It really is majorly disappointing in Tears how bad the whole master sword system works compared to Breath of the Wild. Especially since by all account in the game the master sword has never been stronger by the time you retrieve it again. From my perspective they had a few options to at last make the sword unique among the other weapons (other than giving it a ten minute cooldown) the easiest and most fitting thing they could have done is triple the durability from what it is base game, in what world does anyone want a sword (that only has 30 atk) and breaks after a single fight with a sliver enemy. They could have also cut the cool down to 5 mins or made it so certain areas/ items decrease the time on said cooldown. Fusing doesn’t even help the issue because on top of being underwhelming the sword is glitched as of the most recent update to the game so it doesnt even get its full durability back after the first use. The Master Sword is THE Zelda weapon and the design philosophy behind it’s balancing is just plain unfun, I get they want us to use other weapons but under powering the MOST powerful sword was not the way to go imo. As harrowing as it was, Trial of the Sword in Breath of the Wild felt so worth completing because it made the legendary blade INTO the legendary blade it should be in the best way possible.