I'm doing about the same as always, usually dying around CL25-30.
Admittedly have had chars where I was pretty much stuck, felt unable to cope around DL-40 and all the quests were a bit much too. And you can get dud equiptment runs (e.g. CL-30 and no ego+ cloak or amulet better than sincle element resist).
But still really like coffee break, as just 3 dungeon levels to complete the thieves+wolves quests and you're almost CL20. Which is where it usually starts getting more fun.
So for me the quicker format is more fun, birth to death in a few hours, and have got to feel a bit "good" before dying.
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