The only way to feel threatening again in the northern part of the river is to become new player again and that’s impossible. The reason however that hyenas were a bit more difficult and generally the whole game was a bit more difficult than today was the game content. It was less than the half we have now and difficulty was the only way to keep you attached.
Now after several thousands of hours master @Anglinex only you can make this game difficult for your self, nobody else.
Yet let me tell you what’s in higher difficulty now, believe it or not… Kudos.
Yes they were never so difficult as they are now, try to kill one in a laggy server low lvl 