If you are resting more than 4 or 5 times in EA you are playing Easy mode.
You can't divorce how often you rest from difficulty because how often you rest determines difficulty.
Just to be clear ...
DO we both agree that "how easy game is" and "what dificiulty cou picked in settings" are two entirely different topics? O_o
And to be even more clear ...
DO we both agree that we are talking here about "dificulty settings" ?