Hey, I beat Enter the Gungeon after a few tries. I put a lot of effort into getting good at this and managed to beat the mom. I think that this difficulty setting being the default and only one is highly optimistic, regardless of whether people are skilled and put in the effort to get good. I think the game is great but the mix of weapon swapping and hordes of similar-looking enemies standing on top of each other does make it a bit extra hard! BTW thanks for giving a free heal before and after the mom.
Your game is great and I can see that effort was put into balancing but hmm it could really benefit from a more casual version.
I respect that you feel the game is balanced already but you might understandably feel it’s balanced since you know it so well.