I wouldn’t say tactician is too easy if it’s your first time playing .
For me my first playthrough on “balanced “ was way harder than my last as a lone wolf on tactician as at that point I know every item that I need for whatever build I am going for, know exactly which encounters are easier to do them first for the exp and which strategy I need for any of them.
All in all the game wouldn’t be so easy if Withers got deleted and we couldn’t respec any day any time based on OP items.
Like once I get gloves of dexterity form crèche I can just respec and dump my dex to 8 then use the 6-8 points I get from that to put anywhere and make myself even more OP.
And then when I get Legacy of the Matsers I can put dexterity points back and rebalance .
If they remove Withers the game will become alot more challenging