MHX Gunlance

GUNLANCE

 

ALL GUNLANCE STYLES

- Can now backstep/sidestep after a Full Burst

- Introduction of the Heat Gauge mechanic, which improves the strength of regular attacks.

        o NOTE: A full gauge is measured as 80 units.

        o Three levels:

                ■ Yellow (worst) - 24 units

                ■ Orange – 32 units

                ■ Red (best) – 24 units

        o The gauge can be raised by:

                ■ Standard Shot & Charged Shot (both raise by a little less than 5 units)

                ■ Full Burst (raises by around 5 units per shell; with the Demo Version’s Normal gunlance it took 3 Full Bursts to reach Red)

        o The gauge can be lowered by:

                ■ Regular attack (lowers by 1 unit)

                ■ Simply waiting (lowers by 1 unit after around 7 seconds)

                ■ Wyvern Fire (lowers by around 1/2 of the current heat level)

                        • Locks the gauge at the new position for 2 minutes.

        o Going past Red will put you in an Overheated state.

                ■ Drops you to the lowest point in Yellow (might even be weaker than default).

                ■ Locks the Heat Gauge for a whopping 2 minutes.

                ■ You cannot use Wyvern Fire.

 

GUILD GUNLANCE

- Nothing new.

        NOTE: For comparison's sake, below are the "Core Combos" of Guild:

        (the Slams will change for different styles)

        ○ Low Poke -> Low Poke -> Slam

        ○ Low Poke -> Low Poke -> Upswing -> Slam

        ○ Low Poke -> Upswing -> Slam

        ○ Upswing -> High Poke -> High Poke

        ○ Upswing -> High Poke -> Upswing -> Slam

        ○ High Poke -> High Poke -> High Poke

        ○ High Poke -> High Poke -> Upswing -> Slam

        ○ High Poke -> Upswing -> Slam

 

        After a complete Core Combo:

        Slams can combo into Full Burst, Wyvern Fire, backstep/sidestep

        Pokes/Upswings can combo into Regular/Charged Shots, backstep/sidestep

        Everything except Upswings can combo into Wyvern Fire

 

STRIKER GUNLANCE

- Changes to the Core Combos

        NOTE: Basically, now sets of 3 with no Slams.

        (changes marked with *)

        ○ Low Poke -> Low Poke -> Low Poke*

        ○ Low Poke -> Low Poke -> Upswing (no more follow-up Slam)

        ○ Low Poke -> Upswing -> High Poke*

        ○ Upswing -> High Poke -> High Poke

        ○ Upswing -> High Poke -> Upswing (no more follow-up Slam)

        ○ High Poke -> High Poke -> High Poke

        ○ High Poke -> High Poke -> Upswing (no more follow-up Slam)

        ○ High Poke -> Upswing -> High Poke*

 

- The Slam from doing a ledge attack with Advancing Upswing (forward X) has been replaced by a thrust

- Quick Reload (after a shot) can now combo into a Low Poke (instead of a Slam)

NOTE: Basically, Striker loses all Slams and thus the ability to Full Burst.

 

AERIAL GUNLANCE

- Same Core Combo changes as Striker

- Cannot Slam after a Quick Reload (after a shot)

- Cannot shell in the middle of an Advancing Upswing (forward X)

- Slams can now combo into a Low Poke as well

- The sheathed/walk-off ledge attack now does a Slam which reloads one shell (instead of a thrust)

- Backstep becomes forward hop (thus no Reload after a backstep)

- When jumping off of a monster/teammate you can:

        o Press A to Shell (from unsheathed only)

                ■ Then press X to Slam (no reload)

        o Press X to do a Slam which reloads one shell

 

BUSHIDO GUNLANCE

- Same Core Combos as Guild

- Cannot Quick Reload (after a shot)

- After a successful Bushido Guard:

        o Press X for an Upswing followed by a full Reload (can turn completely around)

                ■ Can then press X again for an extremely quick Slam  (can turn left or right 60 degrees)