I think I understand why my play through is going to take longer. I'm lagging behind the increase of the money and xp rewards. If I would just wait, I would have all the money and xp i need. I see an item i want and cant afford, I'll go out and grind out some money to purchase it(whilst low level). I'm starting to find that the items I wanted would have been easy to get if I just waited.
add.: Now that I look back on things, this may also explain why all my other play throughs in other games are running long.
...to avoid getting banned for inactivity, I may have to resort to comments that are of a lower overall quality and or beneath my moral standards.