Made some better progress over the weekend. Up to level 26. Ended up doing one random escort that took me way west unto the border gate. Took me almost 3 days of a trek. The way quests unfold in this feels so organic.
Just when I was about to max out my fighter vocation and change to Warrior, I happened to come across a Meister for Fighter, AND the Mystic Spearhand vocation at the same time. Lol So of course, I went with Mystic Spearhand. After getting really good with the fighter and using parries and such, it was a bit jarring having to completely change my playstyle with technically no defense, but I started coming around once I reached around lvl 3 of the MS vocation; having to use certain moves for dodging. Shit is fucking awesome... Already feels a bit OP with that AOE shield cast.
Since going with it, I decided to change my pawn to Warrior. I pretty much always had my pawn as that in DD1, so wanted to rock it out again, as I like having that as the main backer.
Cyber, once I reached lvl 25, I was going to complete a fight with a Wight I was having and head back to the rift and finally cash out Faye… But on the way back, she just up and disappeared. I think she fell off a cliff or something and couldn't see her to revive her anywhere, which sucks because I wasn’t able to do a proper send off. Once I had the chance, I rehired her so I could at least give a gift and a ranking. She was then lvl 40 something, and looked really cool. Hopefully she brought in some decent Rift Skrilla, as she went through 20+ lvls with my crew. Looking forward to using her again!
This game is the shiznit.