Thanks for playing Human! Was eager to see what you thought of this one compared to my previous jam submissions.
Honestly there were a few points during the dev cycle I was thinking "am I the only person that's going to find this fun?" and I had to make a choice whether to stay the course or pull back a bit. (the difficulty slider was my 11th hour compromise)
You're probably completely correct about that optimal strategy; while I was able to support at least a few different playstyles, some are objectively better than others. I don't know if that's a problem that can/should be solved per se, but it's still always on my mind.
By the way, since I'm assuming you completed the game, which route did you go? Also if you're looking for an extra challenge that is very difficult to turtle against, there may or may not be a hidden boss from another RPG maker engine lurking somewhere...