[Totoro]

I disagree with points 1, 2, 3, 6 and 10

I started a new game about two weeks ago. Now played 70 hours. I haven't experienced a single crash.

I'm playing on Impossible and I find the game quite challenging also after the big spider and I'm not playing 100% no-loss. I actually have to think what I'm doing and what monsters to face. Maybe you are just too skillful players for this game. According to Steam statistics, only 0,9% of players have finished this game on Impossible difficulty. So I believe that for majority of players the difficulty is just fine even though they don't let anyone know about that on these forums.

Also, of course you muster big piles of gold when you never lose any troops. But if you're not so skillful player and you buy all the equipment, you're going to need that gold.

Also, I think the constant power-ups are the salt of this game. I find improving my capabilities very interesting.