It's on sale, but bad reviews. Prob not, right?

Hey team, Here’s the deal: I’ve clocked over 150 hours in the game and have beaten it twice before the latest updates. I know the systems well—the timings, tricks, setups, and how to optimize progression. That said, after returning for a new run post-update, I’ve had a rough experience. After 45 minutes and six restarts, I can confidently say: the early game is now brutally difficult—even for experienced players like me. Why I Think the Game Is Broken Now: A good game should offer progressive...

So my first play through I started on Junior difficulty to learn how the game plays. I only invested a little time learning, up until the Spring Games. Once I gathered some intel and hit the first milestone progression stage is when I decided to start anew. I figured my next play through would also be on Junior difficulty as well, I didn't feel comfortable enough quiet yet. Not to worry I can always play anew with more challenge later...and off we go. As I progressed through the game I was fairing much...

The RNG increase of the difficulty makes the events unbearably unreasonable. Even with a 10 Obedience and Loyal Traits. Events still happen making you have to constantly punish. This was also why I posted the feedback on Discord and still nothing. At least make it modifiable in the difficulty....

So just throwing this out there because this system is not particularly clear. I'm sure most players have encountered the unique gladiators in the game, much to their dismay. Either in tournaments, stand alone matches, or in Arena challenges. You know if they are a Unique Gladiator if they have a character portrait that is obviously not auto generated from in game graphics. Anyway, these guys are very powerful, often with skill investments and stats that are head and shoulders above what you can bring ...