Trials still no fun

Trials is about random, luck. The content is no fun at all. Even after patch, Ok now we can fight Ashar , but it isnt a fight. The boss is ridiculous. it comes from underground and hits u 3 times u are dead. GGG should fire who create this trials and this boss. I was able to get to ashar 2x for the first time after the patch, but the experience of trials is the worst I've had in an ARpg game in my life.

I agree - 3rd floor is still just plain dumb in comparison to the first two - and it really is much more about pure luck than skill and power - particularly when there is no real deterministic input on the floor layout. Get to mid-floor 3 and you get a 4-room run of no honor-restore options across the options presented? Gosh, sorry - run it again! Lame.

I'll pretty much settle into playing with only 2 ascendancies until I get bored and move on to another game. POE 1's Lab was about character power and some skill thrown in...this trial gating behind a roguelike experience is garbage.

The whole Sanctum thing, a genre that doesn't even really fit the rest of the game, clearly gives someone important at GGG some super-exciting, big-boy tingles (rolls eyes)

The debuff that permanently removes Energy Shield is very bad, because Energy Shield also increases Honour. My honour suddenly reduced from 4,200 to 1,900.

Even I cleared the floor, this debuff persists. This is a bad comedy.

I agree with you.

This whole game mode if you've played it more than a couple times you realize it's entirely designed to rage bait you. Lmao. Its like on floor 1 multiple times I have been pigeon holed into a room choice.

Minor affliction - Enemies have 50% health.
Affliction - You have no evasion.

I'm seriously close to just quitting the game over this. I'm level 83. I clear T14 right now solo. The next big weapon/armor upgrade for me is in the thousands of exalts. My build is trash for this mode, and I can't progress without beating it.

I can't beat this stupid game mode and unlock my progression and I'm about done. If the character progression is going to be locked behind this kind of cheese.

The algorithm is obviously designed to make you fail.

I'm at low honour, but I have that nice 50% honour restore boon. Next room random affliction, gotta take it cause it leads to honor restore... Oh the minor affliction removed my honour restore boon. Haha.

If you play and pay attention, you'll notice that the afflictions and all the rooms troll you every single stage. Even after the update this mode is complete garbage.

I still dont understand why they bring an unpopular poe1 mechanic and make it mandatory. I wasted another hour of my life today playing this and uninstalled the game again. GGG GET RID OF THE HONOR SYSTEM ITS CRAP think of something a little more fair that I can build a character around.

It’s great to see that something is being done about the Trials, but unfortunately, from my perspective, the biggest issues still remain:

The endless, aimless farming required for every attempt at the Trials starting from the third Ascension is still a major frustration.
The content of the Trials feels so fundamentally different from the main game that it’s highly likely many players who otherwise enjoy the game won’t enjoy the Trials at all.
The distribution of buffs and debuffs is far too reliant on RNG, which adds to the frustration.
I find it baffling why it’s not possible to implement a simple difficulty system for the game. This would allow a much larger audience to enjoy it. For example:

An "Easy" mode could simply reduce the item levels of drops as a trade-off for a more accessible experience.
For the Trials specifically, if the developers are unwilling to create a more reasonable alternative, the debuffs could be significantly toned down in an "Easy" mode, or even removed entirely for the first run-through.

Got my third ascension with lvl 80. But only because i had the vendor 1 room before the boss and i was able to buy ccannot take damage in the next room. Otherwise no shot to beat this boss. T 10 maps not a problem. 72% honor res appartently only enough to barely make it with insane luck.

I think Trials have reached a point where they'd be great optional content, a way to focus target certain uniques or item types. That's not their main function for most players, though, so they still need a ton of work. Making Honor loss still allow Ascendancy would help a ton, especially if there was a reusable key for later ascendancies like the first one. Just have it gate loot, and it would be a great compromise.