Thanks for the playing and the feedback! Many good points to consider.
Thankfully I'm still early so I'm still down to test and try things out even if they don't work, but being early also meant this playtest had a lot of people wanted a little more out of the partner system. I at least got confirmation it wasn't too much for people to comprehend. Just need to refine it some more. Thanks for sharing some of your ideas as well! *edit: the animations are great but also not made by me. Got them on itch as placeholders, maybe I'll just use them if I need to though haha.