HE is not all that difficult IMHO, harder than hard as it should be but not aggravating. But EE/LE was difficult until I had Ravenloft/Sharn gear in epics and then I finally for a blessed few years was managing EE/LE reasonably well, few to no deaths, successful CC, some difficult spots but not struggling the whole quest. After stat squish my melee/ranged characters are okay but my casters just are not cutting it in EE/LE like they were before U50. The difficulty between EH and EE is too exponential, again if there must be a speed bump in difficulties it really should be between elite and reaper not hard and elite.
Yep, you nailed it. My main, currently a Pale Master, feels a noticeable difference.
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I've got no beef with people enjoying what they've achieved... however I get seriously annoyed with the ones that have achieved so much that they complain there is nothing more for them to do or its not challenging enough for them so they want the game made more difficult for everyone and since you brought in real life with your poor person example... it would be as if a universal 60% tax rate went through and my family had to live off less than 10k a year but Bezos would still have 77 billion or so.
(Using this only as an example, no malice intended) ^These are the type of comments I will argue vociferously against, because these type of suggestions won't affect those with the most ground out already they will only affect those with the least. On the opposite end of the spectrum many of the same people that have so many past life, tome, and reaper benefits adamantly fight any suggestions to make the oldest grinds quicker/faster/more efficient to bring more players up to their standard because "I did it so they need to work for it too" and if you need any actual quotes of that sentiment I'm sure I could find some if I waste an hour or so with the search mechanism on the forums.
Obviously those with dozens of past lives, and dozens of reaper points and high or highest tomes find the game easier they have done everything necessary to make it EASIER for themselves but many of those same over-achievers want to make it harder again to feel "challenged" or so they say but the actual outcome would be to make it more difficult for anyone not already at their level to achieve their level of power.