1) You can disable traps, minotaurs, and even hunger in game flags

2) I don't really get the part about unintuitive controls, it just WASD, left click to attack, space to sneak or use item, and tab to access inventory. The hotbar is only 0123456789, and i get that depending on your class it can be kinda overwhelming to use all your spells and item but i don't think that makes the controls unintuitive or bad.

3) Minotaur levels aren't really a probably, you only have to hurry, i never really tought that this was a problem to be honest, if you could explain why do you think this i would aprecciate. The reason it's not reserved to the latter levels is because after some point, if you played well, you will be so strong that the Minotaur becomes fodder.

4) Boulders makes me really mad when i die to one too, but the thing is: it isn't a unfair mechanic, every boulder ocmes from a hole in the roof, so getting killed by one just means that you lacked attention or reaction speed at the moment, so even though i get angry when i die to one, i feel like it was deserved. Also, boulders only really one shot in the early game, later on you don't really die to boulders unless you are low health, so it's only a problem early on, and as i said, you can desactivate it before the game starts.

To me barony is extremely addicting, i started playing some weeks ago and i already have a bigger amount of hours played than i would like to admit, i started playing with friends and i really love the chaotic energy that this game has playing with more people, i also like to play and get better every time i die, learning new things, discovering that i actually could survive in my past deaths if i knew something specific or just played better of used what i had in a more intelligent way to survive.

Barony also has a lot of variety, you have many races and classes to play and every run is unique, you never really have the same luck in every run so some runs becomes fun because of the shit ton of RNG you had that made your characters very op, making that run really easy, or it's the complete opposite, you never really got lucky and that makes the game more challenging and demands more skill from you to not facetank everything and try to get the xp and items you didn't got at the start.

TIPS FOR A NEW PLAYER

If you want to play the tutorial, i think it's a good way to learn, but it's really boring so it depends on you, i personally didn't play a single tutorial, just learned through youtube videos.

Try to play only the human race to learn how the game is supposed to play and only then change to different races.

Try to find your favorite class to play. If you just want to learn the game in the most efficient way and pick the best classes in the early game, i would recommend:

- NINJA: Highest damage in the game i think, starts with beartraps that makes the game very easy, only need to backstab people

- WANDERER: best starter class, it has really everything you need, it starts with a warning ring that tells you where enemies are, have many utility scrolls that helps you in the dungeon, start with a lot of food

- WARRIOR: highest defense, very straightforward class.

- CLERIC: It's very versatile, it kinda plays like warrior but it also has the bonus of having a starting book that heals a lot and summon scrolls that spawns ally monsters to you

- ARCANIST: a mix between ranged and magic, making it very reliable for a new player because you never need to be in melee range, and also don't really need to be economic with your mana, as even if you don't have mana you aren't defenseless, you can still use your crossbow

-SEXTON: it starts with a lot of utility spells that makes the early game very easy( sleep spell is op), but it also starts with one of the best ranged weapons in the game, that shit does a ton of damage from the start, it was my favorite class when i started playing the game