Quote Originally Posted by Bourne_Endeavor View Post

... that is an enormous leap. Monster Hunter encounters have vastly higher repeat appeal than spamming normal mode. Furthermore, they are entirely different games. Action combat as a whole has far greater longevity due to its inherent unpredictability.
I find it similar in grit and grind. Once I know a monsters patterns it's mainly routine to kill them, after that it's just a looong game of "shining scale or nada" for 10-50 iterations.