Hello, hello. Thanks for the very constructive criticism :)
I've been working a bit on re-balancing stuff, equipment in particular used to be kinda OP, so things can probably be a bit janky at the moment. Might have nerfed the party a bit too hard.
I will add your wall of text on my "have a look at these things"-list! Getting kicked out of Grinder instead of dying is a good idea.
If you got another list of problems, suggestions for improvements and such, I'd be happy to read them. If the comments feel impractical, you could maybe write them in pastebin and link, or visit the discord channel.