Peter Stauffenberg
Keeper of the Watch
I have already done as Alrik suggested for over a year, i. e. only playing until 3am or 3:30am. Usually I'm in a speed run group so I can get to bed earlier and not lose much content. If Alrik is fine with it he could be in the speed run group as well and cover as many quests as possible in about 2 hours. That means it's not time to do every optional. Instead we focus on quest completion and easy optionals. For quests we have run before it probably doesn't matter. Running for story is probably better to do on normal difficulty solo during daytime sessions where you can take the time to read the entire story.
I think it's possible for the rest of you to continue after the Alrik and I drop out. You just post what you completed so we can catch up solo before the next session if we want to. This works fine with old content and slayers / explorers / rares. For the newer chains and raids it's good to do those in a group while we're all together. E. g. last session I dropped out and you finished Carnival. I have run Carnival enough times before so I didn't lose out on anything. I have XP pots to keep me in sync. Alrik is often on a 1st or 2nd lifer and living at the XP wall. So we aren't left behind.
It gets very hard to stay awake past 3am when you're not young and if you do then next day becomes disrupted. Usually I have to sleep until past 12pm to get enough sleep. That's not the biggest issue. The big issue is that you will struggle to wake up in the morning for work the following Monday since you wake up so late in Saturday and Sunday.
However, with speed runs I don't feel I lose much by finishing a bit early so I have made a usable compromise by getting some play time without messing up the sleep cycle. I know not everybody want to do speed runs, but it's a possibility for Alrik at least. He can just tell Dm that he wants to finish early that play session and then the groups can be created accordingly.
I think it's possible for the rest of you to continue after the Alrik and I drop out. You just post what you completed so we can catch up solo before the next session if we want to. This works fine with old content and slayers / explorers / rares. For the newer chains and raids it's good to do those in a group while we're all together. E. g. last session I dropped out and you finished Carnival. I have run Carnival enough times before so I didn't lose out on anything. I have XP pots to keep me in sync. Alrik is often on a 1st or 2nd lifer and living at the XP wall. So we aren't left behind.
It gets very hard to stay awake past 3am when you're not young and if you do then next day becomes disrupted. Usually I have to sleep until past 12pm to get enough sleep. That's not the biggest issue. The big issue is that you will struggle to wake up in the morning for work the following Monday since you wake up so late in Saturday and Sunday.
However, with speed runs I don't feel I lose much by finishing a bit early so I have made a usable compromise by getting some play time without messing up the sleep cycle. I know not everybody want to do speed runs, but it's a possibility for Alrik at least. He can just tell Dm that he wants to finish early that play session and then the groups can be created accordingly.
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