star chance was not changed at all in the last year aside for ticks.

its 9% chance for an enemy to be a 1 star and 1% chance for an enemy to be a 2 star enemy.

so its just bad luck on your end. nothing got changed. rng be like that sometimes.

enjoyment is subjective. the game is harder the less players you have thats just normal. enemy get a dmg and health boost for any player thats close enough to them. this caps at 5 players.

so if you played before with 4 people and now with 2 its gonna be more difficult. its really that simple.