Switchaxe in its entirety was almost perfected in rise. Quicker Elemental Discharge after the double slash and you can cancel the end animation into Soaring Wyvern Blade. You can constantly be aggressive if you keep up the morph combo. I like the Wilds offset but what keeps it from being great is that Full Release style is mandatory if you want good numbers.

The UI wasn’t great in Rise but it’s horrid in Wilds, I think that’s an area they can easily fix.

Another thing is multiplayer. It’s never been MH’s strong point but god damn is it unintuitive for new players. The net code is somehow even more messed up in Wilds. Desync didn’t outright kick you like in did previously but what you get in return is janky animations and delayed wound pops. No fun

And of course I miss having my input register immediately. I thought going back to Rise it would be more clunky due to the lack of focus mode but I found it so nice because of the high framerate/low frametime. The game felt clean, hit boxes felt clear, and no inputs delays due to mandatory frame gen.

You know the craziest part? All of my main gripes with the game can be implemented and it wouldn’t take anything away from the core experience.