Labyrinth killed the game for me

Lost another Character in the lab to server lag, my fault right? Should have pressed f1.

You know last league i purchased a supporter pack because i was super excited about the upcoming expansion, and well i wanted to support it. I was thinking cool.. new act maybe bunch of new skills or old skills reworked. New mobs, auras, maps. Maybe some improvements on the shitty game engine. Ya know all sorts of stuff.

Nope we got the lab, more suited for a game engine and play style like Diablo 3.
And of course the ascendancy points which adds such a power creep to the game that it becomes a joke, and you are absolutely compelled to complete the lab.

The sub classes could have been something that you chose at lvl 1. Something to focus the classes and add some distinctness, which it really does not achieve in its current state. All they do is dump a bunch of power on already strong builds.
Equip your Lightning coil, equip your Taste of hate. Choose spark ,cyclone/earthquake, or blade vortex.

Dying to Dominus, or Malachai for the first time was exciting. Ok he does this and this and this and i will do this. Dying to a trap is sickening, I do not know how else to put it.

Obviously Lab is here to stay because so much time and resources were dumped into it. You know the salty part of me wishes i could refund that supporter pack, but that is a dick move honestly XD. I'll think of it as a tip for a lot of hours of fun in the past.

Anyways peace out path, i doubt i will ever be an exile again.

Lost a character? Seems like HC killed the game for you, not the Lab.

You died.

Its too bad GGG stood by a bad design. Plenty of other games to play, id be playing them if i wasnt in a 10 min que.

There are many people that loved PoE game play that do not enjoy labyrinth game play. It is disingenuous for people to then come back and say this OP doesn't like labyrinth play just because they died. It is actually an absolutely ridiculous position to take because anyone that has played PoE for any length of time has died many times. It is silly that people saying this think that they know the mind of the OP author better than he knows in his own mind what he likes or dislikes.

I'm in just about exactly the same camp as the op. I tried to Stop Worrying and Learn to Love the Labyrinth, but it just didn't work. It's too out of touch with the rest of PoE gameplay, and I hate every moment of it.

Normally in a new league, and especially one featuring an expansion, I'd have leveled a couple of characters to 90 by now. This time out, I rage-quit the 1st day, tried telling myself I was being silly and stuck my toe back into the water a few times, hated it still, and have since seen my gameplay dwindle to almost nothing.

Sad times, but All Things Must Pass.

you could pretend the lab doesn't exist, and get the ascendancy class by paying for the lab to be done. if you pay you can safely hide a ways behind the helper.

Lab is such a small part of the game it should not kill it for you. I just get my ascendancy and never go back in is how much I hate it. If you cant do it get some help.

I would enjoy Lab more if it is worth doing. I still have to get helm enchancements for achievement, but I think I'll just pass that one.

Lab + lag in a nutshell...

1. Saw a public team, looks fun, lets join it.
2. 200-300ms ping which is fine for most of the time in poe.
3. Took a damage on trap, trying to get out of it asap.
4. Desync happens & the server re-sync you back on the trap. took the second damage before u can heal back = can nearly rip or will Rip you. O_o

IMO,I think laby desync should resync player back at the start of the trap chain. I rather re-run the trap again than dying.