Crucible is too long, and the the one shot moves from the boss are cheap if you're making us run through that many rooms each time

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Here’s a few posts about a similar topic:

Crucible Redesign into a Dungeon/Gauntlet Hybrid

There are various complaints from various posts and topics about the current iteration of the crucible. Here are some examples: It takes too long to get to the boss. Getting to the boss is NOT engaging enough. There should be a Cerim Whisper in front of the boss after reaching it. The crucible run needs to feel more unique. Crucible rooms are too easy once you get to level 20+. At this stage of the game, we have enough healing items. Most of my deaths are due to ledges or…

Echo Knight and the Crucible

So far I have 44 hrs in the game, and I have thoroughly enjoyed it. There is heaps of potential and I genuinely can’t wait until we get the rest of the story and full release. For the last few days I have been bashing my head against the crucible, trying to defeat the Echo Knight. While I could Alt+F4 to get back to back attempts it was fine, I enjoyed trying to learn the fight when there was no time consequence to a failure. I even got the bug once where if I died and re-entered (after clearin…

Some good discussion in both threads about the length of the Crucible and why the enjoyability can decline when you’re struggling to kill the Echo Knight.

Important to keep in mind that the Crucible in it’s current form is the foundation for what could become a much more comprehensive feature, and is bound to change as time goes on.

Hard to say what they will or won’t do with it, but this particular feedback has cropped up many times so they’ll be paying attention and thinking about it no doubt.