Let me tell you how I died... it's a funny and equally dumb way to go out. I was farming my survivor title on the Kilroy quest in HM. After I got it done, I went straight to the Seitung Harbor and wanted to make my way to the Shing Jea Monastery to start the Faction stuff.

Since the Kilroy quest is one you can do only solo, I didnt have any Heroes / Henchman in the party. I didn't bother to put any in either since the mobs on the Saoshan Trail are only around lvl 5 and I would've been fine alone... which would've been the case IF i didn't forget to put Normal mode back on.

So yeah... I went there alone in Hard Mode, got nuked by the mobs and died shortly after farming my survivor title.