Quote Originally Posted by Packetdancer View Post
Not really, no.

Take Garuda, for instance. Was "The Howling Eye (Hard)" actually significantly harder than just "The Howling Eye"? You just basically can faceroll both these days, after all. Why would a sprout encountering the term "Extreme" for the first time think "The Howling Eye (Extreme)" would be any different a step up from "The Howling Eye (Hard)"?
This has been an issue for years. all you have to do is look at "expert" roulette.. i mean the game is telling players they are "Experts" so jumping into an "extreme" piece of content should be easy for them because they're such "experts" at the game.