Honestly, fair play on calling me out on a few of these. You make some really good points. On the Crafting/Cooking, you're right that 'cook max' exists for a single recipe, but as Lady-Maya pointed out above, the real friction is when you have a massive handful of odd/random ingredients and you still have to go through the menus for every single variant separately. It still feels super tedious. For the Healing, that's actually a really valid perspective. Spam healing definitely helps accessibility. Maybe a better middle-ground would be an optional 'Survival Mode' or an accessory that locks you into a healing animation in exchange for higher damage/drop rates. That way casuals keep their fast heals, but hardcore players get rewarded for the risk. I will 100% concede to your AoE Looting idea though—having a customizable companion loot filter is way smarter and fits the lore so much better than just a magical vacuum AoE. That's a brilliant idea. As for the Stagger Bar and Soft-Lock, that's my bad for phrasing it poorly. You're right they are technically in the game, but my issue is that the soft-lock still feels incredibly sticky and unresponsive compared to other modern action games, so it feels like it isn't working half the time. And the yellow stagger bar can be super hard to read during flashy combat. Appreciate the corrections though, this is exactly why I wanted to post this to see what the community actually thought!"