@murdoc@autistics.life Press on / back off isn't the only decision that obfuscated difficulty fucks with, either. It's especially bad in games where I have resources to manage with skill checks. If I don't know what I'm up against, how am I e.g. to make the determination whether to spend a fate point? When there's a target number, but the GM opts to hide it, that yanks agency away from the player. (Even without getting into the probable "this way I can fudge" motivation...)