Hey! So, to begin with, the compliments. As modding on Darkest Dungeon is so heavily based around sprites and anims, I believe this mod to be well done regardless of the kinks that have to be ironed out. The graphics are amazing, especially with the attention to detail on the blinking eyes, the pulsating parts, and if I'm understanding her lore properly then I adore the concept and idea behind the Drowner's background as well. If you do end up reading this anaertailin, I would love to hear where the full inspiration behind her character came from.

Now, on to the downsides. They're entirely technical, and looking through the class files a lot of them can actually be fixed with just a bit of proper formatting. DD's engine is pretty hard on formatting, I noticed. As such, for me to even be able to play with this class alongside other mods I needed to put the Drowner quite high on the loading priority. Then there's the random bug with the Hammer skill and other things like the character's model focus being on the ground, but those shouldn't be too difficult to fix either.

I see that the inspiration for her skillset came from the Slayer, especially considering that I can still find some of the remnants of the Slayer's code in the files, but her skillset in its current state is rather un-synergistic and to what I can interpret, not really true to her lore. Of course, the creative process is entirely up to you, but the skillset's effects can still definitely be improved. For example: she only has one movement skill that lets her go forward, but plenty of her skills are locked to very specific positions. On top of which, her skills reach all over the place, from extremely variable damage to high crit to mark synergy to party heals and debuffs, etc. etc. The latter isn’t too big of a deal, but I find classes that are fine-tuned and well-made to be more focused on a specific role or mechanic.

And then there’s the lore. I’m still really intrigued by the Drowner’s backstory, however at the moment I’m coming up dissatisfied. It’s probably because the mod’s still in beta and you’re more focusing on the coding problems, but I’m a huge lore-junkie to anything and I would definitely like seeing journal entries, or more straightforward class descriptions. If localization is a problem, I’d 100% be willing to help you. I unfortunately don’t speak Chinese, however I’m pretty good at writing and would love a chance to help with this mod. I could also help with the coding a bit, I was able to fix some of the bugs that are popping up. Definitely message me if I can help in some way! I would consider it a privilege.

Anyways, keep up the good work!