Cosmic Exploration progression is poorly handled

[Havenchild]

Those are not as opposite as you pretend. I mean, we achieve to miss several steps in less than 12 hours. To me that a proof that the "long running part" is not well designed. Also, we were promised we could see every steps. People starting in a couple of month will see the zone already finished. If you want to make something long running, you have to leave the possibility for players to engage with it anytime down the line, not only in month after release.

Sure,

But realistically it is quite impossible to account for several timezones, for several different activity levels, for several months all while sharing a cohesive progression check, and making sure no one misses out on any step.

I'd love to see a good example in any MMO that has achieved such a task while accomodating all of these variables. Do you have one or are we now just asking SE for the impossible?