I have a NEQ6 and i do a drift alignment, as outlined in this video (starting at about 31 mins)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQB6UnrTEEM
i only do a 30 second drift because otherwise it would take a long time to align, but i have an autoguider so absolute precision is not as much of a priority. you may wish to do short exposures (15 -30 second) for a rough alignment and then long alignments to tweak, this will save you time. Without a guider i can usually get around 60 seconds (focal length of 1000) without star trails, 2 mins is probably pushing the limits of the NEQ6. I also only drift aligned the altitude once and then each night i just focus on the azimuth alignment. this saves a lot of time and provided your mount is level there is no reason why you would need to adjust the altitude every night.
with this process and some practice i have been able to get a a good polar alignment in about 5 - 10 mins