Starting to feel the grind

[REPROBEAN_CHILD]

Im not sure what you're missing here, because from my experience I'm always out level my progression quest and my gear always outdated because my leveling are faster that it should be.
I'm able to ride my chocobo at lvl 25(supposed to be lvl 20) and my access to Sastasha at lvl 20 (supposed to be lvl 15). What Ii'm done is doing all nearby quest and queue dungeon, not even touch the hunt log because at that time I didn't know that thing is exist.

Funny enough, that's how it was (I was usually above the required lvl), but then something happened. IDK if it was because I got more focused on the story or what.

[nuyu11]

Funny enough, that's how it was (I was usually above the required lvl), but then something happened. IDK if it was because I got more focused on the story or what.

Try don't too focus on main quest. What I do is pick up 1-3 quest at map with my lvl range and complete it, once done your current lvl must be about 60%+ full then go to main story, while queue for dungeons. Don't skip cut-scene or dialogue even the quest it's a normal quest because some of it are really funny and entertaining. Maybe that will ease your grinding feeling.

[ExiledOne]

IDK if it was because I got more focused on the story or what.

Do the Main Story otherwise everything will become grindy/repetitive, a lot of content is locked behind the Main Story.
If you are now much higher level than story line then you should be able to catch up quickly. Many of the quests just give you the run-around which is annoying but its meant to give you xp boosts. Since you don't need that boost it will be specially annoying, so it's best to keep up with it.

I guess what I mean is that there's no point in being a high level and only be able to do the lowest dungeons and FATEs. That would actually be worse imho.