I haven't asked per se, but I know they still don't have rules that help discourage getting repeats of terrible cards. Steem Monsters fixes issues faster than most other companies/games, but this is one that I would really like to see changed quickly. It's often tough to complete quests and the main reason for competing is the rewards. When you get a bunch of crappy cards, there's not much incentive to play.

I checked wizardave's account and it looks like he has level 7 summoners. That means he can use cards that are almost maxed out. I mainly have level 4 summoners. It's a whole different world.

There is a discord channel, but they say not to message the creators directly as it takes them away from programming. There isn't a big team running it, so time is in short supply.

Yeah, I play the game as a break from the stress, but recently it's been giving more stress than relieving it. Maybe time to take a break.

after a while, it does seem to reach the point of ridiculousness

Ha ha, you do have a way with words!