I put him just above Fiora. Who I had it spoiled as to whether or not she was coming back to life. Not that I didn't see it coming. I'm really liking Dunban and Melia. And so far only once during the plot did I kind of smack my head, and that was when Reyn pushed the button.
I really liked him as well. He never really annoyed me and his wife is hilarious. Oddly enough I think Shulk ended up being my least favorite character.
You know, I'm surprisingly not pissed off at Riki.
And with my level 28 party I beat one of those giant level 32 rock Snail things outside of the Refugee Camp. I feel accomplished.
Yeah, it starts to disappear at that point, though there are still some quests in that area.
At first I was thinking there were to god dam many side quests, but now I've crossed the to many mark and I'm really starting to get a feel for the towns. Question though, the Colony 6 Refugee camp is what you are talking about? If so, does it go away after (SPOILER)I go into the actual Colony 6 to rescue Juju (Heh, Juju)?
That is the norm, they are worth doing cause they eventually unlock the better more involving missions but it is really easy to get burned out on them. Honestly, until you reach Sword Valley (way way into the game) you can backtrack anytime and do the missions so don't feel obligated to do them all at once, except for the camp on the Bionis Leg, that's one of the few that terminates early for story reasons.
The Sidequests in Xenoblade are almost overwhelming in volume.
Most people wish she was really crucified.
And Giant Crucified Pupu killed the last bit of atmosphere this game had.