Does anyone do the Kyrian convenant Path of Ascension anima reservoir activity? I tried it, but haven’t gone past the first step, and quite frankly, don’t see the point to it. I’m comparing it to the Stitching activity for the Necrolords. That was so much fun to do, and the constructs actually enhance the game (especially Fytrap). That was such a fun activity, that I focused on it over any of the other choices for the Necrolords, and have completed the 5 steps.
On the other hand, for the Kyrians it will likely be the last thing I do, if I bother with it all. Is there some benefit to game play as you progress with the PoA that I don’t know about? Maybe it’s too much to expect total copies of the different covenants, but with all the Centurians in Bastion, I would have loved the option to make a a few of them to run around with, and would have been a perfect choice for my engineering goblin.
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Short answer: Black Wings Mog!!!
Long answer: No, not really
The anima cost, mat farming grind, and overall difficulty of the Path Of Ascension makes it far harder than the tasks required for any other covenant.
To get the Black Wings mog you have to beat every boss on the hardest difficulty without using any boost items to help you…so after spending roughly 60K anima and 100+ souls to upgrade the system you have to win incredibly difficult fights that are gated behind a unique currency used only for the Path of Ascension
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Well,from that point you would like to finish the covenant campaign to get to mikaniko which has Bronn to show up in helping you.< differently an engineer thing.
I enjoy the Fae Conservatory, so I decided to unlock rank 1 PoA on my Kyrian priest. Big mistake. I don’t enjoy vehicle combat or constantly farming mats to maintain and upgrade. A waste of 1.5k anima.
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I really like the dark mog available from it, it would look fantastic on my hunter, but eh the content is so annoying i simply cannot put myself through it for a mog lol
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Don’t you know!?
There is a Dark Agent running wild in the Mortal Realm with the power of the Maw itself in hand.
The Path is flawed!
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I really wanted that mog but that thing sucks big time and I crossed it off the to do list after 1. Big disappointment.
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I was a little irked after unlocking and doing the first challenge. Apparently it’s not a challenge you can win because you need to craft other items.
I get that mechanic. I understand it. But making me farm up the stuff for the fight and then making it a fight we can’t win…ok…but it just feels bad like I wasted time. Then after you lose they say, “lol go farm up more mats for this stuff before you farm up mats to fight again.”
ok…wait what is all this for? It’s for waaaay down the line…like way far out, just keep farming. Ok, but…how long? Like longer than you expect. Ok…but…
I thought I was going to enjoy it as a cool boss fight challenge, almost like brawler’s guild, where I could do challenging fights and get better with some fun open world unlocks/toys/utility along the way. But unfortunately it felt more about mat farming and anima farming with very underwhelming rewards that just aren’t worth the time/effort.
I don’t NEED to kill time. I play for entertainment and fun. There are other games where the entertainment value is a lot higher for time spent.
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I found the fights to be a fun mini game and would 100% complete it IF it weren’t such a ridiculous amount of farming world mats. So much farming for so little reward… take your hamster wheel and shove it Blizzard.
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As many have commented. Time/reward ratio (like many things this expansion) is skewed badly. Like the theme of SL…
Anyway, the world mat farming is TERRIBLE. Thus I have not progressed past the first level.
But I would like to point out…
I do want to make the time to get it done because something genuinely tells me Blizzard is going to “Mage Tower” these looks. And that purple set is gonna go away for some arbitrary reason before 10.0 and I don’t want to farm it while 100k other people are as well.
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Though aggravating it offers a unicorn pet and mount, so 'tis worth it in mine eyes.
The mount isn’t guaranteed. Which angers me.
It’s like Torghast, do it, but only if you really give a damn, otherwise forget about it.
I want to complete path of ascension trials for the transmogs, but the fights are horribly overtuned and the time requirement for farming mats, anima (to open all upgrade levels), and medallions of service is frankly ridiculous. I’m so disappointed in this feature.
Edited to add: I was really very invested in trying to complete the trials. I opened up all the levels and started working on the trials of humility which are timed. Despite watching strat videos and spending more than 100 medallions on mats for charms and attempts, I repeatedly could only get the fight against Kalesthene down to 10% (best attempt 2%) with Pelagos.
The overall result left me feeling upset and like I wasted my time. I don’t have any problem with challenging content, but these fights really do feel horribly overtuned. Even the mage tower became gradually nerfed by people getting better geared and didn’t require a currency to even make attempts. I hope Blizzard looks at this because it’s a bit ridiculous to lock two of the four covenant transmog tints behind something this difficult.
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Art thou certain? I see it listed as a reward under one of Azaruux’s higher difficulties, and the reward section hath not lied to me yet.
You can’t even out gear it cause vehicle
The Forsworn mog set is awesome, and you also get the glider for summoning Sundancer.
However, I personally have hit a wall in difficulty with rank 3 and I simply find the bosses impossible to beat.
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You don’t have to farm the mats! you can buy them from the innkeeper down that section.
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Ignore my opinon, but my main is kyrian and I hate everything about them so no. I farm anima and upgrade stuff on my necro guy.
salty monk
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I was on your position once OP.
But the grind is so poorly tested it’s not even worth it… but I’m sure some people in the world already got this set or almost will get it no doubt it’s admirable to tolerate such inhuman grind.