Ascendancy Trials Feedback: Understanding Player Concerns

Completely agree, the randomness of the modifiers makes the experience even more egregious

Will i get "Minor to severe inconvenience" or "literally breaks your build"?

Oh man, I hope it's not the one that makes so all my talent points are worthless!

I liked the labrynth. Not this rng filled trials and chaos.

I one of this people who hated lab in POE1 with passion (while done it many times, forcing myself in unbearable torment).

Here in POE2 it somehow feel even worse, especially Sekhema with this accursed honour system, that just not fun, forcing average player into specific builds he may never-ever want to play as mandatory for progress.

Chaos is more or less dps/hp/gear whatever check, annoying too, especially for round 2 on cruel, demanding quite meta approach for stable success.

With all hands I support people who proposed changes/removal of system (tho i doubt it).

Bump.

lvl75 now. I really would like to get my 3rd ascendancy.
2 times got insta killed by some ground effect (1x 2nd floor, 1x 3rd floor), 5500 Honor in under a second, what the hell?

and yes, I got honor resistenz, like 60%

Just coming here from my 3rd trial. It's infuriating to say the least.

I really, really like PoE 2 but Ascendancy trials are something that makes me want to quit this game.

You took two worst optional activities from PoE 1 and made them mandatory in PoE 2.... Why, WHY?!?!?!

Please consider removing honor. It's an absolutely trash system no one likes.

3 of the friends I introduced to POE2, that have never played POE1, have stopped playing due to failing to complete 3rd or 2nd ascendancy trials.

No matter how much I tried to explain that they should wait until they're higher level, better geared and have good relics, etc. They figured if it's so hard to get only the 2nd/3rd ascendancy, they will never be able to get 4th anyway, so what's the point.

And sadly, I agree with them. I hated Sanctum in POE1 with a burning passion no matter how profitable it was. I couldn't stomach it, I wanted to have nothing to do with it. Same for Ultimatum.

Player agency in choosing the specific content they want to interact with is the biggest reason why I enjoyed playing POE1 for over 12k hours. You took that away from us in POE2.

Act 2 Cruel Balbala boss drops no Djinn Barya, if its too late and too much work to change sanctum system make this boss drop a green quest djinn barya which has 1 floor only with higher monster level than previous one.This will also clear the confusion about that area in cruel.

This way people who like sanctum and have a build for it can keep doing so and others there only for ascendacy points done with it

+1

I don't care for but don't mind the first 2 Ascension trials. The last two though... I basically pretend there are only 4 Ascendion points, because ain't no way am I going to go through that frustration again.

Please, please reconsider something in this formula. Hell, tie it to levels to guarentee and let people struggle to do it early if you still want to promote 'challenge.'

I absolutely love the rest of the game, but whoo boy. Ascension trials (especially the latter 2) are... not fun.