Picked up MH3U on a whim, wonder how far I can get solo, I kinda hate playing with other people.
Depends on how gud you can git. Should be able to beat low rank and probably high rank easy (but I wouldn't know because I'm like one hunt away from HR).
Or if you can at least fail your way to G rank, you can make a Kelbi Bow and cheese everything with slime. :I
For low rank Blademaster armour sets, I recommend
Jaggi for the atk+. It should be enough to last you until high rank, but if you want to upgrade in LR still, the
Volvidon set is the next step.
Unless you need poison immunity because you can't git gud at dodging, then you need
Wroggi set.
I have no idea about Gunner sets.
Also, don't forget to look up what weapon you want. Try out all the types, find out which gameplay you prefer, then look at this list:
http://monsterhunter.wikia.com/wiki/MH3U:_Weapons
and decide which upgrade paths you wanna take so you don't end up wasting time and materials on a weapon you don't like the end result of. ^^;