User blog comment:Kogath/Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate for the Nintendo 3DS/@comment-24995830-20150413182528/@comment-5043481-20150413225525

In the caravan the magala's drive the story, albeit indirectly at high rank.

I'd like it if multiplayer had more plot, rather than being just some quests to get to G rank. In MHFU and MH3U, I've sped through online high and low rank as it was redundant as I had the easier offline high rank to get equipment from. In this game, all the urgent monsters pop up with very little plot connections. The story behind Gogmazios is a nice touch though.

Maybe the evil things in MH are some of the people who give quests. Like this princess who has ordered the slaughter of numerous Rajang for coats/gloves/slippers/etc. Or the scarlet mystery man. He just wants you dead.