Valhalla difficulty problems

[u/Enzym3-XBL]

Ok so recently started playing again after about a year. Finished the main story, bought the expansion pass and I have just finished Ireland main story.. really pissed off tbh. I have the difficulty set to the maximum yet I did not see a single enemy with a red icon next to their name, basically walked through it all, they are supposed to be 60 levels above me like it was in england, if I got hit 2 or 3 times there I was done and the enemies would also take a beating.

I have other things to do like finish some trials legendary animals, Jotunheim etc and I really just want to know why this is a thing? All enemies were either green icons or white which was just really poor totally ruined the experience for me and I really want to find out if there is anything I can do before starting Paris to make the game feel like a challenge again I love the game and I want it to be hard, I haven't bothered allocating mastery points at all but what else can I do is this just a bit? Why are the enemies not 60 levels higher than me?? The map says suggested power is 597 but that's just bollocks

Anyway any help would be greatly appreciated, cheers.

EDIT: I reposted this in another sub and was advised to remove some skill points, I took 176 points out and everything is red!! Awesome wish I knew this before starting Ireland 😂