Quote Originally Posted by Snugglebutt View Post
The Astral Era quests not giving XP is not a big issue, they unlock a lot of content the new player may want to try from dungeons and trials, raids or such in the future...just like every few levels of the MSQ has done from the offset with Umbral Era and expansion MSQ will do. Don't forget a few of the Astral Era quests also give Materia grade IV which can net a new player a lot of Gil which alone makes them worth doing.
You really think a brand new player won't get incredibly annoyed by having to do several hours of MSQ's for no xp?

It annoys me now. That'd be good xp for a secondary class.