Finally got a little more Ghost time last night and made it to the forge. I've been trying to play through the main quests and avoid any side quests or open world stuff until I get a few things unlocked. Is this about the point that people recommended getting to before I can start roaming around open world?
And what's the consensus on going for the parry skills vs the evasion skills early? I always have a habit of dodging with O instead of blocking/parry with R1 in just about every game I play, so I figured going evasion route would be better.