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Highlander Dec 8, 2024 @ 4:43am
AScending as a Tank Warrior
Really really hard as a tank Character that is suppose to take the hits, because you cant get hit in ascendacy trails.

Thoughts
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Bergman777 Dec 8, 2024 @ 1:18pm 
Devs clearly all played ranged characters during testing or else i do not see how they thought this was a good system...
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F.O.A.M Dec 8, 2024 @ 1:23pm 
Originally posted by Highlander:
Really really hard as a tank Character that is suppose to take the hits, because you cant get hit in ascendacy trails.

Thoughts
bro its fcking hard as ranged to. i lose honor without even getting hit or losing hp.
this entire honor system is garbage and should just flat out be removed. there is 0 joy in doing trails with this system in place
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x_X Dec 8, 2024 @ 1:25pm 
isnt there a different option to ascent in the 3rd act? didnt play that far but they mentioned this in their early access reveal video --> or did i missunderstood this?
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F.O.A.M Dec 8, 2024 @ 1:27pm 
Originally posted by x_X:
isnt there a different option to ascent in the 3rd act? didnt play that far but they mentioned this in their early access reveal video --> or did i missunderstood this?
there are more trails that can give you the same lvl so you can choose which one you like the most / have the least difficulty with, but they all still have the honor system
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Dthomaz Dec 8, 2024 @ 1:36pm 
That is another problem with the excessive focus on dodge roll and dodge mechanics in ARPG games, you are basically punished for making Tank characters and trying to face tank.
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Nico Dec 8, 2024 @ 1:38pm 
If you want to get hit, just do the Ultimatum Trial to get your Ascendancy class and points. The game doesn't force you to do the Sanctum Trial.
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F.O.A.M Dec 8, 2024 @ 1:40pm 
Originally posted by Nico:
If you want to get hit, just do the Ultimatum Trial to get your Ascendancy class and points. The game doesn't force you to do the Sanctum Trial.
wait you are telling me im bashing my head against the wall for no reason? there was a "normal" trail further into the game?
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[BRE] Vauquelin Dec 8, 2024 @ 2:37pm 
Originally posted by großer Schwanz:
Originally posted by Highlander:
Really really hard as a tank Character that is suppose to take the hits, because you cant get hit in ascendacy trails.

Thoughts
bro its fcking hard as ranged to. i lose honor without even getting hit or losing hp.
this entire honor system is garbage and should just flat out be removed. there is 0 joy in doing trails with this system in place
"I lose honor without getting hit" - a guy that got hit
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MysticalPotato Feb 20 @ 2:48am 
Originally posted by Highlander:
Really really hard as a tank Character that is suppose to take the hits, because you cant get hit in ascendacy trails.

Thoughts
You can indeed get hit.
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MysticalPotato Feb 20 @ 2:48am 
Originally posted by großer Schwanz:
Originally posted by Highlander:
Really really hard as a tank Character that is suppose to take the hits, because you cant get hit in ascendacy trails.

Thoughts
bro its fcking hard as ranged to.
too*
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MysticalPotato Feb 20 @ 2:48am 
Originally posted by Nico:
If you want to get hit, just do the Ultimatum Trial to get your Ascendancy class and points. The game doesn't force you to do the Sanctum Trial.
It does indeed force you
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MysticalPotato Feb 20 @ 2:49am 
Originally posted by großer Schwanz:
Originally posted by Nico:
If you want to get hit, just do the Ultimatum Trial to get your Ascendancy class and points. The game doesn't force you to do the Sanctum Trial.
wait you are telling me im bashing my head against the wall for no reason? there was a "normal" trail further into the game?
No, there isn't
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bobroonie.bda Feb 20 @ 3:10am 
Originally posted by Highlander:
Really really hard as a tank Character that is suppose to take the hits, because you cant get hit in ascendacy trails.

Thoughts

I'm a Titan 1h shield tank, beat 3rd trial Sekhemas. You're going to need to play this a bunch of times till you can get enough relics that give you extra honor and honor defense. Choose your path for water and the merchant. Rush every level, don't worry about clearing enemies or getting chests and keys... The 4th I'm going for Ultimatum, which is just as punishing but in a different way.
Last edited by bobroonie.bda; Feb 20 @ 3:40am
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arjensmit79 Feb 20 @ 3:29am 
Originally posted by bobroonie.bda:
Originally posted by Highlander:
Really really hard as a tank Character that is suppose to take the hits, because you cant get hit in ascendacy trails.

Thoughts

I'm a Titan 1h shield tank, beat 3rd trial Sekhemas.

Third and fourth are an entirely different world. I also have a titan who is a tanky dude with a shield and armor etc. Slow AF.

My sekhemas experience:

First off, indeed of course you do a few trials to collect relics. Then you make a selection of relics to fit in the box that ensure you have 75% honor resistance. In addition you want extra honor and i had found a relic that allows me to look further into the maze to see what rooms are coming. that was also very helpful. While doing this you also get a bit of experience with what to expect.

The first 2 trials you can just rush your way trough as you lose single digit honor and there will be a fountain to recover those so you get out of the first 2 at full honor anyway.

The third trial you need to start taking a bit of care to keep your honor loss in check if you want to exit that trial with near full honor.

The fourth trial, you will start losing lots of honor when you take damage so you will have to be very patient and careful.

With the traps in the obstacle course, you just need practice to do them all without getting hit.
The crystals you can still run trough. You will take a little damage, but not too much if you just keep moving.
The portals and chalice, i just stay at a distance, be patience, use HOTG to eliminate them from afar one by one slowly.

Then comes the final boss. I arrived at the final boss with 2k honor remaining. I didn't think i'd have a chance with that little honor. Turned out the boss barely did anything to me. The downside was that he had insane amounts of hitpoints. So it was turning into a very long battle where he did almost no honor dmg to me and i was scratching at his enourmous HP. Until he came with that silly mechanic where you have to pick up some objects in the arena that i wasn't aware of so i died. I was annoyed and payed someone for the intstant fix. If i had known that mechanic, i would have beaten it after a 15 minute or so boring boss fight.

I did the third around Level 70-75 and the fourth around 85-90.
Last edited by arjensmit79; Feb 20 @ 3:33am
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Aircool Feb 20 @ 3:49am 
Not a big fan either. Even with speedy boots it's more of a pain with the warrior (meanwhile, everything else is lots of fun with the warrior).

Something about the Sekhemas trial doesn't sit right. I know it's supposed to be a bit Rogue-like (and returning to town to sell loot in between rooms is unreliable and over complicated), but the Honour system is just plain frustrating.

I'd also like to shout out to the controller mapping for bringing up the Trial Progress window. The amount of times I've done this by accident when activating one of my flasks and lost soooo much Honour that there's no way I'll make much further progress is waaaay to much.

One more thing as a warrior; found it way too easy to get stuck on some of the terrain when using long wind up skills (that being all of them).

Bottom line for me; too much of a time/hassle investment when the whole thing can go Tango Uniform in a split second wasting all that time and effort. For me, the third and fourth ascendancy can wait until my mates can join in and all share the despair and failure :steamhappy:
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