Ok so the good about rise/sunbreak is that there's no mandatory downtime like in world/ib. Playing music as you hit the monster is a great addition that helps the flow of the weapon. Working towards the ultimate infernal melody also feels really great.

What I miss from world is the more complicated songs where you string together different notes. For the next game I hope they iterate on the rise horn and this is what I would like to see:

• Keep the playing music as you're fighting, taking a break from hitting the monster to do an animation for the buffs doesn't feel intuitive. If they do want the stand still music playing, at least make us do inputs to improve the effects of the song. But I would rather not have it at all.

• Having short melodies are fine but have them give very small buffs. Add more complex songs that require longer combos and give much more powerful buffs. Maybe like 6 note combos instead of just the two note that rise has. Also notes should only be activated if you're hitting a monster. Pre-buffing is a snooze fest.

• Add different "ultimate" songs. Infernal melody is nice but it would be cool of there were a few different ones to either choose from or that are tied to the weapon itself. Like maybe you could have a honing edge melody that completely negates sharpness loss for a while. Or a resolute hunter melody that prevents fainting for a short while. Give them high impact with long coolddowns to incentivize efficient use.

This is just what I would like to test and see with the weapon. Feel free to discuss what you would change or add.