Quote Originally Posted by Sauteed View Post
what bugs me is "streamlining" the msq then making the raid series mandatory so the "streamlining" which was absolutely necessary and needed enough according to SE themselves that they did it got un-streamlined and now takes the same if not more time to complete
People keep making this argument and I don't get it.

For story purposes the alliance raids HAD to be made mandatory, even if they left 2.X as it originally was.

So your options are:

1. Full running time of the original 2.X MSQ plus mandatory CT

2. Condensed running time of the updated 2.X MSQ plus mandatory CT

You cannot possibly argue that the streamlining of the MSQ made no impact on the amount of time required.