What is a "Tier 3 element"? What are the conditions to see one in an upgrade room/shop?

I am frustrated by this game. I play a round, die in room 9, exit, and have nothing to upgrade. What was the point of playing? The loop doesn't seem rewarding at all. I don't get anything for the upgrade tree when I die, not even a single point, and then I get some other currency for weapons but I have all the weapons (no modified or evolution weapons I have seen others use). What do I need to do to fulfill the gameplay loop besides winning a vault? Does dying not really reward the player at all like ty...

I feel like this one class is weirdly balanced. It's supposed to be a "close and personal" type of character but 95% of the time you're out of shield power which is... What is supposed to protect you if you get up close and personal? High HP really doesn't make much of a difference when it just melts in a few seconds. My suggestions: Slow down the shield drain and lower the HP. Give him damage reduction as long as shield is up and give him a damage boost when in close proximity to enemies. As it is right ...

Kind of just a paint-by-numbers roguelike shooter. It doesn't do anything exceedingly well, and it doesn't do anything horrible, it's just kinda, there. Why would I play this over any other fps roguelike.

Power slide is IMO the worst skill you can pickup not because it is bad but because it is inconsistent and therefore cannot be relied upon in a desperate situation. The only way I can get it to reliably work is having sprint on toggle and even then I get inconsistent results. I suggest adding a a couple more frames to the window to activate the ability and adding a keybind that I can add specifically for the slide that isn't connected directly to crouching as having sprint on shift and crouch on CRTL it m...