I must say compairing my playthru so far with a number of let's plays on the same difficulty (balanced) and turning OFF Karmaic Dice seems to have made my playthrough easier but the fights DO take longer since there a lot more misses.
"Thousands of scientists are cutting back on Twitter, seeding angst and uncertainty."
The #1 choice is Mastodon!
Let's reach out to all our scientist (and non-scientist) friends and acquaintances and encourage them to join the Fediverse. If you still have an account on twitter, post some messages there with links to the Mastodon signup site. Let's welcome them here and provide some gentle hints on how to be productive here.
Now playing: HoloCure - Save the Fans! A new freebie on @steam , thematically based on the vtubers of Hololive. Gameplay is similar to Vampire Survivors. It's a really fun iteration of the formula. Try it out!
Personal server, look, you can download the server software there!
Shared install, so you can do LAN games with your friends for free.
Now:
LAN? Na mate, internet only, and you have to use our own servers, btw they will shutdown next year for the next release. Don't forget to have a fiber optic connection or you will lag.