After a bit of grinding I managed to get through the Bounty Hunting missions, and managed to advance the main plot! Then more bounties showed up, and it’s all a vicious cycle of viciousness. On the bright side, the quests seemed much more diverse in the sense that it didn’t feel entirely like “Go locate A and kill B” kinds of quests. One of the last quests I finished tonight involved collecting demon rods.
It’s not what it sounds like.