User blog comment:Mckrongs/Monster Hunter 4 for the Nintendo 3DS/@comment-176.44.92.70-20121212155732/@comment-4563270-20121212165721

maybe that's what they're doing.. i mean we don't know about the dynamics of the trees in mh4 yet.. maybe similar to the bowgun you can mix and match parts with the bug staff. maybe it certain staffs and certain bugs do differnet things like a tigrex staff with uhh....lightning bug? (idk) allows you to take the monsters energy whilst weakening there status resistance to give you easier KOs on the monster.