Do I understand correctly that completing every single quest in the game doesn't give you enough money to buy a ride on the ship (if you side with Cecily that is)? I've almost finished all the quests in the game (minus some misc ones that only give you morality), and I'm nowhere near having 20 gold coins. In fact, I need way more now because the price always rises and theoretically caps at 30 gold coins with a world danger level of 100. And yeah, siding with Cecily was the biggest mistake. Not only is it unprofitable as fuck, but she's also retarded. I thought she knew what she was doing. She didn't. If I were to betray her, I'd already have enough money to leave the island. But I digress
I know there's an effective grinding method involving smoking meat, but it requires unfathomable 10 SUR (seriously? ten fucking points just for smoking meat?). Since I'm level 49, even completing several big quests in a row won't give me a single level. And like I said, I've almost finished all the available non-repeatable quests anyway
Did I softlock myself? Theoretically, I'd need to complete small, repeatable quests a couple thousand times just to level up my SUR to smoke meat (and I don't see any other grinding methods that are worth it). At that point, the ship ticket price will be 30 gold coins, and the world danger level will be 100, which will be annoying and unbearable
How are you supposed to finish the game without insane grinding, which you'd have to plan in advance and level the character accordingly? (which is obviously not possible for a first walkthrough and is just plain boring. I want to play the game, not cheese the shit out of it)
I assume that becoming a gladiator isn't profitable either. Is it?