I wonder if a good compromise between 'cheevers and people who just want to play with the challenge is to let the player "unlock" a challenge to play at any difficulty or setting, but then it doesn't count towards the "Challenges complete 0/10" counter.
please dont make me unlock something else through another playthrough my first game was solely to unlock all the beraths blessings i could so i can spice up my second playthrough with the gods challenges and baraths blessings