User blog comment:Aandrew07/Discussion of the Week: Flagship Monsters/@comment-5043481-20120722175003/@comment-5091195-20120722193745

Though Lagi was nerfed, I thought it was cool to be able to at least learn some of his moves and prepare yourself for the actual showdown thanks to the repel quest. While you can argue that that took away from the difficulty, it is nice sometimes to head into an important battle with a bit of an idea of what you're up against. Or, rather, it was nice not to get totally owned the first time you actually fight Lagi for keeps. That being said, the surprise attack of the Lagiacrus during the fish-harpooning quest gave him plenty of time to pwn some n00b hunters....

As for Nargacuga's vagueness on the MHFU cover, I totally agree. He looks like some bizarre giant bat doing a handstand, not a panther-dragon beast. Plus, he seems like he was supposed to be gigantic...