Been enjoying the mobility of Insect Glaive a lot. I am hoping to unlock my super stab wirebug switch skill soon but I've been wondering if I should switch to something more direct like the Hammer. Why would someone do Hammer over Hunting Horn for example.
I switched twice already and probably will switch some more later on, really up to you what you play I'd say.
I'm on IG atm too, love the small changes, those new Kinsects that suck up 2 buffs at the same time make it so much better(even if they're slow as fucking molasses goddamn are they shit I'd kill myself if I had to use such slow kinsects in MHW). Can get full buff with just 2 hits and using the attack one usually makes it easy since white is usually wings/legs and orange is like belly/legs/back so fairly big targets, versus having to hit the head for red. I switched when I got to the HR needed for the skill though, the baseline silkbind skills for IG are absolute ass, but the switch one(wyvern dive or whatever) is really nice, although I miss about 3/4 of the time cause the hitbox isn't particularly big and it's hard to make sure you're right over the monster without like camera tracking and shit(which is annoying when jumping, maybe I should use the target lock thing).
But otherwise it's great, full earplugs and flinch free for free with the buffs is cool, high mobility, can do aerial shit which is actually not ass anymore unlike MHW, can also get decent KOs when attacking the head(it was more of a pain to do in MHW).
As for Hammer vs HH, personally I never liked Hammer, but the idea is Hammer has big combos for big dmg and all that, while HH is more simple moves but you get a lot of free utility and shit on top. Honestly the way HH is in Rise, I'd say Hammer is kinda fucking useless, but some people still like spinning and smashing and it does that.
I'm gonna do a bit more IG and probably try SnS or Long Sword next. Maybe Lance. LBG later I need to figure out what I need to farm for the right LBG, unlike other weapons where I just kinda pick random shit like Kamura weaps and fuck around with, guns need the right choice for ammo type. I want to go stickies most likely so I think it's Magnamos or whatever his name is, and haven't found him in HR yet(I guess next HR/urgent quest at the end of this).
I find the game is a lot more fun if you switch weapons every now and then rather than stick to a single one. Although some weapons I still don't care about(Hammer/Gunlance/Bow/HBG).