Haven't noticed any changes in difficulty, mostly been on explore mode though.. On a side note I managed to kill the Hallowed Knight! Got him to walk off the cliff when he swung at me. I noticed it said lvl 16 and not ???, is that how it was before? Killed him 3 times now.. can use melee attack to push him off if you can get behind him. Edit: Okay, erm.. an Anointed Ogre spawned instead. This was quickly followed by error code "Zebra" and then "Centipede"..