Djinn Barya / Inscribed Ultimatum drop rate

I think we can all understand early access balance/stability issues, but failing a trial to a game crash or unbalanced mechanic like honor and knowing it will be hours or days until you can have another chance is an ALT-F4 moment for (probably) a lot of us.

I've failed trials to the honor system (fair I guess) and crashes (not fair) multiple times; there were also two instances where the chimaera bugged out in Ultimatum and I couldn't complete it.

Having to re-do them is ok by me, I understand we're half a year away from a completed game and a polished experience. But please for the love of god add a reliable source of Djinn Baryas/Inscribed Ultimatums. Or maybe just let us repeat them for free (with no loot) until we get our ascendancy points.

UPDATE: After setting my graphics to low I was able to avoid crashing and complete the 7 trials ultimatum.

The ascendancy altar was unclickable, even though the inscribed ultimatum clearly said I would get my points after completing it.

That's it for me, see you when this is fixed.

Don't even bother.
Both of them are bugged.
No way to get point 7 and 8 in any ascendancy so far it seems.

Ultimatum and sanctum locking off build progression is a travesty.
Largely random, inaccessible and build-punishing mechanics should not gatekeep content for a large majority of players.

Release the ascendancy points with the campaign, 2 points after beating act 2,3,4, and 6 bosses.

At least until they have working trials that is fair across the board, working well, and decently like by most players.

A computer game is about having fun, after all, and I see VERY few people loving either mechanic.

droprate is actually really annoyingly low atm.

And, if it were to stay that way I wouldnt mind either, but then I would like GGG to consider NOT losing the stone after you failed once. Just be able to repeat it until you cleared it.

Losing the stone upon fail is just another kick to the knees. Like, you already wasted time and effort, cool, let's take your resources too and maybe you won't be able to run again for a while.

Really cool mechanic. Cool beans.

Ascendancy needs to be looked at hard. Specifically points 5-8, but honestly, all of it could be released much easier and to great effect.

+1

I agree with everybody above. I actually don't mind the challenge and it is annoying to have to start over and spend 1-2 hours to get through the trials but I can stomach that. I get it still needs balancing and will be worked out but I really can't stomach is trying to find another coin if I failed. I like the idea of a more reliable source or at a least a better drop rate. I tried farming last night and this morning and had no luck finding a coin so I basically gave up and moved on to more enjoyable content.

To add insult to injury I tried buying the Djinn Barya by using the trading website and I swear I messaged like 50-60 people and got zero replies. I know some are bots but I tried to find people that have posted, etc. The Trading really needs to be worked out in-game.

I hope the devs really do implement an In-game Buyout with a Gold cost penalty on the buyer or something because the Trading Website is not the ideal solution for players.

Why are they even gate keeping something nobody wants to do in the first place?

Give us 1000 tokens, I'm still only doing it the one or two times I'm required to do it.

+1

I failed Sanctum Version for Point 5 and 6 ... did at least 70 maps and not one f... coin to try again.

Thats just stupid. I really hate both mechanics. 1000x worser than Lab !