MHT Common Sense

So I was playing MHT in the am before I had to go to work, having joined a party of three others online. One of the other three players had chosen a quest, and when I looked on the quest board, I discovered that the quest chosen was to capture Baggi. Generally speaking, I do not like capture's, but I wanted more Baggi hides, bones, or whatever else I might get from this particular quest, so I decided to participate. When we entered the map to begin the quest, two of the players explained in chat that they were going to do some mining. My biggest concern at this point was whether or not one of these two had the trap(s) needed for the capture. I was hoping this was not the case. Yin (the on-screen name of the person I was with) and I proceeded to begin the attack on Baggi to wear him down. Not more than five minutes into the quest, one of the "mining" players fainted while Yin and I were in a completely different zone battling the giant Baggi. He and I had not fainted yet. I was like, what the - - - -?

So Yin and I continue our attacks, and to my complete and utter surprise, about two minutes later, the other player who was mining fainted. Not more than ten minutes into the quest and the two mining players had each fainted once. The question in my head at that time was "How the heck do you faint while mining?" Sure, the little Baggi can attack and harm you, but it's not hard to get away from them. It only takes a little common sense to see your health is less than half or so. Not too hard in my opinion. Needless to say, one of these two players fainted again a few minutes later, and we failed the quest.

So we get back to the tavern, and another quest is chosen by one of these other players. I gently remind everyone that they might want to bring extra potions. When I look on the board, the quest chosen is once again to capture Baggi. At this point, I failed to exercise common sense myself, because despite what happened the first time, I joined them again. Stupid me.

At least no one went mining this time, and no one fainted. We were all getting along quite well, doing an excellent job of putting the screws to Baggi, working as a team, having a jolly old time. We made Baggi leave the first zone, but he still was not limping, or even drooling. We followed him as he entered another zone. Shortly after we got there, one of the other players laid down the only trap we had among the four of us. Baggi fell in it, but it was much too early. I asked if anyone else had a trap, and they all said no. I immediately abandoned the quest, as it was impossible to complete at this point.

Back at the tavern, one of the others once again chose a quest. When I looked at the board, it was to capture Rathian. I actually laughed out loud. No common sense. They couldn't even capture Baggi. I told them I would not join them. At this point, I was getting smart. They asked why. I explained that if they couldn't even capture Baggi, what made them think they could capture Rathian? The response I got at this point in chat was "lol". So I guess they thought their lack of common sense was funny. Actually, I thought it was funny too.

So what is the point of this blog entry? Simply this: use common sense when playing MHT online, especially if you are in a party with others. Don't fail a quest out of stupidity or out of a lack of common sense. Bring potions, bring traps, bring whatever tools you need to succeed, and then use them wisely. On top of that, watch your health. Let others know what you are doing, and be smart about it. One other piece of advice – if you don't' want to use common sense when you play MHT online, at least have enough consideration of others to play that way by yourself.