Has anyone here played through with both Troubler and New Dawn, and has some opinions to share on which is the better experience?

I'm no stranger to JRPGs, and have played the first game as well, and I remember difficulty feeling a bit weird at times with that game. I've heard absolutely unanimously this game is way too easy. I plan on using one of the two highly recommended difficulty mods but a bit unsure which is truly better. I see a lot of arguments for Troubler not changing anything besides health pools and boss stats, but not sure which variation of the mod is mostly preferred. I also see a lot of discussions that the extra health doesn't do much to really increase difficulty as the main issue stems from player skills you can use very early in the game...

Then with New Dawn I only hear praise for it, while someone claims it's not recommended because it changes too much. I haven't really seen any comment on why those changes might be good or bad, just that they exist and should be avoided because of that. I'm not really getting a clear picture on precisely why this mod is recommended against; however I see a lot of praise for the vague changes I hear about.

So has anyone actually got experience with the pair of mods and can directly compare how they altered their enjoyment for the game?