Only the last bit IMO (Destiny)

by Cody Miller , Music of the Spheres - Never Forgot, Monday, September 28, 2015, 22:06 (3609 days ago) @ Kahzgul
edited by Cody Miller, Monday, September 28, 2015, 22:13

But what you're discussing actually seems to be more of "is the raid too long" than is it too hard. And I think there's a simple solution to that problem: Gating.

That's not the answer.

Perhaps a more intelligent checkpoint system is in order. I propose:

1. Your checkpoint is wiped and reset if and only if you beat the final boss.

When you do beat it:

2. If you started the raid the previous week (your first checkpoint), then upon completion immediately reset everything including gear lockout.
3. If you started the raid this week, reset the checkpoints immediately, and the loot lockout on Tuesday as normal.

This way, you could play at your own pace and still get gear.

Example:

-You start the raid on saturday of week 2. Week 3 rolls around, and you don't finish. You finish on wed of week 3. Your checkpoints and gear lockout are reset. You then start a new raid on thursday of week 3, and finish on sunday. Your checkpoints are reset, but your gear lockout is not. It resets on tuesday like normal.

tl;dr

Reset checkpoints only on completion of the raid, and reset gear lockouts on raid completion or tuesday reset, whichever comes later.