User blog comment:Kogath/Monster Hunter Generations Discussion/@comment-4732465-20160828210516/@comment-8874090-20160828220735

For the weapons defnitely get at least some, theyre very good.

For the armor... Personally I really like it and its my main armor, but I can understand that it might not be for everyone. I myself, love it, I've always liked evasion skills, and while its a bit less important with the existence of adept style, it still helps a lot against more dangerous monsters, as it greatly reduces the risk when evading through strong attacks.

The critical eye+3 and critical boost combination are also surprisingly powerful offensively, especially when combined with a weapon that already has good affinity on it's own, like narga and silverwind weapons.

It's true that defense is not as good as other armors, but personally Ive never relied on high defense much even in previous games, as with evasion, you can dodge most damage, making defense irrelevant. But if you're used to trading damage and tanking hits with maxed defense, I wouldn't reccoment it to you.

Its also true that farming deviants for armor is a huge pain in the ass.

Personally I love it, but wheter it's better than other armors is up to the user.