04-25-2011, 11:21 AM
The actual conclusion times on the adventure chain itself can be highly variable.
If you have a fast moving experienced group of people who can stay for the entire chain and everything runs perfectly it can be done in about 2 hours. However, that is rarely the case.
First there is finding a group. As it is not a free to play quest series and requires a time commitment in a chain which is more convoluted than most putting together a group can take a while.
Often somebody will have to leave partway through or take an extended AFK (away from keyboard).
If somebody leaves part way through then there are 3 choices
1 Continue short staffed
2 Use a hireling (NPC that can be rented) whom tend to be very inferior to live players.
3 Wait for somebody new who either does not mind jumping in part way through, or if the group is willing, restart the entire quest chain over with the new person. If the group does not start over, unless DDO has changed this, if the new person does not have east and west subchains finished they will not be able to take part in the final 3 quests.
Sometimes, whether through not knowing or just not paying attention to what they are doing, someone will reset one of the subquest chains.
Then there is one quest which is difficult to succeed at and often requires multiple attempts to complete.
If you have a fast moving experienced group of people who can stay for the entire chain and everything runs perfectly it can be done in about 2 hours. However, that is rarely the case.
First there is finding a group. As it is not a free to play quest series and requires a time commitment in a chain which is more convoluted than most putting together a group can take a while.
Often somebody will have to leave partway through or take an extended AFK (away from keyboard).
If somebody leaves part way through then there are 3 choices
1 Continue short staffed
2 Use a hireling (NPC that can be rented) whom tend to be very inferior to live players.
3 Wait for somebody new who either does not mind jumping in part way through, or if the group is willing, restart the entire quest chain over with the new person. If the group does not start over, unless DDO has changed this, if the new person does not have east and west subchains finished they will not be able to take part in the final 3 quests.
Sometimes, whether through not knowing or just not paying attention to what they are doing, someone will reset one of the subquest chains.
Then there is one quest which is difficult to succeed at and often requires multiple attempts to complete.