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Variety of missions. Being able to choose from the missions allowed tables to prioritize based on their skill sets. I found the descriptions of the missions were clear enough for us to get an idea of what we'd be doing so we could plan accordingly.

Variety of options. Even within the missions, we had options in terms of how we could complete them. I felt we had an appropriate amount of freedom to make our own decisions.

Never-ending battle. Once the third wave hit in the final battle, I knew that this was going to keep going until time ran out (maybe there is an end, but it sure seemed a ways off). At that point, I started playing more defensively because it became apparent that all we'd need to do is survive. It also seemed a little video game-y with all the baddies teleporting in waves.

The time limit for us was 4 hours, which left our poor GM scrambling to get the information out and made RP a little more difficult. We managed, and we had fun, but the time crunch definitely favors quick and decisive action over careful planning.

As I said, we played 10-11 and we had one very optimized skill monkey and one very optimized archer. This allowed us to trivialize a lot of the challenges. Less optimized characters and parties will likely struggle.