Quote Originally Posted by Coldin View Post
Well, I think the whole point of the Shroud was to design a raid that both casual players, and hard-core players could run. Casual players mainly run 1-3 and get tier I greensteel items. The hard-core players will run parts 4-5 and get the uber tier II items.
Just because something was intentional doesn't mean it was necessarily a good idea.

Creating a single quest which is rewarding for weak players and yet never boring for strong players is very difficult. In this case, it was a mistake to have Shroud part 1 be so sleepwalkingly easy. Note, however, that there are many easy steps that could be taken to make part 1 more interesting without it becoming harder.