Feedback on Djinn Barya Coin Drop Rates and Trial Difficulty Balancing

Dear Game Designers,

I’ve noticed that finding Djinn Barya coins (for the Trial of Sekhema’s) has become significantly more difficult since the recent 0.3 update. I now only find about one coin every three to five levels (starting around player level sixty-four).

In addition, the difficulty of the Trials themselves seems to have changed. There are noticeably more enemies, and they’ve become tougher as well. The Gauntlets in the second Trial feel almost impossible now — the number of traps appears to have doubled, and the amount of Honor lost when getting hit decreases far too quickly.

As a result, the fun and sense of challenge are fading, since it’s becoming nearly impossible to progress beyond halfway through the second Trial. I carefully plan my route and choices during each Trial, but that no longer seems to make much of a difference.

I hope the balance can be restored so that reaching at least the third Ascendancy becomes achievable again, as it was before.

The drop rate of the cookies has indeed gone down quite a bit, but since a lot of people don't do ToS, the 4-floor ones are 1 ex/vaal a piece, so if you're really lacking those, just buy them via Ange or skill your Atlas to that 40% increased drop rate in certain maps.

About the difficulty: I haven't noticed much of a difference between 0.1 and 0.3, it mainly seems to be easier to get good relics and the 4th floor boss fight was relatively easy. I haven't failed a run with any of my chars so far in this league...