I really loved the challenge of the game when I first played it on normal difficulty, which in my eyes was the adequate level of difficulty. However after replaying this amazing game over and over you become used to it so I challenged myself with Intense mode and then Intense mode set/no items. I can appreciate the balancing issues and time spent on ensuring these harder modes are actually possible and lets be honest, they are just there to induce pain! In short, the intense mode challenge is only ever there for those who have experienced the game on normal anyway, so I don't see this being an issue!
Fully respect your decision to work on normal and easy modes as the game will still be challenging regardless and the last thing anyone wants is for you to not enjoy making the game. Keep up the amazing work <3