Eight pages in and the Team Hardcore real men still can't get their heads around the fact that nobody forces them to use the OP items or to use the broken implementation of haste or any of the other things they complain about.
There are at least 4 mods on Nexus that convert various things to 5e and several that make various classes more like 5e. There are also at least a couple which alter the level curve.
I'm not sure I understand your argument. Sincerely.
There are difficulty settings in the game. I presume that's to allow the game to increase or decrease the difficulty to the player's satisfaction.
Going by the logic you're presenting, it feels like you're saying the difficulties should be:
