hi, Im trying to put my finger on what this idea is so if you got a better idea.
I've been playing long enough to realize this game fundementally sucks. I still like it for what it is.

Basically the idea is that in this game you can do anything so its impossible to balance, which is why this game is about exploiting it or whatever ssethztach said. So you'll always have stuff like goat folk sowers making jungle exploration later levels than it should be.

best example I can give is the flamethrower is one of the best weapons because it stuns enemies because they'll try and beat out the flames. You can't really 'fix' things you can only change them in this game.