User blog comment:Plexioth- xD/Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate/@comment-82.132.248.57-20121102232447/@comment-4775842-20121103003319

You could overforge low rank armor to high rank armor in terms of defense in Tri, but in previous games this was impossible. They may have removed that feature from MH3G to perhaps counteract the fact that the monsters have become easier to kill compared to the previous games. Because it's highly doubtful CAPCOM hasn't noticed they've been changing the difficulty of game while in development, and the certainly haven't missed the comments about it, unless they've chosen to use selective perception.