So as the tittle suggest,i think the game really needs a big balance update or a new harder difficulty.Odyssey was much more challenging really and that was good,you had a reason to upgrade and choose better your gear.
The only challening combat right now in the game are some of the mythical creatures,nothing else.In Odyssey for example if you wanted to go rambo style in a fort it was really hard in nightmare mode.If during the fight a mercenary came too,that was the sh@@.It was hard in a good way.
To summarise i dont mean to make the game a souls game,but just challenging enough to make combat even more thrilling.