So... This is the "improved encounter design"?

[Ardeth]

I felt like on normal they took so long it made me not want to do them again. Plus, the loot structure sucks. I don't want to do them multiple times and collect multiple trinkets to get the gear. I just didn't find the experience fun. The fights were fine. The mechanics made sense. It just took way too long to kill. And given the groups failed multiple times, it took even longer. It was something I wasn't going to do twice.

[Jeeqbit]

I felt like on normal they took so long it made me not want to do them again.

They get faster with gear. Plus, the people who took ages were probably still learning mechanics and will be better at them now. The timeframe now is the same as any previous raids we've had, but eventually it will be as quick as P1-P4 by the end of the expansion.