The trials are the worst content I have ever suffered.

I am amazed an idea this bad ever got off the floor. I just quit when on the 2nd last room of the 3rd floor I had no option but 'you have no energy shield'. So ..run over for my build.

I wash my hands of it. That's it for me, there are 2 or 4 Ascendency points in this game and that's it as far as I care from now on. The sheer stupidity, yes that is the correct word, for locking character progression behind this pure cancer of a trial is honestly impressive.

Start again and finish the trial. Like all the people.

You want the ascendancy free?

Skill issue in this case. Trials are fine

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Die_Scream#5464 написал:

I am amazed an idea this bad ever got off the floor. I just quit when on the 2nd last room of the 3rd floor I had no option but 'you have no energy shield'. So ..run over for my build.

I wash my hands of it. That's it for me, there are 2 or 4 Ascendency points in this game and that's it as far as I care from now on. The sheer stupidity, yes that is the correct word, for locking character progression behind this pure cancer of a trial is honestly impressive.

We have a whole group of people out there that have issues but I seriously don't know what the problem is.

It seems like these people want everything to be cheap, easy, free, press one button and everything drops from the sky.

If people cannot accept that there are challenges and setbacks in the game, then it's probably better that these people just leave and go play something else like hello kitty online.

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stkmro#2432 написал:

We have a whole group of people out there that have issues but I seriously don't know what the problem is.

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it's probably better that these people just leave and go play something else like hello kitty online.

Considering your dismissive language, you are probably not interested in hearing some of the issues that people have. If you are, I share some that I personally have.

I like the challenge of trials and agree that there is satisfaction when overcoming them, resulting in the ascendancy. But currently some of my chars couldn't make it and my enjoyment to try has faded as the challenge-reward is not proportional to the time investment when it fails. For example Sekhemas, I think the current system of choosing rooms is fun. Until the first boss. If I fail there, I repeat. If I fail at the third one, either by lack of skills or lack of luck, I get frustrated. I only have limited time to play video games and enjoy seeing progress in my characters.

To me, a simple Sekhema solution would be to have just one boss, for the respective ascendancy level.

I respect your frustration tolerance, apparently it's higher than mine. Yet I wish that I would be less gated when it comes to my ascendancies. And yes, even with your dismissal, if I had to choose I'd take LE's for subclasses system anytime, as getting free is better than not being able to get it at all. I like the trials in PoE2 up to ascendancy point 4+. Higher ascendancy levels are too much.

I still try to understand who GGG wants to target as their audience. Is it me as more casual player with only a few hundred hours and a dislike for trade, or you as who has faster reflexes and/or more time? I honestly don't know. Until that becomes clearer, it's fair to respect either side of the difficulty opinions, not just for trials, but for the full game.

I can understand your feelings. I want to enjoy this game as it looks amazing. However, there are certain areas in this that are designed to a particular crowd and newcomers and casuals are left in the backburner. I can barely pass my 3rd ascendency. My coin tells me I have certain amount of chances. I seem to only get once chance per coin as something does not seem right here as I have no more coins and am getting frustrated. This is no fun at all.

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Fluxit#7192 написал:

I still try to understand who GGG wants to target as their audience. Is it me as more casual player with only a few hundred hours and a dislike for trade

Guy a few hundred hours is not a f'ing casual amount of time and your dislike for trade has nothing to do with whether or not you're casual.

As it stands, trade is the most effective and fastest way to upgrade gear. If you don't like it, it's not about being casual it's about being stubborn.

Just sounds like you had some rough RNG, it happens. Get back on the horse and go again.

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Kerchunk#7797 написал:

Guy a few hundred hours is not a f'ing casual amount of time and your dislike for trade has nothing to do with whether or not you're casual.

As it stands, trade is the most effective and fastest way to upgrade gear. If you don't like it, it's not about being casual it's about being stubborn.

On casual: I listed the hours to underline that even with that amount of time, I never saw POE1 endgame, even with trades, so I wouldn't say I'm a great player. Obviously I am still very invested.

On trading: Sure, it's the most efficient way, no doubt. But this is not about me, being intentional with how I like to spend my time. It's about having a significant amount of players who dislike this efficient game's method to become better in order to enjoy actual in-game content. As a publisher you have to measure and asses if that's the right way for an audience to optimize your income. My and your singular personal experiences don't matter for GGG. And I have doubt if GGG can define and understand their audience so well, given the latest developments. That's why it matters for trials here, as clearly it's a polarizing topic. I just keep my fingers crossed that they make a game that a huge player base can enjoy.

Just pick all sacred water you can, go to the merchant and buy all the good boons...

Use a relic to see more rooms before entry and of course HONOUR RESISTANCE in all relics you can.

Try it like this, if u havent enough damage to kill the 4th boss, then you are not prepared to receive the last ascendancy points.

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This season the trials are harder, has more enemies and traps.. etc.. but still not so hard like you said.

4th trial is kinda sick, the first 3 trials are completely fine and easy to do.