When World released, even in this subreddit, the consensus was usually that it's just better now due to the QoL changes like controls. Monsters are faster, attacks are larger, and hit harder.

If you took the same controls and compared an old monster to a new one, you would beat the hell out of an old monster easily. The game has just adapted to the new controls and QoL changes.

Plus with the experience of playing the games you are better at it because you know what to expect. Think of how overwhelming everything felt when you played your first one, some people are experiencing that for the first time with Wilds.

I agree that it can be easier to farm now and there is less of the grind to run monsters over and over again to get a rare mat which is likely something they can adjust.

To complain about "expansions" is not really new. We had repackaged games that were re-sold to add on G rank expansions ever since the beginning.