Ascendancy Trials in POE2 make the game completely unbearable and unfun.

No, they aren't budging on this. It was asked during the last applicable Q&A if there was any chance of alleviating some of the tediousness of ur 3rd and 4th ascendancy points and they said its supposed to be challenging and left it at that. AKA they aren't budging.

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Ascendancy and penalty Xp the biggest crap in game industry.

To put it politely...

GGG has a proven history of doubling down on incredibly bad game design decisions and ignoring 99% of the community. They continue to balance and design the game around the no-lifers.

Will this ever change?

Don't hold your breath.

Trials are seriously about to have me quit all together, I have a lvl 85 Ranger and when I finished the second floor the damn game bugged and did not give me any points, on top of that I am unable to finish the third floor to get my ascendancy points.

I think I am finished for a while.

Both of them are awful. This game could reach a much larger audience but if casuals see something really cool and then get curb stomped during the trials, they lose them forever.

One of the Dark Souls memes was the "you died" banner. It was all of the talk during the Elden Ring hype.
Yet, people kept trying.

Someone at GGG wanted this same hype and it's not working. When your core mechanics are choosing between how unfair stuff is, its not working.
This isn't the "hard but fair" approach in FromSoft games.

Adding my experience to this.

Lvl91 warrior with 3rd ascendency. I put out trying the fourth one cause the trials are just so damn long and unfun.

I finally take the time to do it cause I have an idea for a built which would require it.

Did the chaos 5 times to get to the final room with the big boss.

He one shot me in 3 secs. Game over.

The anger and rage I felt is simply unacceptable for a game.

Because I feel like sometimes GGG forget they are making a game, not a life trial. I'm playing to unwind from my life which is rarely fun.

Making you sad and mad and wanting to throw away your keyboard is a major design flaw.

The game is great, but this. F no.

I run djinn only for the first two points.
Later I get all my points from ultimatum.
It takes longer a bit, but it is also a lot simpler to do.
The boss is a cake, just need to adjust your build for the 3 smaller bosses to become more range.

Djinn is often so frustrating because the debuffs can sometimes mix into impossible cocktails.
In ultimatium usually even the hardest mods are doable and still fun.

Btw: it is not bugged not to get the points after the second floor, you get them after the third and after the forth floor.

In ultimatum you get after 10 stages 1 puzzle piece of 3, you need to collect all three, to fight against the last boss. so if you are unlucky it takes some time.

Anyways, I do not care about djinn, I even do not pick them up, just skipping full mechanic.

It is too much pressure and with mostly bad feelings, making your time consuming builded char weak and playing a totally different game than the rest of the game.
No fun.

I find the trials super fun and cool! Hope to see more, because they make you think and farm counters for the mechanics you encounter, which is sometimes quite the task on HC SSF. Good job, GGG! Softcore traders, who solve these problems with a bunch of exalts have no right to complain. Get good!