A new Monster Hunter Wilds update is here, and you know what that means – it's time to start talking about patches for the patch. First in the line of fixes is a pair of tweaks to notable gameplay bugs, including what initially appeared to be a big nerf to the Monster Hunter Wilds Long Sword.
Patch 1.021 went live on August 12 and included, among many other things, a balance tweak for the Long Sword: "Reduced the delay between input and action when chaining into Iai Spirit Slash from Special Sheathe." That essentially made it a bit easier to time the move to counter monster attacks, but players soon noted they were getting hit far more often after the Iai Spirit Slash should have completed.
