SET FREE THE ASCENDANCY POINTS (or rework the lab) [New ascension methods/lab rework ideas]

Yeah, nice to see the crusade still going. Though it's something of a trench warfare at this point, you're gaining no ground and they aren't losing any, people have other things to complain about and lab got a message from the server saying: "Congratulations, you have reached the 'Accepted' reputation level in Klamath".

Nice to see that boost to the chance to drop maps you haven't completed before, I don't like buying my way through atlas so that's fairly big. Maybe they'll do it for map trials one day too, unless they already did on the hush.

Please, can I get on a list. Any list! :P

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morbo wrote:

Please, can I get on a list. Any list! :P

I can get you on a CT scan waiting list if you'd like.

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raics wrote:

Yeah, nice to see the crusade still going. Though it's something of a trench warfare at this point, you're gaining no ground and they aren't losing any, people have other things to complain about and lab got a message from the server saying: "Congratulations, you have reached the 'Accepted' reputation level in Klamath".

Nice to see that boost to the chance to drop maps you haven't completed before, I don't like buying my way through atlas so that's fairly big. Maybe they'll do it for map trials one day too, unless they already did on the hush.

I agree with the map drop boost for uncompleted maps as well for the same reason.

keep fighting the good fight Turtledove

honestly I think we are tilting at windmills at this point but one can dream of a day where the Ascendancy points are not locked behind a sadistic joke

so when will 'they will SURELY fix this in 3.3' posts start to appear? cannot wait. for 4th patch in a row

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raics wrote:

Yeah, nice to see the crusade still going. Though it's something of a trench warfare at this point, you're gaining no ground and they aren't losing any, people have other things to complain about and lab got a message from the server saying: "Congratulations, you have reached the 'Accepted' reputation level in Klamath".

Nice to see that boost to the chance to drop maps you haven't completed before, I don't like buying my way through atlas so that's fairly big. Maybe they'll do it for map trials one day too, unless they already did on the hush.

Good to see you back (seriously)!

I don't see this as trench warfare, or really any kind of warfare at all.

Posts about lab still pop up fairly frequently because of newer players who write "WTF is this?" about lab and sometimes the frustrations of more experienced players boil over and lead to new posts / threads about lab. Thus, in the end, even after lab has driven away a fair number of players it still remains on or near the first page of the feedback forum pretty much all the time.

It feels more like key figures at GGG have still not fully worked their way out of denial mode concerning how widely disliked and hated lab is, haven't fully accepted how badly designed it is, and probably haven't yet fully accepted how silly the lore is. That doesn't feel at all like being in a trench.

YMMV, of course.

Sure, it's just that I don't think there's much chance they will crack now and do something drastic if they didn't back then when the pressure was more palpable. Some plushy polishing and dusting probably, and that's if we're lucky, which is a bit of a shame because there's a lot of room for improvement.

With the treadmill rate and magnitude of the content they've been pushing out lately it seems they're struggling to do even the most basic maintenance like ascendancy rebalance. They pushed them out untested in the last moment with a promise to further adjust at a later date, and those are a major gameplay factor after all. Hell, poor Scion was waiting this long for a rework, all she got were minor touch ups to mirror other classes and if you ask me the whole ascendant concept isn't working.

They deserve to know what people think about their creation, it's only thought of as a war because their creation is very undeserving of what they previously had created.

Here are my thoughts on the new league:
I actually like it. A lot. I like how the animation plays when you throw the pokenet, i like how the guy comes out of the portal and confirms that you cought something and i like how i feel sad if i fail by killing the monster i wanted to catch too fast. I am a guy that likes fishing in games and poe has implemented fishing that is not only very rewarding but also tied to the core gameplay without much impact on it. You decide if you just wanna go fast and get the loot or slow and get loot and the beast as well. And if you just wanna kill stuff you can still trade for beasts with normal loot so everything turns out ok.

What turned me off was the trials. I went to prison and found the spikes and thought: "Oh god not this again, please have mercy. How many times have i done it now? How many times must i do it again just to prove that i am qualified enough to pretend to be mario just to get my ascendancy." GGG i am trying my best to take it as easy as possible, i am playing softcore, i am not racing, i am taking it slow, i am trying to have fun doing act1 in two hours and catching beasts left and right. All just to try and forget that i have to do lab and trials again. And it's not working. Not anymore. I am seriously thinking of not playing and it's not because of the league mechanic, which as i said i actually like, it's because of the lab. And the "not playing" might not be applicable just for this league. I think i am done.

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Inspired91 wrote:

Just dropping by to say that labyrinth is the worst content I've seen since selfie cam in wow, but at least that one is not mandatory. I've been playing almost every league since closed beta, and I wanted to play this new one, but realized I cba going through lab again. That's why i'm posting this instead.

I'd rather fight Izaro 15 times in a row than deal with this navigation simulator. It is not an issue of difficulty, but an issue of annoyance.

Inspired91, thank you for posting your opinion that labyrinth is the worst content in PoE and the worst content since optional selfie cam in wow. I've added you to the list now at 981 account names long of people that have shared similar sentiment in the forum. Over 370 threads discussing labyrinth problems with over 980 posters in support