Destroyed my enthusiasm ..

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Johny_Snow#4778 wrote:

People complained A LOT about the lab in PoE 1. GGG did not budge, they did offer some concessions but this is it. Ascension is meant to be painful and unfun, no two ways about it.

Awesome to hear, thanks for the info!

The worst thing to me is just how long they are because you are forced to do the earlier trials you already beat as part of it. In most other games, each part of the trial would be its own new trial instead of one obnoxiously long trial that can take you 30 mins to an hour per attempt.

That is how the Lab in PoE 1 works - it is the same crap, just longer every time. The second to last lab adds golden doors and the last lab adds those respawning totem-like things but this is it.

I remember when the lab first appeared in PoE. It was this huge thing that was advertised massively. Only to be dreadful. The Lab on release was long, so long it felt like an Act of its own. And we are talking about the NORMAL lab here. And you spent all this time traversing it only to realize that Izaru is next to impossible to beat with a 33 level character.

The backlash was massive. Changes were made. Multiple ones throughout the years always directed at making it a bit less of a piece of shit. But in the end no lessons were learned. Obviously GGG did all the changes reluctantly. And now it's the same thing - make it as painful as possible and then maybe reduce the difficulty a bit. Same cycle.

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Coconutdoggy#1805 wrote:

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Linkefer#6630 wrote:

The trails are the reason i'm not buying supporter packs. straaaaaaight up.

You're not supporting because you're unable to do them?

He's not supporting them because they're a toxic ascension mechanic. They're great endgame content for the people that enjoy them. But failing after spending 40+ minutes and then getting bad RNG (before you get full OP relics) is just beyond infuriating. People shouldn't have to spend time gathering relics to help them ascend.

Also your comment is made in bad faith. Poor behaviour.

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92ranger#4205 wrote:

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Coconutdoggy#1805 wrote:

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Linkefer#6630 wrote:

The trails are the reason i'm not buying supporter packs. straaaaaaight up.

You're not supporting because you're unable to do them?

He's not supporting them because they're a toxic ascension mechanic. They're great endgame content for the people that enjoy them. But failing after spending 40+ minutes and then getting bad RNG (before you get full OP relics) is just beyond infuriating. People shouldn't have to spend time gathering relics to help them ascend.

Also your comment is made in bad faith. Poor behaviour.

I honestly think it's so weird that people have a hard time understanding this. It locks a part of character progression away. Like imagine if you had to do the trial to actually get past level 75 and go above level 15 skill gems.

its supposed to be a challenge/achievement.

Its an abomination that people can cheese their ascension through party play.

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Lonnie455Rich#2087 wrote:

its supposed to be a challenge/achievement.

Its an abomination that people can cheese their ascension through party play.

Its an abomination players can cheese the game trading for gear. Did I do it right?

Honestly the worst thing about Sekhemas is just how incredibly long it is. Why do I have to do so many loops?? It takes forever. I could have done literally 30 maps in the time it takes to do Sekhemas uber trial.

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92ranger#4205 wrote:

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Coconutdoggy#1805 wrote:

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Linkefer#6630 wrote:

The trails are the reason i'm not buying supporter packs. straaaaaaight up.

You're not supporting because you're unable to do them?

He's not supporting them because they're a toxic ascension mechanic. They're great endgame content for the people that enjoy them. But failing after spending 40+ minutes and then getting bad RNG (before you get full OP relics) is just beyond infuriating. People shouldn't have to spend time gathering relics to help them ascend.

Also your comment is made in bad faith. Poor behaviour.

So... because he can't do them?