yeah after I got a few powers and realized that using them kept making my companions abandon me I gave up on them and just stuck to getting the artifacts, even that I put off for a while until finally some new characters show up and it made it a lot more interesting for me. not that the game changes too much but the story just got more interesting to me and made me want to hurry up and finish it, also the vanguard quest where you help that lady you delivered supplies to