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Message: <blockquote data-quote="KarinsDad" data-source="post: 5049679" data-attributes="member: 2011">I just started in an online game last name and I kept track of the number of rounds.5 first level PCs, 2 of whom have area effect spells.Encounter #1 started with 5 minions and 2 normals, the DM then threw in 2 more normals in round 2 from around a corner (so, I don't think they actually fought until round 3). This encounter was easy and took 4 rounds.The second encounter was a lot tougher (goblin underboss, hexer, 2 sharpshooters, 3 warriors). There were 7 foes, most of them higher level than the PCs. The DM had 2 of them take off in round 3 and 2 more take off in round 4 and even with 3 remaining, it still took the PCs 6 rounds to finish off the combat. This was an n+4 encounter and if the DM would have kept it going (he probably had them flee both because we were generally getting trashed and because it was getting so late real time), that it would have easily taken 10 to 12 rounds to finish this (if the other foes would have stayed, more Daily powers would have been pulled out).I have been trying to keep a rough idea of how long encounters take and my general feeling is that encounters take:3 to 5 rounds at level one, same level foes+1.5 rounds for each +1 n goes up. So, n+2 encounter is 6 to 8 rounds.+1 round per 4 PC levels (due to increased monster hit points)So, a 21th level n+4 encounter will take somewhere around 14 to 16 rounds.This is obviously a rough rule of thumb, but it seems to match up with my heroic and paragon experiences (and my one epic test battle).I think that optimized PCs that can increase their DPR significantly can drop these numbers quite a bit.</blockquote>

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