Trials of Ascendancy

Nah im just done with these trials, i've actually tried and failed way too many times. I have like 150 hours in the game already and have tried for just the 3rd set of ascendancy points from either trial a total of 20+ times between my gemmling grenadier and my Archmage stormweaver. The honor system in the trial of the sekhemas is probably the worst game mechanic ive seen in any game. and the trial of chaos, i guess ive just gotten unlucky with the debuffs ive gotten, which have them stack up even through boss fights is just mental. i feel like id have to over-level myself by like at least 10+ levels higher than the area just to be able survive. And i mean im a hardcore player (not the actual game mode) and all, but imagine how difficult it is for new/casual players. I can keep playing because its still an amazing game and all, but the 3rd and 4th set of ascendancy will just never exist in my gameplay. Which really sucks.

p.s. This is the first time ive ever felt the need to say something about a game online.

agree i cannot do it too its too hard and higher i get harder it is :D

Finally made it to floor 3 boss (scorpion). 63% honor res and 4k honor, but I had a little over 2k by the time I made it there, thanks to bullshit traps and poison gas mobs and honor shrines. I literally had a rare snake bitch sit in a corner between pillars and not move/follow me out, while spamming her AoE bullshit, empowered with lightning storms and ice explosions. Of course she nuked a bunch of my honor as I was trying to get near her.

First time fighting the boss and I had no clue about the mechanics or its moves. Got shredded by Poison and gas as I was trying to dodge everything.

I'm so fucking done with this shit. I had fun for a while (lvl 83 Warrior atm) with my new build, but these trials make me crawl up the fucking wall. It's not just a matter of skill when you are getting shafted left, right and center by stupid as fuck RNG. I'm gonna go play something else that actually respects my time.

#triggered

PS: Sorry about the language. I'm just done with this shit.

Yep, hate these things.

This alone really makes me want to not bother.

Agreed, these need to be optional at least, or remove the one-shot aspect of it.

I understand that there's a lot of stuff that needs more balance passes, but this needs addressing quickly.

Yes whenever I hear developers and streamers say the dark souls of arpgs now I just want to scream because a lot of ppl don’t understand those games at all and developers tend to zero in on the punishment and forget that souls games are fair for most part and death comes from your own mistakes.

PoE 2 punishes you in almost every aspect from drops to unfair deaths I’m surprised they chose to make the game frustrating like this…. ppl sat around a table and all agreed YES!! when they in maps they lose an hour of their progress AND xp brilliant!!

Yeah I just died too and immediately went on forum to search for a whine thread. Trials are beyond stupid. Especially the honor system which favors range classes. For some reason on the second floor I'm getting fps drops after casting Stampede which results in losing all the honor and dying after. Im on tier 8 maps and it was the first time Djinn Barya dropped.

Trials are bullshit. The stupid change they made did fuck all to fix anything wrong with them. REMOVE BOTH OF THESE FUCKING MECHANICS FROM THE GAME THEY BOTH SUCK DISEASED DICK!

In all seriousness, I actually do wonder how any of this ever got past QA. No, seriously, how can one take a look at rare enemies - in an hourglass trial - that have an invulnerability aura, with sand diving worms and AoE spamming snakes, and go "Yep, looks good to me." It truly boggles the mind.

My last run was my best run yet, despite all the major bullshit. I legit felt good when I got halfway through floor 3, and then had the entire experience immediately soured with this type of shit, followed up by an empowered rare sitting in a fucking corner, with explosions going off around it every second.

By the time I actually got to the boss, I was already fuming. How is this supposed to be fun?

Relics are the key to success.