User blog comment:Kogath/Monster Hunter XX Discussion/@comment-33581177-20170208202857/@comment-7784930-20170211050925

Good points on the types of armor, but while Deviant equipment doesn't cover the missing U and Z sets, X did bring back and increase the amounts of EX sets along with the new R sets, both of these allow them to have more sets from certain monsters without needing Subspecies present.