F final ascendency. why do they think this is a good idea

There's a million threads for this and it is still many million too short!

For a game that touts deep character customization, why do you have to build specifically to get your 4th ascendency? 1st, 2nd, 3rd, no real issue. maybe you need to tweak something when you're still developing your build, no big. maybe you wait a couple of extra levels, cool.

Running a lvl 87 smith of kitava tank, approaching max defenses. I face tank mobs and most map bosses in T15, but honor+RNG makes sekhemas basically impossible without comparatively massive single target damage. Trial of chaos still requires killing 3-4 overtuned bosses that all have defacto insta kill moves.

The only thing left for me to do without respec'ing is level up, round out the few missing items/upgrades for my build and then ascend. WTF is the point of that from game design? The only thing gatekeeping final ascendency behind pinnacle bosses does is make OP builds more OP. basically everything else from pinnacle bosses I can farm other content and trade for, but i can't trade for ascendency so I have to upgrade my character to the point i don't really need it.

I actually like the trails for the first 2 ascendancies because the difficulty seems reasonable for basically any build. the 3rd I wish could be done sooner, but no special build needed to reasonably complete, no problem.

GGG really needs to fix this final ascendency cause having this power spike dangling in front of me but not really being able to get it until i don't need really makes me want to stop playing.

That's my rant. Hopefully they finally listen to us on this, cause dropping the level on the trial a bit wasn't really the issue.

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