Even with the thread necroed, I don't see a reason why it has to be kept at its current difficulty when getting a run is as difficult on-level as it is.

No one is doing consistent min-ilvl runs of this content, no one would really be affected were it to be nerfed and stuck in a roulette so people can do it at level 50 and on the free trial. There's maybe 1 min-ilvl run every 6 months and those people can just suffer if it means letting sprouts actually see the story.