Did the Elder Dragon event this morning and made my way to the Coral Highlands. Did some badly needed armor upgrades, but don't want to get to carried away with new materials showing up in the new region. Once you get through the Elder Dragon event and pick up some Dragonite during the fight you unlock High Metal set and the brestplate has the Ear Plugs skill which lessons the effective distance of roars which is a hughly usefull skill. There is nothing worse than being mid swing in a Greatsword level 3 charge attack, just to get knocked out of the animation by a roar.
Also did some quality weapon upgrading. Upgraded my Greatsword to the Blooming Balde II and my Longsword to the Pulsar Shotel II. I wasn't planning on taking my Greatsword down the poison path, but I had the materials on hand and the raw damage is still quite good and can apply poison descently enough. Hoping for a hunt quest for a Rathian quest soon to get some her materials to upgrade my Longsword.