Ascendancy Trials in POE2 make the game completely unbearable and unfun.
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I rage-uninstalled POE2 a couple days ago due to my experience with the 3rd trial. Extremely player-hostile game design by GGG, IMO. I just don't get it.
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What makes it so bad imo is the sheer time investment to get to the final boss in each one to possibly be screwed over by RNG.
RNG within the Sekhemas, for example, would would be more bearable if the afflictions weren't "on entry" and one could simply choose to not interact with that water/merchant/etc. I literally just got out of a trial that I was forced into myriad aspersions and it threw the slow affliction on me 2 trials before the boss with literally no hope to possible clear it. Zarokh with a slow debuff went exactly as anyone could expect. Complete waste of time entirely do to RNG. Trial of chaos afflictions seriously need to be retuned themselves a some are just clearly more devastating than others. The state of trials is simply unacceptable right now. Are these meant to test skill or how lucky you can get with the afflictions? Last edited by Nasar#8074 on Jan 8, 2025, 1:49:34 AM
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are you all on ssf or something?
just buy a carry and get your 8 points "buff grenades"
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" Dude.... Seriously? The problem is not having FUN at all by playing this shitty league mechanic nobody likes. For you to say "just buy a carry and get your 8 points" you must be very empty minded or doing RMT, or both. Jesus '-' " Also, I absolutely HATE the honour share system as I'm playing with my husband and he's a monk while I'm a ranger. I stay far far away from mobs and still get my honour drained (almost 1,4k honour) as he is a melee fighter (almost 4k honour) and ocasionally takes damage frome somewhere. This is totally antigame and definetly NOT FUN AT ALL. If the honour damage is going to be shared, why the f-ck not share the honour quantity as well? This is f-cked up. EDIT: And one more thing: relic status are not shared if you are in a party!! Only the trial "leader" has the status and this is aaaaawesome ._. Ignorance is bliss when it's not fatal. Oblivion is the fate of all things. Last edited by Vensatra#4089 on Jan 8, 2025, 2:12:09 AM
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it wasn't fun in poe 1 and it won't be fun in poe 2, get used to it
sanctum/ultimatum trials for ascendancies are here to stay "buff grenades"
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" Since you buy your way through the game, I'm sorry but I can't take you seriously lol It was ok on POE1 to do the Lab. Not that hard, not that easy, you could choose where to go, no debuffs nor shitty mechanics... We had gold on POE1 (Izaro and his labs) and they gave us gravel on POE2 with two mechanics NO ONE LIKED TO DO past game. Third mechanic is going to be Heist, mark my words Ignorance is bliss when it's not fatal.
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" > bought service for a mechanic I dislike to save some time and not get bored to death > must mean I bought my way through the entire game are you a redditor? and first 3 trials are easier than their counterparts in poe 1. we're just inclined to think otherwise because we're so used to playing optimized builds in poe 1 and blasting the campaign "buff grenades" - Buff Grenades (Buff-Grenades) Last edited by auspexa#1404 on Jan 8, 2025, 2:55:02 AM
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" At least Heist doesn't have bullshite failure mechanics... Unless they force those LoS alarm generating robots into every heist map... Just turning the whole thing into a crappy stealth game... oh god. I think you might be right. |
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" Especially since games nowadays take a lot of investment to being with. A player is giving them their valuable time in a extremely competitive market, and I'm not just talking about arpgs, games in general. GGG needs to understand catering towards the hardcore side of things will only result in a frustrated audience or lack of one. |
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Doing this shit over and over isn't fun at all.
Getting close to that uninstall |
