I’ve been playing a ton and man there’s a lot to do in this patch especially if you’re like me trying to keep an alt relevant too.
So roughly in order of what to do weekly if pugging everything:
One mythic+ clear high as possible, the Great Vault makes this a slam dunk for an hour’s time. If there’s one thing you do on a toon per week this should be it.
Taza’vesh if yah can clear it and 226s or 233s are upgrades can be valuable. Does have a bit of a learning curve but it’s a fun dungeon, I think they did a really nice job on it. The teleporting icon boss I found really innovative, that’s the best 5-man boss in a while IMO. Although as a 230 tank I found the bosses hit surprisingly hard even on normal mode. (I dunno much about hard mode yet.)
If raiding, doing at least the first three of Heroic is an easy source of gear for 90 minutes - 3 hours time (and it’d only be 3 hours if the entire group was learning.)
Mor’geth is a gimmie, definitely worth 5 minutes.
Torghast is worth much more to hardcore players that need optimized legendaries at max level. But with the way Tower Knowledge works, and with how good some of the powers are, getting at least one wing in even if on an easier difficulty to save time is worthwhile. Making a little progress each week adds up in there and soul cinders can’t be farmed quickly.
After that it starts to depend more on what the goal is. For a raider learning the new encounters is probably the best, for a more casual player finishing the assaults and dailies are probably a better option.
But my estimates for doing most the things required for progression are:
One Mythic+: 45-60 min / week (with prior knowledge)
Taza’vesh: 60-90 min / week (with prior knowledge, I spent 3 hours in a pug learning it)
First Three of Heroic Sanctum: 2 hours / week
Torghast 45 min per wing per week
Assaults 45 min per twice a week
Korthia dailies 30-45 min per day
So even doing just one assault, one wing, and dailies 3x in a week is roughly 8 hours worth. And heroic raiders are probably doing something more like four +15s, 3-6 hours in Heroic, both wings of Torghast, both assaults, and dailies 5x a week (but skipping Taza’vesh) for roughly 20 hours in game.
Hardcore raiders can crush certain things faster (especially Torghast) but it’s always been my opinion that people underestimate how long it takes to actually get the group, summon everybody, wait for bio, go turn in the Tower Knowledge, etc.
And this is just the repeating stuff, that doesn’t even count stuff like opening the quest lines, doing the covenant campaigns, finding the relics in Korthia, etc.