User blog comment:Kogath/Monster Hunter: World Discussion/@comment-6050823-20170912142427/@comment-33384696-20170912151301

No Negative armor stats? Honestly, I don't like that. It was a good way to counterbalance a powerful set, and honestly, some of those "Negative" skills were kind of useful. For example, I can't think of the skills exact name off the top of my head, but the effect was that at +10 monsters were less likely to target you, where as at -10 they were more likely. That was useful in online play as it allowed me to become a keep the monsters attention more easily,  something useful to do if your good at blocking/dodging and you trying to help out your friend who jus started the game and doesn't have those things down quite yet.