Many people take the game way too seriously, the whole mc is based on the most famous adult game character of all time, Larry Laffer(Leisure Suit Larry). It's by design I went for a goofy character and not a Brad Pitt.
Another design of the game is to start out at the bottom and work you're way up, as in leveling a level 1 character towards a max geared character. Meaning the game gets way better the more you play.
As for changes and stuff, I suggest reading my public posts on subscribe star/Discord. It has a lot of information on what the plans are for 0.9 and addresses a few of the things you've mentioned + a lot more information on the game design.