Quote Originally Posted by Nyalia View Post
Just remember that you only have to do the "story" (HM - there is no "normal mode") versions of those primals. In other words, you only have to beat each primal once during the story. You don't have to any Extreme primals, and you don't have to do the HM versions of the first three (Ifrit, Garuda, Titan), and you don't have to fight Odin.
2.5 MSQ requires having completed Ifrit, Garuda, and Titan HM.

From the end of 2.0 you have about 10-15 hours of running around and doing stuff to finish the main quest line...
plus another 10 hours if you want to follow the story and watch cutscenes...
plus time spent queues waiting on the dungeons/trials...
plus time gearing up to be able to handle the dungeons/trials.

If you have gil squirreled away I suggest buying the 110 crafted weapon when you hit 50, it's moderately cheap (especially for WHM) and a huge boost for a while. If you know someone that can craft 4 star carpenter, you can probably get them to make you one for at least 20-30% off the MB price, maybe as low as half price.