Originally posted by Cor.:

Con.

When a game does this, its always starts the downward spiral.

Valheim is a survival game, and difficult at times. Its supposed to test you.

Now theres no test.

IMHO Its ruined the game.

It ruins nothing. The details shown indicates that the default difficulty is the normal mode.
So you basically do not have to touch it.
But it gives other people options, because not everyone wants to play it the same way. Which is OK. It is their choice.