Not to take away from the point you're making, but couldn't you go into the Deterministic Chaos mission (I don't remember what it's called, but I think it's the right one) to see the Garden?
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Although I understand your point in there, there are a lot of amazing scenes only viewable through the raid itself, like the caves connecting to the 2nd encounter, of the way the day falls as you get closer to the final boss. Breathtaking, just wish I had seen it again in-game.
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If I'm being honest, my only run of Garden was 1 sherpa and 5 of us without both a completion and Divinity that turned into an 8hr 41minute marathon due to breaks, DCs, replacing DC'd players, DC'd players returning, glitches in the final boss arena, and several other issues; I'll likely be all too happy if I never run that raid again. I don't know how the hell Day 1 raiders can do a 'XX' hours run of anything. It's quite exhausting.
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I feel you on that one. I remmember my first raid... King's Fall, 9 hours to get it done, had to lie about ever playing endgame beforehand, times were a lot different back then. I've only completed 2 contests, Day-1 Deep Stone Crypt and Contest Root of nightmares.
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I've told people who have asked why it's so difficult to find players willing to teach raids (which in my experience, it really isn't) and told them that a big part of that has more to do with time constraints and less an unwillingness; it can take some serious commitment, lol.