The Trials in PoE2 are the worst.
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I have thousands of hours in ARPGs, tens of thousands of hours over decades of gaming.
Your trials mechanic is the literal worst thing I've ever fucking played in my life. I hate them. I hate them so so so fucking much that I dread interaction with it in PoE2 every season. Every time. It's so fucking unfun. 90% of your player base hates sanctum and trials, and for good reason. They are designed to be bullshit. It's not the challenge, it's wild expectations of gear to overcome the absolute dog shit nerf mechanics you're forced to deal with, especially Chaos. I have never gotten 6 ascendency points in this EA run. I can't fucking stomach it, I just play half nerfed and then quit. I have given GGG over $1,000 over the last 10 years. I've been to Exilecon. I have not given you a dime since you released POE2 and made me suffer your fucking awful ascendency system, and you won't until it's made tolerable. God forbid I hope for fun. I would literally do anything else than fucking sanctum and chaos. I fucking hate them and honestly fuck you for hiding power behind these mechanics. Last bumped on Dec 14, 2025, 7:51:33 PM
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" +1 Some builds cant even do them like the honor system. I don't think they will never fix them though, at least not for the time being. |
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+1 - sort of
While I don't agree with the language, I do agree with the message. The negatives to attributes/stats are too harsh. Especially when you come across these mechanics in Act 2 and then Act 3 the for Trials, you are not going to have optimal gear most of the time. Coupled with not even having access to all of your spells, since they are locked behind tiers of progression, some players are not even attempting the trials until they reach end-game, and are way over-leveled. If you have to be (not always but many) severely over-leveled to complete content, then that content is too imbalanced. I recommend reducing the negatives... or give more options for dealing with them. |
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+1 as far as despising the trials and having ascendancies locked behind them.
It's an issue that almost alone puts me off the game. I hope they change them. | |
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Agreed, doing ascendancies is like having a bulging hernia. I would rather do uber lab 100 times than either of the trials.
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" I haven't gotten hit with a negative debuff on the first trial.. like ever. They are so easy to path around. Second trial is just as easy because you only need to clear like 4 rooms or whatever. In fact if you do all the trials at the minimum requirement, it's very easy even up to your last points. While farming trialmaster in end game is also easy, it's kind of annoying. Sekhema is pretty aids though. I know there's some tiny group of weirdos who enjoy doing level 80 sekhemas but I'll never understand it. |
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I don't play poe2 just because I have to go through it! Just the thought of doing this shit completely kills the urge to log into poe2.
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+1
Trial are still unchanged, still boring and stil mandatory to gain points :( |
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They make me quit every league.
I get to mapping, get bored, reroll, get to second trial, quit league because it's awful. ~ Seph
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Skill issue
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