As for where I stand in the MSQ now, I am about 1/4 of the way through the post-Pretorium interludes, and I didn't run Leviathan yet. I still have some time to gear up but even if I got appropriate gear, skill becomes a bottleneck. And even if I tried to gear on the side for the remaining 3/4 of the interludes, the skill barrier will become that much more obvious then.