While we’re still quite a ways off from the release of Monster Hunter Wilds Ascension, Capcom has already offered several exciting sneak peeks at what we can expect from the upcoming expansion. While these reveals have teased several new areas, character changes, weapon enhancements, and even potential monster returns, there is one detail that has fans shaking over its implications.
So far, out of all these improvements, the biggest change coming to Monster Hunter Wilds Ascension is easily the introduction of the new Boosted Actions mechanic. While the drastic weapon changes and introduction of powerful and flashy new movesets look incredibly satisfying to use, it also raised concerns about what we’ll be expected to use them against when the full DLC releases.
Monster Hunter Wilds’ Weapons Are Getting Major Upgrades
Out of all 7 weapon showcases we’ve seen so far that feature the Boosted Actions, all of them have either added an offset attack for weapons that didn’t have them initially, or even granted them double offsets for weapons like the Greatsword that already had one. While reactions have been ecstatic so far, fans like Voidofthelight1 have raised the concern, “What are they doing to the monsters if it requires every weapon to get an offset?”
Considering Monster Hunter has a habit of introducing seemingly overpowered new gimmicks, only to make them a necessity when it comes to facing off against far more challenging late-game content, fans have already been speculating that we’ll see some of the hardest monsters yet in the full DLC.
Fans Are Already Preparing For The Worst
Although we still know painfully little about Monster Hunter Wilds Ascendance since the expansion’s initial reveal, it’s safe to say that the DLC will continue the base game’s difficulty trend, which went from receiving countless complaints that the game was dreadfully easy at the start, before post-game content started getting slammed for being insurmountable for many players.
Thankfully, if the base game of Wilds is anything to go by, the story mode for Monster Hunter Wilds Ascendance will likely be relatively well-balanced for those who can adapt to some of the new mechanics, whilst cranking up the heat in a way that encourages returning players to challenge themselves with some of the most treacherous hunts the series has to offer yet.
- Released
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2027
- Multiplayer
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Online Co-Op
