Thanks for playing and the feedback! No, you do have valid points.
I do agree with you for the most part how the dual-spells ended up. We discussed having the ice melt over time to prevent the bottling issue but it didn't manage its way to the jam version. But it does make a difference, I can tell you that.
Quality over quantity sounds interesting, we might give it a spin while we're at it. We didn't do a whole lot of adjusting the difficulty.