I'm playing City for the first time, i've only played Asylum right before this.

Why the FUCK did they get rid of hard mode removing counter symbols?? I had no trouble playing Asylum for the first time with the symbols removed and I loved it. I learned that in city and knight the only way to get rid of them (without modding) is NG+, why the fuck? I know city has a bit more going on with counters, like multi-counters, bladed enemies, and certain encounterable stuff but that shit is all consistent so it just seems odd to me. Is there something i'm missing or is it okay if I mod it out?