Been playing it for a good while now 'n I think this is about as far as the story goes.
I'm High Hunter Rank 80 and my gear of choice (Long Sword + Bow) is Artisan Crafted and fully upgraded.

The armor is missing 4-5 more levels but it's a pain to smelt the armor material for these 2 def points each..
A chain II talisman adds a bit of extra punch with 2 levels of burst (stat boost after 5 hits).

All that would be left is playing around with other weapons and hunting after better decorations for the weapon.
Wasn't lucky enough to get a lv.6 Crit or the lv.6 Razor Sharp / Handycraft one but lower levels did well so far too.

I've been seeing 90% critical hits near the end and am pretty satisfied with how it turned out.
Also pretty much done outfit-wise, it's a shame that so many sets don't really work with one another but I kinda like this appearance combination I've ended up with.

The white/purple version with guardian arkveld helmet beta looked nice as well (no pics been posted of this) but I prefer the dark colors.

No link since I finished most of the stuff offline, sry if you came for a video.

Might be playing rise of the ronin again some time this week tho.