See now I got the game on the release date, and yet I'm still sitting at HR 5 and low Rank Zinogre armor. xD
But, I love Adept LS so far, and Adept LS doesn't have to worry about Tripping people as much either.
Also while most monsters aren't too hard for me considering I have a few years of Monster Hunter under my belt, I will say one thing. I hate hunting the Glavenus.
From it's constant side stepping, and turning around, to it's ridiculous range on it's tail swipes, and even if you topple it it'll be too far away to get a decent numbers of hits in. It's most vulnerable body parts are quite high off the ground, and for most of the fight your either attacking the legs and doing minimal damage, or hitting the face and hoping it doesn't side step immediately.