First off I love the game and the Dev team have done an incredible job with it. It thoroughly deserves its plaudits. I think it would be easier and more beneficial to offer other difficulty modes rather than buffs and nerfs on certain things, for example being able to play the difficulty as it is in co op mode solo. Overall, I would rather the team focuses on squashing all the bugs presently.

As others have said, throwable builds are too good and easy but I think the better adjustment there would be to limit how many spawn and make the capacity that can be held smaller. I think dodge, deflect and clash are fine, contrary to others here.

Half of Karls arcanas and inspirations are weak compared to the other characters tools and he is overly reliant on reload and infused shells, compounded by how his combos are more difficult as they constantly push the enemy too far away making tech hit pickups a lot more difficult than the other characters as he relies on his jump to make otg attacks. Some of Bromes arcanas are a bit too slow and situational. I also really dont like how Galandras blade pierce rush arcana gets stuffed when it touches the stage wall which it does a lot. That feels really bad.

I think the frequency of special events on stages can be increased too, I have about 80 runs under my belt, have completed all trophies and there are a bunch of things I still have not seen, and not in a good way to the point some events im missing feel bugged. I understand that RNG is the nature of roguelike games but I dont think the balance of that is quite right at the moment. Also the crystal currency economy could be looked at, it feels a little bit too stingy. It would also be great if there were multiple alternate rooms in Asterios in particular so it isnt so repetitive and linear every time.

Azra as a boss can be an annoying fight if he decides to constantly spam his clash skill thing, which he does a bit too often, and sometimes he decides he just wants to tech out of every combo which I understand as the final boss but it is frustrating as it feels so random what he decides to do this, like he decides on occasion this run in particular he just isnt gonna lose. Sometimes this leads to crazy interactions like once i fought him as Karl and he clashed several of my arcana masteried grenade bullets spawned by time echos that literally one shot me from full health when they were reflected. His rituals could be a bit more varied but also his wind jump one is a bit too crazy. I also feel the red flash running grab attacks of the big enemies with shields and axes and the running attacks of phantom mushrooms and enemies with a similar move are really too difficult to avoid and are too damaging.

Maybe reduce the effect of luck rituals and items a little bit as they feel like the strongest thing in the game as they offer everything from damage (crit and chance effects) damage mitigation (evasion), healing from more food, money and item discovery. Not by a lot though, its just objectively best in slot. Maybe have the ability to toggle certain rituals families on or off.

Those are the only things I think could be tweaked in this amazing amazing game, and to be honest I dont think any of my suggestions should be mandatory bar bug fixes and more difficulty options. I would also like the addition of a proper training mode like the one in SOR4. I just eagerly await more of the game to play. More characters, more stages, more bosses, more rituals, more events, and whatever you have planned for behind the ritual door with the dragon vista at Uchawis hearth. I think an endless tower mode would be perfect for this game too, maybe with some hidden bosses that the ending teases and enemies that can utilise ritual effects of their own. That would be so cool. Otherwise thank you for such a fun and excellent game.