User blog comment:Blademaster00/Monster Hunter 4!!!/@comment-1011548-20110913155657/@comment-3298463-20110913161559

I don't have issues with jumping on the back of a monster and stabbing it, seeing as how Rathalos shook the hunter off in a matter of seconds and that if they implement it well it can be used to give some sense of strategic ambush to the fight (hey, it's about hunting monsters, you've gotta take things to your advantage). Besides, it's not like you can stay in the back of the monster forever. I believe it's just a situational attack, just like using Sonic Bombs to startle a monster or fishing Plesioth.

Other than that I agree with Lord Loss. Well, except I like the expansive world.