Took around 30 minutes to beat on hardmode with my previous character on lvl 10.
Still pretty fun, didn't notice any huge changes from last Time, apart from the Ice Crystal which felt pretty underwhelming, as it seemed hard to hit any of the shards, even at close range, thanks to the spread, and dealt little damage.
Either I didn't get a new Firestone or I accidentally threw away my previous one, but I couldn't light the fires in the Swamp Area.
Despite you saying it was fixed, I saw a Firemage behind bars pretty early on, so Bug not fixed I guess?