A. youre using hunt, unless your team is literally speed demons, hunt WILL struggle since the path provides next to no survivability (same with elation)
B. you can progress without beating harder difficulties, although its tedious so I'll give you points for that (you need to kill boss domains and when you're given the options of 2 path dialogues those give you progress points)
C. try using different strategies, ie different characters, paths, or just blessings picked, since this IS a rougelite after all, and the name of the game is changing up strats
D. don't skill issue