This game is fun but the new ascendancy system sucks

Played POE since launch and while the ascendancy was difficult it was never this bad. The new ascendancy challenges have made all my friends stop playing and is the reason I will be as well. They are way to hard and zero forgiveness. I like a challenge but a core part of character progression shouldn't be harder then end game content!

I'm the only one out of my friends who has even cleared the 2nd trial and I'm forever stuck on the 3rd trial. Ascendancy is what is holding this game back and if they don't fix it well I'm afraid this will push a broader audience away. I just want to progress and not have to be an MDI pro or have a "op build" to get things done.

Please grinding gear fix this problem now before it becomes a bigger problem later

at first i had hard time on POE1 trial,
i am now better with the way i build my characters, i have difficulty only on the first, and i faceroll all 4 others.

For POE2 ? my first character which was Bloodmage bone spell had hard time in the first chaos trial, so goes for my spark stormweaver... i just did it with higher level... (while my infernalist raging skull + arsonist rollfaced the 3 first :p )


Yes it can be hard, even more on some characters *have a thought for melee character on sekhema*... but the first two can be done easily at higher level, the progression is fast...

then, to be honest, for third or even more fourth, if your build can't manage the trials, it won't also manage pinnacle boss i think. so, the problem will remain. just in a later spot.

Without aiming for "op build" try to identify what are the issue, maybe it is not even the talent tree but simply your stuff ? not enough elemental resistance maybe ?