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If you mean brant he will take a while since he had a recent rerun, lupa should be either next patch or 2.8. And yes, exploration will generally be better done after catching up (just don't burn out on the story) because events and new character building are tied to have the last region unlocked. You'll get 4 pities with backlog (2 characters at worst luck), plus 1 pity with this patch content.