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Oh man... PLEASE go for Frozen Flame. I ran the first half of book 2 of that campaign while my group was in between games. It's perhaps one of the most coveted experiences I've had yet. I absolutely adore what we did in book 2, and from what I've read, book 1 is just as great. The AP is dripping with flavor, and really embraces its setting. I look forward to the day that I get to experience the whole thing!
I've done a whole bunch of 2e stuff. I've run a couple one shots, I've been running Age of Ashes for 2 groups for about 3 years, I've done some off-the-rails homebrew as a result of player choices in those games, and I'm playing in a 2e conversion of Strange Aeons at the moment.
If you're looking to start a new 2e game, I very much recommend getting all of your players at the table together for session 0 to discuss group buy in and rough character themes. Once you have character themes, only THEN dive into mechanics. Unlike 1e, it's much more difficult to build an objectively garbage character in 2e, which means the system is FAR MORE welcoming to building out an idea. 1e (in all of its glory) was so wrought with pitfalls, that if you tried to build from an idea, you had about a 80% chance you'd end that journey with a garbage character. 2e doesn't do that. It's lovely!
Ive been running 2e since around new year's and playing it since 2020. I mostly have run society scenarios and a conversion of a 5e module. I've got two tables, my PFS table has already chosen quest for the frozen flame. My other table is undecided on what they want to do (they are the furthest from finishing current campaign, so there's time). I have two players that are at both tables, so I don't want to run the same thing for both since they will start the new stuff at different times.
I'm doing ABP and free archetype for Quest of the frozen flame so they can get more flavorful with their characters. We always do a session zero, more so to make sure all the ability/skills are covered and to allow people to have shared back stories if they want it.
I also did abp and free archetype for frozen flame. Worked out very well! Everyone liked it. :)