Ascendancy Trials Feedback: Understanding Player Concerns

I HATE the LAbyrinth.. I mean, I really, really hate it.

And hell froze over, so I have to say: Lab is better (as a way to get ascendancies at least) as these Trials / Sanctums.

I always said; "If I wanted to play a junpp'n'run (kinda), I'd play Mario, not PoE. Using a lot of time to get to the 3rd Aspirant's Trial, and than being killed, thus having wasted your time... is just bad.

Now, we need even more time (at least in the sanctum one) .. have more traps... and waste even more.

I never thought I'd say that: Lab is better. ^^

The trials are unbalanced and not in favor of the Player. The feature comes off as obnoxious and annoying. Say it how it is. You have to do enough damage or it's not worth participating because of BAD GAME DESIGN. Really disappointed with whoever made this crap. They should explain themselves, paid $30 for an unbalanced game with a good class system and decent story.

Now, why doesn't this surprise me that the "Trials" are unbalanced? Look at everything else this game has to offer. The crafting system is the worst offender, and that sad thing is this game has potential and I like it until it puts me in a bad mood.

I posted a thread on this not realizing there's an older one.

i found it challenging at first, but it's quite ez after you understand it's core mechanics

Bumping this as even after months of bug-fixing and balancing, I still detest the Trials.

They really need to be heavily axed / reworked. Ideally they should be completely separated from the Ascendancy points.

They are currently disincentivizing players who hate playing them from enjoying the signature differences of each class.

This post is still very much true about current issue with the game. Lost several friends who abandon playing PoE2 after the first trial because mechanic of this trial is too different from core gameplay they enjoy. I could easily drag them through this trial with higher-level character, but they did not want to go through this Trial again from the start: "I am done with this game until they remove this mandatory trial crap!"(c) - this is the most common comment I hear in this case. In the latest attempt I've tried to play with 3 more friends and all was good till that Trial, but one of friends failed to survive the Trial and hated it so much that abandoned playing, no now no one of us 4 are playing at all....

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Andrudis#0377 wrote:

I could easily drag them through this trial with higher-level character

Yeah, no one likes standing there being carried, great fun.

GGG....remove this unfunny part of the game.
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