The specializations at levelup still feel fucking awful. Some of them are straight up crippling. Tried that +stagger resist, -action speed one (Slugger) and you can't even finish attack strings before getting wrecked. I don't think action speed should even be an option to tweak, it's either OP or crippling. Only decent specialization seems to be the +cooldown for -melee/-ranged damage (Flurry). Eloquence might be worth it too if you want to play like that. Not too sure on Melee Focus either, you do more damage standing up but then can't do as much grab damage when they fall, kinda seems like it directly counters itself. Sure, they're on the floor more, but not sure it actually helps overall vs not taking it at all.
Please at least add the ability to just permanently skip specializations and move on to the next level up, I'd rather have nothing than most of those. I've gotten stuck at level up multiple times having to save up 1-3k to reroll for Flurry, getting really old.
Unlocking all the moves and clothes at this point is a pain in the ass. I really hope we're at the point where we aren't expected to start from scratch to experience anything new added to the game, cause no way in hell am I doing this again unless the cost of things is tweaked. I usually start each patch from scratch, but not feeling that again with how long this is taking. Splitting up coins between move unlocks, clothes unlocks, recruits, AND the shop is way too much, probably need a different currency for the unlocks at least.
I haven't started customizing characters, buying extra recruits, or using the shop for gacha/gear yet because I'm still unlocking moves and had to reroll for non shit specializations. Actually played this version much less than others because the stuff that keeps me playing is gatekeeped so hard by the credit cost that I got bored before I could unlock that stuff. I didn't even manage to finish unlocking all the moves before I stopped playing. Characters losing their current equipped clothes or hair if it isn't unlocked yet and you change it to something else is weird too lol. Makes you wary of even going in there until you've unlocked everything.