nah.. .it's just a question of choice. the more choices there are, thing will go tits up faster.
when you see 1 daimon, you can only whack it here or there. if there's a hint of being able to enter a blighted region... then someone will want to give it a try, etc...
the quickest way of finding out if you can enter a blighted area? did someone in the north give it a try?