The Official Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate Topic

I'm pretty sure the ID stuff in PSO still gave you the ability to get every item in the game, but I never played all that much of PSO.

Limiting your ability to obtain items based on when you started the game is simply the most retarded mechanic a developer could EVER think up. EVER.

I honestly hate the entire concept of the charm tables, even back when it was just restarting the game to get a new table. This stupid "You're stuck on the table for all of time" is just plain ridiculous.

Nope. Each Section ID had its own drop table. It didn't affect things like consumables, obviously, but equipment drops are entirely dependant on the ID.
To be fair, though, Section IDs are much more controllable than Charm Tables in 3 Ultimate. Section IDs are based off of Race, Class, and amount of characters in your name, while the Charm Tables work off multiple variables such as the 3DS clock and etc.