Hard. I like a challenge. I only pick an easy difficulty under one of the following situations:
- I hate the game and am ready for it to be over, but I still want to say I beated it
- I'm doing some stupid kind of grinding and want the process to not be excruciating; this is only if easier difficulties have better drop rates or other boosts (it has to be a game I enjoy enough to want to grind in, plus it depends on game mechanics - ergo, this is rare, and also temporary)
Worth noting that I'm playing Zestiria still and haven't changed the difficulty, even though I am so ready to be done with the game. I'm getting to the point where I'll drop to normal soon, but I haven't pulled the trigger yet. I don't think I'll ever change it to easy mode since normal would be a cakewalk given my levels.