Streamlining Ascension trials in a way that makes everyone happy
The primary issue with Trials of Ascension in their current state isn't their difficulty, it's their tediousness combined with how punishing they are. Making it to the 4th floor for Trials of Sekhema can take over 30 minutes during which you have to be concentrating and focusing the entire time because a single mistake can end your run and you have to do it over again. This also makes learning the boss fights (the best part of your game, fyi, they're really good) terrible.
Imo, the best solution is as follows: Abbreviated trials FOR ASCENSION ONLY. Reduced loot on followup runs(except relics drop normally) to prevent abuse where players only farm bosses and don't take their ascendancy. Djinn Barya drops work exactly as is now(first trial green, unlimited tries, rest are dropped at appropriate ilvls with floor 2,3,4). 1st Trial of Sekhema - no changes 2nd Trial of Sekhema - first room is the first floors boss fight. After fight, do entire second floor. 3rd Trial of Sekhema - First room is first floors boss fight. Second room is 2nd boss fight. Complete 3rd trial as normal. 4rth(final) trial of Sekhema - First 3 rooms are 3 back to back boss fights. Proceed to do 4th floor trial normally. Once all 4 ascension trials are complete, the full Trials of Sekhema unlock, and you do the entire 4 floors as is now, at full difficulty, with full rewards. For Chaos Ascension Trials, loot is reduced. 1st Chaos Trial - no changes - drops a green quest Crisis Fragment. 2nd Chaos Trial - Choose an affliction - first room is boss fight. Do 4 trials, then 2nd boss fight. Drops the 2nd green quest Crisis Fragment. 3rd Chaos Trial - Two back to back boss fights(choosing an affliction before each fight), then do 4 trials for last bossfight. Drop the final green quest Crisis Fragment. 4th(final) Chaos Trial - All 3 previous bosses, back to back. Before each fight, choose an affliction. Insert the 3 green tablets into the door, choose an affliction, and fight the trialmaster. The 3 green tablets are only consumed on boss completion. Once all 4 trials are complete, you unlock the full chaos trials, which are as they are now, with full loot, and needing 3 fragments to open the trialmaster door. With the above changes, I think the ascendancy process will be streamlined, but without actually compromising their difficulty and making them trivial. The challenge can stay, but the tediousness needs to be addressed, and the above does this. It would allow the final mechanics to stay difficult without gatekeeping builds Last bumped on Dec 17, 2024, 10:39:13 AM
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