I suggest renaming Stonehearth TediumHearth.
Donât know about stone in your country but around here, itâs usually pretty tedious.
Unless itâs currently manifesting itself in a hundred ton boulder thatâs aiming for you and/or your house, of course.
I hate it when that happens, itâs so inconvenient.
My one and only concern about having a differing difficulty levels would be about the online aspect of the game: PVP.
My guess would be that a developing a city in the midst of raging barbarians and plagues would be harder than not.
Then again, I think that all of what you said should be part of the game as the player progresses and increases population, field of view and accumulate resources.
We havenât heard much in the way of multiplayer for a while, but the PvP aspect of it was talked about as being asynchronous, so you shouldnât worry about your difficulty not matching the other players and you then losing out because of it.