User blog comment:Kogath/Monster Hunter X Discussion/@comment-26261665-20151025194600/@comment-25275196-20151026065109

What's so great about G-Rank? If we don't get G-Rank in the first place, that means there won't be G-Rank gear, and so high rank won't be so much of a pushover. The only downside to not having G-Rank Will be the possible "no high rank in offline", oh, wait, that's the exact same thing.

However, it does mean that monsters that were previously exclusive to G-Rank like Lavasioth will be fought in high rank. This is in no way a downside, seeing as Brachy got moved from a high rank and higher to a low rank and higher, and nobody hated that.