My 7-player Forgotten Realms paragon-tier group (currently 12th level) is pretty slow; a ca 6 round combat can take 3 hours, or 30 minutes per round. Roughly 4 minutes per player, inc GM.
What's 'supposed' to happen in 4e is that the standard 5 player group has 5-round 1-hour combats, or 12 minutes per round. Roughly 2 minutes per player, inc GM. I find that the Heroic Tier tends to be close to that - eg my Punjar group of 6 players just hit 4th level; they can do 2-3 fights in 3 hours. But combat tends to slow down at higher level, and players who (a) start at high level (b) don't know their characters (c) don't know the rules, all slow things down.
What's 'supposed' to happen in 4e is that the standard 5 player group has 5-round 1-hour combats, or 12 minutes per round. Roughly 2 minutes per player, inc GM. I find that the Heroic Tier tends to be close to that - eg my Punjar group of 6 players just hit 4th level; they can do 2-3 fights in 3 hours. But combat tends to slow down at higher level, and players who (a) start at high level (b) don't know their characters (c) don't know the rules, all slow things down.
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