Thanks a lot for taking the time to give all this feedback, and I'm happy you liked the game!
I see your point with the name 'easy mode', it makes it sound as you are not playing the 'real' game. It's something I didn't think about too much as I added it to the game late. I will give it a different name.
I get what you mean with the laser, to me it is very situational, it can be good against some enemies but very difficult to use against others.
I'm most interested in your experience with dashing: I intend to make attacks that you need to dash to dodge (there should be one already). So when you say you feel that dashing is a hassle that is something I really want to make better. Do you think possibly different keybinds would work better?