My Disappointment Is Immeasurable And My Day Was Ruined - Jiquani's Sanctum Hell

In a game full of oppressive/annoying/alienating zones/encounters/mechanics (Apex of Filth says hi)... Ever died in Jiquani's Sanctum, after nearly full clearing it searching for Medium Soul Cores?

I hope you never discover that pain. It is on a whole new level. I suspect this would make Neon smile, but to my memory Jonathan has stated that fun is a (the?) primary goal. This ain't it.

Solutions? Well, assuming y'all remain married to the ideas of 0-death softcore gameplay, deaths fully resetting zones, and gigantic zones... (What a triple-doozy hey? The whole is greater than the sum.) Here are a couple simple ones:

a) Make the Medium Soul Core drop locations static. or
b) Spawn 5-6 of them randomly throughout this behemothic zone.

If b) is unpalatable as is, you could do like the Machinarium, where there are ~4 cores and 4 possible targets for the things, some optional. So you are more likely to find them, and then have an opportunity cost/decision to make whether you want the optional content or just the quest please.

Hyperbole aside, this is also my most hated part of the game. The soul core fetching and area layout is just the worst.

Yeah +1

I get PTSD when I walk into this area each time. I know when you die the soulcores you're carrying drop where you die they also do that if you portal out but the initial search... FUCK MEEEE you can miss the most tiny area and not find one due to the fog of war used on these little cunts. Def should be a designated spot.

I certainly don't love that zone, I had an item get stuck on my cursor on the free Vaal Orb shrine my last run through and had to respawn at the checkpoint... which also respawns all the enemies. I didn't die, but it was a slog.