I still pop on for an hour or two a night to try and grind out some armor. Once I get Damascus maxed out, I'm gonna try to finish the assigned mission they give after the final boss fight, but I know I'll need my gear to be as strong as possible for it. I'm hoping Damascus is worth it for it's high defense max and it's defense boost along with 4 fire resistance with each piece.
Also finally decided to fight Nergigante again with my thunder katana and I feel more confident in fighting him. Still frustrating, but I wanted to actually do it without cheesing him the whole time with the insect glaive and actually battle. Funny enough, I recently just found out my katana has a move I didn't know it could do. After doing the powered up lunge strike, if I hit the R2/Triangle move again, I lift in the air, and then slam down for a delayed, multi-hit, strike. It's beautiful, and I didn't even know I had it after like 100 hours of play lol I still don't know how to reliably do it, I keep forgetting to get into training to learn it legit, but its so cool.