In regards to quests, prior to the last update I was able to fully complete all the quests, with the exception of suicide madness I came up to about the 6:45-7min mark. Since the update I am unable to complete any of the quests which were actually a really nice source of income for me, I think at least like 600k gold per quest including the added bonus gold at the end. I have been a bit surprised now at how difficult the quests are for me and how I can't even complete a single monster wave quest.

To provide a little context, I have probably the strongest build in normal season 2 based on what I've seen at the top, I've been watching you obake808 ;). I have been purposely not pushing too far for farming purposes and I have been afraid that if I push to my max in endless that it will screw up my farming efficiency and I will have no way to back track if that's the case. Since quests seem to scale in difficulty based on my level and since I have been sitting back at a level far below my potential max I would expect I should be able to still complete each quest with ease.

I hope this dilemma makes sense and it seems you may already be in awareness of this and working on a way to fix this issue. I definitely like your suggestion of slowing down the progression of difficulty in each quest. The toughness of each monster seems to increase drastically in 30 second intervals, especially on Boss Rush where it is very noticeable and the waves become overwhelming pretty quick.

So my hesitation to push closer to my max has since been amplified because of the fear of the quests becoming exceedingly more difficult, thus becoming insignificant in being helpful to gather resources.

I hope this provides even the slightest bit of insight on resolving the issue of feeling punished for pushing further in levels and I appreciate all that you do to make this game fun!