u/North_South_Side

I'm a slow player. I'm an older guy and I don't get a lot of time to play. Fine with me, as they keep improving the game and I'm still in Chapter 5. I am enjoying the hell out of this game.

When do I go back to the Abyss? Am I supposed to just go there voluntarily? I did the quests at >!Scholostone that unlocked the boss fight with the crystal that flew around. I managed to Force-Palm it to death pretty easily. !<Fighting the controls was the most difficult part.

This sent me to the Abyss. I solved one big puzzle up there and then got back to the land. Since then I must have played 12 hours and nothing has sent me back to the Abyss. Maybe I'm missing something up there?

Is the player supposed to just go there and explore through it voluntarily, or is it part of the main quest? I'm trying to build up my camp and send my people out on missions. I just >!purified (or whatever the term is) two sanctuaries for the Witches. I have two more to go. !<Finally running into some stronger enemies.

Anyway, how is the Abyss supposed to work? Am I supposed to go up there on my own and just figure it out? Or is it better to progress through it as part of the game's quests? So far I'm not a huge fan of the Abyss parts. The platforming is just ok, and not very fun in my opinion. But I have better traversal options now.

Is the Abyss just an optional kind of labyrinth that I'm supposed to eagerly go through to find cool loot? Or is it story-tied? I see so may clips and images of people in the Abyss and so far it seems like a minor part of my game. The story doesn't make a huge amount of sense and there doesn't seem to be any urgency to go up there on my own.

Advice is welcomed and I thank you for it!

My wife is looking for ANC headphones but is picky.

She doesn't want just earbuds, because she says they always fall out, and on an airplane it could fall into a difficult to reach spot. Fair enough!

She wants them to be connected with a lanyard or a plastic behind-the neck thing for ease of taking them on and off.

She's considering Apple AirPod Pro 2s and buying a little lanyard for them (to hang around her neck from time to time), and just take the lanyard on and off. I am telling there that will be a big pain in the ass, because she'll have to remove the lanyard from both earbuds to recharge them or to just put them away. Plus then she'd have to carry the case, plus the lanyard separately. Will be so easy to lose.

She wants something small. No large over the ear can-style headphones. Does not need to be the best ANC ever, just something decent to help keep the noise down when on airplanes. She travels for her business.

She uses an iPhone, if that makes any difference.

Any ideas?