User blog comment:Plexioth- xD/Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate/@comment-112.209.59.130-20130331022045/@comment-4563270-20130331034414

the equipment will affect the success rate.. when you hire them you spend money on hunters to increase their odds however.. just for example i had a friend's hunter and mind you he's not new to the series but he had some pretty poor mismatch armor with a low defense rating.. again he's not a noob or scrubbin it.. he's pretty ambitous actually.. he's just sooooo particular. he cut off an agnaktor tail with the wyvern blade of fire... COMMON! lol but anyway his poor equipment for a diablos hunt had poor odds as a result regardless of the hunters i hired.. with poor equipment adding hunters can only increase the odds so high.. you can make it go from E to B odds and i've had failure even with B odds so the equipment can and will determine the success rate.