Only the last bit IMO (Destiny)

by Kermit , Raleigh, NC, Wednesday, September 30, 2015, 15:56 (3436 days ago) @ cheapLEY

But what you're discussing actually seems to be more of "is the raid too long" than is it too hard.

This had occurred to me too, during our first run. But then our 2nd run clocked in closer to 3 hours. We're doing it again tomorrow night, and I'm expecting we'll get through in closer to 2 hours. We'll see how it goes.

Basically, I think the first few times through are always going to be the most demanding, especially if you're figuring it out as you go. I don't think we'll have an accurate sense of how long the raid really is for another few weeks.

Oh, I absolutely agree with that. Once we know how the encounters work, it drastically cuts down on completion time, and that's to be expected.

My issue is that the first time is arguably the most important, and if you want to remain unspoiled, the longer you go, the harder it is for that to happen. If the raids keep getting bigger and more complex, it gets harder still.

I think it's working out fine, but it hasn't been without stress. Getting geared up to do it as quickly as is reasonable is one source of stress, then there's the pressure to finish before the reset, but the ultimate source of stress is worrying about being spoiled. That's what ultimately driving me to finish sooner than later, especially as a daily reader of this forum. At some point spoiler tags will seem quaint.

If I had a committed group of friends with similar schedules who were hermetically sealed from the Internet, then I would worry much about it, and I might take a month or more to finish the raid bit by bit. I'm not sure anyone has that, though.

Next time I'm going to try to secure commitments to a multiple-day schedule earlier--maybe spend a big chunk of one weekend day (with generous breaks within), and have the assumption be we won't likely finish on that day, but we'll already have commitments from the same people to play through the next week, going faster through the spoiled sections.

Kermit