also yes the time is a massive improvement look at me finishing cov (secret ending) for the first time
definitely recommend on trying harder towers before coming for cov, difficult is the requirement for floor 18~20, while clearing challenging will make everything much easier

my reaction watching the stats of the twitter post in real time

this is level 4 btw

(i dont want to post this on twitter. i hope this can reach out. probably)

and a sub-layer reset that forces you to redo the mechanic from scratch 0 with x10 less chances for el (worse eg, better lg, former is a lot worse cause it gatekeeps qols that are purposely inpersistent)

also, it cannot be fully automated! have fun constantly being yelled at to raise your fate level and being forced to do everything manually for such!!!

oh i tend to dont write things this directly negatively here my bad
in a more constructive manner, the mechanic is terrible. it is backtracking, bottlenecking, and rng-dependent all merged together, as a *main progression gimmick*