Hes level 25... doesnt have Halones Rage yet. Riot is the highest damage attack he has for a while. Well, until 26 lol. Not that its any less spammy.

Yes its dumb to have to finish MSQ to continue. Love how everyone just passively mentions it like its nothing despite the fact you have to grind ilvl to 90 before youre even allowed to finish that MSQ. Get off your high horse, its no ones business whether someone cares enough about 2.0+ story to want to do all those craptastic fedex quests post CM. Specially when its needed just to unlock a class thatll set you back 20 levels anyway. It is what it is though... just another cheap "F U, spend more time, pay us more" scheme from SE.

May as well stop complaining and get to it. Hopefully since ilvl 90 is the min for Ishgard, theyll have vendors selling basic ilvl 90 gear there or even at the main cities, so we can skip the grind and just skip through the story with any new characters.