MisterBigglesWorth As you're here and clearly taking feedback... I'd figure I'd give some bug reports.
First was the story fight against the string lady. Due to the fact I had pulled Rhongomynaid, the fight softlocked as Artoria healed faster then the Paladin could damage her, while himself being indestructible.
I had to quit out of the fight, unequip Artoria's gear, and go back in, which is metagaming.
I recommend having the fight end if the string lady dies, or giving the Paladin an instant-kill similarly to phase one of the fight, just in case.
Secondly, the Story Mission 'Kingdom's Request' cannot be started with a Cursed Artoria. Obviously, you knew this, you gave a prompt to use a Free Trial to uncurse her... but upon starting the mission, Artoria was not in the party.
This is simply a bug, so no recommendation needed.
-Ah, and I just found out that Cursed Artoria wasn't equipped with her old gear. I didn't notice because it's all still flagged as being equipped by Uncursed Artoria.
Thirdly, you cannot activate hard mode in the Abyss... but you can if you activate it on another dungeon and then switch over. It seems to be a visual bug only, but worth pointing out.
Found a fourth thing. You can't add cowgirls to your roster (shame) but can still deploy with them equipped.
Asuna kept her old sprite, so I figured it was unintended... but Zani turned into Artoria Alter, which is significant enough to flag.