one piece: 20 / 15 / 10 / 5 => 50
To get one piece to F series: 85 / 60 / 20 / 5 => 170
To get one piece to FX series: 85 / 195 / 110 / 10 => 400
To get one piece to max FX series: 85 / 195 / 275 / 85 => 640

Multiply that by 5 for all 5 maxed FX armor pieces:
HR 1~30 SR tix: 425!
HR 31~99 SR tix: 975!
HR 100 SR mob tix: 1375!
HR 100 SR gou tix: 425!
Total SR tickets to be farmed for maxed FX series: 3,200!

In addition to the +30 Weapon Tech, all armors will grant Ultra HGE(+25 Earplugs) innately, without occupying a skill slot.
Listed below are the total skills points that you will get for the whole FX set (just simply divide the total skill points by 5 to find each armor piece's stat) and what each Weapon Tech level does.
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Sns, Garnet Series: +30 SnS Tech, +20 Status Atk, +25 Expert, +20 Everlasting, +20 Eating

SnS Tech:
+30 (Holy Sword/FX Series) = SnS will gain ESP, a x1.3 attack power boost will be given, and you will be able to equip all crystal whetstones with a +2 skill.
+20 (Art Initiation/F Series) = SnS will gain ESP and a x1.2 attack power boost will be given.
+10 (Expert) = SnS will gain ESP.
-10 (Inexperienced) = SnS attack power is lowered to x.8.

Carves needed for F: HR Babakonga x5
Carves needed for FX: Henshu Hypnock x5
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DS, Amethyst Series: +30 DS Tech, +20 Stamina, +20 Sharp Sword, +20 Speed Sharpening, +20 Quake

DS Tech:
+30 (Double Dragon/FX Series) = DS will gain ESP, a x1.2 attack power boost will be given, and you will be able to stop any Stamina loss while attacking a monster while in Demonization Mode.
+20 (Art Initiation/F Series) = DS will gain ESP and a x1.1 attack power boost will be given.
+10 (Expert) = DS will gain ESP.
-10 (Inexperienced) = DS attack power is lowered to x.8.

Carves needed for F: HR Volganos x5
Carves needed for FX: Henshu Tigrex x5
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This post has been edited by Shizuka: 22 November 2011 - 01:10 PM

[Shizuka]

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GS, Coral Series: +30 GS Tech, +20 Focus, +20 Health, +20 Attack, +20 Recovery Rate

GS Tech:
+30 (King Sword/FX Series) = GS will gain ESP, a x1.2 attack power boost will be given, and your guards will take less sharpness off.
+20 (Art Initiation/F Series) = GS will gain ESP and a x1.1 attack power boost will be given.
+10 (Expert) = GS will gain ESP.
-10 (Inexperienced) = GS attack power is lowered to x.8.

Carves needed for F: HR Khezu x5
Carves needed for FX: Henshu Zazami x5
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LS, Quartz Series: +30 LS Tech, +20 Fasting, +20 Recovery Rate, +20 Sharpening Skill, +20 Protection

LS Tech:
+30 (God Sword/FX Series) = LS will gain ESP, a x1.2 attack power boost will be given, and you will only consume half of your normal spirit gauge cost.
+20 (Art Initiation/F Series) = LS will gain ESP and a x1.1 attack power boost will be given.
+10 (Expert) = LS will gain ESP.
-10 (Inexperienced) = LS attack power is lowered to x.8.

Carves needed for F: HR Rathalos x5
Carves needed for FX: Henshu Plesioth x5
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Hammer, Emerald Series: +30 Hammer Tech, +20 Evade, +20 Quake, +20 Status Atk, +20 Focus

Hammer Tech:
+30 (Blunt Beast/FX Series) = Hammer will gain ESP, a x1.2 attack power boost will be given, and when charging, your attack power will go up by 1.2x until released.
+20 (Art Initiation/F Series) = Hammer will gain ESP and a x1.1 attack power boost will be given.
+10 (Expert) = Hammer will gain ESP.
-10 (Inexperienced) = Hammer attack power is lowered to x.8.

Carves needed for F: HR Rathian x5
Carves needed for FX: Henshu Basarios x5
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HH, Pearl Series: +30 HH Tech, +20 Flute Expert, +20 Recovery Rate, +20 Paralyzing Sword, +20 Wide Area

HH Tech:
+30 (Emperor Extravaganza/FX Series) = HH will gain ESP, a x1.2 attack power boost will be given, and you can when you play/change your notes much faster.
+20 (Art Initiation/F Series) = HH will gain ESP and a x1.1 attack power boost will be given.
+10 (Expert) = HH will gain ESP.
-10 (Inexperienced) = HH attack power is lowered to x.8.

Carves needed for F: HR Diablos x5
Carves needed for FX: Henshu Rathian x5
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Lance, Ruby Series: +30 Lance Tech, +20 Guard, +20 Wind Press, +20 Defense, +20 Stamina

Lance Tech:
+30 (Heavenly Spear/FX Series) = Lance will gain ESP, a x1.2 attack power boost will be given, and you will be able to sidestep and backstep a total of 4 consecutive times.
+20 (Art Initiation/F Series) = Lance will gain ESP and a x1.1 attack power boost will be given.
+10 (Expert) = Lance will gain ESP.
-10 (Inexperienced) = Lance attack power is lowered to x.8.

Carves needed for F: HR Basarios x5
Carves needed for FX: Henshu Diablos x5
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This post has been edited by Shizuka: 09 November 2011 - 06:03 PM

[Shizuka]

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GL, Sapphire Series: +30 GL Tech, +20 Gunnery, +20 Quake, +20 Sharp Sword, +20 Evade

GL Tech:
+30 (Imperial Cannon/FX Series) = GL will gain ESP, a x.1.2 attack power boost will be given, and your SR Heat Blade will start up faster. Also, the wyvern fire cooling time lasts shorter, having 20 second cooldowns.
+20 (Art Initiation/F Series) = GL will gain ESP and a x1.1 attack power boost will be given.
+10 (Expert) = GL will gain ESP.
-10 (Inexperienced) = GL attack power is lowered　to x.8.

Carves needed for F: HR Plesioth x5
Carves needed for FX: Henshu Rathalos x5
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LBG, Topaz Series: +30 LBG Tech, +20 Precision, +20 Loading Speed, +20 Status Atk, +20 Max Combine

LBG Tech:
+30 (Extraordinary Gun/FX Series) = LBG shots bounced back will take an even lesser damage to you, a x1.2 attack power boost will be given, and you will be able to use items while your weapon is drawn like the SnS.
+20 (Art Initiation/F Series) = LBG shots bounced back will take an even less damage to you and a x1.1 attack power boost will be given.
+10 (Expert) = LBG shots bounced back will take less damage to you.
-10 (Inexperienced) = LBG attack power is lowered to x.8.

Carves needed for F: HR Tigrex x5
Carves needed for FX: Henshu Volganos x5
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HBG, Tourmaline Series: +30 HBG Tech, +20 Recoil, +20 Combo Rate, +20 Load Up, +20 Gunnery

HBG Tech:
+30 (Enchanted Gun/FX Series) = HBG's SR sidestep distance is increased, a x1.2 attack power boost will be given, and your melees will do a +15 stun damage while crags will do a +5 stun damage on hit.
+20 (Art Initiation/F Series) = HBG's SR sidestep distance is increased and a x1.1 attack power boost will be given.
+10 (Expert) = HBG's SR sidestep distance is increased.
-10 (Inexperienced) = HBG attack power is lowered to x.8.

Carves needed for F: HR Zazami x5
Carves needed for FX: Henshu Khezu x5
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Bow, Lapis Series: +30 Bow Tech, +20 Evade, +20 Stamina, +20 Rapid-Fire, +20 Attack

Bow Tech:
+30 (Demon Bow/FX Series) = Bow and arrows won't bounce, a x1.2 attack power boost will be given, and your power coatings will go up from a x1.5 to a x1.6 attack multiplier boost.
+20 (Art Initiation/F Series) = Bow and arrows won't bounce and a x1.1 attack power boost will be given.
+10 (Expert) = Bow and arrows won't bounce.
-10 (Inexperienced) = Bow attack power is lowered to x.8.

Carves needed for F: HR Orange Espinas x5
Carves needed for FX: Henshu Babakonga x5
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Are there any other HC/SR armors out there?

For now, we only have these 11 and this nun looking outfit (the exact same design with all 11 weapon types).

This one does not get much skills, having only one slot each piece and can only give the +10 Weapon Tech (+15 pts at the most) skill, but it is pretty easy to max and has a good amount of defense. Here are the skills per weapon type for these full SR armors:
Sns, Lirio Series: +15 Sns Tech, +10 Status Atk, +10 Expert, -10 DS Tech
DS, Fresa Series: +15 DS Tech, +10 Stamina, +10 SharpSwd, -10 Sns Tech
GS, Clavel Series: +15 GS Tech, +10 Focus, +10 Health, -10 LS Tech
LS, Siruela Series: +15 LS Tech, +10 Fasting, +10 Recovery Rate, -10 GS Tech
Hammer, Camelia Series: +15 Hammer Tech, +10 Earplug, +10 Quake, -10 HH Tech
HH, Jacinto Series: +15 HH Tech, +10 Flute Expert, +10 Recovery Rate, -10 Hammer Tech
Lance, Cerezo Series: +15 Lance Tech, +10 Guard, +10 Wind Res, -10 GL Tech
GL, Oliva Series: +15 GL Tech, +10 Gunnery, +10 Quake, -10 Lance Tech
LBG, Laurel Series: +15 LBG Tech, +10 Precision, +10 Loading Speed, -10 Bow Tech
HBG, Coco Series: +15 HBG Tech, +10 Recoil, +10 Combination Rate, -10 LBG Tech
Bow, Granada Series: +15 Bow Tech, +10 Evade, +10 Stamina, -10 HBG Tech
Mats needed to max each armor piece: LR Weapon Tix x5, HR Weapon Tix x3, Large Armor Sphere x1, Ultra Armor Sphere x1, Final Armor Sphere x1

There are also RX and LX armor upgrades (Base > U > R > RX and Base > S > L > LX) in this game. If you do certain Frontier Quests, you can obtain mats for them and you will also need to use a couple of HC carves per armor piece.
Here is the official source of info for them: http://members.mh-fr...lxrx/index.html

There is a rumor of having new HC/SR armors from the latest video report they just did...it is not yet officially announced what it will be. Alternate white SR armors? www
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This post has been edited by Shizuka: 09 November 2011 - 06:03 PM

[Russ_Chimes]

So full SR FX armor = Ultra HGE fukz i want the hh one D:

This post has been edited by Russ_Chimes: 25 October 2011 - 06:10 PM

[Polantaris]

The Wiki I was using said that only the Bow skill gave free UHGE. Somewhere else say that all of them get it now or something?

[Shizuka]

The Style Ranking and HC www Guide
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This guide will help you guys understand style ranking in DMC4 and what is HC! ^^
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Style Ranking System

This is the meat and potatoes of what your score is based on. If you have a bad style rank, no matter how high your multipliers are, you're going to have a difficult time achieving a high mission ranking since there isn't much for the score to multiply. STYLE POINTS is the battle breakdown of the moves you use accumulated with the damage done per move at which rank you are at when the move was executed, as well as what style rank you were at when you landed the final blow.
The ranking system goes in a letter grading system as follows D -> C -> B -> A -> S -> SS -> SSS

This video will show you guys some tactics to get an SSS rank in the first mission.

As you see it's mostly just mindless button mashing =p .
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Basic Ranking Breakdown
Clear Time: XX:XX:XX
Style Points: XXXXXX
Orbs Found: XXXXXX
Bonuses:
XXXXXXXXXXX Orbs x0000
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These amounts are then associated with your style bonus and appropriate multipliers to end up giving you a 'Devil Hunter Score'. This score is essentially what determines what your mission rank is.
CLEAR TIME is exactly as it says, from the time you press "Start mission" to the point where you land the killing blow on the boss. This EXCLUDES cut scenes and paused activity. So don't worry about your rank if you have to press start.
STYLE POINTS is the battle breakdown of the moves you use accumulated with the damage done per move at which rank you are at when the move was executed, as well as what style rank you were at when you landed the final blow.
ORBS FOUND is the TOTAL AMOUNT of orbs found on a level. the orb total includes what was obtained from mobs. This then is matched up to the expected level total of orbs, giving you a percentage score.

This here will show you how to build up style points quickly so for high ranks , by connecting combos.

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*Credits to Shiro on creating this shhh-tylish guide~ ^^
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What is Hardcore (HC)?
Fast, loud and furious – these are the elements of hardcore. From its inception in the late ‘70s, hardcore began to pick up the attitudes and messages employed by the first punk bands, setting them to driving guitar and drum lines that were more frenzied than those played by earlier bands that fell under the punk description. Faster and heavier than other contemporary punk bands, hardcore songs were often very short and very frenzied.
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The Early Days of Hardcore:
At the beginning, hardcore punk was primarily a phenomenon in the states. Hardcore punk's rise to popularity in the late '70s and early '80s happened in multiple cities throughout the U.S. almost simultaneously. Musicians that had been raised on heavy metal but were being influenced by punk were taking these two influences, combining them, and speeding them up into something exciting and unheard of. At the same time, on opposite coasts, three bands help usher in the era of hardcore. LA's Black Flag and Washington DC's Minor Threat and Bad Brains were the primary pioneers of the hardcore sound, which also ushered in the era of slamdancing at punk rock shows. While it had been around for a while at punk rock shows, the intensity of hardcore music really brought it into prominence.
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Hardcore Breaks Out:
With the birth of these early scenes came a DIY ethic that allowed hardcore scenes to pop up all over. The Midwest was especially dense; In Detroit, Negative iApproach ruled the roost, in Lansing, Michigan, the Meatmen started a scene, and Minneapolis-St. Paul spawned the amazingly complex Husker Du, who mixed jazz, psychedelia, acoustic folk and pop in with their hardcore riffs. It was true everywhere, though. Nevada had 7Seconds. New Jesey had the Misfits. Gang Green was raging in Boston. And New York was putting hardcore shows on by the Beastie Boys, a hardcore band that would later be better known as a rap outfit. Once the sound began, it was impossible to put a lid on it. Essentially, any city or town large enough to have a scene seemed to have a hardcore scene, with its own chunk of local hardcore bands and local hardcore followers. This continues to be the case, and while it was (and continues to be) primarily popular in the U.S., hardcore scenes are evident all over the world.
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Hardcore Shows:

While hardcore records are obviously an essential part of hardcore music, and without them we’d have no recorded history of the music, hardcore music and its encompassing scene was and is really about the hardcore show, where all of the DIY ethic comes together. Even now, hardcore house and club shows happen everywhere, with bands getting together to play out of basements and garages, selling self-recorded music and handmade t-shirts, and advertised by self-produced fliers.
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HC on Politics:

Many bands took left wing political stances and were vocally against Republican U.S. President Ronald Reagan, who served in office from 1981 to 1989. Reagan's policies, including Reaganomics and social conservatism, were common subjects for these bands. Shortly after Reagan's death in 2004, the Maximumrocknroll Radio Show composed an episode made up of anti-Reagan songs from the 1980s including material by Dead Kennedys, Government Issue, DRI, Youth Brigade, Crucifucks, Wasted Youth, Dayglo Abortions, Reagan Youth, TSOL, The Fartz and others. Similarly during the 2001–2009 presidency of George W. Bush, a number of bands actively espoused anti-Bush stances. During the 2004 United States presidential election, artists and bands including Brian Baker, Jello Biafra, Mike Watt, Bad Religion, Rise Against, Circle Jerks, Ensign, Sick of It All, The Unseen, Western Addiction, and Youth Brigade involved themselves with the anti-Bush political activist group Punkvoter. A minority of hardcore artists were more right wing, such as Antiseen, whose guitarist Joe Young ran for office in North Carolina as a Libertarian. Former Misfits singer Michale Graves also infamously appeared on an episode of The Daily Show, voicing his support for George W. Bush.
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Other Hardcore Stuff/Definitions
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HC Dancing:

"Moshing"
The early 1980s hardcore punk scene developed slam dancing and stage diving. A performance by Fear on the 1981 Halloween episode of Saturday Night Live was cut short when slam dancers, including John Belushi and members of a few hardcore bands, invaded the stage, damaged studio equipment and used profanity. They included John Joseph of Cro-Mags, as well as Ian Mackaye of Minor Threat. In the second half of the 1980s, the thrash metal scene adopted this form of dancing, with bands such as Anthrax and Stormtroopers of Death (an Anthrax-affiliated project) popularizing the terms mosh and moshing with the metal scene.
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HC Pornography:

Hardcore pornography is a form of pornography that features explicit sexual acts. The term was coined in the second half of the 20th century to distinguish it from softcore pornography. It usually takes the form of photographs, often displayed in magazines or on the Internet, or films. It can also appear as a cartoon. Since the 1990s it has been distributed widely over the Internet. Hardcore pornography commonly includes explicit depictions of sex acts, including many unmentionables here.
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This post has been edited by Shizuka: 24 November 2011 - 06:45 PM

[Polantaris]

Huh. Oh well.

The mhf-wiki.com site says it only for Bow, however that site seems to be behind recently on a lot of random stuff, so I'm not surprised if it's wrong.

Regardless, great job on the guide!

This post has been edited by Polantaris: 26 October 2011 - 03:41 AM

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[Maxim]

Sorry i didn't looked at this guide before but well done, its really detailed i'm sure future member will get the point of HC xD(lol)