Appreciate the feedback! Agree that the element fusions were pretty underwhelming and I should've been clearer about the buffs applying for melee. Hadn't initially realized the audio wasnt looping, clearly other people were surviving longer than I was haha.
Lag on initial run is only present in the web-based version which is why I didn't realize it until after posting - there is a fix so not a necessary evil, just need to get the fix implemented.