Hi!
I've recently got one of my characters to 50 and started doing the hardmode flashpoints and gearing up with Columi through them. I noticed that in the Group Finder there are also 2 Story Mode Operations (Eternity Vault and Karagga's Palace) that drop Columi and the gear level necessary for doing them is described as Tionese and up, so I figure I should be able to do them.
But before I run one, I have several questions:
1. Are they something I can attempt running for the first time through the Group Finder, or a pre-made group is advised? I read through some boss guides for them, so i have some idea what to do.
2. Operations are usually described as being long. But how long are those two exactly? I want to know what to expect so I won't start running one when I know I'll won't have enough free time to finish it. Those two are supposed to be the easiest ones though, so are they comparable to, for example, a full run of Foundry, length-wise? (And why exactly are operations long anyway? Huge maps? Bosses that take 30 mins to kill? Frequent party wipes?)
3. Am I expected to use some type of voice chat? (I don't have a mic yet, so this may be a problem). Or is that only in the harder modes or pre-made groups?
