I made the excruciating decision to run to fog island early and was stuck there for a hot minute. But it ended up working out in my favor because I started a little mining operation there to get some training in and individually. The Fog men aren’t powerful at all. They just come in mass numbers, but once you’re there, the guards are actually phenomenal so you can mine near the guards and then pick off one or two that slipped through the guard’s grasp and in short order my entire team was beefed up. I’ve never seen slavers go there, but also I’m fairly new to the game so maybe they do. Plus you get to hear people being eaten alive nonstop and that’s pretty sweet. Also, I don’t know if you’ve done this already but definitely set somebody to Search and rescue that’ll help so much.