I get the same feeling. Something has changed with the more recent versions, and not necessarily for the better in terms of player agency or XP grinding. To me, a good part of the charm of the game was that it's *the player who decides* when and how Karryn deals with her womanly desires, not the game being just a succession of random dice rolls on when she gets the passives. Also, grinding was never needed.
I play my Karryn being the least slutty possible till I can beat all the bosses, and then enjoy the rest of the game at the pace of whatever mood I'm in. This strategy supposes to initially rush the prison levels, and used to work just peachy fine before level 4 was added.
In my latest Warden run (I don't like being limited in my save-scumming, sorry dear game author, but this is just a H-game), I can reach the lizard boss by day 15, but it seems impossible to get past now. I remember I could beat him before, on older game versions.
My
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is level 23, slut level 26, focused on strength but with all-around decent stats I think. She has a Gold Bracelet for additional accuracy, and of course the Slam/Cleave/Skewer feats. Discard the money, that's a just an experiment of mine, the game is otherwise vanilla and untampered with.
Is she too low level ? Do I need to go back and grind some more stats now ? Any advice would be highly welcome on how I should proceed in the latest version of the game.