Another Labyrinth camplaint post

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Chadwixx wrote:

Why do keys disappear from your inv when you leave the area? Ya, you wasted your time

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Justnn wrote:

Full disclaimer: I'm going to complain about the Labyrinth. Yes, I totally died there, last night actually. I'm not going to complain about the difficulty of Izaro, or the traps, since I've only tackled normal so far.

I'm going to complain about the huge, un-interruptible time sink it causes, and the fact that dying once effectively wastes that time.

A friend and I ran the Lab yesterday. We were very thorough: we explored every room, got all the keys, fought Izaro twice and handled his mechanics (idols and portals), and generally had a pretty good time.

Then, two hours and almost a dozen rooms in, while showing him a locked Silver Door, I get clipped by a saw blade and die. There goes all the effort and time both of us put in.

I actually have no issue with the traps being dangerous, or with Izaro and Argus (big demon-bull thing, I think that's his name) being difficult. It makes the game more exciting, and offers a great alternative to leveling via mass slaughtering hordes of white mobs.

So, my question is this: what's wrong with lab checkpoints? Having a checkpoint before each Izaro fight would give those who died, or disconnected, or were interrupted, a way to recover, while still being punishing to people who are careless. Having to re-fight Izard and re-clear all the rooms you completed prior to exiting / dying in the Labyrinth still sinks extra time and effort into completing it.

There's a reason a lot of games steer away from multiple-hour projects that cannot be interrupted and have potentially no payout for players. There has to be a compromise between making the Lab 'lol easy / casual' and its current state.

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Kwonryu wrote:

The 10 Treasure Chests in the Ascendancy-chamber give great reward though.