User blog comment:Scarfacial/TODO List/@comment-5348601-20130214010251/@comment-4842859-20130214020250

There are ways to get to Plateu and Spire without ladders, and it doesn't take much effort to retool them.

And a clarification on my thought with difficulty, the difficulties wouldn't be forced. If a player wanted to play on 'extreme' for example, it would be completely their choice.