User blog comment:Kogath/Monster Hunter: World Discussion/@comment-33384696-20170913145729/@comment-27120688-20170913174012

Negative skill did nothing for the series. Ever. In the 2000 hours i've played this series, I've never had a negative skill in any of my armor sets. All you have to do is gem them out with 1 stupid decoration and they tend to be negated. It was a silly thing.

You have to also remember skill have many tiers now. Attack Up (S) is not the same as Attack +1 in monster hunter world, its likely smaller. There are smaller increments to the skill system.

Idk about you, but from everything ive seen and heard, it feels like MH game and then some.