I think I like the difficulty that Classic had.
It felt very old-gen Monster Hunter like.

Post-Apex on the other hand feel like more like endgame MHFrontier, everything is fucking crazy fast, over the top, and incredibly overwhelming for new players just so the older/hardcore players don't fall asleep.
Video related to set my point
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pkvp3qX_Mew
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WS8XjuUAPy8