I finally made it!

Vehir is a 100 rank member of the Warrior Guild.
Master of War Cries.

Influence (INF): 54 (-3) ... 54 (-3)

Things like this were definitely a deterrent..but I really got inspired once Griffin's Voice was released and plodded along. Awesome martial stance. That and I picked up a few INF enhancives as well as changed my badge to INF. A few of my characters even emptied their meager BP totals to buy me throat balm. Once past rank 60...I was far too impatient to wait for my vocal stress to recover naturally.