Labryinth Key (Currency) - Unlocks Boss Fight only version

My first impression of the lab was pretty bad. Quite bad, extra bad, terri-bad even.

In subsequent runs I've had some fun in there, but still I'm quite mixed and view it as tedius. Its tedius enough that it makes me consider not making additional builds. Even though playing with different Ascendancy classes excites me, having them gated behind the lab seems to be an even bigger disincentive.

Some people like the Lab. It must have some place. But it seems to be a love hate relationship.


But I have a solution. Create a Key. A special currency found in the normal world that lets you run a boss fight only version of the lab. This alternate run would have no boring running simulator zones spreading out the boss fights, and no puzzles for those who just want to kill stuff. But it also wouldn't create runs that are leaderboard contenders. Just a give me my damn points at the cost of finding or buying this currency, and of course you still need to kill Itzario.

"Don't go that way. If he would have gone that way he would have gone straight to the castle."

I'd say that this sounds a decent idea but i'd add 1 change and that would be that the boss fight only version wouldn't give you enchantments. It'd be a quicker way to just get your ascendancy points as i see the points as a necessity and the enchants as that final piece of min/maxing. I personally dislike the labyrinth as i don't play poe to platform i play to be killing things constantly and getting loot, I just dislike the slowness of it but i can see why some people enjoy that as a change of pace and would welcome just being able to fight Izaro 3 times and get my points and never go back.

First suggestion that I am not actually opposed to ;). Would have to be a very rare currency though, like Exalted or Divine orbs, because if you find on average three during leveling, then you can just skip the lab on every character. Since not everyone wants to skip the lab, you would produce a large flood of this currency that would become worthless.