Thoroughly enjoying this game, having started it just before new year. I was starting to get the impression that I was getting through the main story quests quite quickly, but the side tasks, errands, and other bits really bulk the game out and add a richness to it.
Particularly enjoyed a couple of occasions when I've found that routes I've wanted to take have been made difficult because their the meeting point between a few different machine herds - there's a bit near the river (north west of Daytower) where you've got a load of Broadheads, Snapmaws, and Grazers down on the riverbanks, but the clifftop route opposite means you have to skirt around a corruption zone and then an area where there are three Sawtooths and a load of Watchers - eventually managed to make my way east an ended up at the bit where you wind up on the slopes above an icy plain with about 7 Tramplers blocking your route to some essential resources. Really frustrating to get stuck, but the strategic thinking you have to apply makes it really satisfying when you make it through.
I find it really difficult to avoid being both provocative and easily-provoked
(Bastard Glinthawks)