I would like to start by saying Brotato is my favorite game, and I have played for over 1200 hours. So, I am not here just bashing the game. I am looking to improve the experience.

I don't find pets the least bit fun to use and they make the game both easier and harder at the same time. Easier if you use them because they are overpowered, and harder if you don't want them because it bloats the item pool. Banning them during a run isn't ideal because you typically want to use your bans for tier 4 items.

The overall takeaway here is that the devs need to figure out a way to address the ever increasing item pool bloat that is occurring with these updates. Whether it be an option to turn off all pets, for example, or a pre-run sealing system like Vampire Survivors has that allows you to remove X amount of individual items from your pool to help keep the bloat down. To be clear, I am not trying to make this game like VS because that game is too easy, but I think this is a smart way to address item pool bloat.

Thank you for your consideration.