I will likely quit playing before i try to ascend again.

I cant believe how much i hate the trial of sekhimas and having no other option to ascend is such garbage. I dont belive gatekeeping such an important part of the game behind the trials is at all going to impove player retention,

I am level 75 and lost a level 66 trial after one shotting every boss and mob through all stages except the last final boss fight. the scorpion just hides underground and i never once got to practice or learn a boss mechanice i just died and lost all progress and will to play.

i am really dissapointed and feel my time was comepletly wasted and that i had absoulty no chance of a fun or engaging fight.

The trials are an absoulte chore and i dread having to run another 30 stages just to get two points that should be avalible on level up.

Thanks for hearing me complain and i pray to god someone with rank changes how bad the trials are.

I just got screwed in the trials trying to get my 3rd ascendancy points and I agree that it is in a ridiculous state right now. Leveling up your asecendacy is one of the coolest things in PoE, idk why they are making it so unnecessarily painful.

git gud

I'm lvl 79 running tier 9 maps and I still can't get my third and fourth ascendancy points. Trials of Sekhema is so painful and frustrating to run I don't wanna do it at all. Please GGG make it optional. It is not fun at all.

I agree , i got 80 hours and the trials are just annoying , i mean it s just not fun trying to dodge bombs and flames + mobs and their spells in a tight room and you have to do at least 3 to 4 rooms cuz you can t always dodge them until you reach 3rd challenge boss while stacking afflictions cuz poe2 rng gods are not kind

You loose half an hour going to the first 2 trial rooms to get to the third boss
room and get hit 3 times and start again i mean i understand it needs to be challenging but it s just not fun, all I want to do is get my ascendancy points and keep enjoying endgame, I shouldn t have to wait hours(2 djinn drops in 5 to 6 hrs today) or days like other players to find a token just so I can go through 30 45 min of intense focus

So annoying not being able to get them points, im getting to the point where I m playing less and less cuz can t finish my build.Don t even want to think about the 4th ascendancy, i mean who wants that pain ?


I m level 74 and had no problems with game difficulty, everything else seems fair except trials

agreed. level 75 now and the honor system has me about to be like nope. no more money from me

Its good to hear i am not the only one who thinks the trials make the game entirely unenjoyable. I want to keep playing but knowing i wont be able to ascend just kills the fun for me. the power fantasy of getting my build finally finished is just gone and there is no point rolling a new character if i still cant ascend. For the record i am playing cast on shock lighting ranger and i know my build is busted good. and i traded for all my gear so its also all rather good. i can blast tier 5 maps no problem.

Cannot believe that developers really imagined that this bullshit is any kind of fun

Suckmehas trials is an abomination and part of a great problem with the industry. Developers often get this idea in their head, a thing they really enjoy on a personal level but completely ignore their fanbase to pursue such a terrible mechanic. Sanctum was hated in poe1 when it was an optional thing and was only used because it was the best way to get currency. Now their tying it to something more important and its going to be even more hated. Stop the madness a characters talents should not be tied to endgame content. By time anyone gets these things they would have proven they didnt need them in the first place. This isn't progression, progression is getting tools you need to pursue harder content by doing marginally less difficult content. What you created is the reverse of that. Giving us power for doing content inwhich that power would of been useful in. It's unrewarding, unsatisifying, and bad design policy.

I mean, Ultimatum is also an option.

For OP: Since you mentioned the scorpion boss, I found the easiest way of dealing with her is to hide in a corner of the arena while she's doing her sand leap tantrum. The platforms Balbala tells you to seek cover on is a noobtrap.

This simple trick turned her into the easiest Sekhema Trial boss for me.