^The little side quests you do give more experience as a person for doing them. This game makes me feel rushed because there is a massive army and the game points to that numerous times. And would you ever play any RPG if it had no references to life, or if it was a completely linear and gave you game over if you didnt follow it to the letter. GOD NO!!! And whats an even bigger issue is that you say "if you mindread", and I am not sure about you but if I had a 50/50 chance of living and there was a dragon knight helping out a lot then I would surely try to keep myself occupied. I see where you're coming from and you see where I'm coming from so lets just agree to disagree on our opinions.