RobertTHEPerylous wrote:
Most of the adventure, I had a great time. The atmosphere of the group setting was electric. Dozens of tables working together to achieve strategic goals was a lot of fun. But honestly, it would he like having most of a great dinner and someone leaving a wet messy defocation on it before you finish.
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So, maybe next year I will consider a different event for that time slot. I'm really hoping a lot of others enjoyed it more than I did.
Just my $0.02. Oops, I don't even have that after paying for raise dead.
This was the first year i DIDNT do the main event, but i did the other 2 this year and similarly the main events for the last 2 years. While i sort of agree with you that it is hard, thats what the GMS to. We feed off of your tears. Now, with that said: I play characters more then GM, but pathfinder has this as a HUGE event for a reason. Death is expected. Prepare more. I BARELY survived my saturday night encounters because it was not constructed for pregens in the slightest, so its more or less a guarenteed wipe for those who had them or "we choose to leave the dungeon".
I personally am not as much a fan of it due to the design of it, but it doesnt stop me from having fun. My issue was mostly that the pace was not fast enough usually in my groups so mid-boss fight, combat would end do to the high tiers completing certain tasks.
You really need to make sure your group prepares their moves so that way, you can legitimately do your entire move in < 10 seconds to manage the pace of the Event.