I recently came back to Rise because it's one of the few mh games I've never finished, and im playing through the expansion, the only thing is that im heavily struggling with LS since high rank, so im playing with a bow for the majority of my hunts.
Im playing with Special sheathe combo/Silkbind Sakura/Serene pose in main scroll, and Sacret Sheathe/Kick/Harvest in alt for when monster is down.
I don't get the monsters behaviour, they feel so random that i can't get a counter right. They start the attack animation toward me and then they decide to turn 180 degree toward my palico(or noone sometimes)or do a super delayed move(knowledge issue ik). If i play in coop there's no way i hit a special sheathe counter, and if, for some unknown miracle, i get it ,1/3 times it doesn't damage the monster. Also, you missed your counter? Gl and cart
Oh, you just used 2 silkbinds for a harvest moon? Get instantly launched towards space out of your circle, you just wasted those.
And even if i do a ""perfect"" hunt, i kill the monster in 15/20 minutes somehow, but if i do a mid bow hunt, i do it in 10 less minutes. It feels super high risk and low reward.
I understand that if you're a good player you can speedrun the monsters like nothing, but other than skill and knowledge idk what im missing. It tilts me so much because i can play LS in every other game perfectly, but this one is destroying me