It’s probably US-bought goods they’re using to fire. Return customers are good for business.

I don’t think the game is particularly more difficult in terms of mechanics.

It just has more enemies that deal more damage per hit.

However, I’ve hardly got any extra hearts, but the game never 1-hit-kills you. So as long as you eat plenty of food, you’ll always be okay.

Enemies can be very spongey if you don’t engage in the fusing mechanic. I’ve found crowd control weapons to be the best. Topaz, opal, ruby and all those are great. Combine them for bonus elemental damage. Freeze this biggest baddie and kill the fodder with some generic spear you made.

They broke up a couple of months back. Something must have happened.