I just spent 3 day getting strong enough to beat the final round of the Eternal Foundry. The only way I could do it was by moving my Awakening slider all the way over to 'Stats.' Then, when I rebalanced my slider so I can start gaining experience again and Awakened, I found out that I can't progress back to where I was without beating the final round of the Eternal Foundry again, which I can't do now because I'm too weak with my Stat slider as balanced.
Currently, this game expects way too long of a grind to progress.
This game has TONS of potential, but needs a lot of improvements. I'll be watching development closely because I have high hopes for it.