I have transcended and no longer need brutal difficulty to enjoy myself. It wasn't challenging, but it was somewhat enjoyable and taught me some of the new cards and mechanics. If I complain that it needed to be 20% more difficult, they might go off the deep end and make them impossible to enjoy like the last two. For me, the question is, how where those enjoyable to you? Simply misinterpreting a card could cause a ton of retries, and being interrupted by the dialogue over and over and over...
If the choice is between this event and the last two, I plant my flag deeply in the "easier is better" camp. The game is already difficult in general, so can you please throw me a frickin' bone here.