Gear crunch empty promises

In games like these you usually ease the crunch of the previous bottleneck after you add a new bottleneck. You get a feeling of progress without actually changing the status quo. In this game they did nothing to ease the stun gun/stun cuff when adding kyrotech, they did nothing to ease the stuns or kyros when they added relics, they did nothing to ease the stuns/kyros/early relic gear when they added relic 8. Finally they did some easing on stun gear after adding relic 9. It’s good they finally started easing the gear crunch but unfortunately three years too late.