Day 1
The main task is complete and the "final" monster has been defeated. Final my ass. There's always another. The Cadeaus was a bitch. II squeaked out the victory in the final minutes of the allocated time. And really I feel a bit guilty about taking the rewards and partaking in the village's celebration in my honor. I didn't really kill the monster. All I did was chop off one of its' horns. How is that a victory again? It's still out there. It can still ram the ocean floor and cause earthquakes. What the hell are these primitive bitches celebrating for? Simple people I suppose.
I also took on my first "Hard" request and took on a Purple Ludroth. Jesus Christ on a pogo stick, that thing was shockingly vicious. It's like the creature's sole purpose is to poison as many other creatures as possible. If you get to close to it, it swipes at you with a poisonuous claw attack. If that misses you, it will do a small jump in the air, land with a belly flop. As it lands it emits out poison gas from it's pores in every direction, poisoning everything in the immediate area. If you were are further away, it will just spit out poison blobs of... something at you. And finally if you're not in the direction its spitting at, no need to worry. It'll start running around like a maniac spitting poison in every single direction until it's tired itself out. How does evolution make something that useful? Is this for population control or something? What possible use does mother nature have for something like this? At any rate I can see why they wanted it dead.
That does lead me into yet something else I feel guilty about. It seems like every few times I kill one of these things, the Cheif's dimwitted son calls me over and let's me know that the same monster has now been spotted roaming the woods of the island. Apparently everytime I kill something big, it's family members come to the island seeking revenge for me. So I save the island from being destroyed by an earthquake, but soon it'll be overrun by monsters that would give Godzilla a run for his money. Yep, I'm doing the lord's work here.
Well, despite my Shakalaka sporting a fine ancient mask, it seems I first have to take care of some nuissances before I'm allowed to tackle the Ceadeus. I think they changed this a bit from Tri, as it seems I have to do all the 5-star quest first, while I can clearly remember never beating a Diablos in Tri. Oh well.
I got a few good games in a couple of days back. Took on a Rathian, my first Nibblesnarf and a Rathalos. Rathalos was personal, as I had a lot of trouble beating him for the first time in Tri. I think I came up against a small one this time though and was exalted when I beat it in like 15 minutes without dieing once.
As per usual I am totally not crafting armor in sets and look like a complete fool. Ah, how do I long for the days when strangers would comment me on my fine vestibular taste when hunting online. If my fashion sense didn't just make them up and leave in the first place 
Also took on 2 Volvidon hoping to get a Volvi Carapace to upgrade my hunting horn. Turns out a Carapace is a Volvidon+ drop, so I'm stuck with this horn for quite some time. But hey, at least I could make myself a cool steampunk looking Nibblesnarf helm
I ran into a similar issue with some kind of part from a Volvidon. It may have been the carapace. All I know is that I was pissed when I figured out I couldn't get it when I needed it because I had fought that stupid thing half a dozen times more than I needed to.
And good luck with that Diabolos. God I hate that thing. They seem like they never show off a hint that they're going to dying. Always feels like a helpless battle.
Shakalaka?! Volvi Carapace?! Nibblesnarf helm?!
You darn kids with your woohaa's and your what's its. You're all hopped on the drugs these days.
GET OFF MY LAWN!!!
Ooooh that's a handy skill. I just completed a full set of the Crimson Qurupeco armor. I've only killed the damn thing once by myself, but in hunts it's been dropping pretty quickly. The armor doesn't do a hell of a lot though. It ups my critical hits, and offers me resistance against wind.... I haven't seen a single scenario where wind resistance would actually be helpful.
Good news is I don't NEED to kill a Diablos. Bad news is that the chief's son is requiring another 2 Rath Talons before he'll get off his rock and build me a base camp near the Ceadeus.
And I think I have hit Monster Hunter saturation for a while. Another 90 hours seems to have done it. Last night I was fighting a Baleful Gigganox (lightning breathing instead of poison breathing). I thought I handled the battle quite masterfully for my first time fighting him, but it hit hards and even with high lightning resistance he eventually won. When it was done and I was being carted off, I didn't feel angry or upset as I normally would be. And I didn't have that urge to get out there and fight again. I just felt... content.
So with that, I'm taking an extended break. Awesome game. So glad I picked it up a second time. It's earned a spot on my top 28. But I think I'm ready for something new. Maybe go back to Smash. Maybe pick up Persona Q again. I will definitely come back and finish this at some point though.