Hey Pseudo, it would be great if we could compare an item vs ALL party members, instead of having to move an item from inventory to inventory, trying to see who has mastered what. Especially since you have enough skills that one forgets who has mastered what =).
The fact that this game has not rated above a 4.5 (at the very least) is less of an indication of the game's quality and more of an indication of an issue with kongregate's playerbase. I'm a bit of a lurker all things considered when it comes to posting comments, but I thought this game showed so much phenomenal thoughtfulness and depth that I needed to make my voice heard. It brings me back to the good old days of 8bit RPGs like FF, Lufia and etc. Awesome game Pseudo, thank you so much for making it.
the element recommendations are REALLY flawed. A bad way to make newbies/anyone lose matches they don't need to. Please do not have the game determine element recommendations based on if mostly everything is weak vs a certain element, because ONE wave being strong vs that element can make using that element worthles. It's best to use an element that is at least neutral... and the game doesn't tell you which element that is.
fire/cold ranged heroes are the best.. you'll be using them most. poison/energy/phys is usually very poor, because in the random quests you will usually lose, because it will be weak vs poison/ener/phys and then one of the last waves will be strong vs whatever everything was weak to. with fire/ice i've had less trouble with this. Finally, the mages overall are just way better, and seeing as how I haven't seen a physical or poison mage hero, there is no point. Also, there is no point going melee, its useless to put all your gold into melee upgrades just to have it made utterly worthless later on in the quest.