Yes I understand your post, and I agree that most of them do feel a bit like "filler" and padding up content. And this is the same exact identical problem with 3.0 main story (and its bazillion inane quests). So if you feel 2.0 is such a slog, you get to 3.0 thinking "horaaayyyyy - here finally" and then having to deal with the same exact thing again.. after slogging through a good 10 hours of 2.1-2.55