Look, the problem isn't the event. The event is fine. The problem isn't even the character's we're losing.
Where Durin has messed up, is how he's handling it. We have no control over what's going on. We can't give orders, or help out our friends. We can't take control of other hero characters and try to fight off the hordes of Perfection. We can do nothing but sit here and desperately write, and pray.
This is an extreme example of the over reliance quests can have on dice rolls over narrative. The event was started by a dice roll, it is controlled by dice rolls, and the outcome will be decided by dice rolls. All with absolutely zero player involvement. We might as well just be reading a story at this point, except stories aren't this random.
What should have happened is that each sector gets a few short updates where we take control of the characters and give orders. One or two updates a section, wrap them up, then move on. It'd stretch things out a few days more, but Durin has proved that he is more than capable of handling long, protracted conflict.
This was a bad move on his part.
