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I just pulled it out again to do a little more testing. Battle Mode gave me a new run when I lost this time around. The issue I was having with it yesterday was almost certainly because I was playing on an older version.

I did a bit more testing with Snipers Legacy. I didn't always get the screen filling laser when I missed with it, but each time it happened was after a miss. I didn't notice any particular pattern for when it happened based on where the projectile went off screen, nor how long it took between missing and the laser happening.

I had forgotten that I could unlock all the cards when I had first pulled it up, which is why I played through the story again. I remember it later on, which was part of why I decided to refresh the page to try it again yesterday, and noticed that I could also buy all the ships.

I think having some very challenging levels adds to the overall game, and the later levels in Battle Mode should be harder than the earlier ones. I don't mind losing to a difficult level, though definitely had "Nooooo! I had such great upgrades that run!" moments. The frustration I was feeling was because I kept getting the same super hard level as my first fight, so I didn't have any bonuses to help deal with it, and that's been fixed. Fresh runs felt reasonable, with levels getting harder the longer the run went. Personally, I don't think anything need to be nerfed.

I had thought that Seal of Equinopolis was useful when I thought it was only going to last through the next boss. Knowing it lasts the whole run makes it even more worthwhile to spend several turns early on boosting my ships. I think my favorite part of the Battle Mode is it has encouraged me to play around with cards I otherwise might not have used, because I got an upgrade that made it easier to experiment with some of the higher energy cost cards.

Edit: I forgot to mention, I have no idea how I got the card swap bug.  I have not been able to recreate it, and I wasn't paying enough attention to what I did to be able to detail out the exact steps I took when it happened.