Death in the end game is to HARSH

When you die in the endgame the consequences are to harsh. YOU LOSE TO MUCH XP, you lose access to the map bonuses, and you lose whatever waystones are connected. Why does there need to be such punishing consequences to play the end game. It's not fun. It's frustrating. Not only that but the amount of xp gained is laughable for how quickly you lose it from just a few deaths. There needs to be a way to either recover lost xp, like a souls game or consequences need to be reduced.

Ps. When need more ways to get skill points outside of leveling. You added a boss to every node, so why not allow some of those bosses to also drop skill books. Give me reasons to want to play the end game. Don't punish me for playing it.