This week, Capcom launched a detailed evaluation of Monster Hunter Wilds’ play knowledge. Bearing the official-sounding identify of “The Forbidden Lands White Paper 1,” the Japanese-language report covers participant actions after MHW’s April 4 replace, and divulges that Hunters have very robust preferences relating to the in-game meals.
As nicely as including new quests and monsters, Monster Hunter Wilds’ free April 4 replace launched the Grand Hub, an space the place gamers can collect and meet up. The Grand Hub additionally has a canteen, the place you’ll be able to exchange Meal Vouchers for dishes from every area of The Forbidden Lands. Eating a hearty meal in Monster Hunter Wilds provides you varied buffs relying on the dish, so the Grand Hub and Meal Vouchers present a fast technique to get your character prepared earlier than setting off on quests with different gamers (with out having to trek out to a particular area to eat a explicit delicacies). Meal Vouchers can pop up as each day login bonuses or as Arena quest rewards.
As reported by Automaton Japan, the Forbidden Lands White Paper 1 revealed utilization knowledge for every of the 4 regional Meal Vouchers. Spring Kunafa Cuisine was the hottest by far, accounting for a staggering 87.8% of voucher utilization. This was distantly adopted by Fresh Sild Cuisine (8.2%), Colorful Suja Cuisine (3.5%) and Hot Azuz Cuisine (with solely 0.5%).
The report provides a main cause for the Spring Kunafa Cuisine voucher’s landslide victory. Five of these vouchers got out to gamers at the time of the April 4 replace, and it appears many gamers used up these freebies. Spring Kunafa Cuisine vouchers have a likelihood to provide one of three buffs, and the report means that the Defender Meal (Hi) buff is probably going common with gamers taking up powerful quests because it tremendously reduces harm from monster assaults.
An equal quantity of these regional meal tickets haven’t been distributed although, which is regarded as why Sild, Suja, and Azuz lag behind so considerably. The knowledge on the Pick-a-Meal Voucher utilization provides a a lot clearer image of which dishes gamers truly like and dislike.
As the identify suggests, Pick-a-Meal Vouchers permit the participant to decide on a dish from any area. When utilizing these vouchers, gamers’ prime choose was Hot Azuz Cuisine at 41.3%, adopted by Colorful Suja Cuisine (28.3%), Spring Kunafa Cuisine (19%) and Fresh Sild Cuisine (12%).
The white paper means that gamers selected to chow down on Azuz dishes due to the Tumbler Meal (Hi) buff, which tremendously improves evasion. It notes that performing profitable Discerning Dodges is especially important for bow customers because it fills up the Trick Arrow Gauge. The second hottest, Colorful Suja Cuisine, is well-suited to offensive gamers trying to max out their rewards, as bonuses from this delicacies embody Caprice Meal (Hi), which ups your assault harm at random intervals, and Exploiter Meal, which will increase the rewards you get from destroying monster wounds (you additionally get the likelihood to watch your character dig into some enormous sushi rolls).
Although gamers are seemingly selecting which meals to eat primarily based on the buffs that they offer, the Pick-a-Meal coupon utilization knowledge has attracted some amusement from gamers because it appears to recommend that Sild Cuisine is unpopular. Most of the meals in Monster Hunter Wilds seems to be mouth-wateringly scrumptious, with Kunafa’s banquet cutscene even making some players so hungry that Nepalese restaurants in Japan sold out of cheese naan.
However, attributable to Sild’s location in the barren ruins of Wyveria, the meals may be very easy and consists of unripe-looking vegetables and fruit, akin to white tomatoes and uncooked garlic bulbs. This stands in stark distinction to the indulgent feasts of the different areas, with the Sild delicacies being deemed “unappetizing” as compared by gamers, akin to in the following Reddit thread.
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It appears that Capcom will release future “White Papers” on Monster Hunter Wilds, so it will likely be fascinating to see if people’s in-game consuming habits change in the future. Monster Hunter Wilds simply acquired a new replace on May 28, which even provides Street Fighter’s Akuma to the game — here’s what’s new in Version 1.011.
Verity Townsend is a Japan-based freelance author who beforehand served as editor, contributor and translator for the game information website Automaton West. She has additionally written about Japanese tradition and films for varied publications.