I won't deny it's disappointing, watching them fall into their own assholes.
Getting back on topic, my only question about Ascendant -- there seems to be a HELL of a lot of numbers flying around if I'm reading some of these sheets right? I hope actions are streamlined so we're not having to do complex math to run an encounter?
Most of the math is taken care of by the CHART and the Damage tables. But there is some math.
A typical example would be:
A: "I attack with AV 14."
B: "My DV is 13".
A: "OK, my RV is 14 - 13 = +1".
A rolls on chart at +1.
A: "I scored a Yellow result. I deal 128 damage".
B: "I have 32 protection, so I take 96 damage." or it might be
B: "I roll with your blow, reducing it to 64 damage. I have 32 protection, so I take 32 damage."
Whether that's too much math is definitely going to vary on a player by player basis.