Everyone hates the trials of ascendancy.

The trials needs to change ggg, they are the worst part of the game without a doubt.

I've seen one positive post about them yet.

Good thing it's early acces, so you still have time to make them into something else.

Personally, I like them. With infinite keys it is an easy way to get used to sanctum/ultimatim (I missed sanctum league and I had a blast exploring it here, while in POE1 it was always economically unreasonable to run it, unless you spec for it).

Both first sanctum floor and ultimatum first boss are pretty easy, and if you really hate one of them, you can get all ascendancy points from another.

They are also covering the full spectrum of builds nicely: fast glass canon - go sanctum, mega tank - ultimatum.

Currently third point is a bit too hard to get as keys are limited and difficulty ramps up a lot (especially in sanctum), but it should not be a problem when proper third trial will be released. For now it’s really strange that for an “easy” third trial you need to go back and farm acts for the keys as keys from the maps are high level and there is no way to downgrade them.

For the last point, I think it’s fun that it is insanely hard to get.

TLDR it’s nice to have this kind of exposure to league mechanics without serious investments (infinite keys) and there is an option to skip league mechanics you don’t like / can’t run.

I quite like them. Very challenging if level-matched, but quite easy if slightly over-levelled.

My only complaint is that some of the Ultimatum ground effects are difficult to see.

In any case, we'll be getting at least one other method of ascending; we won't be limited to Sanctum or Ultimatum.

People hated lab in the first game too. If you really think they'd redesign the whole ass ascendancy system you're out of your mind. The trials will still be what they are, they'll probably make them easier like they did in POE 1 but that's all they're gonna do

I despised Sanctum & Ultimatum in PoE1 so much so I only did each of them once. Upon learning I had to do these to get my Ascendancy I'm actually pushing endgame with only the first 2 which I forced myself to do then just logged for the rest of the night because I just lost interest feeling forced to do them.

I wasn't a huge fan of labs but I'd rather have that than what we currently do even if they made it a 5 hour crawl through the mud.

I will continue the grind without more ascendancy and I'd rather quit when I grow bored of my one and only toon than do Sanctum or Ultimatum again.

Ascendancy is my literal only complaint with the game. I don't mind the drops, I actually like it, I like the difficulty, etc.

Players should post their Class/build when stating if they like/dislike the trials.

I think that plays a HUGE part of the opinions being shared here.

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Kreakor#7049 wrote:

The trials needs to change ggg, they are the worst part of the game without a doubt.

I've seen one positive post about them yet.

Good thing it's early acces, so you still have time to make them into something else.

At least they are better than trials in POE 1 :-)

I actually love both trials, did it as a Sorc and Ranger, both felt fair and challenging like Original Lab was supposed to be until it turned into a blink fest to the end.

Everyone who?

I like them. I thought it was awesome seeing a roguelike mixed in with the game.