I’m personally a huge fan of Lord of Chaos. It’s always a high point when I re-read the series. I really like all of the subtle foreshadowing of what’s coming up, all of the careful politics and groundwork that RJ laid for the latter half of the series, and then of course Dumai’s Wells is such an incredible moment in the series.
I think that’s fair… kinda. I do think readers miss out on a ton of context in TGH. And the problem with skipping tEotW is that what impact you’d get from it is just gone.