The labyrinth is both boring and frustrating

Hi everyone, here another hater of the f*****g labyrinth. It's so long, so difficult, so boring, so stupid...

I am a VERY casual player, I don't have too much time to play. I usually play a while and try to get the next teleporter before leaving the game.

Since I was level 33 I have tried to do the normal labyrinth when I have about two hours to play. I know, there are some pros that can do it in 15 minutes. OK, congratulations, I need two hours.

Right now I am level 47... absurdly overleveled, usual monsters are like bugs, they don't even touch me... and still I can't finish it.

If I make a mistake in a trap and I die... I must try it again another day (usually the next weekend)
If I make a mistake fighting Izaro and I die... I must try it again another day.
If I have a momentary lag in my connection just when I am trying to pass a trap... I must try it again another day.
Of course disconnections of my internet connection... I must try it again another day.

If ONLY the f*****g labyrinth wouldn't reset I could try to walk again the path from the beginning after dying. But oh, sure, absolute respawn and redesign of monsters, traps, etc.

I hate the labyrinth. It's the worst thing of this great game.

Not sure how many levels I can go up without finishing the damned labyrinth, but I fear that I will discover it soon. Maybe I will be the first player reaching level 80 in normal mode.

Or maybe I will quit PoE and will search another more balanced game. Who knows.

i didn't like the lab either . not fun . specially the control with a mouse .

I'm personally not a fan of it. I just don't want spinning buzzsaws, traps and roombas in an ARPG. Ever. It's not fun and it doesn't belong in any ARPG.

Even worse, I honestly don't know what GGG could do to improve it. How do you make it fun?

Just coppypasta my post from other topics. I think i used to have ur thinkings
I used to whining about lab 1 months ago, but now things is different.
First, lab give me more actions even than uber or the core - in some cases they are more rng than lab. Big punishment, no repeat mechanics - when u get through traps- and so on.
Secondly, i died 12 times in my first char this league to complete merc lab. 4 or 5 times in my LL champion - the next char. And finally i cleared merc lab with 0 deaths with all my last 2 chars at lvl 70 and they are all lowlife. U need a little practice to become better. Thats all
/Learn when to fight, when to retreat when fighting with izaro. Learn about his mechanics. His biggest threat is is replacement - which move u into trap - he used after his first big hit.

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sidtherat wrote:

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it is not the game that is difficult, nor the rain is the problem - your characters are not yet ready to ascend and that is the real problem

Can we please stop using the word "ascend"? I have no issue with ascendancy classes, but you make the verb, ascend, sound so trite and full of moon-eyed naivety that I want to vomit.

Of course that could be because I live in Sedona, Arizona, where every third man or woman claims to be a spiritual master who can help you "ascend".

Well if you don't want to do the lab and ascend , noone is forcing you .

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Tin_Foil_Hat wrote:

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Vhlad wrote:

Korean MMO grinders have progression. By default they're more rewarding than the 100% lottery helm shit show, that you can do 400 times and be 0% closer to your goal.

1/364 per helm per build per character per league
which gets reset/replaced every 4-6 months, along with your passive tree

If this is the kind of shit that will make me quit, when my last run was 4:12, holy fuck I feel for the people doing 1+ hour runs

Muh lottery, which is why i do Labyrinth myself and im hitting every enchant i want right ? LEL.

And many more than ive sold.

For someone who can run it just as fast as i do you sure are complaining alot even though its free exalts in your pocket nearly every run.

Edit - And youre running it in Standard, where there would be way more demand and bigger prices for good enchants. I will never get tired of running Labyrinth, its a great way to earn currency without doing maps over and over again.

So Lab is fine because u can get currency, i got the point.

This forum.

Needed to log 4 times and now the game crashed. Still not done with that boring crap. Im playing HC.
Atziri is mean too but you have 6 portals. Why cant we have portals in lab too ?

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tryhardgg wrote:

Well if you don't want to do the lab and ascend , noone is forcing you .

ggg will be balancing game around asc classes -> genius comes in and says asc classes not mandatory

aiyooo