T. Reich
Arcane
What baturinsky said. All three gecko areas before Den (in Arroyo, in Klamath, in toxic Caves) are optional content with side-quests. If you went there and started punching geckos, it's not because you had to, it's because you chose to. Basically, it's all your fault.Early F2 is tedious as fuck though. Punching geckos for like forever. Unless you metagame your way to cool gear immediately.
Also, buy out Sulik ASAP and let him punch geckos instead.