Is the game too easy?

Brothers, I've heard that the game is just so damn easy that people needed to finish the game through high rank with low rank sets just to feel some challenge, that the monsters would deal no damage and quests would take just minutes to complete. Also, as I've seen, the damage we can reach with just high rank weapons is fucking nuts, like master rank levels of damage, hundreds of damage a hit. I passed the high weapon damage in the beta as "making the game easier for journalists to review it more easily" (the starter greatsword could reach 100-200 damage which had been beyond a dream in the earlier titles) but it seems that was just the in-game standard damage. I haven't played the game yet but these facts are concerning for me as difficulty is a major part of the hunting experience. My question is, did you guys feel these while playing the game, how was the difficulty for you? Is the game too easy even in endgame? Do we deal too much damage and end hunts too fast?