I understand what you’re saying but the bottom line is that the experience isn’t pleasant.
And the system can be better: What is the purpose of weapon Durability in NRFTW? (Is Death punish mechanic, but let’s talk about it)
I’ve never seen any balance mechanics with the repair rune and getting focus from food, but it seems wrong to me that getting focus through food could at most give focus gain like potions.
Also the repair rune and getting focus from food never seemed like balanced mechanics to me, it seems to me that getting focus through food is incompatible with the game’s principles, at most they could give focus gain like potions.