I replied to the recent feedback survey advocating for them to add a difficulty option.
I’ve sort of complained about this since before D4 was even released, it’s the exact same problem as D3.
There is no difficulty option in the game, it is a progression selection.
There are some difficult moments that you can maybe opt into but really you can’t select to play the game on hard mode.
Just like hardcore is an option, we need a ‘hard mode’ option where the game is balanced to always be a challenge for those of us who want the game to be hard. I don’t want the other players to be forced to play a hard game, I want to be able to select it and do my own thing about it.