The most depressing thing, is half these spiteful comments probably wouldn't be coming up, and there might even be more positive reactions, had the original suggestion simply been:
It's kind of sad that someone giving more context to their suggestion and being open with the community, ended up with more misunderstanding, trolling, and spite.Why not have difficulty scaling for people who want to see and experience content normally restricted to people willing to deal with the negative aspects of hardcore play, and are more than happy to get lessened rewards as a result?