User blog comment:Kogath/Monster Hunter Generations Discussion/@comment-5172919-20160412011501/@comment-5569775-20160412032105

I've seen a lot of Glavenus weapons being used, but that's a mix of raw, design, blast and sharpness, pretty much in that order. Haven't seen a lot of people using the Daimyo weapons though(the armor however is used a lot).

Depending on what you are going for in a weapon and what sets you have to go with them, yes, the Deviant weapons are worth forging, including the non Daimyo/Glavenus ones.

As for armor sets, Daimyo and Glavenus are both quite popular for good reasons, as well as Rathalos, Lagombi(though I think for later game gemming Arial Attack Up into something else would be better) & Nargacuga, all of which have good skills that work with multiple weapons. The Dreadqueen set is used some, but mainly for high status weapons & SnS. Garuga & Grimclaw aren't made much but still made some and the rest you'll likely not see much of.

In my hype I've been planning ahead in regards of what weapons/armors sets to use/make. The only Deviants I won't be making a weapon for across 2 characters are Lagombi and Uragaan. Though some will be collector type weapons, but I do plan do max and use them anyway. As for Armors, I plan on using Dreadqueen and Nargacuga on 1 character and Rathalos & Nargacuga on the other, as well as Uragaan for farming on both. Mixed sets would work better for most of what I need than the other sets(though one mixed set will use parts from the Tetsucabra set).