Famitsu Interview: Tuning encounters for healing

[SiriusSaltstice]

How about instead, the players simply...not use the better gear? Most player complaints can be taken care of by the players themselves it often seems. Stop trying to optimize everything and watch it get harder.

That's such a lazy answer, my guy. You prog for gear, you naturally get new gear, why not use it?

It says a lot when to fix the "hard mode" content you'd do what is considered a challenge run in single player games.