Another suggested change...
Retweak Bows+Arrows. Unless you change the attack power algo for Bows+Arrows (I personally think there needs to be a level bonus inclusion at the very least), it is still one of the more inferior weapons in the hack.
Once you have access to the airship, the arrows you sell should have approximately the same amount of attack power... except that elemental and (moreso) enemy type arrows need to be weaker since you are relying on them for the multiplier bonuses.
Also, the Elven Bow itself makes Mute arrows effectively obsolete... so you need to find a way to make the Mute arrows useful and/or make later bows expose weaknesses... or something as compensation.
Cipher gets too strong too quickly as well...
What's the deal of making no changes to the Rune Axe, but the Infected Axe gets so much love?
Also, I kinda wish the Insect attribute would get exposed more often... either by Poison weaponry or by Ice weaponry. Ice weaponry would be consistant with what the game currently prefers. Poison weaponry IMO gets little respect. Poison status doesn't work very efficiently, and frankly I've shunned it (hack or no hack) for better alternatives (Charm Claw or Cat Claw over the Poison Claw... Poison arrows aren't very memorable, even if they are stronger for the time being and some enemies drop them like candy, but are shelled in favor for the elemental arrows for damage multipliers). Poison would have to do its damage quicker to be useful (you may have to lower how much it damages for compensation, like reducing the damage from 1/8 MaxHP to 1/10 MaxHP and tweak the poison time appropriately).
We have EVEN MORE themes now, but some old ones are gone...