labyrinth is piece of shit i have ever seen in all games i have ever played.

Just came here to say i like lab a lot and its well designed.

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Turtledove wrote:

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Gordyne wrote:

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Turtledove wrote:

Him dying to traps simply means that it is a different kind of game (platform style) that takes getting used to, at least for me it did. Some of the false nonsense spread around by the defenders of this horrible content was that this means one is bad at playing the "fun" PoE game content or that lab is not a different style of game play or that we didn't like the horrible content because we weren't good at it.

If you can get good at PoE you can get good at Labyrinth. Dodging extremely hard hits from a lot of bosses is much harder that avoiding traps. You can even use movement skills to get past a lot of them.

What you say is absolutely true. It is also absolutely true that one can enjoy playing Path of Exile and at same time consider Labyrinth a piece of shit.

Of course, you can dislike it without being judged as a "bad player".

But I just think people have a really low tolerance to something that they are not used to. Complaints about it are very exagerated because:

- 90% of the traps can be trivialized by movement skills + bleed removal flask. You can just dash/heal past them.
- Trivializing the traps you can just go back to beating the shit out of the mobs.
- You can igore all the little puzzles with treasure chests behind them.
- You don't need to get every silver key. Just make sure you explore and get the darkshrine to help with the latest phase Izaro traps.
- You can come back way overlevelled and trivialize the entire Lab.
- You get a guaranteed big reward at the end.

And thats it! People complain like its the end of the world when there are so many ways to deal with it with relative ease.

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TorsteinTheFallen wrote:

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cxfcxf1983 wrote:

all i want to say is, labyrinth is piece of shit, waste of my time to die 5 times and start from beginning, getting two shots dead by traps again lol
this is just first labyrinth while i m 48 and mobs are 33. cant even image harder one.
nice freaking design to filter people like me i guess, good job, wouldn't have spent $20 if i know i will be running into this piece of shit.
uninstalling now.

If you are still among living in PoE realm msg/add me @DropOfVenom and ill guide you thru the lab and explain to see how easy it is. We'll go slow and you will just repeat my steps.
First lab is super easy and it's meant for every dumbass to complete it. You are just doing something wrong.

One can usually get through the first two labs without having to go through any mulit-screen trap gauntlets. There are such things in the first two labs but they are usually just guarding chests or something that you don't need to do.

Torstein has made a kind and helpful suggestion though.

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Gordyne wrote:

And thats it! People complain like its the end of the world when there are so many ways to deal with it with relative ease.

People usually complain about labyrinth because they don't think it is fun, not because they think it is hard. I don't like labyrinth but I'm far from the person that dislikes it the most.

I still play the game, many quit PoE because of lab. I did quit for a while but came back after they cut way back on the bad content.

I do all four labs for all my characters, many don't.

I do get the darkshrines on the main path, at least for endgame lab. Many just want to get out of the horrible content as quick as possible.

You like labyrinth. That is fine and good. I wish I liked it but I don't. I now deal with it with relative ease but, it is still not fun horrible content.

currently the lab is the only barrier that requires movement skills and preparation while endgame just requires raw damage output, some clever positioning, being able to disable loot display quick and closing popups asap.

if they remove the labyrinth or make it not mandatory, the game is officially dead for me.

Labyrinth is fantastic content where I can make my characters more powerful.

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VolcanoElixir wrote:

That's the problem: It's not well done, which squanders such a great concept.

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VolcanoElixir wrote:

Its problems lie in execution than concept. It's not about whether or not it belongs in the game, it's not being designed with enough consideration for how the game actually plays.

And this claims are based on what? Subjective opinion without any arguments a.k.a. IMHO.

The Lord's Labyrinth is a masterpiece in every its aspect. It is one of the few true RPG elements in the game, and it is one of the game elements that makes this game not just a hack&slash rightclicker.

I hope GGG will make more content like this in the future instead of breach/legion rightclick-loot simulators.

The labyrinth is absolutely a piece of shit, because it's not a side quest or optional thing. It 's one of the most stupid decision ever , that for sure made quit a lot of players, what a disappointment, as if the game was not hard enough.

In addition, the fact of making it always a little more easier does not make it very interesting for those who love the lab, those who hate must always hit the uber or skip it which keep a bitter taste. (other difficulties are no challenge just boring)
Make it optional, even harder and crazy with tons of rewards and everyone will be happy.

And the timeless are absolutely bullshit too but that's another subject.

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Sigfried2642 wrote:

The labyrinth is absolutely a piece of shit, because it's not a side quest or optional thing. It 's one of the most stupid decision ever , that for sure made quit a lot of players, what a disappointment, as if the game was not hard enough.

In addition, the fact of making it always a little more easier does not make it very interesting for those who love the lab, those who hate must always hit the uber or skip it which keep a bitter taste. (other difficulties are no challenge just boring)
Make it optional, even harder and crazy with tons of rewards and everyone will be happy.

And the timeless are absolutely bullshit too but that's another subject.

That is why we will have other ways to get ascendancy points in the future ,as Chris mentioned at Exilecon 2019. Though lab will still exist for those who want extra things and challenge and get rewarded for finishing it. So i am not sure why are you so mad about it.