I think the majority of the player base universily agrees having to do trial of sehkmas and trial of chaos for ascendency points is BS.

[Guldo]

no matter what side you are on wether the game is too hard or isnt too hard we can all agree these trials suck and ive heard of people having to out level trial of chaos especialy a great deal before they can even beat it.

[alan0n]

I think anyone who is reasonable agrees that the current honor thing is bad. It needlessly penalizes melee just because.

There are also some pretty bs combinations that you can get in trials that should probably get weeded out, but they have been repeatedly discussed all over so not going to beat that horse.

But there should be SOME kind of gate on ascendancy. Otherwise it makes no sense lore wise.

[/dev/random]

IMO the trials sound more like a material for end-game content, like getting meta gear etc, not something to gate character progression.

[donut32]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Legion:

i think this is a game for the manchilds, with the "ithink im an adult" since i have attributes like a beard and tatoos to be able to say " git gud" to feel better about them selfs

described the entirety of the steam boards. LOL just grand slam out of the park with this comment

[Guldo]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von /dev/random:

IMO the trials sound more like a material for end-game content, like getting meta gear etc, not something to gate character progression.

Thats the exact feeling these trials gave me is it felt like ascendency is being gate kept behind very late end game content.

[AFC_HIGHBURY]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Legion:

i think this is a game for the manchilds, with the "ithink im an adult" since i have attributes like a beard and tatoos to be able to say " git gud" to feel better about them selfs

Ain't the man children the ones shouting it's to hard? I think you're a bit confused

[Crumps]

Haven't seen any praise for it really. I like it conceptually but the actual mechanics need tuning so badly. Doing trials to get ascendancy in and of itself is fine, its the way the trials are build currently that is just ♥♥♥♥.

[Sanquin]

Even as a witch I really don't like the honor mechanic. Like what? You manage to survive through everything but you still die because you got hit too much? Especially against bosses that seem to be specifically designed to take little pot shots at you as much as possible?

It'd be fine if it was an engame extra challenge for a very high chance of rare drops or something, but not for progression.

[bonewax21]

oh no! poe 2 isnt the greatest arpg like the streamers said it would be!

[Guldo]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Sanquin:

Even as a witch I really don't like the honor mechanic. Like what? You manage to survive through everything but you still die because you got hit too much? Especially against bosses that seem to be specifically designed to take little pot shots at you as much as possible?

It'd be fine if it was an engame extra challenge for a very high chance of rare drops or something, but not for progression.

These trials suck and just about everyone agrees.

[Isseus]

Ascensions should have a challenge involved. It should be reasonable and not waste the players time. Right now the Ascension points just aren't worth it.

I don't mind fighting bosses over and over to learn their mechanics, but having to fight against RNG in Ultimatum and never getting a single drop if the FKN birb kills you after you spend over an hour doing the challenge is ass. In Lab I didn't get the end chests, but everything I found up to that I got to keep if I died. And it's so amazingly ass that the trials are limited after the first one. Here, kill a boss, maybe get a token, try ultimatum once, get stuck with three unwinnable modifiers on round 7. You just wasted an hour and got nothing.

The honour mechanic is completely fair and balanced if you're ranged. If you're melee, you just can't do it. Maybe the very first one if you level past it, but thanks to this game shafting life builds over ES stacking, you're toast. The ones where you need to climb 3-4 floors? No. And also no, hitting the ground three screens away and killing everything with an earthquake is NOT melee. It's just you using physical skills from range.

[Rorschach]

I play as a Monk and i've completely given up these trials. The game is cool and i'm having a lot of fun with it, but these trials are just unfair and frustrating garbage.

[Stealknight]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Kenshiro:

Ursprünglich geschrieben von ex_IllusionisT:

So when the timer runs out you die? Boy that would be fun in HC.

The honour system is fine. People just need to learn that honour = life + es. Also, I don't think you necessarily need to play the honour to ascend.

Far better than LAB. LAB was annoying AF on HC. Every day new mechanics.

the honour system is not fine especialy if you are melee or god forbid a thorns build.

Use a ranged ability. I had no problem on my monk using storm wave (or the ice one if thats your thing). Literally get good

[Anim]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von ChuTheMan:

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Kenshiro:

the people that say theres nothing wrong with these trials are in the extreme minority. even

From what i have seen, most people hate the honour system, not the trial itself.

Yup, Sanctum in PoE 1 had builds structured around it to profit from it. As soon as I heard that Lab (Which I liked) was replaced with a Sanctum (Which I hate) mechanic to ascend, I stopped playing. At least it was an optional mechanic in PoE 1, here you are forced to do it. So I am voting with my wallet :) Here is hoping they bin it.

[Kalitz]

No, it's cool. Leave it as it is.

[Stealknight]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Rorschach:

I play as a Monk and i've completely given up these trials. The game is cool and i'm having a lot of fun with it, but these trials are just unfair and frustrating garbage.

No youre just bad I had no problem on my Monk, Use storm wave or the ice ranged ability.