Trial of Ascendancy kills the fun

The new trials takes the fun out of the game for me.
In PoE sanctum and ultimatum sucked and now they force this crap on us again.
if this is what they plan for us, i wont be on for long in PoE2

+1. this is the worst part about the game for me

Crazy how they think we like sanctum because a very few people run them to make currency. Very niche mechanic for those that can cheese it well.

i'll never do a sanctum again after i tried it in sanctum league.

plus any mechanic through me out of the immersion in the game. they dont really fit in poe 2

I'm not complaining or anything but is here somebody who beat the Ultimatum on the intended level(38)?

+1 to this,

This part of the game is the only thing making me want to turn it off and hope it gets better at a later date, and if it never changes never return.

the ultimatum one is even worse than the sanctum

Agree, these suck.

As a fun side thing, sure. as an requirement .. sucks. Didn't like either of them in poe1 either. Don't really like them being forced on me here.

Been around since 2013, Sanctum was one of two seasons I immediately dropped from the season. I just do not like mechanics like it, I don't play ARPG style roguelikes. It's just not for me and I'm just a bit upset that I'm forced to play a mechanic that I personally distain, wish it was an option between Sanctum or Lab. I have no issue with Sanctum being in the game or any of our mechanics from PoE1, I loved that I could just choose to skip things I disliked in PoE1. It might honestly keep me from playing certain classes that I'd love to play.

+1 - Sanctum wasn't too bad on level. I'm 44 and Ultimatum is night and day difference. It's an awful experience. I may try it later when I'm higher level and outgear it. Hoping it doesn't scale...

+1

I understand that they want to create engaging gameplay, and that's fine but there should also be a neutral one more akin to the original lab for people that just want to run it that way instead of having mechanics forced on them, make it longer for all i care, but the option would be nice.

as it currently stands i'm not sure i would want to get all my ascendancy points