User blog comment:PitchBlack696/Monster Hunter Portable 3rd/@comment-1011548-20101003191216/@comment-1696682-20101003195947

I agree on the later. Sure, it's nice if you don't look too different from your favorite Low Rank armor, but still, they need to look... flashier or something, to show off the fact that it's a High Rank at a glance, not a noob acting all high and mighty.