While I agree on the "overall not bad, not great" part, the "lord of nevermiss" part is a skill issue. You need to use the dodge button. About the "magician with wand" while at the start of the game it's right to say that, after a while you can get enough spells and mana (especially with a grimoire) that the wand becomes optionnal. About gear, yeah, the upgrading part is a tedious and mostly savorless but you can change weapons without trashing your upgrades, once you update a weapon to a new rarity all magic weapons grop will be of given rarity.