I love huntress but start is way to slow

Dear GGG,

I wanted to say that i love the combo systems of Huntress.
It takes some practice to get used to it but when you do its actually amazing so i hope you guys keep this in.

To slow and clunky start:
The biggest gripe for me for huntress and probably the campaign as a whole is the very slow tedious start. Its to tedious with attack speed which feels to sluggish. I felt forced to pick up a crossbow for a very long time and play hybrid crossbow which sort of worked but was cluncky at many times. It almost made me stop the game if it wasnt for crossbow.

What i dont get is why the game has to be this die hard so early on.
I think many people would have played when it was hard but managable and fun and later on feel like heyyy you can actually do this cool combo with huntress were they stopped playing now. I get it the game shouldnt be for everyone but i feel like the group you guys pushed away is very big and varied with streamers and non streamers so i hope you guys make some further adjustments on early campaign/balance in base power and attack speed of skill gems etc.

Parry:
The parry system feels cool but i feel like it should be used for defensive options and less for offensive. If you do choose for offensive i think it would be more balanced if the skills at the start have more base power.
The rely on parry mechanic feels to forced for to many skills instead of hey this is an option. Later on when you get more choices in act 2/3 it gets more fun.

Respec ascendancy:
I would love to see a respec option. The campaign is soooo long, iam not gonna do that again to be honest. Also when people feel like hmm this is not my playstyle its really handy to have another option instead of ok i have to quit the game now.

Items:
My playtrough and i feel the game is to reliant on being lucky to have a good item. If not your of the a very sluggish slow gameplay style despite some fun skills which is a shame in my opinion. I get that items are important but levels should bring some power aswell for the people that are unlucky or just make the base power of skills early on stronger.

Overall:
The campaign is way to long for me but when the gear is ok and when you find out the pieces together the mixed Melee bleed and even shock spear feels like a treat so i was suprised i actually like this vision were i disliked it early on (as mentioned above).

I hope despite the many complaints of people, which i think a lot of them are true to some extend. I hope you guys dont feel forced to copy POE1 in terms of speed in combat (i speak for huntress since certain classes or playstyles feel really slow like warrior, maybe better now). Anyways i wanted to share some positives aswell.