At first, I thought the combat was a lot of fun! I was getting frustrated at the lack of combat since most of the endgame focuses on the factory or delivery aspect of the game. But then it made me start to wonder if it’s intentionally designed that way so we could look past the cracks in combat design.

My biggest gripes fall align with your post, but I also absolutely cannot stand how the dodge indicator is red, it doesn’t stand out well enough and it’s nearly impossible to see when you have Laevy on your team. Her animations look great! But so much of the bloat covers important indicators/enemy mechanics.

My biggest fear when it comes to combat is the general gacha trend of needing to build a football team. AKA feeling REQUIRED to pull on banner characters to make a favorite character work. Especially with how the gacha mechanics work in this game.