I don't get why anyone would say either way is faster. The timer on the brand is 30 seconds either way, death singers power is taken off by the middle plate at the same rate either way. Maybe a few seconds each transfer saved by not running as far. The same number of adds spawn and have to be dealt with either way. To me, either way seems about the same time and difficulty. Not really much of a cheese in my opinion. BUT, any member of the team being adamant about a certain strategy and refusing to go with the majority of the team would bug me too. I'm like you, whatever people want to do, I'll go with as long as it gets the job done. The only exception is I will not run relic if they want to do no knight.