Hey thank you! I reallyappreciate that! Yeah I’m definitely trying to focus on putting out high quality content. Sometimes it’s a bit discouraging to see other channels get a lot more views for lower quality videos that are more click-baity, but I just can’t bring myself to make videos like that. And I’m hoping in the long run it pays off to focus on quality over quantity. Thanks for joining the channel! I really appreciate your sub! 🙏🏼

@@ArktixOfficial Absolutely, i know how you feel. The key is to just keep at it and I'm sure you'll make it eventually. All it takes is for one of these videos to blow up, it could be any of them. I found your channel simply by searching something HFW related and halfway through the video i went to sub to you and i was completely shocked to see that you were a small channel, you have the quality of an actual top tier KZfaq channel. Unfortunately KZfaq is somewhat luck based but you increase your chances greatly by doing what you're already doing 💯

Wow thanks! A couple of other people have commented they’re surprised I don’t have more subscribers too 😄 I’ll keep at it!

So we’ll said! 100% agreed.

Good tip!

@@ArktixOfficial Indeed.

Gimme free greenshine 😂

Are you shitting me?

Totally! Yeah drill spikes are cool.

You definitely discovered something early that ppl are now abusing lol. Drill Spikes do indeed have crazy knockdown potential when targeting legs! Can be super strong against tanky/aggressive opponents!

Thanks @Sonny! Those are interesting points about the Skirmisher. You have a good point that it has better shock resistance, and I like your idea to use the weaves from other outfits to make it more balanced. Like I mentioned on Discord, I’ll need to take a closer look at that while I’m playing. Thanks as always for your great comments! 🙏🏼

@donal o'keeffe Thank you! Yeah my channel is still pretty new, but we're growing! I'm glad you've been finding my videos helpful. That's definitely my goal! And yes, Regalla's Wraith is a great bow, but I actually saved it for my end-game video coming out soon since you get it so late into the main story. Plus you only get it if you choose the "tough guy" option with Regalla, so a lot of people don't have it.

It's funny how both of you spelled "Regalla's Wrath" Wrong. No Offense, just pointing that out

Hey thank you Phil! That's very kind of you 😄 I appreciate your support!

Hey thanks Near Grog! This is great to hear. I'm glad my content has helped you =D

Thank you so much! I’m really glad to hear you’re finding my videos helpful. That’s definitely my goal. It can certainly feel overwhelming =)

@Full send madness thank you! =D I'm glad you're finding my videos helpful! I have a new one on all the elements uploading as we speak. I hope you like it, and thanks for checking out my channel!

Hey thanks a lot JB Kregs! This is very kind 😄 Glad to hear my content has helped you enjoy the game more! That’s always my goal 🙂 I’m looking forward to Hogwarts Legacy too!

Thank you! Glad you're finding this helpful!

That's awesome! So glad to hear you're enjoying Horizon and my content 😄

Hey thanks! Glad you found this to be good quality!

Awesome! And thank you! I really appreciate you jointing the channel! 🙏🏼

Thank you! And nice!

Awesome! Glad it’s helpful!

No problem! Yeah it’s totally a lot to figure out with so many weapons and upgrades to consider. I’m glad to hear it was helpful!

Thanks Robert! I'm really glad you find my videos helpful, and I appreciate your sub! 🙏

@@ArktixOfficial your,e welcome

Thanks! And hey that's a really smart strategy with the Warrior Bow and instant coils. I have to admit I haven't been using Warrior Bows much, but I think I'll need to revisit them. I know they can be pretty strong, but I hadn't ever considered the particular strategy you mentioned here. Thanks for sharing that! And that's a good point about the Nora Tracker outfit too. I agree it would be best for supporting your priorities of staying in stealth/getting back into stealth. Thanks for sharing these tips!

@Andy Hutcheson, I also wanted to mention, I’m not sure if you’re on Discord, but I’d love to have you join mine if that’s something you’re into. We have a number of people over there that play at a high level like yourself and I think it would be really cool if we can create a place for high level players to share knowledge like this. No pressure, just wanted to let you know you’d be very welcome if you’re interested! 😄

Hey thanks! Glad you’re enjoying my videos 😄 I appreciate your sub! 🙏🙂

Wow nice strategy, and thanks for sharing! I’ve been using it for shock as well, but not in combination with a spike thrower the way you described. I’ll have to try that! I probably should have mentioned the Ancenstor’s Return briefly like it did with the other legendarys. I’d consider it an end game weapon, so it will definitely be in my end game build/gear videos, but I did mention other legendarys, so I probably should have mentioned the Ancestor’s Return, too. I gotta be honest, this video was taking me a long time to finish editing late at night and I pretty much just forgot to include it 😅

HOOOOLYY COW That's A Long Message

tryin to get published?

@iamswift Wow thank you so much! I'm really glad to hear that, and thanks for commenting even though you normally wouldn't. Hopefully you continue to find my content useful. I have lots more planned!

Of course, keep doing what your doing. And I'll stay tuned in for your content. I've already incorporated gathering 90% of the gear you suggested. And finally started using the brace shot too. I've been facing all the big machines with just regular arrows for most of my play through though lol. But now I know the way!

@iamswift nice! I hope my content continues to help you! Finishing up my video on elemental damage now to post later today…😄

@Furious Styles Awesome! I’m glad you’re finding it helpful!

Thanks! Glad to hear you found this helpful =)

Wow thanks Brandon! This is very kind! 😊 I’m glad you enjoy my content. Thanks for your sub and support! 🙏

Of course!!

Hey thanks! Glad to hear you’re finding them helpful 😄 I hope you’re enjoying the game!

Hey Brian! Good to hear from you. Glad you're having fun with a new playthrough! 😁 I really appreciate your support 🙏🏼 Yeah the KZfaq Super Thanks is nice as a native feature, but it wish KZfaq didn't take 30%. Thanks for taking the time to do it through Ko-Fi! 😄

@@ArktixOfficial Of course! Hope you are doing well!

Hey thanks! Glad you’re finding my content helpful 😄 That’s great you’re getting so much play time out of the game. I like to do lots of side content myself as well. Best way to play 👍 Thanks for your comment!

Thank you! Glad you like it!

Thank you very much! Yeah I really like the Vindicator too!

Hey thanks! Glad to hear your enjoy my content 😄 Horizon's my favorite, so I don't plan to stop any time soon!

@@ArktixOfficial YAAAY

Thank you! And great! I'm glad you're finding it helpful!

Awesome! Glad you found this helpful 😄 And thanks for your sub! 🙏

You're very welcome! Glad you're finding my content helpful 😄

Hey thanks! Glad you found it helpful 😁

You’re very welcome! Glad you found it helpful 😄

Nice! Yah the Seeker is a great bow. If I could only use one mid/late game hunter bow it would totally be the Seeker.

Awesome! Glad you found this helpful 😄

Awesome! Really appreciate your sub! And I’m glad you think the video is helpful!

Hey thanks! Glad to hear you find my video helpful. And I really appreciate your sub! 🙏😁

Thanks! Glad you liked it 😄 That’s cool you’re running a similar setup!

@Banjamin Burke Thanks! And great point on Warrior bows. They are definitely very resource efficient! I’ve been playing around with the Carja’s Bane for my melee build video and I have to say I think I ignored warrior bows for too long. You can really do some crazy damage with them if you use them correctly!

Thanks! I will 😄

Hey thanks! I hope you're finding my content helpful. Merry Christmas to you as well! I appreciate your sub 🙏

Hey thanks Jay! Glad you're finding my content helpful 😁 And yes, thanks for the suggestion. I realized I should have been doing that for all of these videos for sure. I did do it sometimes, but I wasn't consistent. I will be sure to do it in the future! 👍 And thanks for your sub! 🙏

Thank you! Glad you think I'm a good teacher 😁 I trust the subscribers will come with time 🙂 Thanks for your support 🙏

Good point I forgot to mention that stat!

Nice! Yeah I agree fire is pretty weak and ice is the best. That's interesting you say plasma is pretty strong. I play on very hard and plasma feels really weak. I wonder if it's better on normal/hard...

@@ArktixOfficial plasma isn’t the greatest but as soon as the timer is up your just have to do as much damage as possible so when it times out it apples a percentage of that damage again. Easier said than done when your trying to do it a to a stalker and you’ve got 4 of those annoying ass monkeys throwing fire balls at you. I hate those things.

Interesting choice! I don’t find the elemental bolts super useful myself, but maybe I should give them another look. Glad it works for you!

Boltblasters can be a bit cumbersome, so it's not ideal for fast machines, but with good concentration skills I find the elemental buildup goes up quick, especially useful if you have a machine weak to shock or ice 😊

Nice! Yeah I agree the would certainly be good on machines weak to the elemental bolts!

Good tips! And yes, I agree people sleep on purgewater. It’s pretty useful and I don’t think people realize how it works, which is why I’m working on a purgewater video =D They actually updated the hunting grounds tutorial description to clarify that it makes machines susceptible to any element they’re normally resistant to, so it’s not limited to just freeze and shock (although I also agree with you that those are the 2 most useful elements).

Yeah that's a good point. Not too many weapons have purgewater ammo. But I think that's true for most of the elements actually. The Explosive, Cloudburst, and Corrosive Blastslings are good ones. And then you have the Purgewater Hunter Bow and Lightning Hunter Bow. Those are pretty much it. I guess there's also a ropecaster that has purgewater canisters.

Yeah I think they realize people were just burning everything in Zero Dawn so they needed it lol

@@ArktixOfficial Really? The only thing that I ever set on fire in HZD were Glinthawks :D I always just froze them and triple notched them to death :D

Lol YES! Burn Glinthawks burn! But yeah I think a lot of people relied on burning a lot of machines lol

Thank you!

Wow that’s sounds like a very strong stealth build, especially for a blue outfit!

@@ArktixOfficial Yeah it's been great. Can't wait to upgrade to the Utaru Winterweave tho eventually. That one seems like the ultimate stealth armor.

Totally!

Thanks! Glad to hear you came to the same conclusions 👍

Nice! Yeah there’s so much to do after the main story. You can totally finish the main story without the best gear and then go back and find cool gear to do all the other content with. The hardest quests are definitely side sides for the most part!

Thanks! Yeah it’s definitely resource intensive to buy a lot of gear and upgrade it. Hopefully my videos help to clear up what’s actually worth buying and upgrading. And yes, some of those arena items are definitely really good. Gotta grind through the challenges though!

Yeah the Corrosive Blastsling is very good!

Yeah I agree purgewater is important! I don't think most people realize how to use it though...which is why I'm working on a video for that ;)

Lol yeah glinthawks and stalkers are definitely the most annoying machines…in both games! And that’s interesting you felt it was so much easier to play more aggressively. I have to say though, the game does reward a certain level of aggressiveness. If you want to play SUPER stealthy (like take 1 shot, then hide until the machine gives up on looking for you) then that will work, but it’s a very slow way to fight machines. Personally, I have a suspicion that a lot of people play “stealthy” because that’s they only way they’ve found they can take down tougher machines =) If people find the stealth play fun, then by all means to each their own. But personally I find playing that slow to be tedious. That’s why I hope my master machine hunting series can help some people feel more confident about taking on the machines they struggle with.

​@@ArktixOfficial Of course your videos are a great help for those. Thanks to the valor surges they really helped those stealthy players! But I really like those different playstyles you can do in HFW. I for example enjoy the normal gameplay like I did in HZD, one shot with the sharpshotbow and then switching to the hunter bow! Then the Braced Shot/Ranged Master built or the Braced Shot/Stealth Stalker built and both play out pretty similar against big maschines. And my two favorite playstyles are : 1. Powershot/Double or Triple Notch built since it reminds me of my HZD playstyle 2. my shotgun built with the Critical Boost/Spread Blast(Boltblaster) built. I really enjoy this built and it's the main built I wanna play in a NG+ :D But those are all late or endgame builts :D And I wished I had started my run with the knowledge to go for part breaker in the early game :D I never really use the shredder gauntlet or the warrior bow and I don't know why because they are nice additions in HFW I really love the variety in choices the game gives us and it really is an improvment in all espekts to the first game. I actually went back to the first game since I noticed I missed one trophy... and while I never skip conversations in HFW I already can't stand the conversations in HZD :D It is like eye cancer... But the best change is the inventar... Oh how I hated it in HZW :D But with the same breath they made us collect even more maschine parts 🤬🤣 It annoyed me so much that I turned on easy loot halfway through the game But there is some criticism as well: 1. The clawstrider needs to be faster and I want more mounts like a stealth mount (stalker) 2. I want my long dogde back maybe in an additional skill tree in a DLC?! 3. I want Hunter Reflexes+ in a skill tree 4. Transmog function, I don't know why they don't have it :D But i did leave a Abo and look forward to more videos in the future. There might be some new for me in it as well! Keep up the good work 👍

Thank you! 😄 I agree your two favorite play styles are the most similar to HZD. I definitely gravitate towards triple and double shot right away too. I also only realized Part Breaker was good later on. But like you said, that’s what’s so cool about HFW. Just so many new things to explore, learn, and try out. I think a lot of people agree with you that the weapon upgrade resources are annoying lol. I actually kind of like the new upgrade system. It’s definitely more tedious, but it sort of forces you to have more things to do and more challenges to complete in upgrading your gear. I do understand it’s frustrating for a lot of people though. I need to use the warrior bows more myself. They can be strong, I’ve just been kind of ignoring them because I like my hunter bows 🙃 That’s a good point about the inventory being so much better in HFW! I think that might drive me crazy if I go back to HZD lol. And those are cool suggestions you have! Yeah I hope we get an expanded skill tree in DLC at some point. I would also love to see Dodge Prowess and Hunter Reflexes skills! And maybe outfit weaves too!

Thanks! And oh, yes...probably should have mentioned that quickly. You can get it at the merchant near your base, or in Lowland's Path and Legacy's Landfall.

@@ArktixOfficial Thanks for the Quick answer. Same for the wildfire bow?

No problem! I believe the Wildfire is also at the merchant near the base and in Scalding Spear and Thornmarsh. They're unlocked via main story progression though, so if you're not seeing them now then you need to play a little further along the main storyline. I'd recommend this Game8 wiki for keeping tabs on where to buy gear: game8.co/games/Horizon-Forbidden-West/archives/358796

@@ArktixOfficial Thanks a lot man! Keep up the good guides! Really helping with my choice of equipement!

No problem! I'm glad you're finding my videos helpful!

Nice! Yeah they did get a bit weaker, but it sounds like you’ve got pretty much the ultimate load out! I just wish there was a legendary bow with tearblast arrows, but I suppose you don’t really need them with tear on the Death Seeker. Thanks for checking out my channel!

Thank you! It does seem like the subs and views have picked up more recently! I’ve heard Dying Light 2 is pretty good, but I have to admit I have a pretty vivid imagination and zombies might not be good for me. I didn’t sleep well for a while while I was watching The Walking Dead 😅 Apocalyptic/post-apocalyptic is my favorite genre though, so I’ll see if I can give it a try at some point!

Yeah the shredders definitely take some practice to get the hang of. I find it helps to dodge/roll between each throw. Helps with the timing of the catch. Maybe give that a try!

Glad you like it! Yeah I haven't used that in a while. Maybe I should use it again 😁

Thank you and great suggestions! I agree the perks are super important to pay attention to. And the draw speed bonus is the top reason I like the Sunshot too =D And yeah, gold weapons do have higher stats and are better for many situations, but not always the best!

@@ArktixOfficial Yes, I was right! The Sunshot Hunter Bow is super effective. I upgraded it to level 5 and I'm using it with 2 purple impact damage coils and 1 blue impact damage coil. It takes 1 frozen arrow and 1 advance arrow to kill any small machines. Sometimes it takes 2 advance arrows to do the job, but more than 2? No way! I tested yesterday and it worked perfectly. Also, I tested the bow with big machines after using different elements like frozen and fire and they die pretty fast considering that it's just a bow. Plus, this bow works better against corroding enemies. Thanks again!👍

Nice! Sounds like you have a pretty solid weapon loadout figured out!

The legendary weapons are not meant to be used all at once because if that is all you carried u would run out of ammo to craft their arrows since they require that annoying resource sludge. I was hoping to have all the legendary weapons max out before I finally do the final 2 missions of the main story line but having to farm high level parts from apex machines (yes I know about the ez loot option - I choose not to use it) is getting tiresome I mean why does every legendary gear NEED to have an APEX slaughter spine HEART as a final component , so I did the next best thing and upgraded all the purple gear I was using and max out just one legendary bow at hard difficulty no enemy is going to stand up to you even the final boss when using fully upgraded purple weapons so the legendary weapons are just for show or maybe for DLC?

@@electrospud9230 You are right! Legendary weapons require additional material to craft ammo. I learned this the hard way with the Forgefall Sharpshot Bow. I ran out of arrows very fast.☹ Well, everything that has ADVANCE arrows of any type requires extra materials. That is why I don't use advance arrow of any type at all.

@Kevin Bonin "Orange Stuff" video is now live!

Ah gotcha. I hope this was helpful then!

I was using the Seeker Hunter Bow to freeze that Rockbreaker. And yeah, sorry, I’m still working on the purgewater video. It got pushed back a bit because I want to get my video on the best weapon techniques out. I’ll defiantly still get to the purgewater video though!

@@ArktixOfficial I was surprised, that particular rockbreaker gave me a very hard time 😂 But i didn't have that bow. Did you like the new attack, the annoying AOE.

Oh yeah. Shock or freeze them for sure! And I can’t say I like the new attack lol. Yes, the AOE sucks 😂

@Calum McLean Thanks! And good timing! I’m literally finishing up the edit for the end game gear video as we speak. Aiming to have it out later today!

Haha nice! Pushing for legendaries isn’t a bad idea. But yeah I hope these suggestions help make getting there a little easier!

Thanks! And yeah sorry about that. I realized afterward that I should have done that more consistently. However, in the video description you will find a link to the game8 site where you can easily find the locations for any weapon, outfit, etc. Hope that helps!

@@ArktixOfficial thanks that helped. Im such a slow player i love the lore of this series i poke around everything but always found it hard deciding what to get from vendors when resources are so scarce. Playing on hard, 50 hrs in but only half the map revealed (i think im mid game still) i been having a tough time but i understand why now, never had electric or purgewater or fire for that matter. Your series has helped me better understand the different elements and how to use (and that i really do need them) them without spoiling the game, and now i have all the mid game recommendations its onwards to late game…love it. Thanks your videos are awesome for this game, ill defo check out your Ragnarok content when i start that! 👍🏻

Lol nice. Yeah the Skykiller is very strong!

Hey @Geoff Baumgartner ! Yeah slabs are hard to find. I was indeed able to upgrade everything I have that requires slabs, but you’ll need to get over to the Legacy’s Landfall island to get a bunch of them. I’m planning to do a video on all the slab locations, but realistically I probably won’t get to it for a couple weeks. The easiest thing for now would be to use this map to find the slab locations: mapgenie.io/horizon-forbidden-west/maps/world Also, I don’t know if you’re on Discord, but if you are and you’re interested I’d love to have you join my server! The link’s in all my video descriptions. We have a pretty cool group of people over there and you’ll probably be able to get tips from people more quickly. Hope to see you there!

So those are Berserker arrows and they’re basically exactly the same as corruption arrows in HZD. You can build up a “berserker” state on a machine or human and they’ll start attacking whatever is closest to them, friend or foe. Personally, I don’t really use them.

Yeah I'd like to get to those videos! Hopefully I can squeeze them in relatively soon once I get some more God of War content wrapped up 👍

That’s the Nora Seeker face paint!

@@ArktixOfficial oh thank you 🥰

No problem!

You mean the knockdown shot person technique? If so, yeah that’s a good one. You can use it on any hunter bow!

@@ArktixOfficial you don't get the enormous bonus from the opponent being knocked down if using something other than the seeker bow. No KZfaqr plays this game properly; easy loot system takes away any skill at killing machines while preserving components.

Oh because it has the knockdown damage perk? Yeah that’s a good one. There’s other weapons with that perk too. Can’t think of any off the top of my head. And I agree, the real way to play is the leave easy loot off 😉

I have it on my list! 😄

Hmm interesting take. You're definitely right that the base level of the purple weapons is not great compared to the upper levels of blue ones. I think the real benefit comes in stronger ammo types, like advanced elemental arrows and advanced precision arrows.

@@ArktixOfficial I didn't even deny them, but the very rare hunting bow can be skipped as a damage-dealing and component-ripping category, because the very rare Sharpshot bows are already much better than them - Advanced Precision Arrows & Tear Precision Arrows. Other weapon types are also suitable for elementalization, while rare/blue hunting bows developed to level 4 are also suitable for blowing up containers. But even with that, I accept the role of very rare hunting bows in elemental damage and I use them, but not nearly as much as their rare or legendary versions that arrive in the meantime. Here, the reason for their omission would be that the elements are very scattered among the many bows, so a lot of them would have to be developed at the same time and quite expensive in order to have a version superior to the rare/blue variants, while they could be replaced relatively quickly in the given by missions, for legendary weapons, which could be used to replace their work to bring them to the elemental state - the blue hunting bows are still suitable for blowing up containers. Also, for the elemental damage, it is already possible to acquire and upgrade other, very rare types of weapons, besides which the very rare hunting bows seem unnecessary (I don't feel so much pressure and compulsion to buy and develop the very rare hunting bows that I would waste hours anyway for collecting the ingredients, if by now I'm already full of very rare stuff and these should also be developed) - except for the electric one, I like it and to replace it with the legendary version you have to fight in the arena, you need the better stuff there. The advanced elemental hunting arrows, which would significantly increase their damage and make their development necessary, cost just as much as other types of weapons, their similarly effective ammunition. If I manage to solve the elemental status change with other types of weapons - mines, for example...; and I adapt my equipment and playstyle to it - , then why should I buy another similar one that I'm not sure I'll be able to use (for the "little" time until the legendary variant comes out)?! It's lucky that you can vary the weapons in the field, because without it, Aloy would be lost. With the amount of development costs, both in terms of time and material, I think the game developers overshot the still desirable goal in the second half of the game. Also, by moving the meaningful damage distribution to weapon techniques and Valor Surges from the third of the game. For this reason, the player is not forced to the exaggerated time-consuming developments as much as the developers wanted to achieve, and thus the acquisition of the legendary stuff can be solved even mostly with blue/rare things, which can trigger the bulk of the very rare ones. However, I really hope that in the future they will not increase the weapon categories - as a (mandatory) novelty - and that the future range will be a little more collected and even more usable in the subjective sense compared to the current one!