I think one shouldn't declare something too east too fast, every game seems to fall victim to this in forums. We all learn as we play and we become better. So if it is balanced more towards easy to begin with, as you get better then it becomes silly easy. Hard to me feels like what normal should be, it's a small bump up, it plays nicely, but when you become a vet, you'll want more then that.
There was a post where someone suggested a lot of people don't play easy because it is insulting to them, just the word. So they then expect Normal to be easy. Normal is the new easy. I'm fine with all of that, just give me two or more settings above the new normal then.