When you first started playing the game; what faction did you gravitate to? Was there one you found easier to level? Are there ones you have yet to level? One you're currently working on leveling?
For me and my partner MonochromeSL, we are trying to level The Merchants first. Since we are still new to the game we enjoy just visiting the islands and collecting the loot that's on the shorelines which tends to be merchant items so we normally grab a merchant voyage and head off to island hop with the voyage in mind.
We have a lot of fun just exploring the islands along the way and because I enjoy the fishing our Hunters rep has also been slowly increasing, Monochrome hates when I get sucked into fishing while he's sailing. 😅
The other two main Companies are around 35 rep level for us just for simply handing in stuff we've collected and doing a voyage here and there. Our Reapers rep is at around 20 by doing the same thing pretty much. And then we haven't touched the other ones.
I've noticed a slowdown in EXP when the level starts to climb towards 40; does doing the Captained Voyages give more overall EXP or is there no real difference between the regular voyages?