User blog comment:Dax the hunter/Monster Hunter Myths and Rumours Revealed/@comment-174.118.251.122-20120813221707

there's a old rumour that if you say the part you need from a monster then initiate the quest to kill that monster your chances of getting that part are decreased. for example, someone says    "i need rathian plate" then start a rathian quest you probably wont get plate. though this is probably not true and may not be possible to prove like the stroking the piggie myth but i thought it should be mentioned