I think there should be a hard mode in the game. Veteran boots are fine but it’s a weird way to increase difficulty. Please consider a masochist mode, maybe customizable even.
In Borderlands they added mayhem modes which weren’t great, but there was a slider from 1 to 10 which made enemies harder with each step.
I don’t think there needs to be much balancing made around this, just let us select a tier of how much stronger the enemies should be and how much weaker our character should be.
That way we can make the game play as we want e.g.: enemies deal normal damage but are twice as hard to kill, or enemies hit twice as hard but are easier to kill etc.
Also don’t stop at 200% increase, maybe 500% would be a good max?
That way tryhards can really sink hours into the game.
I love LE but would like to be able to play a real challenging mode.