I tend to stay away from DFB's a lot.
My general play goes: Do I want the Isolator Badge? If no straight to AP.
Then I have 4 routes afterwards. First Step: Turn on Bosses, 2nd Talk to one of the Origin contacts, or street sweep till level 5 to get to the Hollows.
But overall I like this archetype, I've just had a hard time learning the pathological build planning to make the 1 to 20 experience smoother.