Labyrinth has killed any motivation to make new characters for me.

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thedestroyerofkids wrote:

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Stygian_Doll wrote:

Then don't do it?

Ascendancy not optional?

It is optional you don't NEED to go in there but if you do need it too don't complain about it seeing how it makes your char OP.

Wow, lol OK.

Feel your pain m8,you cant fight whiteknights.

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thedestroyerofkids wrote:

No, for me its definitely the labyrinth. I have made 5 new characters since lab was introduced and only 1 actually ascended. The reason is, if he kills me, im highly unlikely to want to slog through that bullshit just to try again. Usually i just quit for the day, sometimes a few days, with longer and longer periods of disinterest as time goes on.

Its also why i quit perandus. No point playing non ascended characters.

Only asended two of my chars to 6pts. My wiz only got them because she killed malachai on merc before patch, not sure i would of done normal/cruel.

Just put it behind malachai a4 so people have a reason to go that far in merc.

it is a disguised request to remove difficulty from the game

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thedestroyerofkids wrote:

No, for me its definitely the labyrinth. I have made 5 new characters since lab was introduced and only 1 actually ascended. The reason is, if he kills me, im highly unlikely to want to slog through that bullshit just to try again. Usually i just quit for the day, sometimes a few days, with longer and longer periods of disinterest as time goes on.

Its also why i quit perandus. No point playing non ascended characters.

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thedestroyerofkids wrote:

The reason is, if he kills me

make a build next time - defences, flasks, resists. do not rely on zerging content and youll have to do the lab only once per difficulty. hardly an unreasonable time investment

you call it names (boring, tedious etc) to covert it up but the real problem is - it is too challenging for you

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sidtherat wrote:

it is a disguised request to remove difficulty from the game

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thedestroyerofkids wrote:

No, for me its definitely the labyrinth. I have made 5 new characters since lab was introduced and only 1 actually ascended. The reason is, if he kills me, im highly unlikely to want to slog through that bullshit just to try again. Usually i just quit for the day, sometimes a few days, with longer and longer periods of disinterest as time goes on.

Its also why i quit perandus. No point playing non ascended characters.

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thedestroyerofkids wrote:

The reason is, if he kills me

make a build next time - defences, flasks, resists. do not rely on zerging content and youll have to do the lab only once per difficulty. hardly an unreasonable time investment

you call it names (boring, tedious etc) to covert it up but the real problem is - it is too challenging for you

Its not the type of challenge we play poe for. The combat is why im tempted to play again, after 3 weeks of diablo i apprieciate poe's depth.

But like the op said, making a new char means you have to revisit the lab.

Account bound maybe a good way to go, let the hardcore run that place for the chant. Its just not worth the agony for most people.

Knowing i have to do the lab on a new char = new game (unless i get a really good item to build around, but then i gotta fuse the damn thing :( )

April 1st has passed, why is it still in the game?

not the type of challenge? so fighting a tough boss is not the challenge you want?

currently the only challenge in poe is not falling asleep during right-click faceroll. power creep made everyone a hero

if you cannot complete the lab underleveled (perfectly possible on a non-meta melee build) then do it on-level and if even that is too difficult - wait with normal and cruel labs till you can facetank Izaro

if traps kill you - get better because it is 100% player error and most if not all damage is 100% avoidable so traps should not be even mentioned here

and if you are still incapable of completing the lab - then maybe realize you are not yet ready to ascend your character. you faceroling Strands and Gorges (blue, no mods) does not make your character good

and please do not bring the 'tedium, boredom, unfun' - the OP clearly stated what his problem is

Same for me OP.

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sidtherat wrote:

currently the only challenge in poe is not falling asleep during right-click faceroll. power creep made everyone a hero

You farming red maps in HC with 3 dmg mods m8?

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sidtherat wrote:

and if you are still incapable of completing the lab - then maybe realize you are not yet ready to ascend your character. you faceroling Strands and Gorges (blue, no mods) does not make your character good

You still sounds like Lab is sooo hard that only great Sids of this world can complete this.

Fact is, that Lab is easy but utterly boring. And being still laggy and buggy doesn't help in this regard, especially that it needs precision of movements, which will never be here due to game engine and being on-line game.

I for one, specced in past about 9-10 builds per "season". Now I have specced only 5 and have little to no inclination to level more. Mostly due to Lab.

On the other note, what is wrong with doing blue Strands? Who wastes alchemies for mere 6 tier maps?