Feedback and the possibility of a Roadmap

[Xennus]

Hello there, Abalyte Team ! (Also, players of the game)

Been playing this for a short while and since it's an Alpha, so I suppose I might as well elaborate here what I don't find useful discussing in a review (I did write one), some finer details about my impressions on the game.

So, as I mentioned on my review, the game seems to be in a very early stage with devs working hard to push more content such as the February patch, which in my opinion was a quite good one. I figure this makes us players confident that more stuff is on the way and that's nice.

That being said, it's all about *what* is on the way first. Sure, new levels, enemies and bosses are quite nice, but I find the absence of potions and consumables somewhat jarring. Also, I think some weapons could get a rebalance, especially *the Hammer*. It's far slower and harder to use efficiently than the Spear and somehow deals *less damage*. There's no reason to use it, at all. Take for example the comparison between Knives and Swords where the damage difference is small, but usage isn't since only the Sword has knockback which works great for crowd control, but the knife allows for really fast melee strikes/DPS. Now, back to Hammers and Spears, where both have the same knockback but one of them is both 1) Weaker and 2) Slower. Also, why not let players buy basic weapons in the shop ? I get the point we must fight for loot, but we still need ways to use the gold we get. Allowing us to buy weapons will still force us to fight mobs to get what we want, it's just a way making it more pleasant to experiment with different weaponry. And finally : Any chance of we getting spells or is it planned that the heroine (I think it's a she, but not sure) to be a non-magical character ?

And there we go, one paragraph containing the things I miss the most so far. I understand that since it's an Indie endeavor, things progress in a slower manner, so I might be asking for a lot - I dunno ! Sorry if that's the case. But before I end the post, I'd like to ask for one more tiny thing. A Roadmap ! It would be nice for the community to see what's coming next and perhaps help steer it with feedback. I wonder if other players want the same things as I or something else. At any rate, thanks for listening !

Best Regards,
Xennus

PS : Oh, the Final Domain boss. Did anyone around here beat it *normally* ? I can dodge the boss apparitions just fine, but everytime the boss fired his ranged barrage I was done for, could never dodge it... Until I found an exploit by retreating to the very last rock platform before the boss where the barrage couldn't hit me and I could bash 2 out 3 apparition types with total impunity. I won, but as you might guess, I wasn't very satisfied about it, wanted a true win :v