I first started playing on normal during beta. Found the fights were not challenging me a lot, so I switched to hard. Never switched away from hard since and I've finished the whole Cyseal area just before launch, currently waiting on a few things to get patched in before I play the full game proper.
And, uh... I still found it a bit not challenging, despite the few deaths (most of which came from being stupid about something), but it was probably because Lone Wolf is powerful early, weak late and using a wizard and ranger, both LW and Glass Cannons.
