I agree with you totally it -is- dumb. An issue that SE has said they will address in various ways (knock on wood). And for some people it won't actually make it "more fun." For some people, however, it will. Mostly though, I wanted to simply illustrate that "easy mode" -can- be turned down and sometimes even turned off. And in some cases it isn't a matter of making the mobs last longer; when you have a 30+ range for mobs depending on the number of stars they are on, choosing your stars can significantly alter how the mobs attack you - at higher levels they have more abilities, etc.