Zirilius

@zirilius: I started to attempt an OC but didnt actually change anything. A friend and I started looking at the bios to start changing the OC but then this issue became apparent before we did anything more than turn Intel Boost on and off (it was default). That said if you know of any "restart to factory" methods for BIOS I could always try those to be tripley sure. But yes the issue first appeared before we even looked at bios and I don't think we changed anything.

@morello: The PSU is a good one but it is old now. It's a Corsair HX750 which was rated Gold at the time a believe. It might be older than your assessment of age actually as I beleive I've used it in a build and a half so it might be 5 years old. I'm struggling to member exactly.

Reading through your previous thread and this one, I'd have to tentatively agree with a PSU issue. The fact that, as far as I understand it, this started after you moved your PC is usually a symptom of capacitors in the PSU failing and then not holding charge. While plugged in and powered they are usually OK, but once you power off and move them the capacitors drain and then the fault rears its head. If the graphics card has passed benchmark tests (which sometimes don't fully load the PC like a game will) then you'd hope it's not a graphics card problem. If you've run memtest86+ over a few passes then it's likely not the RAM. If it doesn't just fail randomly then it's probably not the motherboard.

You don't say how old your build is, and as far as I know you haven't mentioned the make and model of the PSU, but as the processor is around 4 years old if you got the whole thing new at that time, if you either got a cheap PSU or you were a little tight on wattage then this is around the time that you would see problems.

@asmo917: yes if you take the quest to capture a Kulu Ya-Ku it’ll give you a short tutorial message, but here’s the lowdown: when the monster is limping, place a Shock Trap in its way. After it’s ensnared, run up to it’s head and use 2-3 Tranq Bombs. Pitfall traps only work on large monsters. You can also use traps during the battle to stun the monster for a few seconds if you want to, it can give you the opening you need to kill it. Also all these items are used from the shortcut menu or the radial menu.

As the title says, this is my first time playing Monster Hunter and my prior experience was essentially Jason's quick looks. I've been playing World very, very slowly and I hit a story quest where I just got destroyed, but it's probably not one you'd expect.

I had a little trouble with the Wildspire Waste's first quest because I didn't think to use my slinger to deal with the Barroth's mud armor. I dealt with the next fish thing fine. But the Tobi-Kadachi just fuuuuuuucked me right up. I was wearing almost a full set of bone armor (Jagras greaves instead of bone) with all pieces upgraded to level 3. I had a sword and shield, the weapon type I've been using since the start - the bone kukri 3. This thing destroyed me like I was a gnat.

In fairness, I've only tried the quest once but I felt so outclassed, I was sure I was missing something. The only advice I saw in quick googling was to wear bone armor, which I was. I've been focused on story quests, I think I've done maybe 2 Investigations and gone on 3 or 4 Expeditions to do gathering quests or small monster cullings.

Do I just need to grind more? Abandon my bone armor for Barroth armor? Craft a new weapon set? The frustrating thing is I feel like I'm missing something important but don't know if it's that I'm playing badly, not engaging with a key system, a combination of both, or something completely different.