Hard difficulty?

[dagoo7]

Was wondering what difficulty is recommended?

I am a long-time rpger with siginficant experience with tactical rpgs like baldur's gate. Am currentlly playing Dragon Age on hard (with only one mage for healing only btw), so I prefer a challenge.

However, have been burned before with games and spent many hours only to find that progress was halted by difficulty level combined with wonky game balancing. So was hoping someone could speak to the differences between hard and normal and this game and to what degree each are viable or challenging.