I was looking around the D2e forums and noticed that a few people that have been playing D1e keep their games to the box times of 3-4 hours. I've always noticed that my games always take 6+ hours. I'm generally the OL and all my players know what they're doing but the games always seem to take longer then the box time. Have you other players had the same trend or am I doing something wrong?
I've generally noticed that my players are usually a little hesitant to move along the path and will draw time out that way. I also tend to stop spawning monsters further into the dungeon to 1) save time, 2) spare the lower monster packs the pain and humiliation of "trying" to kill the heroes.