TRIALS...

This has been the single most frustrating experience I have ever had in a video game. Having things like extra damage as chaos, 300% crit, insane boss fights with non stop area of denial on top of area of denial modifiers and then making you need to redo prog to learn a boss fight AT LEVEL FREAKING 40 is just beyond the pale.

You have end game to punish people, just throwing them thru the blender for what only feels like artificial pain is just plain bad design. Take this stuff wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy down.

Yeah the trials are kind of RNG and really not compatible with some character builds. Hope they change this too. lvl 75 and still don't have my 3rd set.

+1 for Trials being absolute unmitigated garbage

Yea to me these are not the way to ascend. I know I am gimp but I am not that good at this game and these 2 mechanics are the 2 I rarely if ever did in POE1 because they suck to me.

I hope they reconsider the way we ascend in the real game

I can't even access my 3rd trial. The game is stuck on "Search Traitor's Passage" even after I killed Balbala multiple times.

But you're right. Trials are hot garbage.

i spent from 3.30pm to 8.30pm last night trying to do the 2nd trial (Chaos) and literally every time i'd die. Sometimes on the first trial, sometimes on the boss fight at trial four. I dont normally get stressed out over games, but these trials made me beyond angry .

My char is level 42, has pretty good gear and does all the other act 3 content with ease - the trials on the other hand were made by a sadistic person just to gatekeep and frustrate.

I'll go off and finish act 3 today, and come back to the trial when im really over levelled. If i cant do it, i doubt i'll stick with this game.

After 5 hours, i expect to have done it. its not fun at all

These could be really fun, but right now they are really difficult and frustrating. Even the difficulty junkies are complaining, as a casual I have no shot.

Honor system is trash, takes way too long - I will not let this go either, this is awful, especially the third trial - 3 aoes and I will die even at 90% honor - you have the cold giant that does a massive circular AOE and the other one that sends a fizzure across the entire arena that you can't dodge roll out of - What were you guys thinking or smoking when you made this tied to character progression?

Yep, hate them. We all hate them.

I don't mind them being in the game, when they are optional like in poe1. But being required for ascendances suck.

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.