What to do BEFORE the escape?

[doncallisto]

I'm playing the game with a friend, in coop. we were wondering around Fort Joy Ghetto, ended up in a cave with fire slimes, killed them.. meet some magisters, killed them, we saved their prisoner and got the "password"..

proceeded again in the fort, meet some guards bothering a kid and by randomly answering their question we managed to get their trust. So they let us go. The kid helped us escape in a boat. This last part was really unsuspected, it all happened in two minutes or so, and we didn't want to escape Fort Joy ghetto without doing almost all the quests! So we loaded a save file, and now here I am asking you:

Is there a list of quest and things to do before escaping the Fort?
We are level 3, is this a low level to escape the Fort?
Do you suggest to escape it with plans and stuff, or to just kill all the Magisters?
Can I go back when I escape the fort and kill al Magisters?

[Naughtius_Maximus]

I left at level 5. Probably 4 is "normal"

[Lightsong]

Yes, you can escape and come back to the fort. The Magisters will be hostile though. If you complete the majority of quests, including all of the different escape attempts, you should be level 5