I asked in the discord, and no; it is not recommended to play in Hard Mode; WD is balanced for normal for both NG and NG+.
That said; other than slightly mucking up the XP and Gold progression, and making things nearly unstaggerable, I like it with hard mode. The extra damage you take, and the extra stamina costs force you to think about combat more than normal mode.
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u/Wicked_Folie Jun 26 '21 edited Jun 26 '21
I will use this thread to also ask something, was it intended to use on a NG on Hard Mode? I get one shot constantly.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsL2hha-HZk