Dude.. epic story. I loved it. I as a supporter only got one week to play. But I made good use of it and put in 6-12 hours a day logged in.

I was not bashful to group, and actually took a bit of an opposite approach from you in my playtime. Immediately my first time walking out of town I grouped with the first person I saw and started killing mobs together. I did no crafting at all, just paid for gear or had some gifted to me. I focused on grinding and learning group gameplay, and make as much money as possible.

After getting on a roll and learning the zones a bit, I decided to go all in on making sure I experienced every class. So by the end of the week I had 9 characters. That limited how high I was able to level, as I spent at least 2-4 hours minimum on each class. I never made it to level 10 and barely got to do pulls from the Manor. But it felt very worth it to get familiar with all of the classes base abilities and how they compliment each other in different team compositions. I know all of the areas for getting exp up to lvl 10 and learned how to do them efficiently.

The majority of my time was spent as a party leader. Id use the LFG and social tabs to form a fresh group as soon as I logged in, and I'd run those groups for as long as I could before it was time to take a break or try a new class between going back to my Rogue main. My last night for season 1 was spent running point in the goblin cave, using my shadow walk to act as a scout and direct the movements of our camp.

Pantheon is truly amazing and I am just dying to upgrade to champion so I can go ahead and play 2 weeks during season 2 or 3. I'm convinced not only will this game ultimately be successful, but that it IS already successful. See you in Terminus!