User blog comment:Mckrongs/Monster Hunter 4 for the Nintendo 3DS/@comment-23230538-20131009042333/@comment-5043481-20131009200215

I think you have a point. Especially solo in Ultimate you get few pins, as shock traps/pitfalls only really work once. In Unite with a defined tactic, like the guys in the vid that Pike posted, stuff dies seriosly fast. Me and my 2 freinds killed akantor in 8 mins spamming flashbombs, people have done it in under 5.

So maybe 4 is somewhere in between. Sure, you might often get 8 pins in a fight, but thats nothing compared to the headlocking and flashbomb/trap spamming possible in earlier games. 3rd gen had no more trips, and traps were much less effective, as the items are less effective each time used.