We decided early on that there would be no new weapons of armour in this update. We wanted to make the combat encounters a bit different, and we wanted people to find builds that they enjoyed and put them through each quest, using the stuff they already had. We fully intend to add some more gear in the next update though!
Sorry that you didn't quite like the first-person perspective scenes as much! I'm afraid that's something we just have to try and do our best to balance, and we can't always appeal to everyone's preferences.
The spider webs and the mitts... this might sound like a funny problem, bondage elements in battle grapples can be just as restrictive for us as for the player! We like to have a good amount of motion or extra details added in each new grapple phase so it's obvious there is a sense of progression for players to follow, and so the scenes do not just feel like lazy facial expression changes. BECAUSE of that... we don't want to make the bondage too restrictive, so sometimes those details might feel like they don't get enough presence. We accept the criticism though.
Otherwise thank you for the very long and generally very positive review of the game! It's much appreciated indeed, and I hope we can only continue to get better and more enjoyable in the future!