Haven't had a ton of time to play since I rerolled but I really feel like I'm making good progress. The Poet's Pen makes leveling so much easier. You just casually kill everything while casually cruising through each area. I'm going to be sad when I have to swap out the pen's for the soulwrest, that is a longs ways out but at the pace I'm leveling shouldn't be a horrendous grind.
Kind of just playing around with trying to have lots of minions around me. They don't help much but they make you feel like you have friends while wasting your life playing video games.