Progressing somewhat, I cleaned out a buglair too, got killed once by a 2 star tick, those little fuckers can suck you dry faster than a taiwanese escort. I can imagine how stressful it is cleaning out a lair in harcore. The difficulty is all over by now in my game, even with all the mods I have on, either they kill me in 2 tap or I do, its a reflex game at this point. The most I can mitigate are the annoying debuffs, the more I play the more I realize movement speed and dodging all day is the key to success.