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- The Slam from doing a ledge attack with Advancing Upswing (forward X) has been replaced by a thrust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