I think I may be working a little
too hard on exploring the world and not enough on the story. I've completed every FrontierNav miranium point, I've bought four L50 skells, I've done the three Off The Records, almost all my characters are in the 50s (MC is 60, of course; a couple of the DLC ones are 40ish), I've
almost maxed out every class (one to go!), 140 hours in...
...I've only just finished Chapter 9.
Loving it still.
(Although, holy hell,
was a bastard)
It does feel like at the moment there's no middle ground; everything I fight is either trivial or damn near instagibs me. Level doesn't seem to be a great benchmark; I can struggle with a L58 Tyrant crab but easily kill an L63 Tyrant Sacrifole.
(Speaking of which: Are your stats when in a Skell a flat rate, determined by the Skell/weapons/augments, or do your own character level and stats have an effect?)
(And while I'm on the subject, it feels like I have
far more Mining probes than I have Storage probes to accomodate. Have I missed a stash of Storage somewhere? I
think I'm using them reasonably optimally, although are they at all effected by the ratings of the probe site?)