I will optimize the way in which seeds are dropped, it's not too efficient currently.
Sure, you both have trials now.
The way in which bandits and thugs are blackjacked is identical, the same block of code is used for both. Unless you've noticed frequent misclicks or odd mouse behavior, which if you have please do let me know, the lower exp rate is likely due to more failures during blackjacking. I'm not sure at what level it is optimal to switch to thugs from bandits but I would guess that switching to them immediately upon being able to do so would not be optimal.