Idea:Advanced Weaponry Mechanic

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This idea tackles the "Big Weapons" within the monster hunter world. Normally hunters would use a weapon of defense in certain areas to repel or slay bigger monsters such as Elder Dragons. While this seems fine as it is, there were a few flaws with that idea, thus this idea page was created.

First of all, all weapons that are usually usable are now locked on the quest (Dragonator, Ballistae, Hunting gong etc.) hence they are not visible and or usable if the players have not unlocked it. Weaponries are now purchasable through using points. Depending on the weapon of choice, the fee for unlocking the weapons lies between 1k - 10k Points. Weapons can also be used by using money, which would be 1,5k - 15k zenny.

Each player can only Unlock/upgrade one weapon of choice. This limitation has been added to avoid players using 7-9 weapons, upgrading them to max, and going full blasted UBER on one monster. There are up to 8 weapons available (MHPG will have up to 14), depending on the area the hunters are for example: hunting grounds, Airship, Ships.

Weapons will be locked at the start of the quest. After being unlocked, depending on which weapon was chosen, there will be upgrade options for each weapon. The upgrades vary from Strength (Increases the damage or duration of a weapon), Ammo (adds additional ammo to the quest depending on how often it was upgraded) and Reload (reduces the reload time of a weapon).

After each quest the hunter will have to gather points again to reuse/unlock the weapons again. The reason why is simple: after each battle the weapons get damaged or worn down and have to be polished up and repaired. To do so hunters will use the points invested to actually "pay" NPC's to prepare the weapons they decided to use. This way a certain "realism" is kept within the new idea.

Each player can only pick one single weapon, meaning that 4 players cannot use the same Weapon. This limitation was added to avoid 4 players using 4x Canons, upgrading them to max, and then locking down a monster while the others spam with the canons. When unlocked and upgraded though every player can access each weapon.