But if you never get them in a room, it becomes much more of a herculean task to get a good read.
I would say that “much more” isn’t needed here as Herculean means requiring greater strength; “much more greater strength” is redundant. Also Herculean should be capitalized.
Without these cues to help gauge your ability to read their true intent
You aren’t gauging your ability to read their intent, you are gauging their intent period. However I would say that this works better if you replace “gauge” with “bolster”.
and scratch check marks next the ones
“…next to the ones…”
I know this strategy this because I’ve employed it myself.
Remove the “this” after “strategy”.
I’ve changed my own line of questioning to suit an agenda I felt my interviewees wanted to answer
Do you really answer an agenda? Maybe change “answer” to “fulfill”.
hyper vigilant
You could hyphenate this if you’d like.
who was going to be right for my next melee officer position.
Sounds a bit off, how about “…who was going to be the best fit for my next melee officer position.”
folks passionate about their play and determined on being focused towards the win shared their thoughts on the DoD boards.
This bit could use a comma after “win”.
it was if we had never left.
“…it was as if we had never left.”
With my back to Old God
“the Old God”
Great read. I especially like the paragraph describing the last moments as people reached the max Sanity debuff counter.