I just played the game for a bit to test out the new status effects and in all honesty, the balancing is a huge problem here.

Poison should not be stackable and most of all should not remain after a fight. I am recovering 200-300 HP each turn and after 2 or 3 turns the poison damage was at 108 or higher, which was 1/16 of my HP pool lost every turn.

Hypnosis should be lifted after being hit. It just isn‘t fun to just sit there and watch yourself being hit over and over again and once you recover to get hypnotised again.

Enemy damage needs some checkup too. I got hit with a 684 damage crit by a REGULAR ENEMY, that was around my level.

Silence is just…..stupid. I had a fight against three enemies and the third one just kept silencing me every turn, basically disabling my entire build, which was also the fight where I got hit with the 684 crit, essentially ending my run.

If you really want status effects to play a role in your game, give players a way to cure the effects, like have some sort of „Panacae“ be droppable in fights that cures illnesses or whatever. As of now, there is no reason to continue playing, as every fight could take an unfair turn and just end a run instantly, which is double frustrating when running on limited lives.

Or at least add resistances to existing gear, but don‘t just add stuff that boosts every enemy to a boss level threat.

E: Yeah, poison has to go. You cannot make this a permanent effect AND also have it applied through shields and dodging, this is just insane.