User blog comment:AnimalKirby/Guran-Miraosu Discussion/@comment-3405141-20111217043657/@comment-4563270-20111217071843

they were all recalculated for the 3rd generation because the ohko of a monster was translated to more of an 80% damage thing because you'll notice that even with no armor your hunter at full health can survive what was usually an ohko... on top of the fact that pretty much any and all weapon trees from previous monster hunter games were severely stunted resulting in less customization with your weapons and more fascist weapons (no they weren't tyrannical) meaning weak weapons stayed weak and certain weapons were the only ones carried around..never mind the fact that certain weapons imbued you with extra defense.. upped elemental damage and what not...nope...it was ALLL about the raw. at least in mhfu you had more weapon customization with an expansive tree so no one was bitching about what weapon YOU brought to battle because every weapon was powerful pretty much.