User blog comment:Kogath/Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate for the Nintendo 3DS/@comment-4563270-20140916131653/@comment-21371438-20140916150823

i didn't play, but i saw some iterviews about it...

have you ever herd of Rathalos hammer with water element?... theeere...

in interviews they said they wanted all randomized equipment to make them "impossible to get all", inspiring theirselves on games like "Diablo", where (i dunno, i never played >__>; ) the mobs dropped randomized weapons, this was made on the purpose of making the game "longer" (as yeah... once you reach the top... all monster hunters get a bit boring, you know...)

same goes for the armors... you get randomized stats (NOT SURE) and randomized abilities (confirmed)... making it worse to get a non-hybrid armor *SIGH*

i just want to know how can we explain the existence of such weapons in-game

also, i herd that "by hunting certain monsters they drop certain weapons", like Lunastra's hammer was dropped by Azure Rathaloses in the unknown forest... not sure if just rumors or real stuff, but i'm looking forward to see a page about it on this wiki...