One of these days I'm gonna have to learn a new weapon! I started out hunting with SnS, as I think almost everyone did. Then I moved on to Switchaxe eventually because it looked cool, and I played with that for a good long time until I settled on the Greastsword. I had tried it before, but I guess I couldn't quite appreciate it until I played a lot more of the game and got a better feel for its mechanics.
I've been exclusively hunting with a GS for about four games now... I considered mixing it up for World but they changed the mechanics of the weapon just enough that I wanted to learn it all over again. I don't know what it is, but GS feels synonymous to Monhun to me. The Ryu of this game, so to speak, because it works fairly well in every matchup and seems generally well balanced (aerial attack notwithstanding).
But now that I've spent so many hours with it, I'm finally considering learning a new weapon. It's hard though, because learning one properly is such a huge time investment. Doubting whether to go for Hammer, which seems to map nicely onto existing GS skills, or try out something with a more diverse skill set like Charge Blade or SnS. Hammer is also appealing because I rarely see one online.
If only I had just a single charge jewel in MHW, I'd be all over Hammer. I've got three attack jewels for god's sake. Did like a hundred runs of the Greatest Jagras event. No charge jewel
