hopped into Monster Hunter: World for the first time in over 2 years. Tips?

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Lost my save, so I'm starting fresh.

As pretty much a newcomer, what do we recommend as a starting weapon?

I did ignore the super armour that they gave me at the start, switched off it to leather armour.
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