I'm assuming most of these comments are regarding tactician, cuz you don't in any way need optimization for regular mode.

personally, I'd rather have less loot and make you scratch and claw for upgrades, but I know the reality is the great majority of gamers want 3 cherries every time they pull the loot lever.

me an my co-op buddy were overleveled for blackpits, so I got this mod that makes the enemies a level higher than us, but an unintended consequence is now we get all this loot that's +1 level above us, making us even more powerful.
kind of wish we had picked tactician tbh