u/SrKibo

A group of friends and I are about to start playing Monster Hunter Frontier for the first time. We have a few questions regarding private servers and how our choice will impact our actual gameplay experience

Before making a decision, we would love to get some clarity on the following:

• Progress and Grind: Are there significant differences in drop rates for weapons/armor crafting, experience gain, or material farming between servers?
• Difficulty and Balance: Is monster HP, damage, or quest scaling altered depending on the server you choose?
• Custom Content vs. Vanilla: To what extent do servers modify endgame progression or add custom mechanics/bounties that stray from the original experience?

Our main priority is to play the most vanilla experience possible, if that's not fully feasible or recommended (given how heavy the original MHF grind was) we would at least like to know exactly what changes across the main servers (Rain, Renewal, Meze, etc.) so we can make an informed choice as a team.

Any advice or recommendations would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!