Is it just me or do the enemies in S15 seem more challenging?

I don't know if it's just because I dont have many artifact levels but I feel like the enemies are more dangerous this season then they've felt before across most of the content(been playing since S12). Im 1330(1222 + 8) and feel like there is still challenge in lower power content. In the 1290 nightfall, I feel like if I dont pay attention, I'm punished by having a decent chunck of health clipped off by a sniper, or if I get cocky and rush too far forward, I get surrounded and dunked on. Maybe I just suck of the scorn are just that good, but this is the first time since I started playing that I've felt this way (beside leveling up when I started and Presage/Harbinger).