MHGU: Boltreaver Astalos struggle& total insanity... (armor farming trouble)

[Kadaj]

i tried to farm an EX boltreaver astalos for a nice new set of armor and skill tree (this might have one of the best in the game for gunners) and me and some randoms beat the G5 eventually, but now im on EX boltreaver and i spent around 2 or 3 hours of dying over and over on him. and not just me either, my partners died just as much as i did as well. i am going to retry him today as i would love to max out his armor set but idk how many potential repeats on EX i will need for complete upgrades... i am using a rangef boomerang build prowler (because i know im going to do a crapton either way especially on the EX or G5, might as well get more lives and just do my best to damage him in this case).

The problem with boltreaver astaloe is this... he has a horn like beam attack that pretty much covers the whole map in a straight line, a tail jab that creates a huge circle of an electric explotion, a vaccum bolt that he almost always chains like this: vacuum bolt, horn beam, then flying crushing stomp and the more you can survive here in terms of hits is 2 max unless there are crazy hunting horn perks i dont know about (one weapon ive never done, i do LBG most times and prowler as backup). this is a terrible, absolutely broken crap combo and there are too many times when he does it and me or a teammate dies from it... its ridiculously overpowered. he has too many attacks that cover way too much ground and tbh theres luck getting out of this death hole at times so to speak. and i also dont know if valor works on the vacuum bolt so... good luck with that... if you touch it im pretty sure its nasty damage.

im going to retry him later today but if anyone at all has this game and is skilled enough to help me out i would be very greatful... if not any tips would be nice at least. this one might be worse than bloodbath diablos and ive died a lot on him as well

 

[Bidoof]

I took a year long break with a friend of mine before we were able to kill him. Actually killed him like 2 weeks ago on our second try so I'm sure a lot of it is to do with some kind of mental block you place on yourself lol. I only killed one other EX after him so I can't rate how tough he is, but from what I've read online he's definitely up there in being one of the toughest. I'm a longsword user though so I was able to counter a lot of the hits "safely". Maybe try going for another EX as a break. GL

 

[Kadaj]

I took a year long break with a friend of mine before we were able to kill him. Actually killed him like 2 weeks ago on our second try so I'm sure a lot of it is to do with some kind of mental block you place on yourself lol. I only killed one other EX after him so I can't rate how tough he is, but from what I've read online he's definitely up there in being one of the toughest. I'm a longsword user though so I was able to counter a lot of the hits "safely". Maybe try going for another EX as a break. GL

im probably not going to get the full upgrades on this. rage quitters are on my last nerve and i obviously cant solo this, too much health and power. i honestly just want the skill tree from his armor but at this rate probably not happening. thank god for mantis armor because rage quitters are what keep me from doing things like this online because then I rage quit from being unable to solo this stuff. wish the community on this game wasnt filled with rage quitters and had more people who legit try or AT LEAST finish the round (PLEASE!). idk if i will bother with this EX again because of this problem. not the quest itself, but people who quit after as little as one death. they make this even more impossible for me and ive quit in the past from this problem.

hopefully if this game gets a sequel they will scale monsters health and some of the damage down for solos... then maybe id be able to try a solo without worrying about clocking out. i dont want to deal with quitters when i genuinely need help and cant solo, it just adds more frustration that could otherwise be avoided

 

[Bidoof]

im probably not going to get the full upgrades on this. rage quitters are on my last nerve and i obviously cant solo this, too much health and power. i honestly just want the skill tree from his armor but at this rate probably not happening. thank god for mantis armor because rage quitters are what keep me from doing things like this online because then I rage quit from being unable to solo this stuff. wish the community on this game wasnt filled with rage quitters and had more people who legit try or AT LEAST finish the round (PLEASE!). idk if i will bother with this EX again because of this problem. not the quest itself, but people who quit after as little as one death. they make this even more impossible for me and ive quit in the past from this problem.

hopefully if this game gets a sequel they will scale monsters health and some of the damage down for solos... then maybe id be able to try a solo without worrying about clocking out. i dont want to deal with quitters when i genuinely need help and cant solo, it just adds more frustration that could otherwise be avoided

You should be able to create the armour just but killing it between g1-g5 though. Killing the EX is basically just for cosmetic purposes. Transmog and armour pigment stuff.

 

[Kadaj]

You should be able to create the armour just but killing it between g1-g5 though. Killing the EX is basically just for cosmetic purposes. Transmog and armour pigment stuff.

ohh ok, thanks. thats a relief... i actually found that out before reading this though, luckily i managed to fully upgrade only going up to G5 for boltreaver astalos. seems like the EX is near impossible for him, i did stonefist EX after about 5 tries and like every other EX deviant ive tried it seems like every attack is death. only stonefist doesnt have half or more of his attacks covering the entire field so... yeah.

as for the cosmetic bit... why transmog armor like this with amazing skill trees and very nice looks already by default? sounds like a waste of potential for armor this good... i dont mind doing it with lower tier sets but for deviant sets it seems like a waste of such good power that these armors give. same with raging brachy and other stuff late game with very strong skill trees... why use these for cosmetics only? though i personally dont have much trouble doing a co op on raging brachydios i cant speak for everyone... especially blade users. not sure how they handle him. ive seen many blade users rage quit him and i can see why. not very good for that situation...