I really liked the game, and backed it for almost a year when it started on Patreon, but frankly, development is extremely slow.
And combat has never been enjoyable. First because you could crush anyone but needed to dump tons of essence into stats to win vs. groups, and now because with 3 actions before the opponent reacts, it's even worse.
The forced change to subscribestar probably severely hit his income, I suppose, so it's understandable, but even when it was on Patreon, with 5+ k a month, we fairly quickly fell into the very common early access porn game syndrome. I mean, with that cash, just take a full vacation and hire a junior developer to do your job, at half the price. Idk. Feels bad, man.