Ascendancy Trials Need Rework

I am largely enjoying the game. Then I get to the ascendancy trials and no longer enjoying it. I am 5 to 7 levels ahead of what I am trying to do and I am following a decent build online but I die quickly. Sucks feeling like I want to stay away from the trials but need to do them in order to progress ascendancy skills. Very frustrating and believe PoE2 is failing on this aspect of the game. I hope the developers are really looking at this and will make some changes in the future.

No sanctum!

I agree, the two things I usually skipped during PoE1 are Ultimatum and Sanctum. Just my luck they added both of them as vital parts of the game in PoE2. I've actively stayed away from Trials just because of that, but it feels kinda crap to miss out on build power because of it.

So I'll probably stick to PoE1 until Trials have been reworked, if that ever happens.

As a causal player I already stated in another post about this very fact. I was having a blast playing POE2, this game managed to hook me like no other game since Diablo 2 did... I was already getting several microtransations because i was enjoying it so much. Until... these trials.

Then the game just died for me.
It is sad but again, maybe I am not the target audience.

Sanctum AND Ultimatum are both trash content most players dont liked in POE1. Why put them into POE2?

At the point they made them a "have to do" content in POE2 is a crazy letdown.

I think it's hilarious (but also tragic) that they took two of the most divisive mechanics from PoE1 that huge swathes of the community absolutely hated and wanted nothing to do with, and made them mandatory progression items in PoE2.

What...the...heck???

+1

You know what, I actually like how these two are designed. They're better than originals, obviously much better graphics, more varied objectives, more engaging gameplay. Ultimatum in POE1 is just run around in a circle while being constantly jumped by a big swarm of monsters. I don't get how anyone can like that.

But I don't think they are good selections for being ASCENDANCY trials. Everybody needs to go through this and these mechanics are very build divisive.