it is taking me several hours to just meet up with one condition (agency, entity). is this normal? i am trying to figure out what i am doing wrong, based on what other people say is their time spent
I don't think you're doing anything wrong. It can take a bit before you hit your first agency/entity encounter. Have you been re-rolling on prompts when you encounter the same one twice? On the watch for example, this can help make sure you hit all the different options.