Considering the amount of complaints about overtuning and the objective fact that nearly every fight would be ranked at "deadly+" in the actual real ruleset, I'd say this whole thread feels like a big echo chamber of people captive of their bubble.
Was there really a lot of complaints about that tho? In regards to the '' deadly+ '', I actually wish that bigger monsters were more dangerous. A mind flayer or a dragon SHOULD be hard to beat imo, or I am assuming at least that mind flayers are dangerous I am not a DnD expert in terms of lore and such but that's the impression I get at least. It kinda loses its impact imo when you end up fighting an army of mind flayers + beholder + giant or a dragon simultaneously, I'd actually prefer if it was a bit more minimalist.
I get that not everyone agrees with that, a lot of people ( perhaps most ) like that power spike where you're just slaughtering really dangerous beasts etc en masse. To me it just feels a bit silly and like it makes the combat feel less impactful and like there's no real threat anymore.
It's kind of an issue I have with Pathfinder WoTR too, where you too quickly just slaughter hordes of giants and massive demons of doom even while just traveling. WoTR is a bit more of a power fantasy so I guess it's more the point there, but it still ends up feeling like nothing I am fighting matters.
