What happened to this game's challenge?

[Zarchery]

Honest question, why?

I personally always hated when areas were full of IT++s, it just fostered the behavior of sneak/invising through an area. That was far more boring of an exploration than everything being EP-T, which only happens once you've got some decent ilvl gear.

Ra'Kaznar Inner Court is like this. It's packed with scary looking aggressive mobs that check T-IT even with full level 119 gear.

[Dale]

Honest question, why?

I personally always hated when areas were full of IT++s, it just fostered the behavior of sneak/invising through an area. That was far more boring of an exploration than everything being EP-T, which only happens once you've got some decent ilvl gear.

Everything I've seen so far has been incredibly easy or easy except for two zones where I have found very toughs. And I wasn't asking for the entire zones to be filled with IT++s. I was just trying to find something that wasn't easy prey. And I had to really look for them to find them.

And it's easy to get spark gear. So I think the game needs to be balanced with that in mind.

[Aeron]

If the OP hasn't done so yet and is looking for a good challenge, you should do Stellar Fulcrum (D) or higher and I'm pretty sure you'll find the difficulty you are looking for. It's one of the hardest fights in the game imo.