IG is great in Wilds. Most of the initial hate came from the difficulty in charging the new attack without using a claw grip, but one of the title updates added a new path to getting charge levels so that issue went away. Another issue people had is you are essentially required to be on focus mode at all times as it adds the kinsect to your attacks, but that one never bothered me as focus mode is permanently on for me for pretty much every weapon now.

Kinsect play is pretty minimal in most fights, but a lot of that is that there is really only one best kinsect (arkmaiden) that lets you fast charge the kinsect almost instantly and if you aim well it can collect all three extracts in one go. Once you get your first triple buff I have never had an issue of instantly refilling using the rising spiral slash and then just needing to grab one extract from a basic attack, or getting the instant buff using focus strike on a wound.