Honestly I've been crazy busy these week. Doing some volunteer work, a couple of 12 hour days. Barely enough time to eat. I'm still playing though. I'm hoping to at least see a side scrolling section by the weekend.
But that aside...yeah, its taking a while. Between the speed of my character, the total lack of enemy challenge, and the small size of the first continent, I can literally talk to everyone, both day and night versions, in 10-15 minutes. Yet it still takes HOURS to do...basically nothing because the f*ckers that made this game have you running from one side of the continent to the other dozens of times to achieve basically nothing. Its extremely artificially bloated.