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Yeah balance is a constant struggle, and I've noticed that just some small tweaks will greatly how good the game feels. Been wanting to put in some sort of opt-out data collection thing for peoples runs to get a better sense of how people play. But not gotten around to it yet. Also haven't really tried to tinker with the balance of everything too much before I get everything I want into the game. Drop rates are mostly all random except you will find already dropped ones a lot less than in previous versions. I haven't wanted to manipulate the drop rates too much because I don't want all runs to be the same. Although this can mean that you get some very awkward runs with mostly explosives or something... Something to look into for sure, but the way I see it it can be improved by just adding more guns - and when more shouldn't be added only then start the wizardry.  And the visual spectacle thing is another thing I'm a but cautious about because it is extremely easy to go overboard with and then you can't see what the hell is happening; there's some new procedural effects for explosions in this version that I think make it nicer and I am wondering if I should lean into that more than hand made sprites for everything. 

Oh there are definitely more tracks since the last DD I was in; Badlands, the last level, and the boss fight for example. Some of them probably needs another editing pass, I'll get around to it some time... Another new thing you can unlock that you might've missed is darkstones which you can use to get some different effects for your run (it probably won't make it easier though but you can get things like different starting guns). You have to kill the Elite enemy in the ruin in a cave (that Brim died to), and then elite enemies can also show up on maps.

Thanks a lot, as always.